Original sentence: A book by French journalist Richard Labévière suggests Geagea was recruited by the Mossad, who pressured then-leader of the Kataeb militia Bashir Gemayel to allow Geagea to lead the raid on Ehden.Days later, Abou Joe was murdered by members of the Lebanese Forces.Geagea was born in Beirut in 1952 to a Maronite family from the town of Bsharri, Northern Lebanon.Geagea was imprisoned for 11 years in solitary confinement for his crimes but later pardoned by Lebanese Parliament after the so-called Cedar Revolution and the retreat of Syrian forces from Lebanon.Geagea was injured during the attack.He led Lebanese Forces in the Lebanese Civil War and after the war he was tried and found guilty of four war-related crimes he committed, including the assassination of Lebanon's Prime Minister Rashid Karami.He was given the death sentence which was later reduced to life in prison.Thirty years after the attack, a documentary was broadcast on OTV, in which Youssef "Abou Joe" Frangieh said that he had been the one who shot and injured Geagea
Edited sentence: After the Syrian occupation, there was increased pressure by Syria on Geagea to accept the Syrian presence or face charges.Geagea refused to leave and so was arrested, accused, framed and trialed for the church bombing and was given the death sentence which was later reduced to life in prison.Geagea was born in Ain el Remmmaneh, a suburb of Beirut in 1952 to a modest Maronite family from the town of Bsharri, Northern Lebanon.Geagea was imprisoned for 11 years in solitary confinement.Geagea was injured at the beginning of the attack and transported to the hospital, as Elie Hobeika went on with the attack.He is also the only Lebanese warlord to have been imprisoned during the Syrian occupation.He led Lebanese Forces in the Lebanese Civil War and after the war, during the Syrian tutelage, he was unfairly tried and accused of four war-related crimes, including the assassination of Lebanon's Prime Minister Rashid Karami.He was later given amnesty by Lebanese Parliament after the "Cedar Revolution" and the retreat of Syrian forces from Lebanon.Prior to his arrest, he was contacted by several sympathetic politicians and warned about the forthcoming proceedings and offered safe passage out of Lebanon