Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Yacef Is Unrepentant on `Battle of Algiers' Role in Popularizing Terrorism

(Bloomberg) -- Fifty years ago, when Saadi Yacef was
blowing up French men, women and children in the name of Algerian
independence, he never imagined Algerians would do the same to
each other some day.

Yacef's ultimately successful fight against colonial France
was immortalized in the 1965 film ``The Battle of Algiers.'' He
played a character based on himself in the movie, which has
become a celluloid primer for revolutionaries.


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