Talk:Polisario Front

crimes silenced
the Polisario until 1987 (end date of the Moroccan wall when its command could not reach the coast) held hostage attacks, kidnappings and murders of civilian crews off the coast of the Sahara as a means of pressure and blackmail on the Spanish governments on these crews carrying out massacres and kidnappings massacres their makers claimed as set forth and documented in http://www.memorialdevictimas.org/ blackmailed In 1985 the Socialist government of Felipe Gonzalez expelled the Polisario Spaincontinued for terrorism. So did France govertment

This intentional behavior are war crimes or terrorism. Both crimes that do not prescribe.

There is a sociation of affected ACAVITE claiming the attention of the Spanish authorities to the victims and the reporting and punishment of those responsible for the Polisario. European authorities have now reached their claim http://www.lavozlibre.com/noticias/ampliar/216813/victimas-espanolas-del-frente-polisario-denuncian-en-la-comision-europea-el-ostracismo-y-abandono-que-sufren/#ancla_comentario every time you get more recognition

http://www.laopinion.es/sociedad/2011/06/27/zapatero-recibe-hoy-victimas-polisario/353951.html http://www.laprovincia.es/canarias/2011/07/03/rajoy-apoya-demandas-victimas-canarias-polisario/384478.htmln

Polisario and its satellite organizations in Spain, systematically prosecute victims ACAVITE lawsuit, even the few awards that was givem to victims

http://www.lavozdigital.es/cadiz/v/20110717/espana/avispero-sahara-llega-supremo-20110717.html

persecution intensified since it detects a loss of support to polisario from the population of saharra

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Cable/perdida/apoyo/Polisario/elpepuint/20101203elpepuint_37/Tes

impartial Polisario text if reporting should, at least if you mention the crimes against helpless civilians committed by a political decision Polisario Please Include in the text a reference to this part of the conflict and the review to the website of the victims where is documentedall the crimes http://www.memorialdevictimas.org/ Fortunatelyever is closer to the punishment of the guilty and responsible directly or indirectly. thank you for your attention.

something forgotten
Dear sirs this situation is controversial There are some points that are forgotten in this article SPANISH SITUATION WHEN THE MADRID AGREEMENT 1, the UN recommended a referendum in the Sahara. 2 The UN also called, at the request of Morocco, the Hague court opinion  it  delay the referendum and independence (remember that at that time Spain gave independence to Equatorial Guinea, in Guinea there are  oil which invalidates the argument which Spain did not give independence to the Sahara for economic reasons, phosphate). 3 in 1975 with the death of dictator Franco in Spain's internal situation was delicate. 4 Morocco organized the "Green March" with the help of USA and Arab countries (except Algeria and Libya) 5 In a war Spain Morocco USA made it clear to the Spanish government not permit to Spain the use of military equipment manufactured in America (what USA did to Spain in the war of Sidi Ifni) Thus Spain could not win a war with Morocco. 6 due to points 3 and 5 agreements were signed in Madrid POLISARIO TERRORISM 1 The Polisario terrorism was exercised against Spanish citizens in the Sahara 2 against party members PUNS Sahrawi Spanish. For example On July 12, 1975 Alisal eight years old, and his brother Mustafa, aged six, two were sons of Ahmed Ould Brahim Ould Bachir PUNS 3 between 1977 and 1987 (the date of completion of the wall of the Sahara) the Polisario terrorist activities killing 300 unarmed civilians (fishermen) can be found and check in an independent study: http://www.memorialdevictimas.org/ in Spain there is an association of victims of terrorism polisario ACAVITE Best regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.57.145.18 (talk) 11:31, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

This article isn't written neutral!
Al the text you 'd read here in the article is all written pro-polisario. Some people who change things without resources must stop doing that, it is unsence! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.71.93.115 (talk) 18:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Needs to clarify if it is the sort of anti-democratic "democratic republic" typical of
Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries. Also, if it has "prisoners of war", to what treaties is it signatory? Does it follow the Geneva Convention, for example?

I'm thinking of renaming Polisario to Polisario movement or even merging it with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic article.

Does the article list the grievances the movement has with Morocco, and the aims of the SADR? Uncle Ed 14:49, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * a) As far as I can see, they are not a Marxist-Leninist group, although not surprisingly, some Marxists internationally have taken up their cause (as with other such groups, such as the Palestinians).
 * b) I'm not sure if they are a signatory to the Geneva Convention (I suspect not, considering their limited international recognition), but the question is somewhat moot if they are releasing all their prisoners.
 * c) Why on earth would you do that? You're already in enough trouble for trying to dictate your own policy, and policy currently states that we use the most common name for things and that we do not participate in original research (i.e. pulling new names for things out of thin air). In this case, it is the Polisario Front - note that this has twenty-five times the Google hits of Polisario movement (I have no idea where you pulled that name from). And merging this with Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic makes no sense at all - it would be like merging Fretilin with East Timor. sAmbi 16:42, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

The Polisario front is the name Ahmedbilbul (talk) 23:40, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Cleanup suggestions
If anyone who understands this topic is looking for cleanup suggestions, I'll start a list...


 * Article needs an intro section, rather than consisting only of a chronolocial list of events. --Doradus 16:44, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * It needs more coverage of the recent events, especially the recent freeing of prisoners. --Doradus 16:44, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

===>Answers

Polisario used to be a socialist organization, but is now free market.


 * This is american misunderstanding of socialism. In Spain, to pick one, the Socialist party is the majority and we are a free market economy and we love it. Socialism has become a by-word for welfare state, not communism as many americans with whom I have had the pleasure to argue think. In particular if you think socialism is not free market then I think american liberalism is fascism. Please, brush up on your politics and stop thinking of socialism and evil when it is the prevalent state of affairs in Europe and its Welfare State.Cgonzalezdelhoyo 22:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

The SADR, as of this morning, no longer has POW's, they were all released to the Red Cross.

You should not merge SADR and Polisario, as the former is a government (like the U.S. federal government) and the latter is a political party (like the Republicans).

The SADR has several grievances with Morocco, the foremost being occupation. It wants completely sovereignty for the Sahrawis.


 * > Polisario is not a free market because there are no goods to trade. It has been supported by communist Algeria (back in the days) as a che guevarist guerilla to create a new state in the area. Polisario still has a main supporter in the person of Fidel Castro and still abducts many children from their families in the camps at a younger age and send them for communist indoctrinment and brainwashing (look in google for this testimony : "Ma Oulainie").

===>Several comments: The equation of "Polisario" with the "refugee camps in Tindouf" is troubling, and belies your political biases. There are no abductions. Ma Oulainie is a woman who is paid by the Moroccan government to travel the world, living in nice hotels and eating fine cuisine spreading lies and propaganda against the Polisario and Sahrawi people. I personally know someone from the camps, and he says that going to school out of the camps was a rare privelege, and that ministers from the SADR personally came twice a year to deliver mail to the children. Ma Oulainie is a liar and is a tool of the Moroccan government.

on polisario and marxism/leninism: no, they always, from the very beginning, explicitly stated they were NOT marxist (and thus of course not leninist either). they called themselves socialist for some years, but never put any ideological effort into it. for a long time now they've been advocating some kind of general multi-party-free market-thing after liberation, but won't go into specifics. the reason they are consciously trying to stay clear of ideology is a) that's for the politicians of a free WS to decide, b) they do not want to exclude any part of sahrawi society, when forced to represent it as a whole during the war phase (just as WW2 resistance movements were seldom openly ideological). the pre-invasion years were of course different, when they existed in a semi-normal opposition role (albeit banned), and this lead to the early ideological commitment to socialism.

as for the POW:s, i don't see why the issue should be mentioned here at all. is there ANY other war-related wikipedia article w[h]ere FORMER prisoners of war are mentioned...? i'll delete this.


 * > I beg to disagree, the Polisario proclamation clearly states that : "The SADR defines itself as socialist." Also, during all the war years, they did commit to the USSR who provided them in exchange through Algeria with Soviet weaponry. Their ongoing strong relationship with the Castro regime is surely incompatible with the market system they vow to establish.

===>And Morocco received French support The French, who are socialists themselves, gave military and financial support to Morocco in their invasion - does that make them socialists, too?

==>POW's are relevant They were the longest-held POW's in the world, and they were recently released. That is worth inclusion. Justin (koavf) 04:44, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

===> well, if you want it back, i won't fight it. i just think there must have been very many POW:s held for a longer time than that in the not-so-distant past (mandela sat for 27 years after being caught in armed rebellion, and some hezbullah people sat in jail for 26 years before being swapped in 2004. i actually think some of them are still held). so while i definitely saw a reason for including it while they were still prisoners -- they were then the presently longest-held -- i honestly can't see one now. now they are only "the former POW:s held for a long time, but not the longest". is that terribly important?

also, slightly disturbingly, no mention at all is made of the 151 sahrawi POW:s morocco is supposed to hold (for the same amount of time, due to the same cease fire), that is, if they haven't all been killed after capture. in addition to that, hundreds of civilian anti-occupation activists are still unaccounted for, after having been abducted from 1975 onwards. (that's 10 years before the first POW now released was captured, right?). so if time behind bars is what counts, the moroccan soldiers are way behind.

about geneva conventions above, the SADR is no universally recognized state and so haven't been able to sign them, but the polisario has declared it will follow all relevant humanitarian rules and the laws of war. however, as already stated, they no longer hold any POW:s.

