صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
Al-Sharqawi Haboub, Director of the Central Bureau for Judicial Research (BCIJ), warned of the escalation of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region of Africa, stressing that extremist organizations are now finding a “safe haven” in the region, in light of the increasing connection between separatist groups and cross-border terrorism.
In an interview withmagazine John AfriqueFrench newspaper Haboub revealed exciting security data, indicating that approximately 100 members of the Polisario Front have joined terrorist groups active in the Sahel, which, according to him, establishes a dangerous intersection between separatism and violent extremism, threatening the security and stability of the entire region.
The security official explained that the fragility of border control and the growth of smuggling networks facilitate the implementation of bloody terrorist operations, noting that a figure such as Adnan Abu al-Walid al-Sahrawi, who was one of the leaders of ISIS in the Greater Sahara, had previously belonged to the Polisario Front before turning to extremist armed action.
In response to a question about the extent of Polisario’s involvement in supporting extremist groups, Haboub stressed that the Tindouf camps constitute a fertile hotbed for extremism, as terrorist groups exploit the social and psychological fragility of young people to recruit them into their ranks. He stressed that many of these recruits were already involved in carrying out or planning terrorist attacks targeting neighboring countries.
The director of the BCIJ also reviewed a number of cases that reflect this overlap, including the involvement of separatist element Omar Ould Hama in kidnapping operations on behalf of “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” during the years 2008 and 2011, in addition to the arrest of a young man born in the Tindouf camps in the city of Laayoune in 2018, who was planning to launch terrorist attacks inside Morocco after he was recruited by an extremist imam.
In the same context, Haboub referred to the dismantling of several terrorist cells between 2008 and 2015, including the “New Mourabitoun Cell,” which included separatist elements, the “Sahrawi Jihad Front Cell,” which was planning to sabotage vital facilities, and the “Caliphate Soldiers Cell in Morocco – Laayoune Province,” some of whose members were proven to belong to the Polisario Front.
The Director of the Central Office for Judicial Research called for strengthening regional and international cooperation in order to confront the growing terrorist and separatist threats, stressing that these phenomena are feeding from the same foci and drawing on the same extremist ideologies.
Source:My press
