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Despite the negotiations going nowhere, Orsoni, who used to be indifferent to the French government as far as attacks go, broke truce with the French and denounced this agreement. Two months later, Orsoni announced the "imminent self-dissolution" of the FLNC-CA. some more radical members claiming to want to resume warfare against the
Historiques and the French left the organization and founded the FLNC-Five May (FLNC-Cinque Maghju, FLNC-5M). This caused a three-way feud between the Historiques, the remaining Habituels, and the "Maghjini". Orsoni, fearing for his safety and fearing arrest due to alleged
253:. On June 7, 1984, a year into the FLNC-mafia conflict, a commando in Ajaccio was assembled to break into a prison where Valinco gang members involved in the assassination of Guy Orsoni were being held and shoot them dead. Orsoni, overseeing the project from the sidelines, claimed it was "the greatest regret of his life" that he didn't attend personally. Meanwhile, Orsoni married Frédérique Campana, a lawyer, and together they had a son, named Guy in honour of Orsoni's deceased brother. Throughout the next four years, Orsoni balanced being a hardline guerrilla leader and a father to his son.
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FLNC, known as "Historiques" (Storichi in
Corsican) who wanted to continue the fight. From 1988 to 1990, numerous brigades and members of the FLNC would begin to leave and create their own army, the FLNC-Canal Historique (Canale Storic, FLNC-CS). This struck Ajaccio as well, where many became discontent with Orsoni. A dissident campaign was launched, led by Roger Polverelli, who was shot dead by FLNC gunmen in October 1989. As the conflict escalated, Orsoni would take control of the FLNC in its entirety, and on 17 October 1990 the remains of the original FLNC became the
172:. In 1988, Orsoni took action during the fracture of the FLNC to preserve a ceasefire signed with the French. Later, Orsoni led the FLNC-CA, and formalized peace with the French government and began a war with the other FLNC splits. After a 7-year long war with the FLNC-Canal Historique (Canale Storicu, FLNC-CS), in which he played a major role, The Canal Habituel dissolved and Orsoni fled to Nicaragua where he began a gambling business and became involved in extortion. In 2008, Orsoni returned to Corsica and became president of the football club AC Ajaccio.
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after, including the Paris Palace of
Justice, in which a bombing caused over 3 million francs worth of damage. On 6 May, 20 buildings, mostly financial institutions, were bombed in Paris and on 30 May, a new wave of bombings occurred. A bombing of the Paris police headquarters at the beginning of June caused a large setback in operations against the guerrillas, both in Paris and in Corsica.
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Orsoni's policies were quite different under the FLNC-CA compared to his brigade leadership in the original FLNC. Rather than focusing on war with France, Orsoni pitted the
Haibtuels against the Historiques, focusing much more on the civil war within the FLNC. This was confirmed during a January 1991
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Orsoni was born in 1954 to a
Corsican family in the town of Vero. His father André (Andriu) Orsoni was a battle-hardened World War II veteran who had returned from the war in Indochina months before he was born. Shortly after, when Orsoni was very young, his father enlisted in the Algerian war, where
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Historiques helped them to prevail in the civil war. In March 1996, the FLNC-CS made a short-term agreement with the French government to lay down arms for a three-month period and begin negotiations.
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Historiques, yet would also lead a militant movement within the
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broke out. The demands of the revolt were to release Orsoni as well as another separatist militant, Serge
Cacciari, arrested in 1976 for the murder of a gendarme during the Aleria standoff. After a year, Orsoni and Cacciari were released on 2 March 1982 due to the "Defferre accords", an agreement
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Orsoni was head of the FLNC's Paris division for 6 years. During that time, large-scale and harsh bombing campaigns were carried out in the city. In 1979, a series of attacks occurred in a short span of time: On 10 April, three banks in Paris were bombed, and courts in Paris were bombed shortly
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On June 17, 1983, Alain and Guy Orsoni had met in the town of Sartène for an FLNC meeting. After parting ways, Guy Orsoni was kidnapped and murdered by members of the
Valinco gang, a large mafia group at the time that was present throughout southern Corsica. Orsoni, as well as many Corsican
185:(OAS). Orsoni grew up very close to his father, which is likely a reason his politics reflected that of his father's for most of his early years. His brother, Guy (Guidu) Orsoni was born 4 years after Alain. In 1972, Orsoni moved to Paris to peruse higher education at the
205:, a military standoff on the eastern coast of Corsica. The insuing chaos caused Orsoni to flee to a military camp before returning to Paris. In 1976, the FLNC formed, and Orsoni joined, quickly rising through the ranks to become the head of the FLNC's Paris division.
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