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Mohamed Oufkir, the Glossary

General Si Mohamed ben Ahmed Oufkir (محمد أوفقير; 14 May 1920 − 16 August 1972) was a Moroccan senior military officer who held many important governmental posts.^[1]

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Alfred Gruenther

General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (March 3, 1899 – May 30, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer, Red Cross president, and bridge player.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Atlas Mountains

The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa.

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Battle of Monte Cassino

The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against German forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

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Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.

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Bouarfa, Morocco

Bouarfa (بوعرفة) is a city in Oriental Region, northeastern Morocco and the capital of Figuig Province.

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Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology is a group of interconnected corporate entities and other organizations devoted to the practice, administration and dissemination of Scientology, which is variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement.

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Croix de Guerre 1939–1945

The 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the created on 26 September 1939 to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis forces at any time during World War II.

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Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures

The (War Cross for foreign operational theatres), also called the for short, is a French military award denoting citations earned in combat in foreign countries.

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E-meter

The E-Meter (also electropsychometer and Hubbard Electrometer) is an electronic device used in Scientology that allegedly "registers emotional reactions".

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Enforced disappearance

An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.

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An extrajudicial killing (also known as an extrajudicial execution or an extralegal killing) is the deliberate killing of a person without the lawful authority granted by a judicial proceeding.

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First Indochina War

The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 20 July 1954.

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French Army

The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (Armée de terre), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie.

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French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44)

The French Expeditionary Corps (Corps Expéditionnaire Français, CEF), also known as the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy (Corps Expéditionaire Français en Italie, CEFI.), was an expeditionary force of the French Liberation Army.

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French Far East Expeditionary Corps

The French Far East Expeditionary Corps (Corps Expéditionnaire Français en Extrême-Orient, CEFEO) was a colonial expeditionary force of the French Union Army that was initially formed in French Indochina in 1945 during the Pacific War.

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French protectorate in Morocco

The French protectorate in Morocco, also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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Hassan II of Morocco

Hassan II (translit; 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999.

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Hubert Lyautey

Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (17 November 1854 – 27 July 1934) was a French Army general and colonial administrator.

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Italian campaign (World War II)

The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.

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L. Ron Hubbard

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author and the founder of Scientology.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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Makhzen

Makhzen (المخزن, لمخزن, Lmexzen) is the governing institution in Morocco and in pre-1957 Tunisia, centered on the monarch and consisting of royal notables, top-ranking military personnel, landowners, security service bosses, civil servants and other well-connected members of the establishment. Mohamed Oufkir and Makhzen are politics of Morocco.

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Malika Oufkir

Malika Oufkir (مليكة أوفقير) (born April 2, 1953) is a Moroccan Berber writer and former "disappeared". Mohamed Oufkir and Malika Oufkir are Berber Moroccans and Human rights abuses in Morocco.

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Mark W. Clark

Mark Wayne Clark (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

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Mehdi Ben Barka

Mehdi Ben Barka (al-Mahdī bin Baraka; 1920 – disappeared 29 October 1965) was a Moroccan nationalist, Arab socialist, politician, revolutionary, anti-imperialist, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP) and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference. Mohamed Oufkir and Mehdi Ben Barka are Human rights abuses in Morocco.

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Meknes

Meknes (maknās) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom.

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Michèle Fitoussi

Michèle Fitoussi (born 24 November 1954) is a French writer.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Pasha

Pasha (پاشا; paşa; translit) was a high rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitaries, and others.

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Polygraph

A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a junk science device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked and answers a series of questions.

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Republicanism in Morocco

Morocco, currently a monarchy, has known some attempts to establish republican forms of government.

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Sea Org

The Sea Organization or Sea Org is the senior-most status of staff within the Church of Scientology network of corporations, but is not itself incorporated.

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Silver Star

The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat.

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Skhirat

Skhirat (الصخيرات) is a town in Morocco, located between the administrative capital Rabat and the economic centre of Casablanca.

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The Socialist Union of Popular Forces (translit; ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰⵏⵏ; Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires, USFP) is a social-democratic political party in Morocco.

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Stephen Smith (journalist)

Stephen William Smith is an American biographer, editor, journalist, and writer.

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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years In A Desert Jail (1999) (original title in French: La Prisonnière or The Prisoner) is an autobiographical book by Malika Oufkir, about a woman who was essentially a prisoner until she was 38.

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Tafilalt

Tafilalt or Tafilet (تافيلالت), historically Sijilmasa, is a region of Morocco, centered on its largest oasis.

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Tirailleur

A tirailleur, in the Napoleonic era, was a type of light infantry trained to skirmish ahead of the main columns.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Years of Lead (Morocco)

The Years of Lead (translit) was a period of the rule of King Hassan II of Morocco, from roughly the 1960s through the 1980s, marked by state violence and repression against political dissidents and democracy activists. Mohamed Oufkir and Years of Lead (Morocco) are Human rights abuses in Morocco.

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1971 Moroccan coup attempt

The 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, popularly known as the Skhirat coup d'état, was a failed effort by rebel military leaders to overthrow King Hassan II of Morocco on 10 July 1971, during his forty-second birthday party.

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