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In preparation for independence, the CNRA ( Conseil National de la Révolution Algérienne ) had met in Tripoli in May 1962 to work out a plan for the FLN's ( Front de Libération Nationale ) transition from a liberation movement to a political party.

The Tripoli Program called for land reform, the large-scale nationalization of industry and services, and a strong commitment to nonalignment and anti-colonialism in foreign relations.

The platform also envisioned the FLN as a mass organization broad enough to encompass all nationalist groups.

Adoption of the Tripoli Program notwithstanding, deep personal and ideological divisions surfaced within the FLN as the war drew to a close and the date for independence approached.

Competition and confrontation among various factions not only deprived the FLN of a leadership that spoke with a single voice, but also almost resulted in full-scale civil war.

According to historian John Ruedy, these factions, or " clans " did not embody " family or regional loyalties, as in the Arab East, because the generations-long detribalization of Algeria had been too thorough.

Rather, they represented relationships based on school, wartime or other networking.