Eradicator (Algerian politics)

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In the Algerian Civil War, a popular analysis divided the ruling generals into two factions. The eradicators (éradicateurs) were those who opposed negotiation with what they termed terrorists, preferring to "eradicate" them. Among the eradicators' leaders were General Mohamed Lamari and Prime Minister Redha Malek; they received support from various groups, most notably the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA), but including smaller leftist and feminist groups such as the ultra-secularist RCD.