The police state system that propped up dictators from Algiers to Islamabad for decades was unsustainable.
Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea|Bruce Riedel|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“People are now planting bombs in the tramways of Algiers,” he said in 1957, when he was in Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize.
Why Albert Camus Remains Controversial|Adam Kirsch|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We fought our first foreign war in Algiers to defeat the Barbary pirates.
The Algeria Powder Keg|Bruce Riedel|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They avoid the public limelight and are known in Algiers as le pouvoir, the power behind the scenes.
The Algeria Powder Keg|Bruce Riedel|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John Kerry can expect many more trips to Algiers in his time as secretary of state.
The Algeria Powder Keg|Bruce Riedel|January 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He choked, recovered himself, and continued: "Disreputable quarters of Algiers—hem———"
The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne|Robert Hichens
The chief Atrocities in Algiers event of the year brought execration upon the arms of France.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
He was also a prisoner in Algiers five years; and ten times he risked his life in attempts to escape.
Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal|Oliver Optic
I was, however, ignorant of the consequences it might have brought upon me on my arrival at Algiers.
Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men|Francois Arago
No wonder the pilgrim in Algiers is charmed, and lingers long beyond his time.
Miss Caprice|St. George Rathborne
British Dictionary definitions for Algiers
Algiers
/ (ælˈdʒɪəz) /
noun
the capital of Algeria, an ancient port on the Mediterranean; until 1830 a centre of piracy. Pop: 3 260 000 (2005 est)Arabic name: Al-Jezair (ˌældʒɛˈzɑːɪə) French name: Alger (alʒe)