On October 9, 2010 residents of Laayoune, Morocco began setting up a protest site in the desert east of the city. The protests were for additional housing and job opportunities to accommodate the growing population. Pro-Polisario provocateurs soon infiltrated the demonstration site to "hijack" the protest. The protest had nothing to do with Polisario demands for independence. Once the provocateurs began intimidate and threaten the peaceful protesters, Moroccan authorities decided to dismantle the protest site before the circumstances deteriorated further. In the early morning of November 8, 2010, Moroccan police authorities, carrying only non-lethal weapons, sought to peacefully dismantle the protest site. This video contains images of the police intervention from cameras carried by Moroccan authorities and a confiscated camera phone. The images are extremely graphic and gruesome.



Thursday, November 18, 2010

'I saw no trace of bullets cartridge' in camp dismantled near Laayun, UN representative

Maghreb Arab Press Friday, November 12, 2010 'I saw no trace of bullets cartridge' in camp dismantled near Laayun, UN representative Paris - The MINURSO's head Hany Abdel-Aziz said he saw no trace of bullets cartridge in the Gdeim Izik camp, which was dismantled by the authorities near Laayoune (southern Morocco). "I saw no trace of bullets cartridge" in the Gdeim Izik camp, the MINURSO's head told the French daily "Le Monde", issue of Saturday. In a damning account against the allegations of the Polisario and its supporters, the UN Secretary-General's special representative said that he was "amazed by the number of butane gas bottles" he found in the camp’s remains. These gas bottles would have been used to set fire, as confirmed by local authorities.
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