F.L.N. terrorism in France alienated even its expected leftist allies.

Evidence

Outrages of terrorism by the F.L.N. such as Mélouza and the Algiers bombings would indeed produce a momentary revulsion in the United States, but the eventual reaction would, perversely, somehow end up as one of irritation against France as being responsible for the war in which such horrors could take place; a psychological process not dissimilar to that in the 1970s where the spate of Palestinian hijacking and terrorism against innocent targets did nothing to make the world less hostile towards Israel. One of the F.L.N. lobbyists at the United Nations is quoted by Edward Behr as saying: “You must realise that every time a bomb explodes in Algiers we are taken more seriously here.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 765 (#complicates, via linked claim)

This time he tried a new technique that was ingeniously simple but even more cruel in that it struck equally at ordinary, working-class Muslims and at Europeans. … The casualties of the innocents were this time almost equally divided between Muslims and Europeans, which did little to improve the image of the F.L.N. among the Muslim population. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 647 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Metropolitan terrorism alienated the French Left that supported Algerian independence; F.L.N. terrorism backfired against France more than against Algeria itself; F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad (+2 more)

Related

• F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad (similarity 0.93)
• F.L.N. terrorism backfired against France more than against Algeria itself (similarity 0.93)
• Terrorist attacks boosted the F.L.N.’s diplomatic standing despite revulsion (similarity 0.92)
• Metropolitan terrorism alienated the French Left that supported Algerian independence (similarity 0.90)
• Indiscriminate F.L.N. bombing alienated the Muslim working class (similarity 0.90)
• The F.L.N. moved its terrorism into metropolitan France in summer 1958 (similarity 0.87)
• F.L.N. shifted its terrorist focus to metropolitan France (similarity 0.87)
• The F.L.N. physically extended its Algerian terror and fundraising methods to metropolitan France. (similarity 0.87)
• F.L.N. France terrorism avoided indiscriminate civilian bombing (similarity 0.86)
• Lamp-post bombs killed almost equal numbers of Muslims and Europeans, hurting F.L.N. image. (similarity 0.85)
• F.L.N. terror silenced Muslim informants and paralyzed collaboration with the French (similarity 0.85)
• F.L.N. attacks on French schools were targeted war against French culture, not random savagery (similarity 0.85)
• The F.L.N. coerced Algeria’s Jews through terrorism and economic sanctions (similarity 0.84)
• The F.L.N. justified civilian bombing as morally equivalent to French air attack. (similarity 0.83)
• Removal of military pressure let the F.L.N. double its terrorist incidents within a month (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Terrorist attacks boosted the F.L.N.’s diplomatic standing despite revulsion #complicates (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 765
• Indiscriminate F.L.N. bombing alienated the Muslim working class #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 647