Claim: The PLO took over south Lebanon
TRUETHE ANSWER
Expelled from Jordan in 1970, the PLO built a state within a state in south Lebanon, called Fatahland. Israel backed Christian militias from 1976. June 1982 invasion; PLO left for Tunis in Aug 1982.
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