Bellounis's death eliminated the last rival threat to the FLN. [causal]
With the death of Bellounis there ended disastrously yet another private army enterprise; at the same time, it also removed for the F.L.N. the last major threat of a rival military bid by the Messalists.
Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 802