Word: salan
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...fought mostly between French and French-those who back Charles de Gaulle in his desperate efforts to negotiate an agreement that will hand over Algeria to the Moslems, and those who are fanat ical followers of France's ex-General Raoul Salan and his so-called Secret Army Organization, dedicated at all cost to keeping Algeria in the hands of its big (1,000,000) European population...
...officials remaining loyal to De Gaulle are no longer the hunters but the hunted. Changing cars frequently, they move from one hiding place to the other and are surrounded by armed guards that they cannot always trust. The real government of Algiers seems to be in the hands of Salan and the S.A.O., which can apparently commit any crime with impunity. The few who are captured and brought to trial expect-and get-clemency from their intimidated judges...
Rebel General Raoul Salan escaped arrest to become the leader of the terrorist Se cret Army Organization, and his staff is made up of such tough ex-paratroop officers as Colonel Yves Godard and Pierre Lagaillarde...
...agreement is reached between France and the F.L.N., it could well unleash a burst of violence by Salan and his S.A.O. Running gun fights in the streets obviously cannot overthrow De Gaulle; what Salan is believed to be counting on is bringing the Europeans out in a mass demonstration that will pose for the French army in Algeria the grim dilemma of either shooting down Frenchmen or tacitly joining with Salan. As a warning against a ceasefire, the S.A.O. last week plastered posters throughout Algiers. As if parodying De Gaulle's own grand style, the posters were headed...
...General Raoul Salan's Secret Army Organization seemed to own Algiers. The police either would not or could not find the S.A.O. terrorists. The French army was either sympathetic or indifferent to the S.A.O. resolve to keep Algeria French. But for the past month, the S.A.O. has been under attack by a band of newcomers nicknamed barbouzes (bearded ones). They began by machine-gunning the cars in which S.A.O. men blatantly drove around Algiers. Next, they bombed 17 cafés patronized exclusively by the S.A.O. Barbouzes are credited with the "disappearance" of several S.A.O. chieftains...