Read the book when you get a chance. By Forsythe and very good in it's own right. It's about very pissed off Algeria war veterans gunning for Charles De Gaulle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0808514091/102-6796344-5554509?v=glance
I read it a long time ago.
This was before I went to Algeria to work on some new equipment and when I was ready to leave the country, they took my passport.