Western Sahara
Western Sahara Pt. II
Recently, I lamented the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara and the lack of awarness on the problem. Yesterday, I was pleasantly suprised to find a fairly mainstream US media outlet detailing the realpolitik that keeps the international community from stepping up to help resolve the issue.
The Forgotten Occupation
After a recent trip to Western Sahara, Morocco’s King Mohammad VI looks to be preparing the way to proposing an alternative to the “Baker Plan” (1,2). Not that the Baker Plan was terribly promising, but it, like the original UN call for a referendum, involved both the Polosario and those still living in Western Sahara [...]
Speaking of Occupation…
I found an excellent article on corpwatch.org about the activities of US oil companies in occupied Western Sahara. The article not only details recent developments, but also gives an excellent background to an often overlooked situation. On a side note the ironic thing to me about this article is that here we have a US [...]
Another Unholy Alliance?
A three-day Christian rock festival was held in Marrakesh, police estimate that the event was attended by about 45,000 people. According to our KABOBfest number crunchers 95% of the attendees spoke little or no English and didn’t know that the songs were about worshiping Jesus. The other 5% of the crowd did in fact speak [...]
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