Original sentence: Following Haddad's death due to cancer in 1984, he was replaced as leader by Antoine Lahad
Edited sentence: Following Haddad's death in 1984 due to cancer, he was replaced as leader by Antoine Lahad.The fact that the SLA rapidly crumbled after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces reinforced the popular conception that it was nothing more than a puppet of the Israelis, who had tried to present the SLA as a legitimate allied armed force.Their administration of the 'security zone' resembled more of an armed gang occupation than that of a military government, which earned them the hatred of the rest of Lebanon, as well as Syria and Hezbollah