An Algerian general and defense minister, Khaled Nezzar was part of a ruling junta in the 1990s that escalated an iron-fisted campaign of repression and bloodshed against Islamist opponents that claimed at least 100,000 lives during an era called the "Black Decade."
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Major General Khaled Nezzar, who has died aged 86, was the Algerian army’s mailed fist in the suppression of anti-government riots in 1988 and in the war against the Islamists in the 1990s, precursors of the drive for change which would again be thwarted during the Arab Spring in the century to come.
Algeria is bracing for hosting the 31st regular session of the Arab League Council Summit on November 1-2, amid hopes that it will bolster Arab reunif.