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.
AHMED BEN BELLAI spent 24 and a half years in prison
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We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks.
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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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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
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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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When I was engaged in the struggle for my country, I was very young. My horizons were open.
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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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I spent 24 and a half years in prison
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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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This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia.
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Let us all agree to die a little, or even completely so that African unity may not be a vain word
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I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
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With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom.
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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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