At the beginning of the civil war in Lebanon, Haddad, a major in the Lebanese Army commanded a battalion to engage the PLO in south Lebanon. It was here where he joined other rebel Christian soldiers to form the Free Lebanon Army. Haddad's militia collaborated with Israel and controlled the Security Zone. In 1984 he died of cancer. His successor as the head of the SLA was general Antoine Lahad.
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