The Orlando Sentinel · Orlando, Florida · 24 September 1982
CP-1982-016
Deadly drama in Beirut — 48 hours of terror
Militiamen unleash hatred, slaughter hundreds in Palestinian refugee camps
Transcribed from the clipping
“MASSACRE. Bodies of Palestinians sprawl in street at Sabra camp as defense workers wear gas masks to take them away. Deadly drama in Beirut — 48 hours of terror. Militiamen unleash hatred, slaughter hundreds in Palestinian refugee camps.”
Context added by this archive
The clipping is the photograph, its caption and the headline stack; the story below was not clipped. The paper set a corner flash reading MASSACRE across the top of the picture.
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"Deadly drama in Beirut — 48 hours of terror," The Orlando Sentinel, 24 September 1982, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1982-016. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1982-016
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