ARRE


 * > The geneva convention actually applies to Algeria as the host state, not the polisario per se, may be on a civil algerian court, the polisario torturers can be tried but on an international law level, the algerian part is responsible of all what happened to these prisonners. Please read the Amnesty international reports.

===>The Sahrawis are statless persons They are not citizens of any state, and are refugees in Algeria - I don't know that they are subject to their law.

===>You're right about the "Disappeared" There should be treatment of the arbitrary arrests and kidnappings done by the Moroccan authorities, but they wshould be minimal, as this article is about the Polisario. So, if the Polisario and the Moroccans did the exact same thing to one another, text describing what Polisario did is more important than text describing what was done to them. Are you by chance a Sahrawi? I do think that discussion of the Polisario's policy on POW's needs to be discussed, including their historic release. Justin (koavf) 15:59, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

===>No, I'm neither Sahrawi nor Arab. Ok, so leave something in on the POW:s, but I don't think it's fair to say the two parties "did the exact same thing":

- Polisario captured soldiers and held them as POW:s; they are now all released. - Morocco also captured soldiers but probably killed most of them rightaway. It still refuses to provide information on what happened, and 151 POW:s are unaccounted for. (The rest are declared dead.) - Morocco additionally abducted 1,500-2,000 Sahrawi civilians, mostly independence activists and their relatives. Most were released after many years, or declared dead in prison, but since the latest release in the early nineties, about 500 are still missing. Maybe they're all dead, maybe not. The point of "disappearance" is never to let the family know. The regime did the same thing on a smaller scale to its own dissident population in the Tazmamart concentration camps etc; this has been scrutinized by Moroccan human rights org's, but the Sahrawi question remains untouchable.


 * > that is absolutely not true, glad you used "probably" because there is no proof that Morocco killed all the prisonners, on the contrary, the red cross had supervised all the releases of Algerian and polisario POW's at the end od the fighting and was satisified that they have been liberated on time without all the torturing and that the Polisario practiced for years after the end of the war on these people.

===>No evidence of torture It's true that the Moroccan POW's were in deteroirating health, but there are barely enough material resources to let the peaceful Sahrawi refugees survive. Plus, Morocco has murdered and abducted hundreds of innocent civilians, denied it, released some of these people that they claimed didn't exist in 1998, and denied that there were more. The Sahrawi POW's were always available for inspection by foreign aid workers, but Morocco won't let anyone inspect their POW's, because they lie and say they don't exist.

My point: This is in no way "the same thing". I find it unbalanced to bring up as a human rights issue only the lawful capture of POW:s while ignoring the other side's random abductions of civilians and routine killings of captured tropos. Also, it is historically a central pillar in Moroccan government propaganda, to try to cover up its own human rights abuses by pointing to the Polisario "doing the same thing" by holding POW:s. Thus the very mention/non-mention of these things is political from the start, and should be balanced as far as possible. Now, I certainly don't mean to accuse you of this, but I definitely think it would please some of the people who have started to sabotage these articles for not conforming to Rabat doctrine.

A second point, of less importance, is that the piece that was in there on the POW:s was confusing, and a patch-work of old and new stuff. That should be fixed too.

ARRE.


 * > I also disagree here, there is nothing confusing about the Geneva convention. It is clearly stated that at the end of the fighting, all prisonners should be released without any condition from both sides. Morocco did its part, Polisario just did. That doesn't discount the prisonners to sue the Polisario or Algeria for clearly vilating the other Geneva convention articles related to tortures, killings, etc..

===>Entirely false Morocco did not do their part. In addition to the Sahrawi civilians and combatants caputred, imprisoned, and extrajudiciously killed, Morocco turned away the Moroccan POW's that were released by the Polisario. These people were called cowards and traitors for not killing the enemy after surrender, and were not allowed to re-enter the country. If you provide some evidence of Polisario torture, this would be a different story, but now you're just asserting it as though it's a proven fact.

===>I completely agree Certainly, the human rights grievances are far worse on the Moroccan side, and they are deeply implicated in much more human suffering. I was simply saying, hypotheticall, if both sides had done essentially the same thing, the Polisario actions merit further explanation, as this is the article on the Polisario. The article does need a re-write. It's one of a number of things to do on my list. If you can re-write it to make it more intelligible and factual, please do. It's good to meet a fellow supporter of the SADR. Justin (koavf) 15:30, 30 September 2005 (UTC)


 * > Again, I do disagree, please read the Amnesty international and France libertés reports on the "far worse" situation of the POW's while held in the Polisario camps. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050516-091554-4601r.htm). Also, for news from the prisonners, please see:

===>Of course they were worse off Morocco is a modern sovereign state that is self-sufficient, whereas the Sahrawis live in refugee camps off of foreign aid. Of course the Moroccan POW's aren't the first priority when it comes to distributing food and medical aid, but that's an entirely different matter than deliberate torture. Justin (koavf) 02:07, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

'''===> I'll gather all my responses here. I have three main things to comment on.'''

1a) Is Polisario communist or socialist and anti-free market?  No. They ALWAYS stated EXPLICITLY that they were not communist or marxist, because communism and marxism was not "applicable" to their situation, whatever that meant.

Initially they called themselves socialist (in the first SADR constitution this was written), but when asked to specify what that meant they talked about something like a welfare-state (free hospital care and housing, but also private property and investments from multinationals).

Later they dropped even that, and in essence I think they were just caught up with the seventies liberation movement rhetoric. In the latest version of the constitution (from the mid-nineties I think) they state EXPLICITLY that they want a free-market, multi-party system.

b) But they received support from communist Algeria? Yes, but no. Algeria was never ever communist. It was socialist for quite a while (it might still be, I'm not sure), but the FLN jailed the communists and broke up their party, rather than let itself be ruled by them. This proves nothing about the Polisario, though. The Palestinians had the same support from Algeria, and not only the socialist factions, but significantly more the non-ideological main factions like Fatah and the PLO in general.

c) ...and the USSR! No, they did not. The USSR refused to recognize the SADR and negotiated fishing agreements in Sahrawi waters with Morocco. Check the country recognition lists yourself and see if you can find a single Warsaw Pact country on them. Neither did they receive backing by China.

d) ...and they help Castro kidnap kids! This is ridiculous beyond belief. Sahrawi kids are given the opportunity to study at universities in Cuba, which is a chance they jump at, given that there's no higher education facilities in the camps. I've met several Sahrawis who studied there. None of them was communist, and none felt kidnapped. Similarly, many children go to Algeria and Spain to study, and some to Italy and France (yes, France!). Are they also kidnapped? And though I'm an avid Castro-hater, please explain to me exactly WHY Cuba would forcibly kidnap people from the Western Sahara, educate them and then send them back there?

e) Polisario is not free-market because they have no goods to trade! This doesn't prevent them from wanting a free-market Western Sahara; poor people can still read books on economics. Or just pursue their thousand-year-old merchant traditions. And, actually, there is private trading going on in the camps, with what little money and goods people have: I bought a nice t-shirt.

2. The POWs were badly treated Probably yes, in the beginning. Since the Red Cross started its visits in the eighties, no. However, the most common complaints of later days (bad food, tough heat, only tents for sleeping etc) is what you get when living in a Sahrawi refugee camp, prisoner of war or not.

The main point though, is that there are no POWs there any more, and to mention their FORMER existence in the refugee camps just because that was once a major part of Moroccan propaganda, is a bit odd already, in my book. To go on and write a whole piece on how "these camps were also the place where some Moroccan POW:s were possibly ill-treated in the early 1980s" is so off-topic its POV.

3. You. I'm sure there's things that could be improved in the articles, but you're acting hysterical. You're repeating the most bizarre and unlikely war-time propaganda from the Moroccan government (even they've dropped some of it, YOU should be able to do better...). Don't expect that to get into ANY article, any more than the North Korea article will proclaim it to be a Workers' Paradise Under Threat From Evil American Fascist War Mongers.

Since you're obviously most interested in promoting the Moroccan view, I'm sure there's loads of stuff for you to do. You could dig up all the Polisario documents so we can find out exactly how long they were socialist for (check arso.org and wsahara.net, most of the constitutions and stuff you can read there), or you could provide some information on the counter-Polisario movements the Moroccans have set up, or on positive Moroccan reform or whatever. But claiming that the Polisario is really Fidel Castro running a child-trafficking network through the Sahara won't do you OR Morocco any good. And it certainly doesn't help the article.

ARRE

Why is there no mention of the 300.000+ Saharawis refugees in Algeria?
And is the Polisario still seeking independence? It maybe its initial purpose, bur for many years it has agreed to settle for a referendum under UN supervision, a suggestion to which Morocco oposes by wanting only those in the occupied areas to vote, many of them Moroccan immigrants, and not the 300k+ refugees in Algeria... Furthermore, as of late Polisario is not a violent organisation and serves as a government for its people in exhile, organising public services such as medical cover and enducation.

Unfortunately Morocco, whith its military might, will continue to subdue Western Sahara for many decades to come, but so did the French in Algeria for 130years and eventually had to leave. Morocco has a time bomb in its hands unless it can get saharawis to feel Moroccan, and we in Spain know that is going to be impossible, because after nearly a millenium, there is still independence sentiment in regions like Vasque Country, Catalonia, Balearic Island, Valencia...

