Eradicator (Algerian politics)

In the Algerian Civil War, a popular analysis divided the ruling generals into two factions. The eradicators (French: 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.