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The Moroccan magic formula for Western Sahara : Comments

By Kamal Fadel, published 22/3/2007

Morocco wants to legitimise its grab of Western Sahara because it is rich in natural resources and large in size.

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This article is unfortunately nothing more than pure propaganda. How can you expect "Kamal Fadel, the Polisario Representative to Australia" of providing neutral facts on the Sahara issue?

To truly understand what the polisario is and how it was created in a different world (cold war: polisario is a che-guevarist movement which still has very strong ties to Cuba), read the following report:

http://www.esisc.org/THE%20POLISARIO%20FRONT.pdf
Posted by ayoub7, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:02:58 AM
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Months ago I quickly browsed through that report. 81 pages are many pages, but I do not agree with its content, clearly taking sides with the French governments pro-Moroccan interests. The report is a hand to POLISARIO´s throat with comments like: "To achieve its ends –the destabilization of Morocco in the Western Sahara - the
Polisario Front had no hesitation in using the weapon of misinformation" or with titles names like "VIII.6. The Gangrene of Organized Crime"... so I suggest we should not be carried away by the fact that the report is a nice and clean PDF file, lets read it and disqualify it through real facts...

How can the report DARE discredit the UN´s historic and moral role in the matter: "The international community and the UN should have the courage and the lucidity to recognize that the independence solution is not viable and is, in any case, impossible, given the ferocious opposition of one of the parties. They should therefore impel the parties involved to take the path of a negotiated political solution, possibly supervised by the international community."

POLISARIO Ferocious? They, and Algeria are the ones that give the population in the refugee camps of Tindouf the water bottles! Morocco used Napalm and other things 3 decades ago!
just surf http://www.afapredesa.org/english/ to see who is the ferocious party. It is sad to see how reality is "deformed".

Good night and GOOD LUCK!
Posted by spaniard (anonymous), Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:00:09 PM
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Fine, that is your opinion, but let me remind you that this report is based on others...

It is based on the France Libertes human rights report. France Libertes who was not long ago one of the fiercest supporters of the polisario front. It is also based on the UNHCR report which reported the same violations.

What point do you not specifically agree with? The kids sent to Cuba? The treatment of Moroccan prisoners? the "Democracy" within the polisario movement?

about Cuba: http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050920-100459-8338r.htm
Video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm65h_polisario-bande-de-terroristes
Posted by ayoub7, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:20:22 PM
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It seems we could have a very long (and probably unproductive) debate about many matters in Western Sahara. I have heard many things, some crazy things, for ie. a Christian group in the US was convinced that the POLISARIO is kidnapping against their own will the over 100,000 refugees that are scraping a living out of the desert.
Going to Cuba is a great experience for a young one whose only other option is to have a miserable economical and educational situation. (I was lucky enough to study in Macquarie University, Sydney. But if I had been a sahrawi with no other choice, Cuba would have been good enough as well).
Now the government of Venezuela is also involved in accepting a very small number of students and paying for their fees (I think they pay). If Australian or American institutions paid for their fees, I am sure they would also go there!

My dear friend and readers, it is simple, it is about having a CHANCE. Bad luck if their host-country´s political system is dictatorial, or socialist. It is thanks to their stay in Cuba, that there are saharawi doctors that can help patients with their many diseases.. I have seen it with my own eyes, and their situation is still very precarious...

Even the Moroccan population is amazed when they see what their government is doing to the sahrawi population. A wall of fog covers the Western Sahara issue and frontiers.
Spanish parlamentarians are constantly denied their entrance to the so-called "occupied zone" (Morocco is controlling over half of Western Sahara). 2 weeks ago a Swedish journalist detained, camara confiscated... why? not a very hard guess...

Hopefully history will prove again and truth will and eventually speak out for itself.
Posted by spaniard (anonymous), Friday, 23 March 2007 12:12:51 AM
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The representative of the polisario mercenaries has a well tuned speech; well designed to cajole the ears of any peace and freedom loving individual. Except that the victims in this sad unnecessary conflict are the tribes held against their wills in Algerian camps under the fierce control of the Polisario first and foremost and the rest of the Moroccan population that sees scarce treasure and effort that could be allocated to its development being funneled to defend its territory. This conflict is a result of a botched decolonization where Spain wanted to get its revenge for being boldly kicked out of the Moroccan South in 1975 and also the outcome of the cold war with Morocco being pro US and Algria being one of the vassals of Soviet Russia.

The best test is to ask the Polisario to let tribes under their yoke decide on where they would like to live and you will see that they will overwhelmingly decide to join Morocco running away from Abdelaziz from Marrakesh and his band of thugs who exile little kids to Cuba for ideological brain washing in order to keep families tied up and sell food aid products destined to their hostages in souks in the Sahel. What a shameful conflict! So many lifes and so much treasure wasted because of a group of oil sponsored thugs.
Posted by John Lecercle, Friday, 23 March 2007 12:26:06 AM
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Morocco proposes a “just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution” to the Western Sahara conflict through autonomy

Morocco’s forthcoming autonomy plan for the Western Sahara is the first real solution proposed in over three decades which could actually bring the long-running conflict to an end. King Mohammed VI has, once again, relied upon the growing “culture of dialogue” in Morocco to find solutions to significant issues by incorporating the views of all segments of Moroccan society. For example, in 2001, King Mohammed VI appointed an advisory committee of religious scholars and women’s rights activists to review Morocco’s Family Code, and in 2004 created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The creation in 2005 of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) further illustrates the willingness of Morocco’s leadership to use dialogue and consensus to find durable solutions to complex social and political issues.

Over the past three decades, numerous UN-led attempts at holding a referendum have failed due to complex voter identification issues. In the process, those most affected by the conflict, the Sahrawi people, have been left without a voice. The Moroccan autonomy proposal is the first real, attainable solution to have been offered by the involved parties which will finally give the Sahrawis a say in their political, economic, social, linguistic and cultural affairs. Through autonomy, Morocco will retain its sovereignty over a region to which it has long historical and cultural ties and the Sahrawi people will be allowed to flourish under a local government system that they will administer.

The Moroccan autonomy proposal will not only bring an end to a three decades old humanitarian crisis, it will also bring political stability to the region and stimulate economic growth, which have suffered during this impasse. With the settlement of the Western Sahara dispute, the countries of the Maghreb will be more able to focus on regional economic development and the fight against Al-Qaeda-sponsored terrorist groups.

For more information on the Western Sahara conflict and Morocco’s initiative to propose “a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution,” as urged by the UN Security Council, please visit www.moroccanamericanpolicy.org
Posted by Taylor Jones, Friday, 23 March 2007 12:35:24 AM
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