The Oujda raid repeated Sakiet’s pattern but the FLN stayed silent

Evidence

In itself it was indicative of the growing anarchy in Algeria. The “Ben M’hidi” base contained some ten thousand people, including refugees and a hospital centre equipped by Yugoslavia and East Germany and well marked by a red cross. With unfortunately directed aim, bullets from the T.6s killed a wounded man actually on the operating table and a nurse tending him. Three others in the base were slain and several wounded. The raid bore a close resemblance to the Sakiet raid of 1958, which had had so profound an influence on the course of the war. This time, however, the F.L.N. gritted its teeth and with remarkable restraint said nothing — at least for the time being. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1565

Categorization

• XREF: Recalls the Sakiet raid of 1958 and its influence — this passage explicitly invites cross-referencing with that earlier turning point in the same book. — connects to: The French bombing of Sakiet triggered the Fourth Republic’s collapse; Vague pursuit authorization let local commanders trigger the Sakiet bombing; The Sakiet bombing killed eighty including civilians and invited Israeli-style comparisons — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 778

Related

• Vague pursuit authorization let local commanders trigger the Sakiet bombing (similarity 0.89)
• The Sakiet bombing killed eighty including civilians and invited Israeli-style comparisons (similarity 0.87)
• The French bombing of Sakiet triggered the Fourth Republic’s collapse (similarity 0.82)
• FLN cross-border raids from Tunisia provoked French bombing of Sakiet (similarity 0.78)