joined the Special Organisation (abbreviated O.S). When the repression fell on the Special Organisation of the MTLD, in 1950-1951, Amirouche was imprisoned. Released, but forbidden to stay in Algiers, he returned, on his release from prison, to Relizane, but he went to spend Sundays in the capital clandestinely. Although he was very anti-communist, he often went to visit friends of the PCA newspaper Alger républicain. At that time, according to sources, he seems to have become close to the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulemas. According to his wartime companion, Cheikh Tahar Ali Aldjet, he had the project of opening zaouias (religious buildings) in Wilaya III with the aim of promoting Arabic and Islam among the population but also to Algerian expatriates. According to his other wartime companion, Salah Mekacher, he also attached great importance to the Arabic language. The remains of the colonel and his wartime companion Ahmed Ben Abderrazak Hamouda, commonly called Colonel Si El Haouès, were dug up and stored in a barracks in Algiers. An investigation was opened by Chadli Bendjedid in 1981. The investigation made it possible to find their bodies which were recovered by his son and buried in El Alia Cemetery. See also French rule in Algeria History of Algeria Provinces of Algeria Notes and references External links War in Algeria: the French experience 1926 births 1959 deaths Algerian guerrillas killed in action Berber rebels People from Iboudraren Kabyle people Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties politicians Members of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) People of the Algerian War Burials in Algeria