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Brigands & Patriots. All over Tunisia, similar parleys went on. Handsome Lazar Shraiti, 36, the most famous of all the fellagha chiefs, marched into Gafsa after nearly three years of outlawry, turned over 126 men and 112 rifles and carbines to the French, then went back to contact the hundreds of other fellaghas under his command. In his tiny stone hideout, he told TIME Correspondent William McHale, "I am a civilian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TUNISIA: Surrender of the Outlaws | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

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