Word: fellagha
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...toll of Moslem deaths mounted in gunfights and ratonnades, Benkhedda reversed himself. This month, in an official communique, the F.L.N. declared war on the S.A.O. In Algiers, underground fighters stood guard at Moslem cafes and clubs; "self-defense units" were formed in the Moslem bidonvilles (shanty towns). Fellagha gunmen stopped skirmishing with the French-army patrols to step up attacks on S.A.O. terrorists...
...time. He made them shave every day, no matter where they were, doled out raw onions instead of the traditional wine ration because "wine reduces stamina." With all-night marches and sudden paratroop raids, he won every engagement, became so successful at outwitting the rebels ("He thinks like a fellagha," says one of his officers) that the army put him in charge of a special school which next month will begin to give French officers intensive training in combatting "subversive war." Last week the French army let out one chapter in Bigeard's career that hitherto had been kept...
Ribbon-Happy Pols. The Arab fanatics are the terroristic fellaghas who have converted every isolated colonial's farmhouse, every road, every French-employed work gang into a guerrilla front line. A bout of fellagha Mau-Mauism periodically drives the local European population into a frenzy. Whole villages go on "gook-hunts." Says Servan-Schreiber: "The police and the army are helpless ... so they let the wave pass, hoping that the Arabs are not fools enough to stay out of doors. In a small town, by the time the fun is over, there will be two or three of them...
...Blue Bell girls are safe from the sunburn of the Sahara this year: getting the oil from Hassi Messaoud through the rebel country to the Mediterranean seaboard is practically impossible. In the desert, where no man can hide from the hovering helicopter, there is no trouble from the rebel fellagha, but the wild Atlas Mountains, which bar all routes northward from the oilfield, shelter some of the toughest Moslem rebel gangs. On the final 150-mile stretch of the railroad from Oran there have been continuous attacks by rebels for a year. In one night the line...
...Express. Said Bourguiba: "There are words for which one is willing to die-'liberty' and 'independence.' I know that many French sincerely believe that the Algerian people want to continue living in French territory, but I know the Algerians ... In Algeria, believe me, the fellagha are supported by the vast majority of the Algerian people...