(26 Jun 1995) T/I: 10:20:25
STORY: WARLORD
LOCATION: BERUIT, LEBANON
DATE: 24 JUNE, 1995/FILE
DURATION: 2.30
Geagea gets life for civil war assassination
Former Lebanese warlord Samir Geagea and five followers on
Saturday (24/6) were convicted and given death sentences, which
were reduced to life in prison, for the 1990 assassination of a
rival Christian leader and his family. Geagea, former commander of
the disbanded Lebanese Forces militia and the first warlord from
the 1975-90 civil war to face trial, was convicted of ordering the
killings. Guilty in absentia were Geagea's top aides, Ghassan
Touma and Tony Obeid, and militia members Atef Habr, Naja Qaddoum
and Elias Awwad, who remain at large. Touma and Obeid are
fugitives in Australia. The council, Lebanon's highest court for
state security crimes, tried the militia figures for the slayings
of Dany Chamoun, leader of the Christian National Liberal Party,
his wife Ingrid, and sons Tarek and Julian on 21 October, 1990.
Geagea's attorneys reacted only by saying that "the Judicial
Council did its job and we did ours." Outside the court, hundreds
of Geagea's supporters shouted slogans and denounced the
government. At the heavily-guarded gate of the Justice Palace, a
fracas broke out between the supporters and army troops.
SHOWS:
(BEIRUT, LEBANON, 24/6) Security in street outside
courtroom. SOT lawyer in arabic: "You heard the verdict, let
everyone bear his responsibility." Police being jostled. Crowd
around car shouting support for Geagea. VS of soldiers beating up
men. WS of police and soldiers outside court.
(FILE) VS Samir Geagea at Lebanese forces rally in 1990. CU of
poster of Geagea and former President Bashir Gemayal.
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