TEHRAN The publication of a book by French General Paul Aussaresses, the ex-commander of the French Intelligence Organization in Algeria, in which he has confessed to torturing and killing Algerian ...

PARIS – French Gen. Paul Aussaresses, whose remorseless admission of executions and torture during the Algerian independence war five decades ago forced France to examine the dark period, has died. He ...

PARIS (AP) — French Gen. Paul Aussaresses, whose remorseless admission of executions and torture during the Algerian independence war five decades ago forced France to examine the dark period, has ...

Aussaresses was instantly recognisable by his eye patch. He lost sight in one eye due to a botched cataract operation, not combat. Credit: Photo: AFP French General Paul Aussaresses, whose cold ...

Gen Paul Aussaresses, who has died aged 95, stunned France in 2000 when he admitted coldbloodedly torturing and killing dozens of prisoners during his country's brutal colonial war in Algeria decades ...

The confession by a French general, now in his 80s, that he personally executed 24 insurgents during the Algerian independence struggle has fed growing demands from the left for an official apology ...

The French general Paul Aussaresses, whose cold admission of executions and torture during the Algerian independence war five decades ago forced France to examine a dark period of its past, has died.

The original version of this article, written by Anne Vigna, was published by Agência Pública's website [pt], on 1 April 2014, the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Brazil. All links lead to ...

PARIS, France -- A former French general is being investigated on suspicion of justifying war crimes committed during Algeria's war of independence. Paul Aussaresses, a former intelligence chief, said ...

Former French General Paul Aussaresses, convicted in 2003 for defending the act of torture after admitting his role at the head of a “death squad” during the Algerian War, has died aged 95. Disgraced ...