I link to an interview with Brigitte Gabriel, who is, of course, a Maronite Christian. I suggest people who read it check the history of the phalangists in Lebanon and relate that to the date she gives (1975). In the eighties I knew a Lebanese Christian studying here among whose main friends in the UK were non-British Muslims, in particular, one from Syria. She decided to return to the Lebanon -- because her family was there -- despite the belief that conditions there were about to worsen. They did. Her family were killed. There's much secrecy about exactly what happened next but basically, she was located, helped out of the country, and brought to safety in Syria. Here's Brigitte Gabriel: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19016 Judy Evans, Cardiff