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CIA • 1992

ASSASSINATION PROMPTS ALGERIANS TO QUESTION ARMY POLICY, FOCUS (WASHINGTON POST)

ppro~00~/68 ~~~9~~ ~~~'o Question Army Policy, Focus By Jonathan C. Randal Washington Post Foreign Service ALGIERS-For many Algerians; the most troubling fact about last week's assassination of head of state Mohammed Boudiaf was that the man identified as the apparent assassin was a junior officer in an elite army security unit who had Muslim "religious convictions." The report that an army officer had pulled the trigger seemed to confirm recurring rumors here that NEWS ANALYSIS the army, long c...
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Nov 4, 2016
Released
May 17, 2000
Publication
Jul 7, 1992
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CIA-RDP96-00789R001001550004-6

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Document Type

CREST

Collection

STARGATE

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RIFPUB

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U

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4

Pages

1 pages

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