being expelled from Jordan, but when the PLO attacked Israel, the Lebanese government curtailed the activities of the organization. Civil war between Muslims and Christians occurred in 1975, with some 60,000 Lebanese killed during the first two years of the war. Israeli forces invaded Lebanon in 1982 to drive out the PLO, and some 14,600 PLO troops did withdraw from the area. Lebanon signed an agreement with Israel in 1983 calling for the withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian troops from the country, but Syria rejected the plan. Lebanon was
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