Editing Samir Geagea (section)

=== Lebanese Forces ===
[[File:Leila Hawi Zod.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Samir Geagea and daughter of [[William Hawi]] – Leila]]On 12 March 1985, Geagea and Elie Hobeika orchestrated an internal coup in order to end the leadership of [[Fouad Abou Nader]] in the [[Lebanese Forces]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Lebanon: Information on the Jaejae, Hobeika and al-Kataeb groups |url=http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=3ae6aaba24 |accessdate=4 July 2013 |publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada}}</ref> Abou Nader was considered to be too close to his uncle, president [[Amin Gemayel]] whose policies were not accepted by most LF leaders.<ref name=":0" /> On 15 January 1986, Geagea became head of the Lebanese Forces after overthrowing Hobeika, who was widely accused{{by whom|date=June 2013}} of treachery in the Lebanese Christian sector for agreeing to a Syrian-sponsored accord (the [[Tripartite Accord (Lebanon)|Tripartite Accord]]). During the following year, Geagea meticulously rebuilt the LF into an organized, well trained and equipped military force, one of the most advanced forces ever on Lebanese soil. He established social security and public services to fill the void that was created by the war-crippled state administration.<ref>Collelo, ''Lebanon: a country study'' (1989), p. 223.</ref><ref>Barak, ''The Lebanese Army – A National institution in a divided society'' (2009), p. 115.</ref> He also extracted taxes from the Christian region, offered free open-heart operations and twinned Christians cities with foreign cities in Europe and America and tried to open an airport in the [[Halat, Lebanon|Halat]] region because the Beirut International Airport (located in the west suburb of Beirut) was under the control of the Syrian forces which made the access for Lebanese Christians almost impossible.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfrFAAAAQBAJ&q=east+beirut+canton+lebanon+civil+war | title=States-Within-States: Incipient Political Entities in the Post-Cold War Era | publisher=Springer |last1=Kingston |first1=Paul |last2=Spears |first2=Ian S.  | year=2004 | isbn=9781403981011 |page=89}}</ref>