Furthermore, I have a Moroccan flatmate who is studying in a Spanish university, he is from Nador in north Morocco and he has told me that there are Bereber people who would be willing to kill and fight for independence of the north. At the moment, under an absolutist monarch, like those we had in Europe about 2 centuries ago, the country is held by a firm grip, but I cannot but feel that if Morocco continues to develop its economy, helped by the EU, its society will start to demand more democratic means of government and indivual rights, and many problems like the Bereber or the Saharawis will be more difficult to handle.

Cgonzalezdelhoyo 22:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Totally disputed
The article is definitively not neutral, please make some revisions to comply with WP principles of neutrality. Best regards. Daryou 08:59, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Reply

I don't see the problems with it. But I think we did a good job on the Sahrawi article, so let's work the same way here. One change of method, though: we had ridiculously long threads on that talk page, so let's do this piece by piece instead - it'll be easier for both of us, and everybody else, to see keep track of what we are doing.

So, I suggest, you just start by writing one or two things that you are unhappy with here in the talk page, and we'll discuss them and quickly agree to something; then move on to the next complaint, if you have any. Does that sound okay to you? Arre 19:03, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'll remove this now. Arre 03:14, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Foreign relations and Spain
I am surprised that nothing is mentioned about Spain, we, specially in Andalucia and other socialist majority regions (this is free-market socialims) feel we have a debt to Sahara as we let it down by allowing Morocco to take over. I believe there were agreements with Morocco that the Sahara would have a right to self determination, which ofcourse were ignored.

This commitment to the Saharawi people involve many aspects: - My neighbour for one, hosts saharawi children who come in the summer to spend time away from the camps. They spoil them completely and treat them as one of their own. This is part of an yearly program to give the children a glimpse of life out side the camps, I am not sure how many came last year to Spain alone, but we are defenitely talkin in the thousands. - The spanish government and in particular the Andalusian Regional government is comitted to the saharawi situation, regularly receiving politician to talk in parliament and to its members. As a recent example, there have been repeated attempts by members of the Andalusian parliament to visit occupied sahara as observers, being rejected by Moroccan authorities repeatedly. - There is a general awarenes and sense of guilt, as I say, about the saharawis, I have attended several talks about the camps in Tinduf and the political situation of the conflict. These involved showing short films and documentaries as well as having saharawies come and talk to us. Needless to say that there is close coverage in the news about the conflict.

Please bear in mind that Moroccan King Hassan II, organized the Green march at a time when Spain was at its weakest, Franco, the military dictator, was dying and the Transition which led to democratic constitution being drawn and elections called (a period of about 6 years), was just embrionic and in the shadows waiting for Franco to die. With this situation in Spain we were in no position to make a stand in the Sahara. In that sense there is a general feeling that we have to return the blow to Morocco, as was shown a couple of years ago, when Moroccan officials occupied a lonely rock outcrop of the coast, nominally under Spanish soverignty, and Aznar, the then rightwing consevative prime minister ordered the army to go in with its special corps to kick them out. It was all simbolic, there was no aggresion from Morocco, but neither was there aggresion during the Green March in 1975 and we were forced by the circumstances to flee and abandon the saharawi people to Moroccan and Mauritanian domination.

Now that we finally again have a democracy there is an overwhelming feeling of guilt towards the Saharawi people. It is true that we were a colonial power but we also have a great simpathy towards them and we would have liked to see their right to self determination being upholded. I will try to get references and include as much information on this as possible.

I would also like to see something include to the effect that Moroccos beligerant foreign policy with its neighbours, Algeria and Western Sahara, was a means to bring national unity under an absolutist Monarch like Hassan II, who suffered three assesination attempts by his own military forces. The use of wars under dictators is recurrent in human history as a means to divert attention from internal problems and conflicts. In that sense the saharawis have fallen victims to a larger more powerfull neighbour, which is also a recurrent event in human history.

Unfortunately history shows that if a power can hold a territory it becomes its own, until it can no longer do so. I expect that if Morocco manages to develop with the help of the EU and obtain democratic rights and government, the issue with the saharawis will become more difficult to handle without the strong rule of force and eventually either they will get regional or full independence. Unfortunatelly, in the mean time, the saharawis will be the victims and the Moroccans will have to continue to pay the expensive bill of military occupation. The only one that is the real winner in this situation, is their absolutist monarchy.Cgonzalezdelhoyo 00:01, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Article dispute
I'm not trying to get into any sort of article dispute here. I simply was reverting an edit that I recognized as clearly NPOV. I have no opinions regarding this article. In fact, I don't even fully understand the issue. I was only here reverting something NPOV, and am not trying to participate in any argument. Mo0 [ talk ] 01:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I am not currently accusing you of anything, I saw your name for a revert and wanted this to end so I asked you to come here. False Prophet 01:41, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

If anyone objects to the current version please say so. False Prophet 01:43, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I added "POV" and "disputed" tags. The chapter named "invasion", is complete POV. It is written from the point of view of one party of the conflict (Polisario).
 * "Thus, immediately upon Spain's withdrawal in 1975, Moroccan and Mauritanian troops invaded and occupied the Western Sahara and expelled most of its native population". This is both POV and untrue. The point of view of Morocco is that it got back its southern provinces back, as it did with Tarfaya-Tantan, and Ifni a few years earlier. From the Polisario front's view, it was occupation. So neutral sentence would be "As a consequence of the Madrid Accords, Spain handed over Saguia Hamra to Morocco, and Rio De Oro to Mauritania.".
 * "Expelled most of its native population". The population was displaced by the polisario and the Algerian Army (Amgala). So to say that Morocco displaced them is false, and needs either to be proven or removed.
 * The rest of the chapter will have to be looked at closely, if that is at the level of encyclopedic information.
 * I think the article is missing a very crucial point: The mention that many Polisario front leaders have returned to Morocco( Former ministers of Foreign affairs, defence, justice, internal security, ..., and recently the "Philosopher" of the Polisario).
 * You would think the article is written by a Polisario front member. The article should be according to WP guidelines, neutral, informative, and accurate, and mentionning the pros and cons of the the Polisario front, instead of being full of praise and admiration to the Polisario and SADR, and being critical to the other part of the conflict. --SteveLo 07:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure how this comment seccion works, but there is nothing POV about calling the Moroccan military march into Western Sahara for an invasion. /Lorenzo 14:33, 11 July 2006 (GMT)
 * There was an invasion and there is an occupation. That is the position of the UN, based on international law, and not only the position of the Polisario movement.
 * Regarding the question of why the population left, it is clear that they fled the Morrocan invasion. When foreign military enters a country/territory it is widely common that large parts of the original population flee. This happend with Western Sahara in 1975-76 as well. Having fled to areas further inside the desert towards the Algerian border, refugees were bombed by Moroccan airforce. They then moved onwards to Algeria. Now, someone may argue that the population was not expelled, but since it was attacked by military I see no real conflict in this term.
 * About Polisario leaders leaving for Morocco - writing "returned to Morroco" implies that Western Sahara is Moroccan, which off course was not the intention. ;-) - SteveLo has a point. That might well be added to the text, since it was an important move which lead to reforms in the camps and more openess within Polisario. Anyone interested in this should read Tony Hodges' book on Western Sahara, and Toby Shelley's more recent one.
 * Regarding peoples position in this issue; Since Morocco has very, very weak legal ground for its claims on Western Sahara, anyone who writes about the conflict from a legal point of view, will most likely sound pro-Polisario. At least for someone who is not. --


