The wounds of the Algerian war are decidedly far from being closed. The revelations of General AUSSARESSES, former head of the French intelligence services in Algiers provoke controversy. Reactions in Algiers. Interview of Algerians on this subject and Nassereddine ALLAOUI, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "El Youm". He believes it is important to know the truth about the unspeakable crimes and the mass killings, the tortures. It is important to recognize these facts and to know what the French army did in Algeria. Nabila TABOURI, on the spot, explains that some would like a conviction of the general for crimes against humanity.
Quarante quatre ans après la disparition d'Ali BOUMENDJEL, sa famille découvre la vérité après la publication du livre du général AUSSARESSES " Services spéciaux Algérie 1955 1957 ". Malika BOUMENDJEL est " bouleversée par ce qu'elle a appris et peut mettre un visage sur le tortionnaire de son mari ". Elle demande que l'on reconnaisse la torture et l'assassinat de son mari.
General Paul AUSSARESSES explains that "he did not witness acts of torture but rather summation". He killed 24 people. He has no remorse. He adds: "We had no choice, there was a considerable number of acts of terrorism in the Battle of Algiers that led to the deaths of innocent people, women and children more than military personnel." According to him, justice was powerless at the time to decide the fate of these perpetrators of acts of terrorism.