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Quotation of the Day for December 31, 2010"The effectiveness of torturing people to make them betray their cause cannot be disputed. But with all the good results--the 'fingering' of many fellagha, the betrayal and subsequent capture of many of the rebel leaders--was a steady build-up of hatred against the French--a hatred that comes from living in fear and terror. And this antagonism drew the Arabs, so often before divided among themselves, into a common cause; it made them feel the necessity of combining for survival and it made them finally aware of their own strength. The French became the foreign intruder and the concept of nationalism was born in the Arabs, which was never there before." - Simon Murray, from his memoir Legionnaire, on France's colonial war in Algeria in the early 1960s. Quoted in Voices of the Foreign Legion, by Adrian Gilbert. Submitted by: Terry Labach Nov. 23, 2010 |
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