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Miguel Alonso, Alan Kramer and Javier Rodrigo wrote in the book ''Fascist Warfare, 1922–1945: Aggression, Occupation, Annihilation'': "Although the Rif War was no 'fascist' war, several methods used to 'pacify' the population were applied in the post-colonial {{Lang|es|reconquista}} of godless [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican Spain]] … Apart from deciding not to use chemical weapons, [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]'s campaign to 'cleanse Spain' resembled that in Morocco: intelligence-gathering through torture, summary executions, [[forced labour]], [[War rape|rape]], and the sadistic killing of military prisoners."<ref>{{cite book |title=Fascist Warfare, 1922–1945: Aggression, Occupation, Annihilation |author1=Miguel Alonso |author2=Alan Kramer |author3=Javier Rodrigo |page=32 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |year=2019 |isbn=978-3030276478}}</ref>
 
Spanish mutilations of captured Moroccans were also reported, including [[castration]] and severing heads, noses and ears, which were collected by Spanish legionnaires as war trophies and worn as necklaces or spiked on bayonets.<ref name=Márquez>{{cite book |title=Disorientations: Spanish Colonialism in Africa and the Performance of Identity |author= Susan Martin-Márquez |page=193 |year=2008 |publisher= Yale Univ Pr}}</ref>
 
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