The French claim that they took such extreme action to wipe out an antiaircraft installation that had fired on their planes and to put anend to border raids by Algerian rebels. Nevertheless. the attack took place on Saturday. a market day when thousands of people had thronged Into the village of Sakiet. Many of these people were Algerian refugees come to receive Red Cross handouts of food end clothing. Under such oircumstances it was inevitable that many women and children should be among the victims. And no matter how rationally the French explain that Algerian rebels receive aid and comfort from Tunisia and must be punished. the mute. innocent victims of such raids area horrible reminder to the world of pacification techniques most of us had deemed mercifully obsolete.
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