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. (10[1]-5[1])One side’s use of torture in this conflict was later deemed “necessary” by a colonel serving under General Jacques Massu. Thousands of bombings towards (10[1])the end of this conflict were carried out by a far-right organization founded by Raoul Salan, (10[2])the OAS. (10[1])Many pieds-noirs (“pyay-nwarr”) emigrated (-5[1])en masse following this conflict, which ended with the signing of the Évian Accords by the FLN. For 10 points, name this colonial war in which a North African nation seceded from France. (10[1])■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
Cooper RohColumbia APenn A4710
Zachary LeblangPenn BBard A47-5
Austin GuoPrinceton APenn State B7110
Will HollisterLehigh ARutgers A8710
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins APenn State A8710
Arjun BothraHaverford AJohns Hopkins B8910
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BRowan A92-5
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan AColumbia B12510
Greta HongBard APenn B12610

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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