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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningSamir GeageaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchSamir Geagea ÓãíÑ ÌÚÌÚ (also Samir Ja`ja`, born October 25, 1952) is the formerly imprisoned leader of the right wing Lebanese Forces (LF) militia.Samir GeageaGeagea served what were to be several life sentences for crimes supposedly committed during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1990, but he benefited from an amnesty law voted by the Parliament of Lebanon on July 18, 2005. He remains the only civil war-era leader to have stood trial for crimes committed during the war.Geagea was born in Ain el-Remmaneh in Beirut in 1952 to parents from the Maronite town of Bsharri in the mountains of Northern Lebanon. While studying medicine at the American University of Beirut, he became an active member of the right-wing Phalangist Party, which became the main Christian fighting force upon the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975. He steadily rose through the ranks and led several daring operations at the request of Bashir Gemayel, then commander of the Phalangist militia (a right-wing movement advocating Maronite political participation in Lebanon). In 1978, he led a Lebanese Forces commando to the region of Ehden, and assassined Tony Frangieh, the son of former President Suleyman Frangieh. He was wounded during this operation, and his hand was partially paralyzed as a result. Geagea was appointed head of the Lebanese Forces northern Front in the early 1980s, where he commanded around 1,500 battle-hardened soldiers, drawn mainly from his native town of Bsharri and other towns and villages in Northern Lebanon. This loyal following would later ensure his ascension. Geagea led his men in fierce battles against the Syrian Army during the siege of Zahle in 1980-81. In 1983, he led the defence of the Shouf Region in central Lebanon that ended with defeat against an onslaught by various militias especially by those led by the later ally Walid Jumblat that were supported by the Syrian Army.In 1984, Geagea and Elie Hobeika orchestrated an internal coup in order to end the leadership of Fuad Abu Nader in the Lebanese Forces. Abu Nader was considered to be too close to his uncle, president Amine Gemayel whose policies were not accepted by most LF leaders. In 1986, Geagea became head of the Lebanese Forces after overthrowing Hobeika, who was widely accused of treachery in the Lebanese Christian sector for agreeing to a Syrian-sponsored accord (the tripartite agreement). Geagea transformed the LF into an organized force and was equipped by Saddam Husseins Iraq. In 1989, Geagea approved of the Taif Agreement which aim was to put an end to the lebanese war. He controlled most State-owned entities such as the Beirut port where he raised money for his militia from import-export activities. He also extracted taxes from the Christian region, substituting the role of the state. He also tried to open an airport in the Halat region.Geagea initially alig
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