51.   The French government has angered Algerian fundamentalists by giving financial support to the military-backed Algerian government.

52.   The group is one of several armed factions battling the Algerian government, and has turned its campaign against the French government as well for supporting the Algerian leadership.

53.   The last thing France wants is a wave of Algerians fleeing across the Mediterranean from a militant Algerian government.

54.   The proposal was rejected by the Algerian government.

55.   The role of the Algerian government and army has been murky.

56.   The State Department rejected the idea, saying it had not been approached by the Algerian government.

57.   There can be no question of sending in outside force so long as the Algerian government is recognized as legitimate and refuses any kind of intervention or mediation.

58.   Their deaths signaled severe fighting within the ranks of the Islamic opposition that was once united around the goal of bringing down the Algerian government.

59.   These people, referred to in Algeria as the Hezb Fransa, or Party of France, are the machinery that the Algerian government uses to run the country.

60.   They are charged with conspiracy to support a terrorist campaign to get the French government to drop support for the Algerian government.