This war was prolonged by the rejection of the Sant'Egidio platform by the hardline "eradicator" faction of the army.
During this war, a photograph of a screaming mother, the "Madonna of Bentalha," was taken after a massacre that may have been one of many false-flag operations committed by OÂ·JÂ·AÂ·L and OÂ·SÂ·SÂ·RÂ·A. This war was prolonged by the rejection of the Sant'Egidio platform by the hardline "eradicator" faction of the army. The hostility of the unemployed  hittistes  to the Westernized  chi-chis  was a major cause of this war. This war began when a military coup installed Mohamed Boudiaf after deposing Chadli Bendjedid, in response to elections that went well for the Islamic Salvation Front. Veterans from the Afghani jihad formed the brutal GIA in this decade-long conflict with over 200,000 casualties. For 10 points, name this war between Islamist insurgencies and the FLN in a former French colony in Africa.
During this war, a photograph of a screaming mother, the "Madonna of Bentalha," was taken after a massacre that may have been one of many false-flag operations committed by OÂ·JÂ·AÂ·L and OÂ·SÂ·SÂ·RÂ·A.
Algerian Civil War