Proposals to resolve the conflict in the Western Sahara
2007-04-17
The United Nations will hear proposals from Morocco and the Polisario Front on how to settle the dispute over Western Sahara. A brief look at the plans put forth by the two sides.
By Adil Dekkaki for Magharebia in Washington– 17/04/2007
 [Adil Dekkaki] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with Morocco's UN ambassador and permanent representative El Mostafa Sahel. |
The UN Security Council is set to decide on Western Sahara, the territory disputed between Morocco and the Polisario Front. The UN will examine proposals to settle the dispute and determine whether it will lengthen the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). On April 10th the Polisario Front submitted a plan to the UN and the following day Morocco submitted its proposal to resolve the decades-old dispute.
The Security Council will hold two meetings on the proposals and the future of the MINURSO mandate, which is currently set to expire on April 30th. The first meeting on Friday (April 20th) will consist of a closed door session of nations which have contributed forces to the MINURSO mission, followed by an open session the same day. The Council will hold another meeting on April 27th to vote on the two issues.
The Moroccan Initiative
Morocco's proposal calls for Western Sahara to receive autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. It gives Sahrawis the right to run their own affairs by setting up legislative, executive and judicial bodies which "enjoy exclusive powers", according to a draft copy of the proposal. It offers respect for their cultural and social characteristics, but considers Western Sahara a region of Morocco under the sovereignty of the Moroccan kingdom.
Morocco's plan would provide for a local government and judiciary with a high level of autonomy, but ultimately answerable to the Moroccan government and king. Final decisions on national security, defence, territorial integrity, foreign relations and the judicial system would remain within the jurisdiction of the Moroccan government.
The initiative states that, "Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in constructive open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing the region." The plan also notes that if the Polisario Front accepts the Moroccan proposal, Morocco will allow for a referendum on the proposal, but not on the question of independence.
The Polisario Front Plan
In its plan, the Polisario Front holds fast to its call for a popular referendum on self-determination for the Western Sahara. The Polisario plan views the referendum as the sole solution to the conflict, emphasizing that there is no alternative. The Polisario asserts that its plan is bound by international law, previous UN Security Council resolutions and the Front's prior agreements with Morocco. In its plan the Polisario underscores its desire to reach a mutually acceptable, negotiated solution.
The Polisario Front's plan is based on co-operation with Morocco in the economic, security and social spheres. A Polisario Front official who wished to remain anonymous said that the Front's plan indicates the Polisario's readiness for good neighbourliness and strategic relations with Morocco.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will study the two proposals and present them to member nations of the UN Security Council. One Arab satellite channel quoted Ban Ki-moon as saying it was unlikely that a solution to the Western Sahara conflict would be reached in the near future due to the large discrepancies between the Moroccan and Polisario Front positions.
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ولد السالك Posted 2007-04-17
The end of 1975 marks a major milestone in the history of the Sahara people and is associated with conspiracy and deceit in our national memory when it touches such wretched history that begins with an incomparable Moroccan invasion. The Moroccan autonomy proposal is a unilateral one, and it represents an initiative Morocco was not required to take since the security council did not call on any of the two parties to offer any alternative proposal. It is unreasonable that Morocco should set the solution's upper limit and then invite the other party to negotiations. Under which framework will such a negotiation process take place, then? A standard that suits the unjust party? Or a standard of expansion and exclusion? From a methodological point of view, the negotiation framework, which should not be outside the international legitimacy and law, must first be defined. Polisario is totally aware of the fact that any negotiations outside a previously agreed upon legal framework is a first step towards the destruction of the Sahara people's achievement of the right to self-determination through a democratic referendum. Such a step will not be taken by the Sahrawis now or in the future. As for the UN, I can guarantee that it will not accept such a proposal since it will then be adopting what contradicts the purpose it was originally established for--resolving conflicts peacefully under the international legitimacy and law. The observer of the international reactions in the major capitals to the "broad and narrow lines" of the Moroccan proposal will find out quite easily that it convinces nobody. Self-determination is inevitable and the current Moroccan position may put off such inevitability, but it will not keep it from happening absolutely. An illegitimate solution is not in Morocco's interest, nor is it in the interest of any of our partners. Legitimacy and justice are the source of security and stability. The Sahrawi-Moroccan conflict is not a new phenomenon that "was born yesterday," but an old one and is a known [effect] of colonialism. The solution should, therefore, be consistent with the nature of the conflict and the international body's experience in solving such issues. The Moroccan construction should be based on strong grounds of trust, law and respect of the inherited colonial borders which are considered, in the African context, as a cornerstone for security and stability. Beyond that, doubt, fear, expansionist ambitions and territorial disputes will remain a source of concern and instability. The Saharan initiative presented to the UN is not a reaction to the Moroccan one, but a responsible and a very generous contribution for the establishment of peace and security in the region. It looks at the future of the region and tries to respond to the Moroccan concerns as well as those of the region's key partners. This initiative demonstrates that the Saharan people's adherence to the international legitimacy does not intend to turn away from the Moroccans, but we, contrary to that, understand that Morocco is a neighboring country and a brother people that we all are destined to share the future.
sidimoh Posted 2007-04-18
Good
said Posted 2007-04-18
The problem with the Kingdom of Morocco is political bankruptcy and immaturity in its dealing with the issue of Western Sahara, what it has succeeded in doing up to now is increasing the life of the conflict and thus accumulation of problems both inside and outside, stopping the wheel of development in the region as a whole. In the eyes of the civil societies in the world, it’s an outlaw kingdom, practicing a colonizing method in a time when the colonization phenomenon has become strange and is practised in the whole world only by Israel and Morocco, the two countries who have black records of human rights. Coinciding with marketing… extinction of the Dinosaur, in fact Morocco is to cram its project up the nose of the world, but the problem is that everyone will sneeze as soon as they smell the odour of this project what about accepting to poke its nose until the end. In this period, the king is trying with all his material and moral means to trade its product with legal methods or via trafficking and most probably most trading means are illegal like trading cocaine by trafficking
BOUAZZA Posted 2007-04-19
If Algeria is isolated for good by the problem of no longer interfering in a 100% Moroccan affair, the Moroccans and the separatists (themselves Moroccan,) would have resolved this question long long ago. But, it's a pity, the Algerians have not even been able to their internal problems (terrorism, certain prohibited opposition parties, lost petrol dollars...) Despite all of this, they camouflage these problems to show the Algerian brotherhood of people they are defending the interests of the Maghreb to which they want to add a puppet state "RASD," which is none other than a R-Republic A-Algerian S-sans D-domicile. When Europe is uniting and doing so with 27 countries, Algeria must divide Morocco. These are neither the principles of Islam nor good neighbourly relations, nor even humanitarian. Let’s give the Algerian authorities some time to reflect to find a better path for all the people of Maghreb.
gol Posted 2007-04-20
Just the same, it is extraordinary! Voila, a dictatorship like Algeria which refuses the people the right to self-determination by canceling elections. It politically interferes in a neighboring country, daring to speak of self-determination, going against the majority of the grand democracies, such as France, Spain, the US, etc, which support autonomy. It is thanks to the Algerian people's petrol that Algeria has been able to allow itself this arrogance.
الحوزي Posted 2007-04-27
"The power of the country lies in the weakness of its environment"- Bismark. Morocco is a strong country by its history, its culture and political regime, it is confronting Algeria with its petrol with determination. This isn't accepted by the eastern neighbour. Talking about Islam and unity is useless with a secular regime with a communist flavour. A note...a country with a population of less than five hundred thousand people = weakness= subordination to America and Israel.
