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Robert C. Byrd: “I cannot emphasize too strongly my shock over what happened in the Shatila and Sabra refugee camps. But I think it is…”

On the recordOctober 1, 1982
I cannot emphasize too strongly my shock over what happened in the Shatila and Sabra refugee camps. But I think it is incumbent upon us all-and I include the community of nations in my appeal-to refrain from interfering in what will be an anguished search for the truth in Israel itself.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Oct 1, 1982

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on Israel's investigation of the Sabra and Shatila massacres.

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