Defectors from the French army to the
ALN
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, pejoratively called hizb França (the party of
France
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) or abbreviated DAF (''défecteurs de l'armée française'') constitute an important faction in the
Algerian army
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, and more generally the Algerian power structure, including such key generals as
Khaled Nezzar
Major-General Khaled Nezzar ( ar, خالد نزّار; born 25 December 1937) is an Algerian general and former member of the High Council of State of Algeria. He was born in the ''douar'' of Thlet, in Seriana in the Batna region. His father, ...
,
Mohamed Lamari
Lt. Gen. Mohamed Lamari (7 June 1939 – 13 February 2012) ( ar, محمد العماري) was Chief of Staff of the Algerian army during most of the Algerian Civil War.
Personal life
He was born on 7 June 1939 in Biskra, to a family originall ...
,
Larbi Belkheir
Maj.-Gen. Larbi Belkheir ( ar, العربي بلخير) was a noted Algerian retired general and political figure.
Biography
He was born in Frenda (now in Tiaret Province) in 1938, and joined the French army, reaching the rank of second lieute ...
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Mohamed Touati, and
Abbas Gheziel.
This faction gained power after 1988, especially during the
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Is ...
. A major military reshuffle in 2000 further increased its influence (with the promotion of such Lamari protégés as
Fodhil Cherif and
Said Bey
Said Bey is a Moroccan actor and humorist.
Filmography
* ''Jesus'' (1999)
* ''The Man Who Sold the World'' (2009)'
* ''Femmes en miroires'' (2011)'
* '' Road To Kabul'' (2011)
* Son of God (2014)
* ''Urgent
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) at the expense of ALN fighters who had been trained in Arab countries, rather than in the French army (a faction notably including
Liamine Zeroual and
Tayeb Derradji Tayeb may refer to:
People
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.) Several of the main leaders of this faction have now retired, but remain influential. This faction is generally considered
eradicationist (favouring no dialogue with Islamist guerrillas in the context of the
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Is ...
).
Detractors claim that this faction has longstanding close ties with the French government, and question the sincerity of their last-minute changes of side in the
Algerian War of Independence
The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...
. A particularly notable detractor, ex-Prime Minister
Abdelhamid Brahimi
Abdelhamid Brahimi ( ar, عبد الحميد براهيمي; 2 April 1936 – 15 August 2021) was an Algerian politician who first served as minister of planning before becoming the prime minister of Algeria under Chadli Bendjedid
Chadli Be ...
, assigns them the primary blame for the coup of 1992 and the ensuing
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War ( ar, rtl=yes, الْحَرْبُ الْأَهْلِيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, al-Ḥarb al-ʾAhlīyah al-Jazāʾirīyah) was a civil war in Algeria fought between the Algerian government and various Is ...
.
Aux origines de la tragédie algérienne (1958-2000): Témoignage sur "Hizb França"
, Abdelhamid Brahimi, Hoggar Press, 2000.
References
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National Liberation Front (Algeria)