عبد الرحمان / المحمدية / المغرب Posted 2007-04-27
To Mr Ould Essalek: Your treatment of the issue is the reason I will respond to you, in order to present the alternative which is a conception which avoids ideology and tries to be objective, because history is a wide space for producing the truth. Your proposal leads to results no longer accepted in a world based on dialog, negotiations and sound discussion. Here’s my objective response to your approach: *In 1975, a year of welfare for all Moroccans, it’s the year of recovery of the Sahara by the homeland, the late king had a major role in recovering it. *- The autonomy is not a one-sided proposal, it’s an approach to the ultimate solution of the problem caused by the presence of Sahraoui people on Algerian territory. It’s a Moroccan initiative, and as you see it was welcomed with relief by the international community, it’s discussed freely and transparently. And you as a citizen present your opinion without censorship and say everything you wish about it. I respond to you, and welcome you in your country Morocco. * The legitimacy you’re referring to, Sir, is within the approach of autonomy, it doesn’t breach it, as it has a legal facet consistent with the decisions of the international community, and Morocco as a member of the United Nations, is eligible to submit any proposal to settle the issue permanently, and contribute to international stability and security. * The issue of ending colonization and respecting inherited borders are two points you have mentioned and probably you have made a thorough research about them, I hope that you will be objective in your judgement, because the other approach has rejected that and called for reconsideration of borders left by western European colonialism - those who refuse that proposal have political motives. * Concerning the content of the book of Said, it’s a conception far from the current reality in my country, your conception is rejected, unfounded, and requires a personal and psychological examination in order to avoid the pitfalls you refer to. Thank you all/…
pinza Posted 2007-04-27
Leave the politics to the Algerian generals and go live your own life.
lamrini saci Posted 2007-04-29
Morocco and its king should look at themselves in the mirror before taking the Moroccan people for ignorant idiots: we know that the problem in the Sahara is a pretext for routing Morocco’s attention from the daily miseries that have been afflicting us for such a long time. We know too that all the decisions of the Security Council favor the Sahrawis and their right to self-determining referendum. Our newspapers report false victories and false triumphs. Leave the Sahrawis alone, my sire, the King Mohamed VI, and think about the misery of your own people (for example, the soliciting of drugs and prostitution, beggars, pedophilia, etc.) It is beyond time that you do so. There is no connection between the fate of the “free” Sahrawis and us, yet, when speaking about Algeria, we attribute all of our problems to the height of it and ask that the borders with Morocco be opened. The people of Morocco wouldn’t care about any of this if they had even half of their liberties. We would not complain to you if we didn’t so envy and so wish to copy them.
عا لى انداى الصحراوى Posted 2007-05-02
The Western Sahara is historically independent of Morocco, therefore all attempts of Morocco to annex it by force are unsuccessful.
gol Posted 2007-05-03
Lamrini saci, I would like to point out to you that your text is full of spelling errors, incoherence and demagoguery. As a result, you are hardly in a position to use the term “ignorance.”
الهام Posted 2007-05-05
Thank God the Moroccan plan has won, it's in favour of all parties. And it has gathered the international support despite the threats of the neighbour. I say that they have to review their papers because they're the only loser in this war between brothers because they interfere in the affairs of others. We have problems in the Arab world that we should face seriously and Algeria has swallowed much of it such as terrorism, drugs and traffic... besides administrative corruption and poverty don't think that any of us is in a better status. People badly need security, honourable living and dignity, I say again congratulations even if it's just the beginning.
الهام Posted 2007-05-05
The Sahara is Moroccan despite the designs of the plotters
حكيم الداخلة Posted 2007-05-06
In the name of God and prayer and peace upon Mohamed son of Abdellah. The daring intellectual and the distinguished politician if he says his opinion, he's objective and far from emotion. In my comment I want to correct some wrong ideas for brothers Said and Ould Salek who have shown an ignorance of the issue subject of debate, you should know, may God protect you, that the issue of the Sahara is an issue that can be best described as the issue of political ingratitude, like the ingratitude of a young teenager to his father as he's trying to build his own personality without taking into consideration the parents, brothers and society. How many young people have stood against their fathers in court, these problems are quite simple because no matter how long they take they're in the end occasional and limited. They also carry some occasional complexity as they hinder the economic when. But if there's something we should praise it's the intelligence and brightness of the later king Hassan II may God have mercy on him and the king Mohamed VI may God grant him support who have dealt with the issue with intelligence and smartness as the later king had said 'The nation is forgiving and merciful'. Concerning the neighbour Algeria, it's just an evil bellower taking pleasure in the problems of others so as to veil its complicated internal problems.
حمزةالسباعي Posted 2007-05-07
Despite the opression and barbaric abuse of the colonizers we will get independence
الصحراوى Posted 2007-05-09
The Moroccan king is deceiving his people that the Western Sahara is his territory. If what he says is true, so how comes that the Sahara is Moroccan while the traditions and customs of its people are different from Morocco, and that Ceuta and Melillia are Spanish and are separated from Morocco with iron fences. Morocco with its obstinate policy in the issue of the Sahara during three decades, has just given us, we the Sahraoui people, more determination and will to seize our natural right of establishing our independent state, if Morocco weren't sure about the result of the referundum, it wouldn't have hindered it several times.
afroukh brahim Posted 2007-05-13
We Sahraoui people feel at ease with the Moroccan kingdom but we don't trust officials from Morocco and Algeria
حميد عفان Posted 2007-05-13
Religion is Islam, the Sahara is Moroccan, the king Mohamed VI, with the will of those who are for and with the opposition of those who are against, and we won't relinquish a grain of sand of our Moroccan Sahara even if this costs us our lives and blood.
hitchman Posted 2007-05-14
The consultative finding given in 1975 by the International Court of Justice confirmed the existence of historical link between the populations of the Sahara and their centralized government. This applies all the more so when speaking about this the extremely marginalized and poor population of the “Touareg” living in a Central Sahara that has been occupied by Algeria. 80 percent or more of their resources come from this territory. Here, is the true face of Algeria. Try, first, to find a solution to your own problems before scrutinising those of others. Self-determination, the only path for Maghreb, must be realized in Algeria, first of all for the independence of the Kabyls and second of all to decolonize the Touaregs, who were first occupied by the French invasion and then annexed by Algeria. You wanted problems? You got them.
مصطفى من طنجة Posted 2007-05-18
The problem of the Sahara is a responsibility of Algeria, and delaying a solution to the problem is the responsibility of America. All the human beings who are peaceful and impartial witness that Algeria is like an old witch taking pleasure in the problems of others and stirring trouble, Algeria wanted to give birth to an illegitimate child in order to reach the ocean, the world will see that this witch, Algeria, is virgin.
TARIQ.Settat.Maroc Posted 2007-05-28
What of it?! You said Magharebia does not endorse or align itself at all with the contents of the commentaries. What about my message?
محمد احمد Posted 2007-06-17
The Western Sahara will be independent with the will and power of God. And we won't forgive those who have driven us out of our land and oppressed us, God is our mandate in the kings of Morocco and their assistants.
ahmed Posted 2007-06-21
The Sahara is 100% Moroccan territory and will stay that way forever.
عمار ولد الحسين Posted 2007-06-29
When was the Sahara Moroccan? Ancient Moroccan history shows it, and the whole world claims it isn't Moroccan.
أحمد Posted 2007-07-15
Amar Ould Lahoucin, do you know what history is? I challenge you if you say that you know your history. How can you say 'when was the Sahara Moroccan', old Moroccan history is witness to that and the whole world is a witness that it isn't Moroccan, the Moroccan Sahara, but unfortunately the Moroccan identity disowns some people who settle there, the same as the wolf disowns the blood of Joseph the son of Jacob. The trap in which the Moroccan policy has fallen is that it has inflated the importance to the subject. Had it thrown away illegal immigrants in the Sahara, our brothers would have been saved idle talk. The Moroccan proverb says 'Drink the whole glass of milk, half leaks from the cow'.
moha Posted 2007-07-16
we need to be united ,you can not change the world with one meter square sand,it hides nothing underground. Come in to morocco and free people it's your country too, we can build a new future ,why amazigh accepted to live with Arab by 7th century in peace and now you the arab are refusing to live with Moroccan amazigh ,should we kick the Arab out of this country?do not be against yourselves be logical the desert will destroy your skin,think about the future of your next generation ,enough is enough do not waist your time ,I was born in 1970 and iam seeing nothing changed . Do not ask what peace and islam can do for you but do ask what can you do for peace and islam.
