Antonin Tisseron: The connection between crime and terrorism within the Polisario Front, Western Sahara’s rebel national liberation movement, is becoming increasingly clear. Moreover, there is also increasing evidence of Al-Qaeda involvement in the organization.
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Last Saturday, the leader of Spain’s Popular Party, Mariano Rajoy, accused PM Zapatero of “abdicating his responsibilities” to the Western Sahara. ++ Now Moroccan Prime Minister El Fasi has “strongly condemned” his remarks. ++ He accused Rajoy of pandering to colonial interests and of questioning “the territorial integrity of Morocco.” ++ The Spanish
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Negotiating a solution to the conflict between Morocco and Western Sahara faces many obstacles, reports Jacob Mundy of Foreign Policy in Focus. An increasing sense of nationalism among Western Sahara’s native Sawahri, for instance, stands in direct opposition to US’s nearly unconditional support of Morocco as an ally in the ‘War on Terror’. While autonomy for Western
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