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Robert Maroun Hatem (Arabic: روبير حاتم, born c. 1956[1]) known by his code name Cobra,[2] (named after his personal pistol),[3] is a Lebanese former bodyguard[4][3] and head of security of the Lebanese Forces leader Elie Hobeika,[5] and who later moved to France as a political refugee[6] where he published his book From Israel to Damascus,[7][6] the book which caused so much controversy that later it was banned from being published and distributed in Lebanon.[5] The book focuses on Hobeika’s role as a militia leader during the civil war, including corruption and his role in the Sabra and Shatila operation.[2]
From an early age, Hatem was involved in military trainings in the Lebanese Front and the Kataeb party.[3] In 1972, he moved to Israel to receive training and later became the personal assistant of Elie Hobeika (HK) for 20 years.[3] Cobra moved to France as an asylee,[6] where he wrote his book From Israel to Damascus, which some believe that he released to protect himself from the risk of political assassination because he knew so much sensitive information about HK,[3] who was later assassinated.[8] In 1999 a Lebanese daily, Al Bayrak, published an interview with Hatem which led to the prosecution of the paper's directors, Melhem Karam and Said Nasreddine.[9] Today he is believed to be in Paris.[10][5]
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