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Last week a routine French patrol set out from Timimoun to check on a company located some 30 miles to the northeast. When they got to the area, they found the company's eight French officers and noncoms sprawled in their tents, their throats cut from ear to ear. The remaining 53 Shamba corpsmen had taken off across the desert with 180 camels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: Desert Encounter | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

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