Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 in Rabat – disappeared 1965 in Paris) was a Moroccan politician. Ben Barka was born to a civil servant and became the first Moroccan to get a degree in mathematics in 1950. He became a prominent member of the Moroccan opposition in the nationalist Istiqlal party, but broke off after clashes with conservative opponents in 1959 to found the left-wing UNFP. Ben Barka was a major figure in the Third World movement and supported revolutionary anti-colonial action in various states, incurring the wrath of the US and France. In 1962 he was accused of plotting against king Hassan II and exiled. After supporting Algeria against a Moroccan invasion in 1963, he was sentenced to death in absentia. Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... For the Maltese city on Gozo Island which can also be called Rabat, see Victoria, Malta. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999-The Bomb 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Independence Party (Istiqlal) Founded in the 1940s, Istiqlal is the nationalist party of Morocco. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hassan II (July 9, 1929-July 23, 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 to his death. ... Jump to: navigation, search Skirmishes along the Algerian-Moroccan border in 1963 escalated into a full-blown Moroccan attack on the newborn Algerian state, in an attempt to claim the Tindouf area as part of Greater Morocco. While Morocco is considered to have had the upper hand militarily, the war... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

On 29 October 1965 Ben Barka was “disappeared” in Paris by French police officers and never seen again. While Morocco denies this, most observers now assume he was murdered after having been handed over to Moroccan agents. Speculation persists as to CIA involvement, and the exact extent of French complicity is unknown. Jump to: navigation, search October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999-The Bomb 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... A Forced disappearance occurs when an organization (usually a ruling government and that is usually a police state or dictatorship) forces a person to disappear from public view. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ...

In a 1967 trial in France, two French officers were sent to prison for their role in the kidnapping. However, the judge ruled that the main guilty party was Moroccan interior minister Mohamed Oufkir. Georges Figon, a witness with a criminal background, who had testified earlier that Oufkir stabbed Ben Barka to death, was later found dead, officially a suicide. Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard. ... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ... Jump to: navigation, search Moroccan general and minister (1920-1972) As the right hand man of king Hassan II in the 1960s and early 1970s, general Mohamed Oufkir led government supervision of politicians, unionists and the religious establishment. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page concerns suicide. ...

A former member of the Moroccan secret service, Ahmed Boukhari claimed in 2001 that Ben Barka had died during interrogation in a villa south of Paris. He said Ben Barka's body was then taken back to Morocco and destroyed in a vat of acid. (See link below) United States Secret Service Secret Service Categories: Disambiguation ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Roman villa. ... Jump to: navigation, search An acid (often represented by the generic formula AH) is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. ...

Moroccan-French dissident and former Tazmamart prisoner of conscience Ali Bourequat also claims to have overheard discussions on Ben Barka's murder. He describes this in his book In the Moroccan King's Secret Garden. Jump to: navigation, search A secret government detention camp in Morocco, which held inmates connected to the two coups against king Hassan II in the seventies, Sahrawi nationalists and other political offenders. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ali Bourequat was a French-Moroccan writer and former forcibly disappeared. ...

In 1976, the United States government, due to requests made through the Freedom of Information Act, acknowledged that the CIA was in possession of some 1,800 documents involving Ben Barka, but the documents were not released. Some secret French documents on the affair were made public in 2001, causing political uproar. Defence minister Michèle Alliot-Marie had agreed in 2004 to follow the recommendations of a national defence committee and release the 73 additional classifed documents on the case. Jump to: navigation, search 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nearly sixty countries around the world have implemented some form of freedom of information legislation, which sets rules on governmental secrecy. ... Jump to: navigation, search See CIA leak grand jury investigation The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A defence minister (Commonwealth English) or defense minister (American English) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. ... Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Alliot-Marie (born 10 September 1946) is the French Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• [Morocco's dirty war] The Nation on the Ben Barka affair