25 years after Sabra and Chatila, `we will not forget`

Source: Daily Star, 11-9-2007
BEIRUT: Dozens of Lebanese and Palestinians took part in a parade organized by the International Committee to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Sabra and Chatila Massacre on Monday. Holding candles and pictures of deceases relatives and loved ones, demonstrators walked from the area of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Beirut`s southern suburbs to the nearby Chatila camp.
The massacre was carried out by "Israeli"-allied Christian militiamen during the 1982 "Israeli" siege of Beirut.
At least 800 Palestinians died in the massacre.
"We will not forget the Sabra and Chatila massacre martyrs," said banners carried by many of the demonstrators.
On Sunday the committee - made up of European as well as American, Canadian, and Philipino human rights activists - had made a tour of the South, where the group visited the Burj al-Shemali Palestinian refugee camp in Tyre.
The delegation also visited the Southern towns of Bint Jbeil, Khiam, and Houla, where they paid their respects to residents killed by "Israeli" forces during the summer 2006 war.
"We will all work to convey "Israeli" atrocities to our respective governments," said former Italian astronaut Huberto Quidoni, a member of the committee.