NBC Nightly News - 1982-08-21

Name: NBC Nightly News - 1982-08-21
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[0:04] The gunfire in Beirut today wasn't an

[0:06] attack. It was PLO guerillas firing in

[0:09] celebration as they left Lebanon.

[0:16] Then quietly, 400 PLO fighters sailed

[0:20] for Cyprus.

[0:23] [Music]

[0:34] This is NBC Nightly News. Reporting from

[0:38] New York, Jessica Savage.

[0:40] >> Good evening. 11 weeks after the

[0:42] Israelis marched into Lebanon, the

[0:44] Palestine Liberation Organization began

[0:46] leaving Beirut. Some 400 PLO guerillas

[0:49] sailed to Cyprus today. Ultimate

[0:50] destination, Jordan and Iraq. The

[0:53] complete evacuation of the PLO from

[0:54] Beirut is slated to take 14 days. That

[0:57] according to a US negotiated agreement.

[0:59] Now, Israel is calling the evacuation a

[1:01] military victory over the PLO and the

[1:03] PLO claims theirs is a political victory

[1:06] over Israel. Tonight, we have three

[1:08] reports on the evacuation, beginning

[1:09] with Vic Aken in Beirut.

[1:14] >> The French troop carrier DV escorted by

[1:16] an Israeli gunboat eased down the

[1:18] Lebanese coast just as dawn broke.

[1:22] At the port of Beirut, Foreign Legion

[1:24] paratroopers and infantry lined the

[1:26] rails as the ship birthed.

[1:30] >> This elite unit then disembarked,

[1:32] carrying their full field packs and

[1:34] weapons.

[1:39] >> Once off the ship, they got right down

[1:40] to business. The platoon moved into a

[1:42] pro-Syrian guerilla position in the old

[1:45] city next to the port. Their job to be a

[1:48] buffer between the Israelis and their

[1:49] allies and the Palestinians and their

[1:52] allies.

[1:53] The French also took over from Israeli

[1:55] troops who have held part of the port

[1:57] for more than a month. The Lebanese army

[1:59] sent in some officers to assist the

[2:01] changeover and at tim