Wearing French army uniforms, six groups of Algerian rebels last week struck simultaneously at six French farms near Palestro in Algeria. In a few minutes they had slaughtered the occupants of two farms, burned down two other unoccupied farms and killed the cattle, and shot up another family as it escaped by car.
The news reached Paris on the eve of a full-dress debate on the Algerian situation in the Chamber of Deputies, and gave emotional force to the right's demand for stronger action in Algeria. Shouted Poujadist Bullyboy Jean-Marie Le Pen: "The...
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