The F.L.N. infiltrated and turned the French-made Force K against them
Evidence
With the Affaire K you thought you were introducing a Trojan horse into the heart of the Algerian resistance. You were deceived. Those whom you took for traitors to the Algerian nation were pure patriots…. We thank you for having procured us arms that will help us to liberate our country. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 798
Categorization
- SEED: A twisting double-agent story: the French’s own anti-FLN guerrillas turned out to be FLN plants.
- XREF: connects to: Camus’s civil truce campaign was secretly infiltrated by the F.L.N.; The F.L.N. infiltrated and neutralized Camus’s ‘civil truce’ from within; French counterinsurgency used turned F.L.N. members as infiltrators in the Casbah — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 661 (+2 more)
Related
- Camus’s civil truce campaign was secretly infiltrated by the F.L.N. (similarity 0.89)
- The F.L.N. infiltrated and neutralized Camus’s ‘civil truce’ from within (similarity 0.86)
- The F.L.N. framed a French proxy for attacks to destroy his credibility (similarity 0.86)
- French double agents inside the F.L.N. betrayed Yacef and Ali la Pointe (similarity 0.82)
- French agents staged their own side’s bombings to win the F.L.N.’s trust (similarity 0.80)
- Algerian Jews joined the F.L.N. as double agents against France. (similarity 0.79)
- French counterinsurgency used turned F.L.N. members as infiltrators in the Casbah (similarity 0.79)
- FLN gained most from French brutal strike-breaking methods. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The F.L.N. framed a French proxy for attacks to destroy his credibility
#corroborates(0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 800 - French double agents inside the F.L.N. betrayed Yacef and Ali la Pointe
#complicates(0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 804