"In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections……" — Richard Engel
"In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections like the Brotherhood did in Egypt. The Algerian military refused to allow the Islamists to take power. A war erupted, killing between 100,000 to 200,000 people, depending on which estimates are to be believed."
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Richard Engel
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84 Quotes by Richard Engel
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I think war should be illegal.
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The Arab Spring is over. The days of the protesters with laptops and BlackBerrys in Tahrir Square are long gone.
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For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis…
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Not surprisingly, in most Sunni regions there has little appetite for free U.S.-sponsored elections.
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The U.S. spent years and years and billions of dollars to build the Iraqi army only to watch it collapse…
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For eight years, you had the Bush administration with a very interventionist policy, driving into world affairs, driving primarily into…
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We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.
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Once you start bombing in Syria, when you start looking for targets, there will be a lot.
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There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected.
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Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest…
— Omar Bongo
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The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge,…
— Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the…
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria;…
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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I am the son of poor peasants who came at a very young age to live in Algeria. I only…
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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The liberation movement which I led in Algeria, the organization that I created to fight the French army, was at…
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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Algeria is not breaking up.
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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Yes, I am Algerian of Moroccan origin through my parents, but all my life is Algeria. I was born there.
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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Algeria is what allowed me to accept myself.
— Pierre Bourdieu
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I have seen children shot in El Salvador, Algeria, Guatemala, Sarajevo, but I have never before watched soldiers entice children…
— Chris Hedges
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In a general way, if one cannot attribute to the Jew the whole responsibility of the situation, economic, political, and…
— Chuck Hagel
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The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.
— Ahmed Ben Bella
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