["Our forces have developed a genuine army which…]
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"Our forces have developed a genuine army which, if need be, is now capable of imposing a military solution to the conflict by forcing the armies of occupation to evacuate our country"
This recent statement expresses the new-found confidence of the Polisario Front in their war against Moroccan and Mauritanian aggression. January the battle and 17 On the 16 and 17 Sail took place to the northeast of El Aioun, capital of the Western Sahara.. An ambush by the Polisario wiped out a Moroccan transport column defended by armoured cars.
In addition to the destruction of equipment, the Polisario took 20 Moroccans prisoner.
This engagement was the most serious to date in the current Houari Boumedienne offensive' being launched by the Front.
Convoys
Already the Moroccan forces which occupy the north of Western Sahara are unable to travel except in heavily armed convoys.
The attacks of the Polisario have continued well into the south of Morocco itself.
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