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Algeria was French.
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They were opposed by the FLN, the Front de Libération
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Nationale, which was very similar to the Vietminh in Vietnam.
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And the resistance was also very, as one would reasonably expect, with
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Islam, with the Muslim world.
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Three events in 1956 hardened the lines between the colons,
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that is the settlers, and Algerians fighting for independence.
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On February 6th a mob in Algiers greeted the French premier,
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who was called Mollet, m-o-l-l-e-t, and his choice for
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governor general who was considered by the colons
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to be too pro-Arab, and they greeted him with rotten
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eggs and with tomatoes.