 * Lorenzo, as I stated above, there are two point of views. You call it an invasion, another one does not. For Moroccans, it was completing the return of the Southern Saharan Provinces (Saguia Hamra(1975), and Rio De Oro(1979)) after they had liberated the Northern Saharan Provinces (Tarfaya (1958), Tantan(1958), and Ifni(1969)) which both formed what was Spanish Sahara.
 * The UN considers the territory disputed, and not occupied. If it were occupied, then there would not be as one of the solutions integration with Morocco or becoming integral part of Morocco; the UN would have approved occupation, wouldn't they?.
 * None of the UN documents (Assembly general, Secretary General reports, Security Council resolutions ), none contains the word "occupied".
 * Only a part (minority) moved to Algeria, and again the Algerian Army was directly involved in displacing the sahrawis (Amgala). They don't deny it, but they called it "humanitarian assistance to get the Sahrawis safely to Tindouf".
 * If the Moroccans were bombing the civilians, I guess there would not be a single Saharawi in what is now controlled by Morocco (80% of the territory). How could the Moroccan airforce, alone in the skies, bomb, and bomb, and bomb, where are then the thousands of casualities??. The number of "refugees", which the UNHCR has never been allowed to count, is given as more than 200 000. There is a lot of discrepancies out there.
 * Well if Hadrami, or Brahim Hakim, or Ayoub, or Yehdih, or BentAbbi, or ...., if they say they returned to their country, it would be amusing hearing someone telling them: "No you did not return, but you left for your country". Abdelaziz was born in Morocco and his father has lived all is life in it, if Abdelaziz "moves" to Morocco, would you call it "returned" or "left for" Morocco? ;-)
 * Opennes within Polisario!!. Well the return to Morocco started mainly in 1988, that makes it 18 years of reforming and "openning". By now (after 18 years of "glasnost" ;-) the Polisario should be very ahead of, at least, Eastern Europe who waited till the fall of the USSR in 1991 to start the demcratisation. I would not imagine a person with his right mind putting a dime on it. I invite you to look at the list of RASD government from 1988 till now, apart from the members that returned to Morocco, the rest just inter-change positions, except for his excellency the president of the republic of course. Is that openness?
 * Tony Hodges was openly pro-Polisario. His writings are then not considered neutral.
 * I did not understand what you meant with "very, very weak legal ground". Legally, if Saguia Hamra and Rio De Oro are not Moroccan, then Tarfaya, Tantan, and Ifni should not be. By the way, most of the Polisario leaders, (and Polisario supporters inside Morocco itself) are from "pre-1975" Morocco ( Assa, Tarfaya, Guelmim, and even Marrakech). Cheers. --SteveLo 21:51, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Algeria & defectors sections
The Algeria section was basically a good add, even if based on a spurious source (ESISC) and somewhat slanted in its language. I made language fixes to this. The defectors section added at the same time was, however, grossly oversized and again used ESISC as its only source, also in a serious POV manner quoting its statements as fact, not as the organization´s claims. The long list of "important" defectors contained a number of names that even I, who have a near-obsessive interest in this issue and regularly reads the press of both sides, have never heard of. I picked out the top four/five names (Hadrami et al) and reduced the POV slant to this. Both sections needs (a) more sources and (b) counter-sourcing/counter-arguments, but this is fine for now. Thanks to Wikima for the effort.

Arre, you're welcome...

Algeria and Polisario:


 * Your changes are, as usual, an attempt to inject polisarian POV.
 * Algeria is not only a main player in the conflict but was and is fighting Morocco at all levels since the phase before the beginning of conflict. In the reports of the UN it is quoted much more often than Polisario itself. Their diplomats and high execusitfs spend their time writing letters to the UN and elswhere and promoting the recognition of the so called "sadr"
 * without this Polisario would be nothing, just nothing.
 * What your changes try to hide is that, every time when the topic is dealth at the UN for example, it is Algeria who is active at least as much as Morocco, while Polisario is quite and listens.
 * I don't accept your deletes as the section clearly states that Polisario has no room of Manoeuvre vis-à-vis Algeria. If you observe "obsessively" the issue sonce long time and ignore this then...
 * I'lle revert to my version your changes meet the core.

Defections:


 * The organisation becomes "controversial" because it is against your opinion.
 * The source you deliver is a fake. It is Jamai who says that ESISC is a fake organisation not RSF. Jamai, himself a largely controversed journalist in Morocco. His issue on the ESISC was just bad, very bad, incompetent and full of hatred style and affection. And we can discuss this separtely at length if you like.
 * I quote ESISC because it is the organisation that presents such a list, but it should be no problem to add other sources as the Moroccan press is full of them. I'll see.
 * Finally the title is not about defections from the movement but about defection of the top leaders, two different things. I think Polisario is the only orgnaisation in the world that suffered such bleeding.
 * The importance of these defections is not to show how many they are (though) they are important, but because they put a light on the convictions within the organisation. A light that you always know how to hie with your elegant editings.

I'll revert. Cheers wikima 23:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Arre In addition to Wikima's remarks I add the following:
 * ESISC is not a fake NGO, but a real Center. BTW, in the same article Polisario is termed as separatist.
 * You wrote "... but [Algeria] refuses to assume a formal role in respect to the sovereignty dispute, stating that it will not and cannot negotiate on behalf of Polisario". That is not true. When Baker proposed his plan number 1 in 2001, the refusal came from Algeria before Polisario, in the famous letter from Boutef to Annan, which Annan made public to Boutef's surprise and anger. And is it enough a proof to remind you that Algeria proposed that the Sahara be divided, a proposition till this day the Polisario never dared to comment/condemn/support?
 * the list is that of Top leaders not simply defectors. Since 1989 more than 10,000 sahrawis have returned to Morocco. The list is therfore a major edit and all the persons mentionned in it are prominent figures in Morocco and is verifiable.--A Jalil 23:54, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

The beginnings

 * There is no link between the Polisario and previous Sahrawi political activity. The Polisario founding members were Moroccan students, sons of Moroccan Southern Liberation Army veterans. The only founding Polisario member to have had a contact with Bassiri is Lehbib Ayoub, who is now in defence of Moroccan territorial integrity. The preambule of the SADR constitution says "The Sahrawi people - arab, african and Moslem - who decided to start its struggle of liberation in 1973, under the the guidance of the POLISARIO Front, to free the country from colonialism ...". So the Poilsario takes on itself the credit to have started the struggle, and if someone alledges the opposite, there should be reliable sources (other than Hodges) to support that.


 * This is not true. Numerous activists were active in both Bassiri's movement and in the Polisario, and Polisario has from the very start referred to him as a father of the nation, and his Zemla riots as a pivotal moment for the decision to enter into armed struggle (the organization of what would later become Polisario began only months after it happened). All of the books mentioned below, that discuss the Polisario, detail these connections. Hodges, by the way, is one of the main (I'd say THE main, or who else?) authorities on the background of the organization, so you can't dismiss him out of hand like that.


 * No, Refering to someone in what you do does not make you together in one basket. Bassiri was protesting against Spain's colonialism, and he was killed by the Spanish way before there were any Polisario. Then "almost" all Polisario's founders were inside Morocco either in the South (Tantan) or studying in Rabat. So when they started the Polisario front, it is normal they looked backward to some model, and the closest to mind was Bassiri. Of course, they also were inspired by their fathers, the veterans of the Moroccan Liberation Army in The South who fought for the reunification of the Saguia Hamra and Rio de Oro to the motherland, under Sultan Mohamed V. I have a video, where many veterans relate their memories, about how they fought for their country, Morocco, and about their biggest of memories, the visit of Mohamed V to Mhamid Alghizlane where they vowed, they would not spare anything to reunite under his throne. But to say that Polisario is a "continuation" of Bassiri's movement is wrong and misleading.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Withdrawal of Spain

