ALGERIA: The Tragedy of El Asnam

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Tents were quickly set up to house them at four sprawling encampments outside the city. As survivors arrived, many frantically hunted for their families. Wailed one man: "I just had time to grab my wife and run clear as our house collapsed, but our children were trapped inside. I don't know if they are alive or dead." Other people grimly carried their dead to the Muslim cemeteries on hillsides on the outskirts of the city. An old man with a long memory and the look of shock still in his eyes tearfully surveyed the devastation and said: "This is far worse than 1954."

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