quietly raise its own military wing, whose military headquarters was established in the predominately Maronite Dekwaneh District of East Beirut. Although by 1977 more than 15,000 young men and women had trained at the above-mentioned facilities (the majority of them joined the ranks of the other Christian militias), the movement only proceeded to recruit very few out of this total, due to three main reasons:

1- The secret nature of such training, which rendered the selection process very delicate;

2- The limited financial resources available to the group, to a point that the volunteers had to cover their own training expenses by paying minimal fees.

3- The quality of men and women the Tanzim was looking for, and this reflected a lot on the clean reputation that the group maintained throughoutWALT DISNEY’S DWARF, BASHFUL, FROM MATTEL

Country of Origin: ChinaManufacturer: Arcotoys, Inc., A Mattel Company

From Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, comes Bashful. He is dressed in brown and gold with a green cap. He is in a blister package that looks like it was taped back together, just the plastic covering. He was made by Arcotoys, Inc., A Mattel Company, Made in China, #66970. Bashful measures approximately 2¼ in. tall. He looks like he is in perfect condition, and the package in fair condition, but is all there.