Editing French protectorate in Morocco (section)

====Murder of Farhat Hached====
{{Main|Casablanca Uprisings of 1952}}

The assassination of the Tunisian labor unionist [[Farhat Hached]] by ''[[La Main Rouge]]''—the clandestine militant wing of [[Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage|French intelligence]]—sparked protests in cities around the world and riots in Casablanca from 7–8 December 1952.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/49006/decembre-1952-quand-casablancais-sont.html|title=7–8 décembre 1952: Quand les Casablancais se sont soulevés contre l'assassinat de Ferhat Hached|last=Yabiladi.com|website=www.yabiladi.com|language=fr|access-date=16 March 2019}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/913075180 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/913050268 cite #18 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> Approximately 100 people were killed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/middle-eastnorth-africapersian-gulf-region/francemorocco-1930-1956/|title=6. French Morocco (1912–1956)|website=uca.edu|language=en-US|access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref> In the aftermath of the riots, French authorities arrested [[Abbas Messaadi]], who would eventually escape, found the [[Moroccan Army of Liberation|Moroccan Liberation Army]], and join the armed resistance in the Rif.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zamane.ma/fr/lassassinat-de-messaadi/|title=L'assassinat de Messaâdi|date=12 November 2012|website=Zamane|language=fr-FR|access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref>