
25th March 2006, 04:39
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M6 pardons those his regime have abused.
KING PARDONS 290 INMATES INCLUDING POLISARIO ACTIVISTS.
Rabat, 24 March (AKI) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI will pardon 290 inmates, including members of the Polisario Front, Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat reported on Friday. The report said the amnesty will mainly concern detainees arrested in the wake of recent protests in the city of al-Ayoun, in western Sahara. Many of the detainees belong to the Polisario movement fighting for the independence of western Sahara.
Polisario has waged an 18-year guerrilla campaign against Moroccan forces. Morocco moved into western Sahara after Spain withdrew from the colony in 1975.
The conflict ignited a long and bitter guerrilla war that was ended in 1991 by a UN-brokered cease-fire. Polisario, backed by neighbouring Algeria, still claims sovereignty over the area.
Anonymous sources cited by the paper said the king decided to grant the amnesty to pursue negotiations with the movement, after undertaking a tour of western Sahara in the past few days.
So there you go. First he has them 'banged up' then he lets them out. What next? Will he expect them to be grateful??
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