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Dave The Hat 14 Sep 2022 00:16

Drone Strike, Western Sahara
 
FYI received this alert today:

Two civilians were killed and another injured on 12 September in a drone attack near the village of Gleibat El Fula in Western Sahara. Those killed in the drone strike were artisanal gold miners from neighbouring Mauritania. No authority has claimed responsibility for the strike, although the Moroccan military has previously been responsible for drone strikes on civilians in areas close to Mauritania.

Chris Scott 19 Sep 2022 13:48

Maps by the UN as well as wiki put the the village of Gleibat El Fula just inside Moroccan territory, but I suppose it could also refer to a region.
The 1958 RIM map and older IGNs covering Spanish Sahara show a 'Gleibat El Foulé' hill about 60km to the south, but still well inside today's Berm. You wouldn't think Morocco would bomb there, either.
Either way, it seems it occurred at a hard to specify location on the SADR-RIM border and the same happened a year ago. Perhaps it is in the narrow SADR, corridor north of the RIM railway border and Moroccan WS. That might make Morocco twitchy.

ursula 19 Sep 2022 16:14

???
 
what about this place?

https://up.picr.de/44384376cd.jpg

https://up.picr.de/44384547aa.jpg

https://up.picr.de/44384593et.jpg

???

Chris Scott 19 Sep 2022 16:29

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Well spotted, that's the sort of region I assumed, but it's a bit harsh [Morocco] droning over 100km from the berm, isn't it?

Maybe Mk wants to suppress any kind of mineral exploitation in the PFZ, even if it is artisanal, the same way they sought to discourage commercial trucks taking a short-cut across PFZ north towards Tindouf (by the same means).

UN and 1958 maps.


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