Between Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, 1982, between 762 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians -- most of whom were women, children and the elderly -- were raped, tortured, killed and mutilated in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon. The killings were carried out as retaliation for the assassination of Lebanese President Bachir
Anniversary Of The Sabra And Shatila Massacres In Lebanon Passes Largely Unnoticed
An event the U.N. deemed an act of genocide is apparently not worth including in the American narrative of Middle Eastern history.