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deep poverty. 2 Many historians agree that the French were guilty of ―depersonalization, deculturation, forced resettlement, and some cases of genocide.‖ 3 This suggests that the treatment of the Arabs in the Algerian War was little different than what the French had been doing all along. By 1954 Arab Algerians had been through enough unfair treatment by the French government and decided it was time to take a stand. During the war the Algerian FLN would take command of gaining an Algeria free from France by using terrorism and other means. The FLN routinely used terrorism against the Pieds-Noirs in major cities in Algeria and in France. The main areas targeted were popular bars, cafeterias, and cafes that were frequented by large numbers of European settlers. 4 The FLN used the bombings to further their cause of gaining a free Algeria. They were also used to gain support of the native Muslim Algerians by showing them that a fight against the French could be won. In addition the terrorist bombings used by the FLN were used to force the Algerian police and the French army to respond with the use of force and greater control. 5 This made the Algerians crave independence even more because there was now a physical force that was repressing them and taking away their rights instead of just French policy and the politicians who enacted it. One of the most prominent examples of attacks against human rights occurred during the Battle of Algiers. The battle occurred between January and October of 1957. The battle is usually thought to have begun when three female FLN members planted bombs in two popular European bars, and a travel center. Because of these and other attacks against white civilians, specifically the Pieds-Noirs, the French military was called in to take over police duties in Algiers. In addition to policing Algiers, on January 7, 1954 the Resident Minister of Algeria gave General Jacques Massu absolute power over civilian and 2 Ibid., 3. 3 Ibid., 4. 4 Kim Hendrickson and Abbey Lustgarten, ―Battle of Algiers: A Case Study.‖ Disc 3. Battle of Algiers, Criterion Collection. DVD. Directed by Kim Hendrickson and Abbey Lustgarten. 2004. 5 Ibid. 173
military matters in Algiers. 6 This gave Massu the power to set up segregated zones in the city to keep the Arab population contained in one area. He also was able to place any person deemed dangerous to public security under arrest. This generally included all of the Arab inhabitants of the city because any one of them could have been involved with the FLN. Massu also had the authority to search and remove people from their homes any time day or night. 7 Almost immediately after taking command a policy of random arrest and hostile interrogation of prisoners was initiated. Torture was used as a means to discover both the membership of the FLN and to discover the locations of bombs and bomb makers who were scattered throughout the city. 8 This was the rationale behind the use of torture by the military. The French military used the ―ticking bomb‖ scenario to validate the use of forceful interrogation. 9 The Battle of Algiers marked the most intense period of French military action during the Algerian War of Independence. During this ten month period the French military involve itself in more torture and sent more Algerians to internment camps than during any other time in the war. The military used their power in a manner that violated the fundamental human rights of the Algerian population. Tens of thousands of suspected rebels were arrested and tortured while thousands more were sent to camps to await the same fate. Of the many thousands of people randomly taken from their homes few were actually connected with the FLN. 10 By some accounts made by military officers only three or five out of every hundred prisoners were sympathizers of the FLN and out of that number even less were responsible for making or setting the bombs the French military claimed to be looking for. 11 While the military was searching for this small portion of the population thousands of innocent people were falsely arrested and needlessly tortured. The exact number of Algerians who were tortured throughout the entire war is unknown but if a similar rate of torture occurred throughout the rest of the war to the amount that occurred during the Battle of Algiers the number would easily be in the hundreds of thousands. 6 Patrick Rotman, ―L‘ennemi Intime: États D‘armes.‖ Disc 3. Battle of Algiers, Criterion Collection. DVD. Directed by Patrick Rotman. 2002. 7 Ibid. 8 Ibid. 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid. 11 Ibid. 174
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