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Morocco and Algeria disagree about Western Sahara
(SomaliNet) Algeria's president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has said that autonomy for Western Sahara is out of the question. This follows a statement by Morocco's King Mohamed VI asking for Western Sahara's autonomy. Algeria's president says that granting Western Sahara its autonomy would lead to instabilities in North Africa. Algeria's president believes that this issue can only be resolved by the UN Security Council since it is a "problem of decolonization."

Morocco took over the Western Sahara from Spain which led to a battle with Algeria Polisario Front, which wants the Western Sahara's independence. Algeria has always supported the Polisario Front. Algeria's president says that granting Western Sahara independence would "transform the region into a squalid swamp serving as a hideout for bands of terrorists and criminals doing business in human beings and arms trafficking."
I thought it was Morocco's king who said that?

Posted by: Fred 2006-11-09
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=171403