Such a decision can only be taken in Algiers not in the Tindouf camps, said "El Pais" newspaper.
For its part, "ABC" newspaper thinks that such a possibility is "unlikely" and that is suicidal.
Meanwhile, “El Periodico" says that separatists have resorted to these threats again, following three days of "confusion" during their conference.
Threats to renew hostilities by Polisario leadership have brought about reaction in Washington as well.
In a letter to Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, members of the American Congress have expressed concern about these recent threats by "Polisario" to use weapons against Morocco, describing as alarming the remarks made by the so-called "Polisario" ambassador to Algiers" that is likely to hamper efforts to reach a political solution to the Sahara problem and warned that a return to war would trigger the region’s instability and create new opportunities for international terrorists.
In the letter to Mrs. Rice this week, congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Gary Ackerman who said they followed with great interest the initiatives of the (American) administration to reach a negotiated solution to the Western Sahara issue", underline that the recent statements by the so-called "Polisario" ambassador in Algiers, suggesting that "Polisario congress" considering the resumption of armed conflict with Morocco, constitute "a disturbing development".
"It is difficult to see how the United Nations could reach a political solution to the problem if "Polisario" holds a conference to discuss the resumption of weapons," stressed MM. Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida, and Ackerman, Democrat of New York.
Affirming that they agree with the American administration when it feels that the "serious and credible" proposal made by Morocco to reach a political solution to the 30 year old problem, on the basis of a broad autonomy for the region under Moroccan sovereignty, "is" the only valid and reasonable solution". However, the two congressmen expressed their "concern that neither Algeria nor "Polisario" seem really interested in solution based on compromise”.
Mr. Diaz-Balart and Mr. Ackerman, respectively Caucus chairman, and chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia in the House of Representatives have called on the secretary of state to appreciate the effort to come to a solution to the Western Sahara issue through ongoing negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations.
They also called on the United States to undertake efforts to "persuade both Algeria and "Polisario" that it is in the best interest of everyone in the Maghreb region to resolve the issue through compromise rather than return to a destructive war that would trigger the region’s instability and create new opportunities for international terrorists”.
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Diaz-Balart and Mr. Ackerman are the owner of a historic letter gathering more than 170 the most influential congressmen in the United States, representing both Democratic and Republican parties, sent in April to President George W. Bush calling him to adopt the autonomy proposal presented by Morocco.
In that letter, American congressmen had qualified the Moroccan initiative as "promising", "historic" and "innovative" providing "a realistic framework" and "an opportunity to find innovative and lasting political solution" to the conflict.
For its part the Tunisian newspaper Al-Chourouk described the threat to resume war by "Polisario" as "irresponsible escalation" which threatens the Maghreb Union and all the peoples region who remain committed to this dream and work to make it concrete.
In an article published Friday in its Maghreb section entitled "unjustified escalation", the newspaper said that the Maghreb peoples, who were disappointed by the delay in the process of the Maghreb Union, "do not accept the use of weapon threat, war and destruction".
The publication states that "nothing justifies a return to the belligerent language, the one preaching discord, division, underdevelopment and missed development opportunities, by losing all resources in armaments, conspiracy and destruction".
The Tunisian daily Al-Chourouk said that civil society and "wise men" of the Maghreb are called to work to deal with this escalation, especially as the Maghreb peoples feel an ardent desire that their managements benefit from the current international economic environment to consolidate the building of the Maghreb Union.
Source Corcas and MAP
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