2012年7月5日星期四

Colonization brought the genocide

"Colonization brought the designer inspired sunglasses for cheap genocide of our identity, of our history, of our language, of our traditions," Bouteflika said on Algerian television in 2006. As Algeria was winning independence, 1 million Europeans suddenly left Algeria in a hurried exodus for mainland France. These so-called "pieds noirs," or "black feet" – mainly modest artisans who wanted to keep Algeria French – are a political force today in France, along with their descendants. For Story, the historian, that is one reason keeping French politicians reticent about speaking out about the colonial role. There is also unreconciled tension around the harkis, Algerians peasants who fought on the side of the French and died by the tens of thousands. "There is no equivalent in history ...," Stora coupons for oakley sunglasses said. "Algeria was a land that disappeared, a land that no longer existed that was called French Algeria." It "was the heart of the nation, not (part) of the colonial empire ... It was integrated into France before Savoie," he said, referring to the Alpine region of eastern France. It took several years for the French to come to terms with the war and for several years referred to the violence simply to "events." Hundreds of French troops were deployed, but the war, which began with an armed insurrection by Algerians, was unwinnable for France. Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who led the French Resistance against the Nazis in World War II, was forced to negotiate Algeria's clearence oackay independence.

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