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ments by commanders who served in Algeria at the time.
The French administration's policy in Algeria was very frankly
and succinctly set out by Jacques Massu, emergency rule commander at
the time:
Torture? Of course we torture. Some of the press have made it very
difficult for us. But how can you expect us to behave differently? 24
Even more hair-raising were the impressions of Jacques
Duquesne, a La Croix correspondent at the time:
The questions of torture and disappearances constantly weigh on
your mind. Men and sometimes women are detained, and nothing is
heard of them ever again. The practice of tying bodies to rocks and
throwing them into the sea is well known. The number is generally
put at around 3,000, although Algiers Mayor Jacques Chevallier
speaks of a figure closer to 5,000. Among the methods of intimida-
tion carried out by French troops were rape and the destruction of
entire villages. One soldier told how as a medical orderly every
morning he had to treat people who had been tortured by his unit
throughout the night. The most popular technique most everywhere
was to apply electric shocks all over the body, sometimes even to
women's sexual organs. Other torture methods were intended to

French troops were proud of the mas-
sacres they carried out, and felt not the
slightest unease about smilingly docu-
menting their cruelty. These pictures
were taken in front of murdered
Algerians in the Ain Beida region, and
were later published in the world press.