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Elie Hobeika, former militia chieftain and Israeli ally, speaks during a press conference in Beirut Thursday, July 5 2001. Hobeika, who headed the Christian Lebanese Forces militia at the time of the 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon's Sabra and Chatilla camps, said he is ready to go to Belgium to testify in a court case launched by massacre survivors against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who was Israel's defense minister at the time of the massacre. Hobeika said he is confident his testimony will prove his own innocence in the massacre. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ==