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In a session held by the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a number of speakers issued strong warnings against the "Polisario" militias, cautioning against their increasing involvement in terrorist activities and organized crime in the Sahel region, and against the suspicious relations that link them to extremist groups, in light of direct political and military support from the Algerian regime.
American Consensus on Confronting the "Polisario" Threat
Julia Pachi, a member of the non-governmental organization "El Chinacolo," confirmed that a bill under study before the US Congress aims to classify "Polisario" as a foreign terrorist organization, in an unprecedented step that highlights that the danger of this militia is no longer just political or diplomatic, but rather a security and global one.
She explained that this project has received support from members of both the Republican and Democratic parties, reflecting an American consensus on the necessity of confronting the threat of separatists funded by Algeria.
Pachi added that the case of Adnan Abu al-Walid al-Sahrawi, who moved from the ranks of "Polisario" to establish "The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa" before becoming the leader of "ISIS" in the Greater Sahara, embodies the reality of the organic links between the separatists and terrorism, stressing that this case is not an exception but a rule, as many elements of the Front have joined the terrorist organizations that are active in the region.
In the same context, Rwandan geopolitical expert, Ismail Buchanan, stressed the existence of documented and growing links between "Polisario" and extremist groups in the Sahel, warning that any approach to achieving peace in Africa remains incomplete unless this separatist entity is classified as a terrorist organization, due to the direct threat it poses to regional and international security.
As for Muhammad Ziad al-Jabri, the president of the Moroccan-Palestinian Friendship Association, he spoke about the network of collusion that brings together separatist movements, terrorist organizations, and smuggling networks, explaining that "Polisario" represents a main link between these organizations, through the Tindouf camps under Algerian control, which have turned into a main corridor for smuggling weapons, drugs, and people, and a fertile environment for recruiting young people into terrorist organizations.
The Deterioration of Living Conditions in Tindouf Camps
Al-Jabri pointed out that the deterioration of living conditions in those camps and the lack of opportunities for a decent life, under the grip of the separatist militias, fuels extremist tendencies and turns the camps into a social and security time bomb that threatens the entire region.
For his part, the expert in international human rights law, Mahmoud Rahman Anwar, pointed out that the alliance of "Polisario" with terrorist groups undermines the sovereignty of African countries and opens the door to areas outside the law, dominated by chaos, violence, and the absence of basic rights, stressing that the Front's collusion with terrorism hinders efforts to combat extremism and organized crime in the Sahel region.
At the end of the session, Suleiman Satigi Sidibe, President of the Sahel Institute for Research and Analysis for Conflict Transformation, affirmed that this alliance between "Polisario" and terrorist organizations cannot be separated from the systematic support provided by Algeria, which uses the separatist militia as a tool to blackmail its neighbors and impose its expansionist agenda in the region.
The speakers agreed that "Polisario" is no longer just a separatist movement, but has become a terrorist arm that operates across borders, and moves with the guidance and funding of Algeria, which calls for urgent international action to classify it as a terrorist organization and hold its supporters accountable for their crimes against regional security and peace.
