Guelta Zemmur is an small oasis town deep in the desert of Western Sahara. There the POLISARIO Front and the Saharawi Popular Army in October 1981. The Saharawi Popular Army under the command of Lahbib Ayub attacked Moroccan forces occupying the town, inflicting a demoralizing defeat to Moroccos army, US president Ronald Reagan after that increased military aid to Morocco, entering a new charter on US intervention in favor of Moroccos occupation of Western Sahara. Link to the New York Times report on the battle below. nytimes/1981/11/29/world/morocco-gives-up-2-bases-in-western-sahara.html
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:33:46 +0000