[Errigal]

Originally Posted by Theobald

True, but just a precision : I don't think that the author meant the "Pieds-Noirs" with his comparison, but rather the ethnic Arabs/Kabyls who supported France (the Harkis were their military force). In 1962 out of 9 million people living in Algeria there were about one million ethnic French and two million pro-French Algerians (and they were the majority before 1954 and the war, which explains why much of FLN's strategy was to kill French civilians so the French army had to lead reprisals against Arabs, so as to unite Algerian people against France).

Originally Posted by svin

I guess you misinterpreted words. Noone stated that these Algerians were different in race from those Algerians who wanted to become independant. They were the same people, just like in Ireland case.

Am I right?

The 20% who voted to stay with France would have included the ethnic French Pied-Noirs. This particular author may have meant only the Harkis but I doubt it.