Word: bloodshedding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In the hot sands of North Africa, burning Moslem nationalism collided head-on with determined French colonialism. The tribesmen of Morocco slew hundreds and were slain by the hundreds in return; neither side troubled unduly to spare the innocent. The occasion for the bloodshed was local in nature but worldwide...
The Nationalists denounced Moulay Arafa as a puppet and usurper. In the great mosque at Fez, the bearded priests of the Prophet issued a solemn edict: "In the name of Islam and the Moroccan people we demand the return of the legal sovereign, Ben Youssef." Istiqlal's moderate leaders...
Then came La Date Fatidique (Aug. 20), and the massacre of Oued Zem. Too late, the French government realized that Grandval had been right. The bloodshed he had tried to forestall now was a fact, and would be avenged. Only the faith Istiqlal leaders had in Grandval kept the violence...
From Cape Town to Casablanca, across the length of Africa, the answer to one question takes many forms-bloodshed, brutality, bigotry, benevolence. The question: Can 5,000,000 Europeans learn to live in harmony with 200 million Africans, many of whom are learning that poverty and servitude need not be...
No such gain marks the record in Asia. The Korean truce was popular with the U.S. public because it ended the bloodshed and brought the boys home from a war that was getting nowhere. But the Korean truce hurt the anti-Communist cause in Asia; the damage was compounded by...