Question

Vigilante attacks on civilians on one side of this conflict were pejoratively nicknamed “rat-hunts.” The non-Irish “Red Hand” terrorist organization carried out a series of bombings and assassinations targeting one side of this conflict. One battle in this conflict began after the bombing of the Milk Bar Café. One side’s use of torture (10[1])in this conflict was later deemed “necessary” by a colonel serving under General Jacques Massu. Thousands of bombings towards the end of this conflict were carried out by a far-right organization founded by Raoul Salan, the OAS. (-5[1])Many pieds-noirs (10[1])(“pyay-nwarr”) emigrated en masse (10[1]-5[1])following this conflict, which ended with the signing of the Évian Accords by (10[1])the FLN. For 10 points, name this colonial war in which (10[1])a North African nation seceded from France. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Algerian War of Independence [or Algerian Revolution or Guerre d’Algérie; reject “Algerian Civil War”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William OrrYale AYale B5210
Eren MicheletBoston University ABrown A89-5
Max WoodBrandeises BrewBoston University B9110
Richard LimBowdoin ATufts B94-5
Derek FinoClark ATufts A9410
Jack FeinbergCarabrandeisBowdoin B10710
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisYale C11810
Francis PowellTufts BBowdoin A12510
Ethan YoungWilliams ANortheastern A12510
Alex JiangBrown ABoston University A12610

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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%29%90.29
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y1100%0%100%116.00
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%47.00
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis2024-11-16Y8100%0%25%104.75