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2020-11-15 Africa North

'The war has begun' - Polisario Front launches attacks on Moroccan military bases

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Posted by Fred 2020-11-15 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 AGAIN?
How many times has this been relaunched over the past 50 years?

Posted by 3dc 2020-11-15 01:56|| 2020-11-15 01:56|| Front Page Top

#2 The Polisario Front, Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro, is a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement aiming to end Moroccan presence in the Western Sahara. Founded: May 10, 1973, at Zouérat, Mauritania. Sahrawi culture is a mix of Berber, Black African and Arab elements. Said to total less than 250,000 souls in Morocco, and 25,000 refugees in Mauritania.

Posted by b 2020-11-15 08:42|| 2020-11-15 08:42|| Front Page Top

#3

From Wikipedia:

Youth wing Sahrawi Youth Union
Women's wing National Union of Sahrawi Women
Trade union affiliation Sahrawi Trade Union
Ideology Sahrawi nationalism
Social democracy
Historical:
Democratic socialism
Political position Centre-left
International affiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International

Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-15 09:02|| 2020-11-15 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 So yet another Communist liberation movement that ceased about the time the Soviet Union fell. What has them feeling their oats a generation later?

Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-15 12:13|| 2020-11-15 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, somebody tell Mitt Romney the 1990's called. No, they didn't leave a message.

What has them feeling their oats a generation later?

A most interesting question!

Maybe it is some sort of cosplay fad amongst the youth. I mean, "Lions of the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army"? Come on, tell me that's not made up silliness.

Posted by SteveS 2020-11-15 12:33|| 2020-11-15 12:33|| Front Page Top

#6 #1 AGAIN?
How many times has this been relaunched over the past 50 years?
Posted by: 3dc 2020-11-15 01:56

...I was gonna say, did it ever actually end?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-11-15 12:48|| 2020-11-15 12:48|| Front Page Top

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