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The Organisation de l'Armée Secrète (OAS) was a short-lived French right-wing terrorist group formed in February 1961 to resist the granting of independence to the French colony of Algeria (Algerie française).The OAS was created in response to the referendums on self-determination for Algeria. There were uprisings in January 1960 by the colons and pied noirs who again took to arms in April 1961 ( the Generals' Putsch). Both these insurrections were swiftly suppressed and many of the leaders who had created the OAS were imprisoned. By terrorist acts and assassinations (Mouloud Feraoun) they, like the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN), attempted to alter the events of the Algerian War. Both groups were considered terrorist organizations trying to encourage change. The OAS even attempted to assassinate Charles de Gaulle in 1962 in an ambush at Petit-Clamart, a Paris suburb; the ambush, as others, was planned by military engineer Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry.
The main hope of the OAS was to provoke the FLN into restarting military action after a cease-fire was agreed in the Evian Accords of March and the referendum of June 1962; over 100 bombs a day were detonated by the OAS in March. Despite the carnage the FLN remained resolute and on June 17, 1962 the OAS agreed to the ceasefire. In April 1962 its leader, Raoul Salan was captured. The group was effectively eliminated by 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey. However the group was granted an amnesty for its actions and few members were properly tried or significantly imprisoned.
An assassin hired by the OAS is the principal villain in Frederick ForsythFrederick Forsyth (born August 25, 1938) is a British author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal The Dogs of War The Odessa File Icon and The Fist of God''. Born in Ashford, Kent, Forsyth was's novelA novel is a long or extended work of fiction written in prose, usually in the form of a story. It is longer and more complex than a short story or novella (ie. 40,000+ words), and it is not bound by the restrictions of plays and poetry. The word "novel", The Day of the JackalThe Day of the Jackal is a thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who, contracted by the Organisation de l'Armee Secrete, a French terrorist group of the early 1960's, attempts to kill Charles de Gaulle. The novel is widely rega.
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