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The graffiti “here we drown [people from this country]” (10[1])was created during a 1961 massacre led by the former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon. The gégène (“zhay-ZHEN”) was used (10[1])to conduct torture in this modern-day country, in which the paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen participated. (-5[1])In this modern country, Raoul Dufy founded the far-right OAS, which attempted to assassinate Charles de Gaulle. (-5[1])This country’s independence (10[1])led to an exodus of white pieds-noirs (10[1])(“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French Republic (10[1])ended due to a revolution in this country, which was granted independence in the 1962 Évian Accords. For 10 points, what country’s FLN fought French colonial forces in the Battle of Algiers? ■END■

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