The Commando Delta organizations were assassination teams under the control of the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) in Algeria during the early 1960s. The teams "interdicted" European neighborhoods by assassinating Muslims who entered. The Commandos Delta were organized by Roger Degueldre in 1961. The "Delta" signified Degueldre, a lieutenant who deserted from the French Foreign Legion in 1961.[1]
The Commandos Delta were also responsible for the assassination of persons considered "soft" or traitors to the cause of French Algeria. However, a certain number of killings were alleged to have been done by the Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage (SDECE) security forces to discredit the OAS, carried out by the Service d'Action Civique or the Red Hand. As a result, it is not possible to clearly define which actions were ascribable to the Commandos Delta in the chaotic situation of the time.
Organisation
BAO - Bureau d'Action Opérationnelle, (Lieutenant Roger Degueldre, Adjutant Lieutenant Pierre Delhomme), in charge of operations
7 April 1980: fire set at the door of a militant Communist in Aubervilliers.[12]
7 June 1980: fire set at the house of a Community party member in Aubervilliers.[13][14]
3 March 1981: attempted parcel bomb attack against a director of the Le Monde newspaper.[15]
30 September 1983: Commandos Delta claim credit for an attack on the International Forum at the Palais des Congrès in Marseille, 1 dead, 26 injured.[16]
References
^Horne, Alistair (1977–2006). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. New York Review of Books. p. 483. ISBN978-1-59017-218-6.
^Yves Courrière, La guerre d'Algérie, tome 4 : Les feux du désespoir, Fayard, 1969
^"GTD ID 197712020001". Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
^"GTD ID 197712040001". Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland. Retrieved 18 October 2010.