 * "Moroccan and Mauritanian troops invaded and occupied the Western Sahara and expelled most of its native population.". The Polisario front says the refugees FLED to Algeria. Here we have someone sick enough to even contradict the Polisario front and claim Morocco/Mauritania expelled the civilians, though the majority of Sahrawis currently live under Moroccan Administration. Algeria was involved in displacing civilians to Tindouf, and Algerian military was engaging in direct confrontation with the Moroccan Royal Forces deep inside Western Sahara (Amgala, 1976).
 * Well, that's the Moroccan view: that nasty Algeria went in and kidnapped Sahrawis, placed them in the monstrous death camps of Tindouf, and then brainwashed them to fight Morocco (thanks to cosmic mind-warping rays provided by Fidel Castro and the Free Masons, of course). I'm okay with removing "expelled" in favour of the pitifully neutral third voice's "were displaced", just to avoid more debate, though it is in many cases certainly accurate, but not to remove references to invasion. Because an invasion it was, with fighting. Arre 22:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The "View" you are saying is not the Moroccan one and has never been said by any Moroccan official or unofficial. Algeria did indeed made it clear it will do its utmost for the Sahara not to be part of Morocco; and has provided political and military support to the guerillas. Algeria, and you know it, attempted at the beginning to set foot in the Sahara, but was defeated at Amgala, 1976. The official reason for the presence of Algerian troops in Amgala, more than 300 Km deep inside the Sahara, is to help the refugees to safety. One needs to have a very low IQ to not understand that it means they were giving a ride to the refugees, in other words, displacing them from their land to Tindouf. So who is to blame for the displacement??. Those that were far enough have stayed home and are still in their homes in Layoune, Dakhla, Boujdour, etc. Why did not Morocco displaced them like the others, if it was Morocco who was displacing??. As to Fidel, there are many former Polisarians in Morocco that can silence you with what they endured in the Cuban ordeal. Separation from their families, and spending years in Cuba without seeing them, and forced to swallow the Marxist ideology of atheism that is contradictory with their strong Islamic backgrounds, etc. As to invasion, you surely believe that Morocco was sending its troops to a land that is not his. Well that is not the neutral POV, for, Morocco was in the eyes of many others sending troops to Saguia Alhamra and Rio de Oro on the same basis they were sent to Tarfaya and Tantan, and Ifni. So keep that word invasion specific to Polisario sites, but not on Wikipedia.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Morocco and Mauritania took control of their respective sectors in accordance with the MADRID ACCORDS. This was not mentionned and is now added.
 * In favour of mentioning the M. A, but not of portraying that as some uncontroversial agreement -- they hold zero value in international law, and the invasion took place in spite of an ICJ ruling which called for letting the inhabitants themselves decide. Arre 22:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The Madrid Accords are mentionned without any special portrayel. different opinions about the treaty did exist, and that is normal given the fact that it created a situation not in favor of some. But sticking some's opinion here as a judgement on the MA is unacceptable.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The ICJ opinion has been and is still used by the different parties to support their claims, each focusing on the sentences that suit them. Morocco on the fact that there were allegiance ties with Sahrawi tribes (Allegiance = Beyaa in Islam is what makes an individual member of a community), Mauritania on similar relations to other Sahrawi tribes in Rio De Oro, and the Polisario/Algeria on the fact that self-determination should still take place.
 * The ICJ opinion says explicitly that there ARE ties to Morocco, but that these ARE NOT enough to negate self-determination, meaning that neither Morocco or Mauritania could just go in and take a chunk of the territory without consulting the inhabitants. You can't refer to the first part only, that's not a fair way of quoting the document.Arre 22:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That is the Algeria/Polisario POV that takes the ICJ opinion out of its circumstantial context. The ICJ was asked for an opinion by Morocco I guess, in an effort to stop Spain from going ahead of staging a theatrical show that was called a referendum to make the territory a formally independent entity, but inderectly subordinate to Spain, and using it at the same time, as an argument against Morocco, that if The Sahara was Moroccan for less than a century ago, is becoming no more so, how could Morocco demand the return of Ceuta and Meillia that were Moroccan the last time more than 4 centuries ago, i.e. removing the argument of the historical rights. So the ICJ took in the case when there were a process of so called self-determination in progress with the spanish referendum. The court gave its opinion, where it confirmed that Moroccco's and Mauritania's claims for the territory were not coming from nothing, but based on historical ties. And so as not to be an obstacle against the ongoing process, the ICJ added (and that had nothing to do with the 2 questions it was asked) something like in simple language: Here I answered what you asked, but continue doing or not doing what you wanted to do, as if I (the ICJ) did not say anything. In the Islamic tradition, the Beyaa, is the act by which one is a member of a community. So Morocco ( and Mauritania till it officially abandoned its claims in 1979) is in his right to claim the Sahara as his. The Polisario/Algeria, of course, focused not on the answers of the ICJ to the 2 questions, but on its statments for the record that the answers were only advisory and should not alter anything that was under consideration or underway (in this case self-determination referendum). I hope you look at it from a different perspective than the Algeria/Polisario one.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
I added that
 * "a parliament and a judiciary, all based in Algeria". That is a fact. all SADR institutions are in Algeria.
 * "Abdelaziz has been its president for more than three decades". This is a fact. Abdelaziz has been in office for more than 3 decades (August, 1976- )(We are in November 2006).
 * the number of countries to still recognize the SADR is 43. "and has been acknowledged as a state by over 70 states although". more than 70, is not the same as more than 80.
 * No problem with this, except its 44 states now with Haiti, and that the first edit should make clear the institutions are based in the Sahrawi autonomous areas around Tindouf, not in Algiers or suchlike.Arre 22:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Congratulations for the Haitian case. As to "the Sahrawi autonomous areas around Tindouf", this is the first time I hear something like that. There are autonomous regions in Algeria, the Kabyls, did you hear the call?.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Algeria and Polisario
--A Jalil 14:16, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * "defected" changed to returned: Lehbib Ayoub declared he returned to his country in response to the king's call and because he saw how Algeria proposed a partition of Western Sahara in 2001 to James Baker. If Lehbib Ayoub and Hadrami etc. say they "returned", who in the world can be so ridiculous to qualify their return of "defection" or "left the ranks of .."
 * If someone left from Western Sahara and then entered Morocco, he didn't "return" to Morocco except in the eyes of Moroccan expansionist nationalism -- if Lahbib Ayoub now adheres to that, fine, but Wikipedia should remain neutral on the issue. Arre 22:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Well this is the kind of headache that I most hate: No Mr Ayoub, you said you returned,but I say no you did not. You departed, .. wait, you left, or shall I say, you took off, or .. well wait Mr Ayoub, I will think for you for the right terminology that suits your return to your land. For once, to put it correctly, he did not "left from" Western Sahara, but "disappeared/vanished/evaporated" from Tindouf, Algeria. So he should be returning to Morocco from Algeria, that is right?. As to Moroccan expansionist imperialist colonialist *ist ... nationalism, wow I am impressed. All that without Gas/Petro-dollars nor nuclear arms. They are great the Moroccans.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Fine by me. &brvbar; Reisio 02:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Some fine, some un-fine by me. As seen above. But I'll avoid an immediate revert -- hopefully A. Jalil can have a look at the portions we disagree on, and make it acceptable to all? Arre 22:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Arre, please spare yourself the pain, and us with you. The anarchy you used to fill the Morocco related articles with anti-Morocco rethoric is over. I am not putting pro-Morocco stuff either, but we can be sure none will be.--A Jalil 14:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

The photography showing a demonstration claims to be in Madrid, but the banners show messages in Catalan, not in Castilian Spanish, and some of the flags are the Aragonese "quatri-barrada". This makes me think the demonstration could have only taken place in a Catalan town, presumably Barcelona.

The Moroccan soldiers that are held in Tindouf says there is no more people of the Polisario. They allmost all are killed in the 15 year war and now dead by high age. The situation is being used by the Algerian, so that Algeria, Mauritania and Mali can have it's agenda to rule the Moroccan Province. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.90.96.27 (talk) 13:18, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

