We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
AHMED BEN BELLAThe French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16.
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Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries – like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain – to occupy countries outside of Europe.
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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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I am not a Marxist, but I place myself resolutely at the left.
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I’m optimistic because I’m pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.
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In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well.
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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at first a small movement of nothing at all.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only recently saw the place where they were born, near the city of Marrakech.
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.
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I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.
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My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country.
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