Algeria “The Dirty War”
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The book ‘The Dirty War’ by Habib Souaidia, a former Algerian army officer, implicated Algerian government forces in the civilian massacres that they have previously blamed on Islamic terrorists.
The book was the first document to give graphic details of alleged killings by government forces, Soaudia writes, “I saw colleagues burn alive a 15-year old child. I saw soldiers disguising themselves as terrorists and massacre civilians… I have seen colonels murder suspects in cold blood. I have seen officers torture Islamists to death. I have seen too many things. I can no longer keep silent,” added Souaidia. “Everybody thinks it is the terrorists who do the killing, but the reality is different …the generals have done the same thing,” he said.
The statements made by Habib Souaïdia in his book, confirmed what the Muslims of Algeria had known for many years, that their government had been waging a war against them. (more…)