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Former head of Lebanese military intelligence unearths the secrets of Lebanon

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In the second episode in a series of interviews, former Lebanese ambassador to Paris and former head of military intelligence Johnny Abdou talks about the policies of the Syrian regime during the Syrian presence in Lebanon. In this episode, Abdou talks about the controversial meeting between late Lebanese President Bashir al-Jumayel and late Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. He unravels the content of an Israeli telegram sent to the Lebanese Forces following Jumayel’s assassination and which implies the involvement of Palestinian groups, rather than Syria, in planning the assassination for the purpose igniting a massive military conflict between the Lebanese Forces and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.