التيدراريني Posted 2007-07-29
Salam alaikoum Moroccan people, the hidden is unveiled and the state of rights and law was unveiled. All the Sahraouis agree on one thing, independence. If the matter was in my hands, I would have raised a wall between the Western Sahara and Morocco with a height of one kilometre to stop the corruption and prostitution in which Moroccans are proficient, God is Great in the face of any oppressor.
محمد احمد Posted 2007-07-30
The Western Sahara will remain western with or without the will of the supporters or opposers. We won't have any mercy for the agents, traitors and all those who contributed to the dislodgment, confinement and torture of the Sahraouis.
mohaa Posted 2007-07-31
can you read this comments of these sahraoui muslims who never been in wester sahara .they talk like dogs with a chaine in their neck.free children ,free women,free innocent ,free the world and free your future do not miss the opportunity .we will get it by peace if not by hearth and if not by force because it's our land .emazighn exist in mouritania ,in algeria,in mali,in neger,in morocco,in lybia,in tunisia,in egypts,and so on and you 're telling me harara do not belong to morocco
samir namri Posted 2007-08-05
The Sahara is 100% Moroccan.
mojahid Posted 2007-08-10
Morocco go away, the Sahara isn't yours.
عمر Posted 2007-08-12
If the Moroccan Sahara goes to Algeria or Morocco, it'll be under the rule of the Jewish states.
من اسا Posted 2007-08-22
Independence, independence with peace or war, the last colonized land is Palestine and the Sahara. Palestine is for Palestinianas and the Sahara to Sahraouis and Israelis+Moroccans = Zionism.
moha Posted 2007-08-26
do you think you are doing something good for muslims you are just a terorists who want to destroy the future of unity and the goal of islam wich means you are not a muslims and we do not believe in your god.respect other people as god said ,do not blame them for problems you are causing to yourselves.the price is big to haven.your equation shows that you are lost.come to morocco and learn real mathematics ,do a favor for yourself.welcome.
احمد Posted 2007-08-27
The Sahara will remain Moroccan to the day of Judgment.
ضغخعلا Posted 2007-09-17
The Sahara is Moroccan.
محمد الصويرة Posted 2007-10-26
The Sahara is Moroccan and it will remain Moroccan whether you like or not.
أحميدوش محمد Posted 2007-11-03
Thanks to Magharebia for the opportunities it offers to those willing to contribute to a constructive debate about the issue of the Sahara. I tried to read all the writings of all those interested in the topic; but, unfortunately, I haven’t seen any ideas that merit any comment in all that was written. So please, if you really want to promote debate to reach constructive results, a particular methodology should be adopted. I noticed that you have talked about both initiatives in your articles; but the supporters of the Moroccan identity of the Sahara see only the tree which has covered the woods. In my opinion, the intellectual should consider seriously and objectively the events, take the international law as a starting point and stay away from the opinions of the official sides. I’m sorry because I belong to a world where intellectuals applaud to the statements of regime and we don’t have a personal view except the one imposed by our rulers. I hope that your respectable site sets the principles of dialog and removes unnecessary ideas. In my opinion, encouraging refined dialog about a sensitive topic can in no way be subject to the psychological state emerging from the blind zeal. We encourage the civilized, realistic and responsible dialog among brothers which requires abnegation, unselfishness and mutual respect. And victory, with the will of God, will be with the righteous despite the overstatements of some people who don’t know the reality of things.
حبوب الجماني Posted 2007-11-04
Peace between the Sahraoui and Moroccan brothers.
