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20 January 1976

¤Looting

Beirut & suburbs#Civil war
PartiesLebanese ForcesKataeb (Phalanges) Party

After Karantina the free zone of the port was looted by the Kataeb, and the British Bank of the Middle East was robbed in what was counted the largest bank robbery in history; the militias in West Beirut answered by looting banks and warehouses.

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