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news items were produced to "justify" the coup. Before the results of the
first round had been announced, the prime minister said that the vote
had taken place calmly, peacefully and securely. After the results be-
came clear, on the other hand, he made a statement that the polls had
"not been sufficiently free and honest," hinting that the FIS had either
cheated or resorted to force.
The development of the coup was also interesting. The events that
unfolded were showing that the whole thing had been planned before-
hand. Following the coup, and contrary to the impression that was
being given to the rest of the world, Muslims did not begin a "civil war."
It was those who carried out the coup who began the conflict. The FIS
called on all sides to abandon the use of force and to use peaceful meth-
ods. The government's answer was to detain thousands of FIS members
and supporters and inflict the most terrible torture on them in prison.
The years that followed brought no change in the pressure put on
the Algerian people. Following provocations blamed on Muslims, spe-
cial courts with extraordinary powers were set up. At first, the FIS and

its supporters tried to keep a level head and stick to peaceful methods,
but eventually they began to change their attitude. One group resorted
to arms to respond to the armed attacks on it by security forces. In the
end, Algeria found itself in a state of civil war.

Who Directed the Civil War in Algeria?
The civil war had but one aim: to destroy the Muslims' power, if

necessary by means of physical elimination. That is why death squads
were set up, under the name of "anti-terrorist teams." Muslims targeted
by these squads were murdered, and these cases were never solved.
According to the description of one Algerian police officer, who admit-
ted what had gone on, special teams would knock on the doors of
Muslims they had targeted and then fire their weapons when the
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door was opened. Professor Abdelhamid Brahimi, Algeria's prime
minister of 1984-88, spoke of the methods employed in the war that was
declared against Muslims: