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.



Wednesday, September 21, 2011

US Anaylsts: Polisario Increasing Drug Trade Efforts

According to US analysts, the Polisario has expanded its drug trafficking efforts in Northern Africa. This has led to the Polisario dividing into warring divisions, with the last month seeing opposing Polisario factions fighting on the Mali-Algeria border. One analyst stated that the Polisario, an Algerian-supported Western Sahara group, has teamed up with Al Qaida in the drug and weapons trade. Read More
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