Ismail Shammout (1930-2006)

(FILES) -- A pro-Palestinian fighter sticks 24 March 1976 a portrait of Egyptian President Nasser on the wall of the destroyed Holiday Inn hotel in central Beirut after pro-Palestinian militias dislodged 21 March the Lebanese Christian forces from the twenty seven storey hotel. Lebanon, mired in political crisis and hit by a series of bomb attacks, is to mark 13 April 2005 the 30th anniversary of the start of its devastating civil war with a cultural and sporting festival under the slogan of "unity". AFP PHOTO/XAVIER BARON
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