NPOV and redlinks
NPOV It is POV to say that Polisario are a rebel group looking to separate Western Sahara from Morocco. First of all, they were founded to fight Spanish colonialism. Furthermore, this wording implies that the Moroccan POV is correct. Also, why would you delete the template? Why do you insist on inserting a mass of redlinks into the article? Anyone can just go to the main and see the list himself. It would be one thing if there was a short list of particular notable individuals, but none of them are (hence, they have no articles), so there is no point in flooding the section with all these redlinks. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 16:29, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Things are more complex than this polisarian simplicism
 * The liberation armee were to fight the spanish colonialism and the free Western Sahara as part of Morocco and like the other parts that have been freed from colonialism
 * Polisario founders are their children that have been gotten by Algeria, Libya and Cuba to fight the monarchy in Morocco.
 * A reason why marxist leninists were friends of polisario.
 * Otherwise how can you explain that all polisario founders have lived and studied in Morocco? And that their parents were members in the Moroccan Armee of Liberation?
 * How can you explain that the father of M. Abdelaziz, the boss of polisario, has always lived and is still living in Morocco? And that he is a fighter for the Moroccan Sahara?
 * Is that separation and rebelion enough to you to understand?
 * wikima 20:11, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay Again, that doesn't address the issues I raised about language. To call Polisario a "separatist" group is to assume that they are trying to separate something in the first place. They don't consider themselves separatists, and only Morocco does, so calling them that is POV. That is true regardless of where they went to school or all of the other irrelevant assertions that you made above. You also ignored my simple and direct questions; do you care to answer them? -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 17:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know what they consider themselves, prophets? I don't care about them as I am convinced that they simply work for the algerian gov., and that the latter is the main actor in the conflict in face of Morocco. This is my personal view, as I express it in the talk.
 * What is to be taken into consideration are facts. And the facts say that they have been Moroccans who have lived and studied in Morocco, and that their families have been and are still Moroccans.
 * Facts also say that Polisario founders did not even fight for the independence in the beginning but only wanted to free the Sahara (as part of Morocco) from Spain.
 * They started to become separatists when they felt the monarchy was ignoring them and their claims.
 * They were in the best condition to be hired by Algeria, Libya and Cuba (and other communist countires) to be used for the sovietic block against the pro-capitalist Moroccan monarchy.
 * This is how things look like. But now that the wall has fallen, everybody like you is trying to talk them clean and present them as honnorable independence fighters. Which is rubbish of course.
 * wikima 21:51, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Polisario What they are is exactly what they and the UN say they are: a nationalist group. They were founded not to be prophets, and not by Algeria, to be a Sahrawi nationalist group seeking an independent state. Some members of Polisario are from Morocco; again, I don't see how that's relevant. I have no idea where you get this idea that the Polisario was founded to integrate the Sahara into Morocco. That is patently absurd. Regardless of your untenable conspiracy theory, it is improper, inaccurate, and POV to call them a separatist group: that is not how they identify themselves, it is not how third parties label them, and it only represents the POV of Morocco. That's to say nothing of calling them "rebels" which is essentially meaningless, and the fact that you again, still ignored some very simple questions that I posed to you. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 22:18, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I think you should learn more about Polisario before telling such absurdities.
 * The UN can register any organisation that wants to be party in the conflict.
 * You can also form a group and go to claim WS in the UN. If you have a petro-country and its diplomacy behind you may have chances to enter negociations and let yourself be named "nationalist movement".
 * The UN does not recognize the so called "sadr", but Polisario or any other organisation can register itself as party.
 * If you think that it does not matter and that it is irrelevant that for example the father of the Polisario boss Abdelaziz always lived and still lives in Morocco and that he, a member of the moroccan liberation armee and of CORCAS, is a fervent militant of the Moroccanity of the Sahara, then you are mising ignorance with absurdity!
 * wikima 22:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Missing the point Where Mohammed Abdelaziz's dad lives is irrelevant to the point that I am making, just like everything else you just posted. If it is true that Polisario were founded to integrated the Sahara into Morocco, it should be easy for you to find a source for this information. Where did you first learn this? Also, do you care to address the questions that I initially asked you? Lastly, I have no idea what you mean by the UN registering parties and then parties registering themselves and whatever else it is you're trying to prove exactly, but, again, that is all irrelevant to the discussion at hand and the article itself. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 22:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I know we are discussing the biography of his dad (though it would make a beautiful article) but the histroical background of this organisation
 * The example of his dad is not unique, they have been all of them living in Morocco and their parents were fighting to free the Sahara from Spain, for Morocco and not to be independent. This is one of the reasons why these sahraouis kept that aim in thier heads, and mixed it later with left-wing ideology.
 * You want a source, here is one that I could find instantly. May be others will follows: http://www.telquel-online.com/221/maroc2_221.shtml
 * Read the section at the last with the title "Aux origines du polisario. 'Si le Maroc nous avait compris…' "
 * This guy is one of the ideological creators of Polisario and now Nr 2 in CORCAS
 * In one of the very first demonstration to free the Sahara, they were shouting "Nous sommes les soldats de Hassan II jusqu'à la libération du pays", which means "We are the soliders of Hassan II until the country is free".
 * These are realities and facts you won't read in your famous books from "the friend of the sahara" & co.
 * So, either you don't know enough about the topic, which makes it really problematic since you're editing and reverting every thing, and you present yourself as the "fighter for the truth".
 * Or you are just acting, which is worse.
 * Assuming good faith I believe the first is true. Then it's time for you to learn!
 * wikima 14:55, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Returning Revisiting this discussion, I see a host of non-sequiturs and no justification for why you keep on reverting to a mutilated version of this article. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 02:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * For starters, why would you always insert "nationalist" to describe the Polisario. I understand that they describe themselves as such, but that is their problem. Everyone can describe itself as one likes. Many terrorist organizations describe themselves as resistance and so on. For Morocco the Polisario is a separatist because Abdelaziz is Moroccan and so is Hadrami, elouali, ...etc. so actually that is closer to the correct terminology, but the term rebel is more neutral and is the correct one. As to the red links, Wikipedia is full of them, and what is needed is to make them blue, not to remove them.--A Jalil 08:08, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * POV They are a nationalist group, that is why I describe them as such. "Rebel group" doesn't mean anything, and implies that they exist to rebel against Morocco, which is not true. Also, the claim that they seek to separate Western Sahara from Morocco assumes that it is a part of Morocco. Clearly, those are POV terms. In point of fact, you admit just that by writing "[f]or Morocco the Polisario [are] separatist[s]." Many terrorist groups define themselves in many ways; that's not particularly relevant to anything. As far as the redlinks go, I have no problem with some existing, but there are a ridiculous amount inserted in this article. That also does not explain why you would revert away the template, or reinsert the preponderance of brackets in the intro. Why would you do that? (*awaits response that he finds unlikely.) -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 04:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The Moroccan Wall stalemates the war
I deleted the following "Today Polisario controls the part of the western sahara on the east of the moroccan wall. Comprizing about a third of the territory" because this bit of information isn't founded. In fact, this part of western sahara was named by the UN as a buffer zone which is part of the 1991 ceasefire agreement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terrygazoulit (talk • contribs) 12:28, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No The buffer zone is only 3-5 km on either side, the rest of the territory is administered per the Framework Agreement by the SADR. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:18, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Again, there is no mention of Free Zone in UN resolutions !!! In such case and to be in conformance with the UN resolutions, I propose to get rid of this term. Besides in UN resoutions, there is no mention of territories under SADR control.--Moroccansahraoui (talk) 16:48, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * So? What do UN resolutions have to do with anything? The Free Zone is still real and is still a product of MINURSO and the cease-fire. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:56, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * UN resolutions and reports of the General Assembly on Western Sahara are the impartial notes on the Western Sahara issue. Everything else is about pro-moroccan or pro-polisarian thses. Saying that the MINURSO is dealing with a 'Free Zone' on Western Sahara is simply a copy&past of what polisario propaganda is spreading on Internet. In UN work and reports, there is no mention to a 'Free Zone'. Each time Polisario front has gone inside the buffer zone, he was threatned by the MINURSO to stop his activities. Each time Morocco did the same, he got the same appeals. We need to respect the reality of the ground and the content of the ceasfire agreement where the zone is called 'Buffer Zone'. Anything else is about misinformation.--Moroccansahraoui (talk) 01:49, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Buffer Zone You're not paying attention: the Free Zone and the buffer are two different things, both established by the Agreed Framework. Why you try to conflate the two is beyond me. Obviously, the UN is not going to call the area administered by the SADR the Free Zone or Liberated Territories; the fact that they don't use those names in no way makes them cease to exist. I also don't see what exactly your point is and what it has to do with this article. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * We can't do the job of the UN. If the UN hasn't statute any 'Free Zone', I think this appelation must disappear from the text. There are many other misinformation on your text. I will be back to comment them in the very near future ;-)--Moroccansahraoui (talk) 16:12, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Not at all Wikipedia has a guideline for using the most common name, not for using whatever the UN says something is. If there was a more common name for the region, it would be used. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:02, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

viva polisario. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.120.125 (talk) 16:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Deleting vandalism section "THE SOLUTION OF THE CENTRY"
In a revision on 2009-05-20T11:54:23, user:Jahailyass added a section called "THE SOLUTION OF THE CENTRY". The text is not formatted, making it one long paragraph, appears biased and un-encyclopedic, and has no citations apart from a link to a blog. I assume this is vandalism and I am deleting it. --Pgan002 (talk) 05:49, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

New article?
"In the mid-1980s, Libya detached itself from the conflict, as it joined Morocco in a short-lived union."

What is this? If this is true, then I think Wikipedia is missing an article somewhere.--189.33.40.151 (talk) 00:10, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It was just in relations, not a political union. See here for more info. UltimateDarkloid (talk) 17:40, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

It is true. The treaty on the Libyan-Moroccan Union was signed august 13, 1984. It was called the Arab-African Union of States. Morocco is not a member of the African Union because of the Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara. Libya strongly supported Polisario but no more after signing this treaty with Morocco. The Moroccan crown prince in that time, Mohamed VI who is king now, obtained his B.A in law on his research on the "Arab-African Union and the Strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco in matters of International Relations".

There is a Wikipedia article on the referendum about the union: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Moroccan_Arabic%E2%80%93African_Union_Treaty_referendum,_1984

On the B.A http://www.medea.be/en/themes/biographies/mno/mohammed-vi-morocco/

Another link: http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/intlm23&div=108&id=&page=

Wibiwiber (talk) 08:12, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Communism
The infobox lists Communism under Polisario Ideology; I'm not really sure what this is supposed to mean.

In a number of countries "Communism" is used as an epithet for movements and ideas that would be considered heretical by any recognized Communist party, So unless someone can sight some credible sources listing the frente Polisario as a Marxist-Leninist movement, I'm going to go ahead and delete it.--69.140.82.63 (talk) 05:25, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

POLISARIO or Polisario
We should keep to one of the two forms, not switch between "POLISARIO" and "Polisario" in the same article. Unless there are good objections, I will replace all instances of "POLISARIO" with "Polisario". – Danmichaelo (talk) 18:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I will replace Polisario with POLISARIO, as acronyms are always in caps.--HCPUNXKID (talk) 11:29, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

The ESISC report on Polisario
Actually, the European strategic intelligence and security center (ESISC) is not at all a "research center" but a commercial firm (sprl), officially registered as such in Belgium (see the article in the wikipedia in French. It produces only what it is paid for, its "reports" are indeed not considered as having the least scientific value among academics (its chairman is Claude Moniquet, a former (?) agent of the French secret service who masqueraded for 20 years as a journalist, as he explained himself in the Belgian newspaper La Capitale) and it has presently as a client the Moroccan embassy in Brussels for which it designs and sends an electronic bulletin. As to its "staff", besides Moniquet there is only Dimitri Dombret, former director of the lobby "European Friends of Israel". And according to its own official report to the National Bank of Belgium it has no paid employee. --Pylambert (talk) 23:00, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Arab nationalism
I think a remember hearing somewhere that the Polisario Front (at least at one point) subscribed to Arab nationalism. Does anyone know if that was (or still is) the case? It seems so considering their usage of the pan-Arab colors and the fact that their partially recognized state is called the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Charles Essie (talk) 22:41, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

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Inconsistency (pro-free-market vs socialist)
Under "Political Ideology", it says that "by 1991, the Polisario was explicitly pro-free-market." Meanwhile, the infobox says "Islamic Socialism" and "Democratic Socialism". Being pro-free-market and socialist are, by definition, diametrically opposed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19B:301:4980:50AA:3E3B:CE78:326 (talk) 19:31, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

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Human Rights Violations
Wondering why my edit on human rights violations was removed? I didn't understand your comment on the topic being a "newspaper" item. Also, the overwhelming majority of sources were primary sources i.e UN/Human Rights Watch/Justice Department sources, with some being from secondary sources. User:M.Bitton

Incrdiblehumans87 (talk) 15:17, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) You've already been made aware of the fact that Wikipedia is not a newspaper. 2) Wikipedia's content is based on reliable secondary sources. 3) Northafricapost, Moroccoworldnews, etc. are not reliable sources. M.Bitton (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Sources misrepresentation to push a POV
During the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council, speakers discussed the slavery of women in the Polisario-run Tindouf refugee camps. Shaibata Mrabih Rabou, a Sahrawi human rights activist, claimed that in Tindouf, women are abused, raped, held against their will, and subjected to forced pregnancy
 * The cited source does not say that. This is the first case of source misrepresentation to push a POV.

