Operation Écouvillon: the Saharan war shrouded in silence
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In February 1958, France and Spain waged a merciless fight against the Southern Liberation Army. It was a colonial war presented as a mere « law-and-order operation. » In « La question du Sahara » and « Sahara 1958, opération Écouvillon-Teide, » historian Rahal Boubrik tells the true story of a conflict that was meant to stay hidden. Photos from Rahal...