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TheCommando Deltaweredeath squadsof theOrganisation armée secrète(OAS) active inFrench Algeriaduring the early 1960s. They "interdicted" European neighbourhoods by summarily executing any Muslims who entered. The Commando Delta were established byRoger Degueldrein 1961 during the final stages of theAlgerian War;the word "Delta" signified Degueldre, alieutenantwho deserted from theFrench Foreign Legionin 1961.[1]

Commando Delta units were also responsible for the assassination of people considered as traitors by the OAS. However, a certain number of killings were alleged to have been done by theService de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage(SDECE) to discredit the OAS, with such allegations ascribing them to theService d'Action Civiqueor theLa Main Rouge.As a result, it is not possible to clearly define which actions were ascribable to the Commando Delta in the chaotic situation of the time.

Organisation

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The Algerian War

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The Commando Delta notably participated in the following actions:

Several thousand murders of Algerians were attributed to the OAS.

Later use of the Commando Delta name

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The Commando Delta name has been used in more recent times by elements of the French extreme right:

  • November 1977: attack on a communist bookstore inToulon.
  • 2 December 1977: assassination of Laïd Sebaï of the Amicale des Algériens en Europe ( "Friends of Algerians in Europe" ) in Paris.[3]
  • 4 December 1977: bombing of an Algerian workers'foyer(lodging) inMarange-Silvange.[4]
  • 11 December 1977:Molotov cocktailswere used against theSonacotrafoyerinStrasbourg-Meinau.[5]
  • 14 December 1977: attempted Molotov cocktail attack against a Sonocotrafoyerin La Garde.[6]
  • 27 December 1977: attack against a union hall inCambrai,resulting in minor damage.[7]
  • 31 December 1977: bombing of theMarcoingcity hall.[8]
  • 14 March 1978: attack on the Amicale des Algériens offices in Toulon.[9]
  • 24 March 1978: attack on aFrench Communist Partyoffice in Toulon.[10]
  • 4 May 1978: assassination ofHenri Curielin Paris.[11]
  • 7 April 1980: fire set at the door of a militant Communist in Aubervilliers.[12]
  • 7 June 1980: fire set at the house of a Community party member in Aubervilliers.[13][14]
  • 3 March 1981: attempted parcel bomb attack against a director of theLe Mondenewspaper.[15]
  • 30 September 1983: Commandos Delta claim credit for an attack on the International Forum at the Palais des Congrès inMarseille,1 dead, 26 injured.[16]

References

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  1. ^Horne, Alistair (1977–2006).A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962.New York Review of Books. p. 483.ISBN978-1-59017-218-6.
  2. ^Yves Courrière,La guerre d'Algérie,tome 4:Les feux du désespoir,Fayard, 1969
  3. ^"GTD ID 197712020001".Global Terrorism Database.University of Maryland.Retrieved18 October2010.
  4. ^"GTD ID 197712040001".Global Terrorism Database.University of Maryland.Retrieved18 October2010.
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  11. ^"GTD ID 197805050001".Global Terrorism Database.University of Maryland.Retrieved18 October2010.
  12. ^[7][dead link]
  13. ^Journal officiel du 8 Octobre 1980
  14. ^[8][dead link]
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  16. ^[10][dead link]

Bibliography

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  • Yves Courrière,La guerre d'Algérie,tome 4:Les feux du désespoir,Fayard,1969
  • Arnaud Déroulède,OAS: étude d'une organisation clandestine,Curutchet, 1997
  • Vincent Guibert,Les commandos Delta,Curutchet, 2000
  • Georges Fleury,Histoire secrète de l'O.A.S.,Grasset & Fasquelle, 2002
  • Rémi Kauffer,OAS: histoire d'une guerre franco-française,Seuil, 2002
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