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I have been reading Alaister Horne’s history of the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. He mentioned the film The Battle of Algiers (follow this link to view the film), the first time I had become aware of it. Here is the Wikipedia (links from them) introduction to the film; it “is a 1966 Italian–Algerian historical war film co-written and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and starring Jean Martin and Saadi Yacef. It is based on events undertaken by rebels during the Algerian War (1954–1962) against the French government in North Africa, the most prominent being the titular … Continue reading →
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President Macron admits French assassination of Ali Boumendjel in the Algerian war
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged “in the name of France” that Ali Boumendjel, a lawyer and activist for the National Liberation Front (Front de Libération National FLN), was “tortured and murdered” by French General Jacques Massu’s paratroopers in 1957, during the Algerian war. His execution was made to look like a suicide.
Portrait of Ali Boumendjel [Source: Wikimedia Commons]
Macron’s statement was published on March 2 by the Elysée Palace. The same day, Macron met with Boumendjel’s grandchildren. During the Battle for Algiers, Boumendjel “was arrested by the French army, placed in solitary confinement, tortured and then executed on March 23, 1957,” the statement read.