Word: sakiet
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Lost Confidence. Truth was that lingering Arab confidence in France was ebbing so rapidly in the wake of Sakiet that no leader could soothe his angry subjects with assurances of French good faith and be convincing. Last week Mohammed was acting like a man whose own patience had run out, whose own confidence in French good will was gone...
...World War II, France lost its honor. During the senseless bombing of Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef, it is fast losing its soul...
...there were some poor civilian victims of the bombing at Sakiet, how do they compare with the thousands killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
...least temporarily, what would have been a highly embarrassing U.N. Security Council debate on France's conduct in North Africa. Delighted at the prospect of U.S. involvement in North African affairs, Habib Bourguiba quickly agreed to defer Tunisia's demand for immediate discussion of the Sakiet bombing. France, for its part, accepted postponement of debate on her counter-complaint charging the Tunisians with giving aid to the Algerian rebels...
...Trouble. The politicians in Paris were not much more restrained. The sole gesture of French regret for the treacherous Sakiet bombing was vitiated when Foreign Minister Christian Pineau felt obliged to emphasize that "if France plans to indemnify certain civilian victims [at Sakiet], it is without recognition of any responsibility." The French, in fact, seemed to be under the illusion that Tunisia was still one of their colonies. "Bizerte," said Pineau flatly, "will remain a French base." The only "concessions" the French were prepared to make were ones that served their self-interest, i.e., a proposal...