Imprisoned FLN leaders sanctioned Abane’s execution except Ait Ahmed

Evidence

Lebjaoui, however, who held no love for Boumedienne, denied to the author that he was in any way implicated; nor, he insists, was Abane’s arch-enemy, Ben Bella. Ait Ahmed, however, claimed to the author in 1986 that, following Abane’s death, Ben Bella and the other four F.L.N. leaders then in the Santé Prison signed documents supporting his “execution”; only Ait Ahmed himself had refused, on the grounds that he was fundamentally opposed to all “liquidations”. To Ait Ahmed, also, “Without Abane there would have been no F.L.N.—he was the political head.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 725

Categorization

• QUESTION: Conflicting testimony between Ait Ahmed and Ben Bella about who sanctioned the execution — worth noting the partisan nature of each source.
• XREF: The ‘liquidations’ issue connects broadly to how revolutionary movements handle internal dissent — resonates with Cold War-era purge debates and the reader’s interest in the revolution devouring itself. — connects to: F.L.N. leaders imprisoned in France signed documents supporting Abane’s execution.; The FLN was riven by nested internal conflicts beyond the fight against France; Abane’s killing elevated the colonels over the politicals in the FLN — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 719 (+1 more)

Related

• F.L.N. leaders imprisoned in France signed documents supporting Abane’s execution. (similarity 0.93)
• Abane’s killing elevated the colonels over the politicals in the FLN (similarity 0.82)
• No Algerian source has refuted accounts of Abane’s assassination (similarity 0.81)
• The F.L.N. colonel elite voted to hand Abane’s fate to Boussouf (similarity 0.79)
• The FLN itself executed Si Salah, not a French patrol (similarity 0.79)
• Si Salah was executed by the FLN, not killed by the French (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• No Algerian source has refuted accounts of Abane’s assassination #complicates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 724