Time As President Elect
August 25 : Deployment of International Separation Forces (mainly American, French, and Italian)
August 30 : Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut to Athens
September 1 : Meeting between Presidents Bachir and Elias Sarkis with American Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger
September 2 : Opening the path of Sodeco that used to be considered as a separation line between East and West Beirut
September 4 : The Lebanese Army enters West Beirut for the first time since 1973
September 9 : The Lebanese Army enters the Palestinian Camp Bourj el-Barajneh and that was restricted since 1969 by the Cairo Agreement
September 10 : The International Separation Forces leaves Lebanon after completing its task
September 11 : Beirut's economic market resumes its activities; Bachir meets with former Lebanese Prime Minister Saeb Salam.
September 13 : Beirut's seaport resumes its activities
During these 21 days, fighters from the Lebanese Forces were prohibited from wearing their army clothes and also from carrying their weapons in the streets. The Lebanese Army was the only armed force in the streets.
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