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...battle of Villa Bel Air set off a wave of terror throughout Algeria in which the S.A.O., the barbouzes, the Moslem F.L.N., the police and the army appeared to tangle indiscriminately. In four cities within four days, 80 people were killed and 160 wounded. Several Moslems suspected of being terrorists were caught by a crowd in Oran and burned alive in their car. In a mountain gorge near Bougie, the F.L.N. ambushed a French army convoy, killing 18 soldiers-the highest army losses in recent months...
...Lebanon, the insurrection was more ambitious, recalling for awhile the 1958 civil war in which Christian President Camille Chamoun's government was in conflict with pro-Nasser Moslems until U.S. Marines restored order. When the dust settled, Chamoun stepped down and both Christians and Moslems united behind the presidency of ascetic General Fuad Chehab, a Christian Arab whose policy is pro-Western, yet also friendly to Egypt's Nasser. Last week's revolt against Chehab was led by the Popular Syrian Party, a right-wing Moslem group dedi cated to uniting Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq into...
...have already returned to France; two more are scheduled to leave this month. De Gaulle's intention is clear: by getting the army out of Algeria, he hopes to keep it from being caught in the middle of civil strife, with only the option of slaughtering either rioting Moslem nationalists or European colons...
...became commander in chief of the armies of Castile. Not for long. The able but treacherous King Alfonso VI, jealous of his vassal's victories and virtues, banished him. Undaunted, Don Rodrigo gathered an army of admirers, and off and on for 30 years beat back the Moslem armies. Though generally far outnumbered, he never lost a battle, and did more than any man of his time to rescue Spain from the Moors. In fear and trembling, they called him "al Seid" (the Lord...
...known in Spanish transliteration) was a great soul as well as a great soldier. "This man," wrote a Moslem chronicler, "was by his clear-eyed force, his strength of spirit and heroism, a miracle of the Almighty...