سعيذ الذاخلة Posted 2007-11-07
Stop this excessive nonsense. The entire world should go back to history. From the Addriside to the Alaouites, the people of the Sahara are Moroccans and are proud of their origins. If there were any other person in the place of Mohamed 6, the southern provinces would have remained camps. Your country welcomes you. Stop this arrogance. You mercenaries will win nothing from your dependency on the Algerians. You publish pictures of criminals trafficking drugs and you call them militants. You show childish videos which you fabricate yourselves. Everyone is now aware, and everyone is serious and firm about the fact that the Sahara is Moroccan. We will never go back to serve the interests of Algeria. Said, the free Sahraoui and son of Dakhla. Long live Morocco.
ايمان المغربية العربية Posted 2007-11-17
People should speak while respecting moral values as the prophet peace and prayer upon him said '...say something good or keep quiet'. It's not necessary for every one of us to offend the other. We're brothers in religion whatever the problems. So if anyone wants to comment or make an intervention, he can, but by being impartial and objective. Thank you.
bouchalga Posted 2007-11-28
The Sahara is Western Sahara. It's not in our interest for it to be given to Morocco or Algeria; it is the same. They are all thieves, and the people are the victim.
3aycha Posted 2007-11-28
It's God who will give everyone his right, may God take revenge on you Moroccans.
محمد لمام مصباح Posted 2007-12-13
The Sahara is Moroccan, and will remain Moroccan, (unclear) who created the front the problem about it is that it's lying to itself, the Sahara isn't to there and to here, it will never have it may God grant victory to our king Mohamed VI, God assist him and grant him success.
مراد Posted 2007-12-13
At the beginning, I greet everyone who stand against the unjust colonization which wants to plunder a territory which doesn’t belong to it, it’s the territory of the Sahraoui people…Which conscience do you have when you say that the Sahara is the territory of Morocco. What are the violations you commit against a nation whose only fault is that it said that it wanted its independence…What are the violations of beating, injury and imprisonment against women, children and students…etc. By God, I never met a Sahraoui who wants to be under the rule of Morocco unfortunately…And you blame Algeria the country of a million and have a million martyrs…Shame on you.
maghribi100pour100 Posted 2007-12-31
For me the Sahara is Moroccan and it will forever be this way. And, to those who want to make a scandal of this, I tell them that they will gain nothing of it. The Moroccan people have always been united behind their king, Mohamed VI. He is not the harlot we know as Abdulaziz. What is more, I myself am from the Sahara. My name is Mhamid Lghizlan. Long live Morocco!
a2w12 Posted 2008-01-05
In the name of God, peace and prayer on the most honourable of prophets, Mohammed (peace and prayer be upon him). The problem of the Western Sahara is a very complex problem. The Western Sahara has been subjected to many occupations, most recently that of the Moroccan kingdom. I am talking as a Moroccan and I say to the Moroccan brothers and the brother Sahraoui people that the Moroccan policy uncovered the features and the gaps in which it came. The objective of the Moroccan dictator government based on violence, arrests and captivation against all those who oppose or stand and say a just word in the face of the fake Moroccan government… We Moroccans know that the Sahara isn’t the property of the Moroccan government or Algeria. It rather belongs to its original people, who are the Sahraouis, who have their own people and their representative which is the Polisario. The Moroccan government taught the population of the country it is governing an erroneous and falsified history. Even those who distorted that history aren’t able to distinguish the correct history from the erroneous. This policy was adopted by the Moroccan government as no opposition was formed to face it in Morocco against its obvious colonial policy, the policy of the Moroccan government is based on violence, arrests, captivation and the practice of different forms of torture against those who oppose the Moroccan government. But an opposition should rise against any policy no matter who is its controller. All this shows that all Moroccans know the Sahara is Western (for those who read the correct history). Go back to old books in which we studied and you’ll see the legitimate borders of the Kingdom of Morocco, from the south it’s bordered by the Western Sahara, from other sides Algeria, the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic ocean. Finally, I address my Moroccan brothers not to lie because we’re lying to ourselves and our children. Thank you.
صحراوي Posted 2008-01-06
For my Sahraoui friends and me, autonomy is the most realistic solution to the dispute. As to the Polisario, it’s a destructive movement, not concerned about making solutions; it’s concerned about making problems. I will always be unionist, as long as Morocco offers us the same rights which it offers to other Moroccans.
