Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
AHMED BEN BELLAI am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it’s from there that all those who fought left.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
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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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Algeria is not breaking up.
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At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
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It is obvious that taking the country from a state of war to being a lawful state won’t be easy.
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I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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I’m 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn’t changed; it’s the same fervour that drives me.
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Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.
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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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