With the F.L.N. clearly winning more points in Algiers than out in the bled, Yacef, in agreement with his superior, Ben M'hidi, decided to exacerbate further the rift between the two communities by assassinating a prominent pied noir leader. The victim selected was seventy-four-year-old Amédée Froger, the "ultra" mayor of Boufarik and President of the Federation of Mayors of Algeria, a distinguished ancien combattant from the First World War and a figure of considerable power and influence; the assassin, Ali Amara, was better known as Ali la Pointe.

XREF: Connects to asymmetric warfare strategy where terrorism targets symbolic leaders to polarize populations of opposing communities.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 560