"I was director of public security in the Red Crescent; the number of people who benefit from humanitarian aid does not exceed 46,000 according to documents of polisario itself," Ould Ali Salem, who recently joined the homeland, Morocco, told the Moroccan TV channel "Al Oula".

   He noted that "it is the Red Crescent that is in charge of distributing aid to the populations of the camps at the end of each month."

    The former Polisario leader called on the international community and human rights associations to open an investigation into crimes committed by polisario in the camps, on Algeria’s territory.

    He deplored the fact that "these camps have been a scene of tragedies and hardships endured by the populations detained there, and kidnappings have never stopped."

     Ould Ali Salem insisted that the broad support for the autonomy initiative for Morocco’s southern provinces has “seriously unsettled polisario” and the majority of those detained in the camps support the Moroccan initiative.

   He also noted that polisario trades in arms in the great Sahara region, which, he said, benefits terrorist organizations, notably al Qaeda.

    “We know full well that polsiario trades in arms in the great Sahara region, but the question that begs itself: whom does this trade in arms benefit?” he said.

Source: MAP
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