Polisario considers return to arms
2007-12-06
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Although Western Sahara's Polisario Front would prefer a peaceful solution, it would consider a return to arms to speed up the resolution of the disputed territory's status, Reuters reported a Polisario representative as saying on Wednesday (December 5th). Mohamed Yeslem Beissat, ambassador of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Algeria, said the Polisario would debate its future strategy at a three-day congress scheduled to begin on December 14th.
According to Beissat the delegates would have to choose between proceeding with the UN-mediated talks and resuming armed struggle to speed up the process. He added that the Polisario would also discuss strategies to intensify diplomatic efforts and persuade other countries to put more pressure on Morocco.
The next round of UN-led negotiations between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government will be held in Manhasset, New York from January 7th-9th, 2008. Previous talks on the 32-year-old dispute, held in August this year, rendered no breakthrough. Morocco proposed an autonomous statute for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty while the Polisario Front pushed for a referendum including the option of full independence.
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John Lecercle Posted 2007-12-06
That's all North Africa needs; a return to arms of a gropup of thugs and criminals when the rest of the world is concentrating on the future. Algeria should do the honorable thing and stop playing with fire in the region. Very sad to see communist and che guevarist reflexes still alive in Algeria. Dump the Polisario and all will be well.
azray Posted 2007-12-15
If they want a war, then let us give it to them and finish this cursed problem once and for all.
جميلي Posted 2008-03-15
Before judging these events, we should first go back to history. Let’s be sure about what rights people have, whether we like it or not. We shouldn’t let passion overwhelm our reason and we shouldn't accuse someone hastily and repetitively. Salam.
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