Between 2013-2021, Human Rights Watch, members of the European Parliament, the Spanish NGO “Freedom is Their Right”, and the Association of Moroccan Sahrawi Tribes in Europe (ATSME), have claimed 50 naturalized Spanish girls and women of Sahrawi origin were held in Tindouf against their will. The girls left Tindouf to live in Spain with adoptive families, and were sequestered in the camps after visiting their biological parents, having their passports confiscated by family members or by the Polisario.
 * The cited source does not say that either. This is the second case of source misrepresentation to push a POV.

According to NGOs, some girls were married against their will, suffering physical and psychological abuse, while others were forced to work as domestic servants.
 * The two cited sources do not say that. This is the third case of source misrepresentation to push a POV.

what exactly are you playing at? M.Bitton (talk) 14:48, 5 April 2021 (UTC)


 * I expect you to address the concerns about the sources that you have clearly misrepresented. M.Bitton (talk) 14:29, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@M.bitton- There is no source misrepresentation taking place. The post was modified to ensure that everything written is directly mentioned. The sourcing for the section is stronger than the rest of the page, yet you only take down my revisions, which again leads me to believe that you are doing so for ideological and not factual reasons. Again, please compare the information written to the sources provided and you will see there are no misrepresentations. Incrdiblehumans87 (talk) 09:53, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Edit Warring
Might I ask what we are edit warring over? Can we stop edit warring and reach a general consensus? Blaze The Wolf &#124; Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:35, 13 April 2021 (UTC)


 * @user:Blaze The Wolf unfortunately @M.bitton appears to be making edits based on ideological motivation and claiming my edits misrepresent the primary sources listed. This is not the case, I am trying to draw attention to a legitimate human rights issue and am providing primary sourcing in doing so, whereas @M.bitton is selectively deleting only information that appears to conflict with his views.Incrdiblehumans87 (talk) 09:53, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Alright. I don't actually know anything on this subject so I might see if I can get a 3rd editor to come in and resolve this. Blaze The Wolf &#124; Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 12:43, 14 April 2021 (UTC)


 * @User:Incrdiblehumans87 @User:M.Bitton Blaze The Wolf &#124; Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 19:36, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Misappropriation of foreign aid
@M.Bitton, at this point I think you're just trying to WP:RGW or whitewash the Frelisario (and adjacent), but could you possibly tell me how those allegations are WP:UNDUE? and how would allegations of any kind of corruption not be seen as controversial? NAADAAN (talk) 19:14, 10 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Given the misrepresentation of the sources that you engaged in today (in two different articles) to push POV, I think you're the last person I will be taking advice from. In any case, old allegations that have been forgotten are clearly UNDUE as far as any encyclopedia is concerned. M.Bitton (talk) 19:18, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * How are they misrepresented? I recommend you click on the sources and have a nice read; you are inept to criticize me on my character unless you have. Here's a piece of advice for you: I suggest you to realize this is indeed the talk page for the article. NAADAAN (talk) 19:32, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * This is the source misrepresentation that I was referring to.
 * your so-called brain I will not tolerate this crap. We're done here. M.Bitton (talk) M.Bitton (talk) 19:36, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Not sure if they're misrepresented. Editing your comment is quite cheeky. "Old allegations" that have "been forgotten", by whom? Any controversy -- old or new, is worth talking in an encyclopædia. The OLAF investigation has found the Frelisario responsible so they are beyond mere "allegations", and they are increasingly more important if they come from a government agency such as OLAF.
 * Sorry if that offended you, I got quite mad at your ever-increasing judgement of my moral character; that led to a misfortunate WP:PA. NAADAAN (talk) 19:40, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * They are misrepresented. I edited my comment long before you replied. The OLAF clearly describe them as allegations.
 * Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion and Wikipedia. Had this rule been different, the Morocco article will have a weekly update of controversies. M.Bitton (talk) 19:44, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * How are they misrepresented? It was the case when I was writing my comment and frankly I don't think this is the subject of this conversation; we can argue on and on about each other but I will put my hubris out of this and I expect you to do the same as well.
 * Yes, the OLAF report was reported on by at least three Spanish newspapers (which I have cited), an article in Le Monde, and was subject to inquiries within the French Senate and European Union parliament, as well as a statement in the United Nations; I deem it to be notable simply because of this, especially since El Mundo and Le Monde are newspapers of record. Perhaps the Algeria article would have had a daily update of controversies if the notability rule wasn't present (just kidding...).
 * I'll ask you the following: point out a singular sentence in this article regarding the corruption of foreign aid that I have misrepresented. NAADAAN (talk) 19:56, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you're asking after what you said. You know as well as I do that the source that you misrepresented (twice) is about another article.
 * Anyway, I already explained why we don't include old and irrelevant info (Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of events), so I don't see any need to repeat it, especially when I think about the Sahrawis that are being tortured and raped on a daily basis by Moroccans (yet not a single word about them in the Morocco article). M.Bitton (talk) 20:04, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * So why mention it in the edit summary reverting the changes I made in this page? That makes no sense.
 * I told you why it wasn't irrelevant -- since it led to a political inquiry and was notable enough to be noted in 2 newspapers of record and in a book. If you disagree, explain your position beyond "it's irrelevant because I said so".
 * I don't see why I need to try and convince you otherwise any further, especially when I think about why this very page doesn't include the allegations that the Frelisario commited acts of forced labor against prisoners of war, beheaded of 11 Moroccan gendarmes before urinating on their bodies in Gdeim Izik (you can find the video on YouTube, I'm not linking that), problems with Brahim Ghali's family in Spanish courts, ties with Hezbollah, imprisoning journalists and whoever supports the Moroccan autonomy plan, among other things.
 * P.S. You are not a reliable source, so I would appreciate if you sourced your claims on talk pages from now on (like I have been trying to do); whether you're talking about how Spain still allegedly has de jure control over Western Sahara or amalgamating me with alleged rapists using a straw man fallacy. You went from packets of rice being resold by the Frelisario in Mali to among other things, accusing 38 million people of all being complicit in rape or other crimes; this demonstrates your blind position on this subject, but I digress. NAADAAN (talk) 20:34, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Nobody's accusing 387 millions of anything, but denying what the Moroccan forces are doing in Western Sahara is beyond the joke (Amnesty reports about it are plentiful for anyone who's remotely interested). Talking of Gdeim Izik, here's one that took seconds to find.
 * Anyway, like I said, Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of events. If it was a newspaper, we'd have a different discussion and various articles will need adjusting per the latest allegations and facts that are reported on a daily basis. M.Bitton (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You initially said "Moroccans", now you've backpedaled to "Moroccan forces"... Amnesty reports don't constitute an indictment nor a conviction, and I can only authoritatively declare someone to be a rapist if they have been convicted in a court of law (also per WP:CRIME); this is why I stated "allegations" when I referred to Amnesty reports, whilst you seem to present them as exclusively authoritative and factual. You aren't denying what I said about in Gdeim Izik, just backpedaling again to what happened in the Gdeim Izik trials. Frankly -- I haven't read enough about the trial to make any judgement on it. However, this is irrelevant to the scope of this conversation and this is just appealing to emotion.
 * Regarding notability, here are some criterias that the OLAF report fits in:
 * WP:EFFECT - This led to the EU planning to cut humanitarian aid to the Tindouf camps. With the OLAF report leading to proposed legislation in the EU parliament and being mentioned in the British parliament, the United Nations, and the French senate among other things.
 * WP:DEPTH - The article by the two newspapers of record, El Mundo and Le Monde have sufficient background and contextual information about the conflict; insight into the investigation and how the report was unearthed, among other things.
 * WP:PERSISTENCE - This event was discussed in news articles in March, May, August, September 2015, and March 2016 at the very least from a cursory Google search.
 * WP:DIVERSE - I was able to find articles from 5 different reliable news sites per WP:RSP, 2 newspapers of records, and an article written by the Agence France-Presse (I'm sure you're familiar with them).
 * May I add, the criteria in WP:N(E) refer to making an article regarding the event, not about passing mentions in other articles. If the OLAF report follows at least one criteria in the WP:N(E) criteria, then I deem it to be worthy of this mention; the OLAF report meets four of the criteria so frankly I have no idea why you won't concede this.
 * For all intents and purposes, my statement is final until you:
 * seek consensus or an opinion regarding notability (or anything really) from someone that is entirely independent or detached from this conflict
 * bring forth a counterargument against what I have stated or why it shouldn't belong on the page
 * prove that the sources I have presented aren't reliable or I have misrepresented them
 * prove that the allegations of corruption (which led to political and foreign policy repercussions for the Frelisario) aren't controversial enough
 * If you have not done any of these, then I shall feel free to revert back to my edit. I have drained too much time on this, I would rather not exhaust all of my energy and free time on multiplayer notepad (Wikipedia). NAADAAN (talk) 21:29, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * My statement is also final for the reasons that I stated above. Given what you said right at the start and the comment that followed it, it will be clear to anyone reading this who's here to right great wrongs. Reinsisting what has been reverted twice already (you did try to add it back in February with this silly edit summary) is edit warring (I'm sure you know what that is). The only thing I would add is you can rest assured that there will be no double standard (all related articles will get their share of whatever you're trying to achieve). M.Bitton (talk) 21:38, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You have yet to address anything I have said. Both of your initial arguments (misrepresentation and irrelevancy) have been proven wrong in this discussion, unless you raise another argument; then I will refrain from rolling back. Edit warring is me reinstating the edit after three months? That's a stretch... I simply wanted to restart the discussion.
 * You are simply criticizing my character rather than my argument, and that behavior is foolish; and honestly, I bear some of the blame for expecting you to concede a point after presenting valid arguments.
 * What are you threatening to do exactly? I'm not too intimidated at the prospect of you writing bad things about Morocco on a Wikipedia page, and playing tug of war over the internet doesn't seem too interesting. I too can spend the entirety of my day on Wikipedia, but truly, there are better things either of us could be doing. If I triggered some bloodlust or yearn for vengeance, I'm sorry that I did; but that isn't going to make any of my argumentation false.
 * Take a look at your behavior: you dismissed all of my arguments, you made empty-handed threats, you assumed I acted in bad faith initially, why should I bother any more?
 * I have demonstrated notability and the reliability of source, I should have rolled it back earlier; yet I abstained from that, with the hope that you would offer any valid counter-argument. You have yet to do so, wouldn't I be right with a rollback? :-) NAADAAN (talk) 22:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't need to address the same argument again and again.
 * You definitely misrepresented a source twice (I already left the diff and explained what you did today). I reverted both without making a fuss about it (I'm used to your edits).
 * Your idea of persistence doesn't make any sense. If you read it carefully, you'll notice that says: If an event is cited as a case study in multiple sources after the initial coverage has died down, this may be an indication of lasting significance; yet all you have provided is a couple of newspapers regurgitating the old news.
 * In other words, you demonstrated nothing. If you want to learn what the "enduring notability" of an event means and why some article are spared from such details even when the event is truly notable, I suggest you try Qatargate and then ask yourself why there is no mention of it in the Morocco article. M.Bitton (talk) 22:19, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You have attempted to disprove 1 of the 4 arguments on why it is notable. All the other 3 still stand clear, and by applying this logic of obligatory persistance; I should feel free to clear half of this article which cites sources spanning back 40 years. None of the articles I have presented use the OLAF investigation as a case study, the investigation is indeed the primary focus of every article I have presented.
 * The fact that it was used in a EU parliament question 5 years later in 2020 demonstrates that there is some level of persistence.
 * I don't know how to phrase this any other way: I personally don't particularly care about Qatargate or any sort of lobbying from the Moroccan government; this isn't some sort of a trap card for me since I have no relation whatsoever with any governmental agency nor any political entity as a matter of fact (my field of work irl is very much apolitical). The entire Qatargate thing was even discussed about in Moroccan media (which you believe aren't independent), the truth is: this isn't a taboo in Morocco and never was.
 * In fact, I'm going to help you: I added a picture of Abderrahim Atmoun on Commons, if you're gonna talk about it; make sure to add my pic. However, I expect something relatively neutral; unlike AL24 News, "blah blah blah blah Makhzen DGED Mansouri Hammouchi blah blah blah". NAADAAN (talk) 22:44, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I only needed to disprove the argument that was mentioned at the beginning (enduring notability), there is no need for me to waste my time on the others given the no lasting effect. The only reason I mentioned Qatargate and asked you to think about it was to make you understand the difference between what is usually included and what isn't (even when dealing with facts). I don't need to tell you that a cherry picked mention here and there is obviously not a case study.
 * The fact that it was used in a EU parliament question 5 years later in 2020 demonstrates that there is some level of persistence a couple of irrelevant MEPs/lobbyists, including the far-right MEP Dominique Bilde, recycling the dismissed allegations doesn't demonstrate anything. This 2023 source, incidentally about Qatargate (Marocgate), mentions Dominique Bilde's ties to Morocco (described as the root of the allegations) as well as the fact that the allegations in question have been repeatedly denied by the UN agencies, the World Food Programme and the European Commission and its Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO).
 * Frankly, I don't think there is much that can be said about this, given that the allegations have been denied and forgotten by all those that matter (those with an axe to grind and their lobbyists can keep repeating them to themselves, but Wikipedia shouldn't be used as vehicle for their propaganda). M.Bitton (talk) 23:21, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Frankly, I don't think there is much that can be said about this, given that the allegations have been denied and forgotten by all those that matter (those with an axe to grind and their lobbyists can keep repeating them to themselves, but Wikipedia shouldn't be used as vehicle for their propaganda). M.Bitton (talk) 23:21, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 May 2023
Polisario Front and terrorism

