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#Algeria

2 entries tagged Algeria.

Organizations (1)

  • National Liberation Front The National Liberation Front (FLN) was the Algerian nationalist armed movement that fought the 1954-1962 independence war against France, backed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, and became the country's dominant political party after independence.

Places (1)

  • Algeria Algeria is a North African country and former French colony whose violent war of independence (1954-1962) and subsequent history appear in this vault primarily through the French intelligence operations surrounding the Algerian War, the OAS (Organisation de l'Armee Secrete) terrorist campaign, the CIA's relationship with the FLN, and Algeria's later role as a theater for Cold War influence operations and arms trafficking networks.