Major Haddad and the South Lebanese Army

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Tony Roe
Interviewed for MAOHP - 07/09/2017
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_016_E
Location(s): Lebanon
Length: 3.43

In this piece of audio taken from an interview on 8th September 2016, Commandant Anthony (Tony) Roe speaks about the South Lebanon Army and recalls meeting some of them near 'The Cuckoo's Nest'. Refers to the importance of cultural habits when dealing with other cultures and recalls shaking hands with the left hand. Recalls his broader memories of the South Lebanese Army. Major Saad Haddad was the founder and head of the South Lebanon Army, who collaborated with Israel against Lebanese government forces and Hezbollah.

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