The Polisario Front, a separatist group operating in the Western Sahara region, has long been a source of regional instability. While presenting itself as a liberation movement fighting for self-determination, evidence suggests a deep connection between the Polisario Front and terrorist activities. This article aims to explore the link between the Polisario Front and terrorism, shedding light on notable incidents and supporting evidence from reputable sources. A Twitter post by the Ausa Coalition (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) highlights the connection between the Polisario Front and terrorist activity. Although the content of the tweet cannot be directly accessed, the mention of the Polisario Front's involvement in terrorism underscores the seriousness of this issue.1(https://twitter.com/ausacoalition/status/1661401453817126916) In a news article published by MAP News, Spanish victims have called for the immediate arrest of an individual named Brahim, citing his association with Polisario Front terrorism. The article provides firsthand accounts of victims affected by the group's violent actions, further supporting the assertion of a connection between the Polisario Front and terrorism.2 (https://www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/politics/washington-requested-designate-algeria-state-sponsor-terrorism/20230124151318159892.html)  More evidence is found in other media such as Radio France Internationale and various researches. An article from Radio France Internationale (RFI) reports on the questioning of a Polisario Front leader in Spain regarding allegations of torture. This incident raises concerns about the group's engagement in violent practices and indicates a potential connection to terrorism.3 (https://jamestown.org/program/al-qaeda-infiltration-of-the-western-saharas-polisario-) Among the research on the subject, an analysis published by the Jamestown Foundation delves into the infiltration of the Polisario Front by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The article outlines instances of cooperation and coordination between the two groups, revealing the terrorist elements present within the Polisario Front.4 (https://www.mapnews.ma/en/actualites/politics/spanish-victims-polisario-terrorism-demand-immediate-arrest-man-named-brahim) Webpages about Moroccan politics have also provided information about the Polisario Front. Morocco On The Move, a platform dedicated to providing accurate information about Morocco, sheds light on the true nature of the Polisario Front. The article highlights the group's use of terrorism and guerrilla tactics, reaffirming the link between the Polisario Front and terrorist activities.5 ( https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20210601-polisario-leader-questioned-in-spain-over-torture-allegations-western-sahara-morocco) Atalayar, a Spanish digital media outlet, reports on Washington's request to designate Algeria as a state sponsor of terrorism due to its support for the Polisario Front. This suggests a wider network of support for the group, adding weight to the claims of its involvement in terrorist activities.6 (https://moroccoonthemove.com/policy/the-truth-about-the-polisario/) Likewise, the matter has also been analyzed in the Middle Eastern media. Middle East Online presents an alarming report detailing the involvement of over 100 Polisario Front separatists in Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. This provides concrete evidence of the infiltration of the Polisario Front by terrorist elements.7 ( https://middle-east-online.com/en/over-100-polisario-separatists-active-within-al-qaeda-maghreb) RichardMiller330 (talk) 19:05, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Please simplyfy your text into "change X to Y" format. RudolfRed (talk) 02:45, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

narrative manipulation by adding sections
I believe that pro-PF editors are trying to make it seem like Polisario is just a home-grown populist uprising, when there are clear ties to the global communist network during the cold war as well as significant regional politics at play (Algeria vs Morocco).

By creating specific sections for "Algerian relations" and "Cold War" these editors have completely scrubbed the rest of the article of any mention of outside influences on the conflict - thereby creating a false impression that Polisario are 100% motivated, funded, and trained domestically - when in fact they clearly recieved a lot of foreign support.

This would be like writing an aritcle about the American Revolution and neglecting to mention the support France gave us except for a short blurb at the bottom - it is a patently false narrative that makes the Polisario Front look better, and this is not a coincidence IMO.

There is also an obvious attempt by Polisario to claim "legitimacy" when this is in fact still being (hotly) contested in international court.

clearly this page has had tons of bad-faith edits...looking at you, Ed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:2B50:1370:DC06:E2D3:FCC3:D893 (talk • contribs)
 * Proof? ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)


 * You want proof?


 * Just look at this talk page!


 * Hide it in flowery language all you want but it is blatantly obvious that this article is biased towards PF - and people have been complaining about it for YEARS.


 * And you wonder why your website is forbidden to be used as a source by any respectable academia?


 * It seems this place is run by "activists" who talk like lawyers while pretending they are not POV-pushing their own (mostly far-left) agendas.


 * I guess now I know how this place became such a joke... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:2B50:1370:DC06:E2D3:FCC3:D893 (talk • contribs)
 * ”And you wonder why your website is forbidden to be used as a source by any respectable academia” No one wonders this, except you. You seem like a fundamentally confused person. Why would you use a source that doesn't publish original research? That is just a stupid criticism. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:37, 2 June 2024 (UTC)