The Battle of Algiers Re-released - Revisited

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. The parallels between the Algerian war of independence (1954-62) and the ongoing war in Iraq have once more been drawn as the US Administration seeks a way out of the quagmire in Iraq. Officials at the FBI, the CIA and the Pentagon have screened the Algerian experience and approached Yacef Saadi, the commander, for ideas only to be told: "the day you put your feet in Iraq is the day you will lose the war". ... battle+of+algiers Algeria war independence Pentagon FBI CIA US+administration ...