غريب اوطانgaribautan Posted 2008-02-16
Salam alaikoum. I’m a Sahraoui from Western Sahara. What I want to tell you is that the Moroccan citizens who talk about the Western Sahara don’t talk about it from inside like ordinary citizens. The king plunders the resources of the Western Sahara and Morocco for his interests and starves his nation for whom the choice of death bodes better. And to stem hatred between the Moroccan people and the Sahraoui people, he sells goods subsidized by the state at low prices in the Sahara, far south and villages 30 km far from Marag where there's no water and electricity (according to the report of Iqbal Ilhami the correspondent of Al Jazeera). Does this mean something for you? It encourages immigration. The king of Morocco doesn’t care for anyone in his nation, he’s above everything. He even said in the constitution that the king is a sacred person! Where he he get this from? The messenger is the highest model in Islam, God Almighty said so in the words of the messenger in the Qur'an (I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspired in me that your God is the only god.) I don’t know why these people defend a king and not the rights of a nation. If there’s no respect of the right of nations, there will be no union.
jaime Posted 2008-03-13
truth: the military dictator of algeria is resposible for all calamitaties which in maghreb cause and well cause, because polisario do not exist, as long as they can no desision take withaut military of algeria, if this if this dictator wants help gladly peoples their get independence then must them whem itself start: indpendently gives people lets take adecision concerning their future by the referendum; gives independently to touareq people, gives independently to kabylie people, returns east sahara to morocco(bechar,adrare,tindouf)ladies and lords knew you that IMAZIGHEN are the originale occupants of sahara,but also a small group jews that is truth! therefore they are and remain the boss in theire own country, polisario is a group people from the foreign country, but they are welcome, them have right and duty just like original occupants, wants them that they do not have where they returned from. algeria military: since this to the power coup in algeria had passed derect alarm has beater against moroccan people! what wants them of morocco which has nothing to lose and nothing to give has!.
لمياء Posted 2008-04-28
The Sahara is Moroccan and will remain Moroccan... Long live king Mohammed VI.
كمال Posted 2008-04-30
To those who feign to forget or has forgotten, to those who talk about Kabyles and Touareg, I tell them the difference, the issue of the Western Sahara is an issue at the United Nations, ciao.
عبدو المغربي الأ مازيغي Posted 2008-05-10
God’s curse on those who stirred the fire of strife and division between Muslim brothers… What everyone must know is that Moroccans, 36 million Moroccans, can disagree in everything except the question of territorial integrity of Morocco. We, by God are united and the question of unity is a question of existence, to be or not to be… My greetings to everyone.
محمد شداد اسبانيا Posted 2008-05-13
I say to the brothers in Morocco, the brothers in Algeria and the leadership of Polisario, leave the Sahraoui people alone. Haven’t you had enough of trying during 34 years of suffering of the Sahraoui people to achieve your goals? No to the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the Sahara as Moroccans themselves know and as the United Nations know. As regards Algeria, it doesn’t want independence for the Sahraoui people without achieving its goals as to the Polisario leadership, they are a group of ignorant people who don’t know what they want, and their only concern is to amass money.
brahim Posted 2008-05-16
I want from the Moroccan authorities to let immigrants achieve their dreams.
جوهري من المغرب Posted 2008-07-01
The Sahara is Moroccan. It will remain Moroccan in spite of the Polisario gang. Algeria has criminal interests. We will not forsake our Sahara even if this costs us our lives and blood.
جمال Posted 2008-07-20
Firstly, salam to the free Sahraoui people who have been struggling for 32 years for their unity. I want to thank everyone who wrote a word about the struggle of the activist people. I say to the Moroccans, this is a shame for the Moroccan security services. They have divided the Sahraoui people. However, we will struggle to the last soul. Man should say the truth because it is clear. We the Sahraoui people don’t want self-determination. We want independence and unity of the Sahara. I greet you from Dakhla. I thank the leaders of the Polisario for their struggle.
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