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On the Road to May 25 Victory ~ Lest We Forget (4) Khiam Detainees Freed

On the Road to May 25 Victory ~ Lest We Forget (4) Khiam Detainees Freed
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Source: Al-Manar TV, 23-5-2008
Bent Jbeil woke up at dawn on April 23, 2000 on the sounds of cheering and slogans that arouse from loudspeakers and minarets thus publicly announcing the entrance of Hizbullah into the village.
The night before, resistance fighters were engaged in a gunbattle with Lahd militiamen positioned in the so called "17 Center," which until that particular moment was still the backbone of the SLA security. The downfall of the center initiated a domino effect cascade that saw the remainder of the SLA positions fall one after the other.
The resistance proceeded its military deployment in both western and middle sectors starting from Naqoura to as far as the outskirts of Khiam. In this town lied the Khiam detention center where some 140 detainees were held and tortured by the "Israeli" and their collaborators. The resistance postponed taking the town by storm fearing the lives of detainees would be threatened.
Everyone realized that the military power of Antoine Lahd's collaborating militia had tumbled down. Only small pockets remained in some mainly Christian villages where they took off their uniforms and put on civilian clothes.
Hizbullah's plan to take the collaborators by surprise without shedding one drop of blood was met with rumors in towns like the Christian towns of Debel, Ain Ebel and Rmeish, that the resistance is coming to commit massacres there. Due the sensitivity of the matter, Hizbullah's leadership decided to handle the situation in a special way. Reassuring messages were relayed to the dignitaries of those towns that Hizbullah's resistance fighters will not hurt anyone and urged them to persuade the collaborators who wish to surrender to gather in churches so that the Lebanese army would deal with them.
Church bells rang.
During the whole process, not one collaborator was slapped on the face, not one broken hearted father avenged his son's killing, even if the killer were standing right next to him.
The Islamic resistance acted in an unprecedented humane way in the history of resistance vs. traitors; unlike the French resistance, Hizbullah did not even shave off the heads of the collaborators.
"Israel" failed to fulfill any of its goals including the distortion of Hizbullah's picture in the eyes of the international public opinion.
French newspapers praised the Islamic resistance's graceful method adopted in the south.
This new type of victory constituted an additional impetus to look forward towards liberating more garrisons even if the Khiam detention center was one of them.
The decision was taken to liberate the town.
The panic stricken collaborators heard the unpleasant news of more than 500 villagers forcing their way into Khiam. Some fled and others surrendered leaving the detainees in their cells unaware of what is going on. Bit by bit, the shouts of the triumphant villagers was getting clearer and closer to the prisoners. They responded with stronger shouts until their voices merged together as they praised God for a glorious day, when 144 prisoners streamed out of their cells to rejoice with their families and resistance fighters; a day that would later be known as The Lebanese Detainee Day.

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