Should we take the threats of the Polisario seriously? The...

Should we take seriously the noise of boots coming from the Tindouf camps? This is a hypothesis quickly swept away with the back of the hand by Bachir Dkhil, a connoisseur of the mysteries of the Polisario, being himself one of the founders of this paper giant.

First, says Dkhil, the Polisario does not have the means to carry out threats of a return to war with Morocco, because the circumstances have changed a lot between the years 70-80 and the current time when the Moroccan army has become stronger and better equipped. It should also be borne in mind that Algeria itself is currently going through a delicate situation and would certainly not welcome a resumption of hostilities, argued this expert in Sahara affairs and associative actor, who was the guest of our program “Dayf Khass” (special guest). In addition, he revealed, there are rumors that Algeria did not agree with the actions of the Polisario in El Guergarate.

Moreover, Dkhil is of the opinion that the Moroccan intervention to secure the flow of people and goods in this passage is a peaceful and healthy operation led by the Royal Armed Forces to ensure the resumption of economic and civil activity. Morocco intervened, with the support it enjoys at the Arab and international level, as evidenced by the opening of consulates by several Arab and African countries in the cities of Laayoune and Dakhla, he was delighted.

The interview was also an opportunity to come back with this former Polisario official on the creation of the movement. He affirms, in this context, that the first and ultimate objective of the creation of the Polisaro was, in fact, to face the Spanish occupation and in no way the demand for the independence of the Sahara. After the intervention of certain countries, such as Algeria and Libya, the vocation of the Polisario has changed.

This witness to the evolution of the Sahara issue also noted that the founder of the Polisario, Sayed El Ouali, was himself assassinated during an attack on Mauritania, at the instigation of other leaders who were in disagreed with him when he took issue with the decision to throw himself into the arms of Algeria and Libya. This ex-representative of the Polisario in Barcelona having returned to the mother country in 1992, likewise recalled that this same founder had confirmed in a handwritten note the Moroccan character of the Sahara.

And Dkhil to specify: “this proof that in its beginnings, the Polisario was a movement which fought against the Spanish occupier is recorded in the book of the leftist militant of the first hour M’barek Bouderqa, alias Abbas”.

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