Meanwhile, Patrick Roger and Nicolas Weill remind us of the other anniversary of May 8, 1945: when French colonialists massacred between 15,000 and 20,000 Algerians in Sétif, Guelma, and Kherrata, an event followed ever after (unlike, say, the war in Iraq) by a "wall of silence".
Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions…
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Some Differences in Appreciation, According to Whose Soldiers Are Involved…
Meanwhile, Patrick Roger and Nicolas Weill remind us of the other anniversary of May 8, 1945: when French colonialists massacred between 15,000 and 20,000 Algerians in Sétif, Guelma, and Kherrata, an event followed ever after (unlike, say, the war in Iraq) by a "wall of silence".
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