VOL. XXXII

NO. 2

17-OCTOBER-1988

The Middle East Situation

The demonstrations that began in Algiers on 4 October, although apparentlyleaderless, quickly assumed dimensions which forced the government to call outthe army to restore order at a considerable cost in human lives. They may alsoin the end come to be seen as the catalyst initiating a fundamental change inAlgeria's post-colonial history, since President Chedli Benjedid is proposing toremedy the situation not with the withdrawal of the...