We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
AHMED BEN BELLAI am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
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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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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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We were but some tens of people throughout Algeria, a territory that is five times the size of France
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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 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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Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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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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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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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This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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Algeria is not breaking up.
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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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