O.A.S. murders in late 1961 were indiscriminate and grossly exceeded their intended targets

Evidence

According to Salan’s aide, Captain Ferrandi, the shooting of Feraoun was a mistake; the main target was the missing man, “a certain Petitbon, a senior official of the national education services”, who had decided not to attend the meeting at the last moment — so the O.A.S. squad just killed whoever was there. In view of the singling out of “the best Muslim elements in the liberal professions” in Salan’s Instruction No. 29, the excuse — such as it is — hardly convinces. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1624 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The O.A.S. extorted pieds noirs with surveillance and threats; O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend; The murder of elderly charwomen shocked even the O.A.S. (+1 more)

Related

• The O.A.S. claim that Feraoun’s murder was a mistake is implausible (similarity 0.92)
• The murder of elderly charwomen shocked even the O.A.S. (similarity 0.84)
• The O.A.S. extorted pieds noirs with surveillance and threats (similarity 0.82)
• O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend (similarity 0.81)
• The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The murder of elderly charwomen shocked even the O.A.S. #exemplifies (0.85)
• O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend #expands (0.80)
• The O.A.S. claim that Feraoun’s murder was a mistake is implausible #corroborates (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1624