Mohamed Salah Tamek, former Sheikh (tribal figure) in charge of identification, criticized the silence of the United States on the actions taken by the polisario and Algeria to jeopardize peace in the Sahara region.
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The desperation and repression prevailing in the Tindouf camps, under the control of the Polisario militias, make it a hotbed for radicalization, writes journalist and Italian expert in international relations Mauro Indelicato, in an article published by the political magazine Insideover.
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More than 100 separatists from the Polisario front are active within Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, warned Cherkaoui Habboub, Director of the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), in an interview with Jeune Afrique magazine.
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Spanish political expert Pedro Ignacio Altamirano, known for his positions defending the Moroccan Sahara, has received death threats via social networks from two fanatics of the polisario.
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Iran's attempts to expand its influence in North Africa is one of the reasons that pushed the United States to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara, underlined Dore Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations.
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By violating openly and officially the cease-fire established in 1991 and still respected by the Kingdom of Morocco, the Polisario "jeopardizes peace and security in the whole region, rendering it a breeding ground for terrorism," warned former Wali (Governor) of the region of Dakhla-Oued...
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In December 1985, the Polisario Front guerilla shot down a German survey-and-research airplane on its way home after an Antarctica expedition.
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The Polisario is involved in the trafficking of arms, people and drugs and therefore represents a real threat to security in the Sahel region, said on Friday the former French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls.
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Director General of Foreign and Security Policy at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fidel Sendagorta warned about the real terrorist threat posed by polisario in the Sahel region and for the European neighborhood.
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The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) has finally reacted to terror threats in the Tindouf camps, mentioned November in an alert published by the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
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The threat of terrorist attacks against foreigners in Tindouf and the risk of unrest in Algeria more generally, were corroborated by a new warning note issued Tuesday (Dec. 3) by the federal government of Canada.
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Spanish minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, stressed on Thursday that the risk of terror attacks against Spanish nationals in the Tindouf camps in Algeria is "imminent".
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The death of Iván Roberto Duque, aka Ernesto Baez, a Colombian warlord with links to drug trafficking networks, exposed deals between the Polisario separatist group and drug barons in Medellin worth millions of dollars.
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Moroccan security services have announced the arrest of five drug traffickers near the southern city of Tan-Tan and the seizure of 2 Kalashnikovs, 48 bullets, 2 hunting rifles loaded with 8 rounds, as well as 3 bikes.
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The dangerous links between the polisario and international terrorist organizations, as well as criminal networks and traffickers of all kinds operating in the Sahelo-Saharan region, have been exposed by international experts to the 4th United Nations Committee.
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The U.S. Department of State announced Friday an offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the identification or location of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, a former member of the polisario who became the leader of the terrorist organization Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS...
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Turkish writer Mohamed Kaddo Afendi Oglu, an expert in Arab-Turkish relations, has confirmed the connections of the Polisario with terror networks threatening the Sahara-Sahel region’s peace and stability.
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Morocco is tightening control over its southern borders with state-of-the-art technology to keep the Sahara and the whole country at bay from threats posed by terrorist groups and organized crime networks, the Moroccan press reported.
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Algeria has shown reluctancy to support its southern neighbors in their joint efforts to counter terrorism through the G5 force, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a recent study.
