Members of the Polisario Front and the Algerian Gendarmeries Nationales clashed at the «Dakhla camp» with an alleged terrorist group. «Dakhla camp», located 200 km away from Rabouni, was behind the armed clash that erupted between an alleged terrorist group and some members of the Polisario Front who were backed by the Algerian Gendarmeries Nationales. Unofficially, the Polisario described this operation as a one carried to fight against drug trafficking networks. Nevertheless, being backed up by the Algerians is a significant factor signaling terror threats in the region. «It's been three days since the Algerian Gendarmeries Nationales and those of the Front are trying to stop the heavily armed men», a source told Yabiladi on Thursday. «The presence of terrorism there is clear, especially since the 'Dakhla camp' is located in an area where several of Adnan Abud Walid Al Sahraoui's followers operate. He is a military leader who has pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization known as ISIS», said the same source adding that Al Sahraoui has also been in the past affiliated to al-Qaeda. An isolated camp The alleged terrorist group has chosen the «Dakhla camp» for a reason : Besides being one of the areas that are neither controlled by the Polisario militias nor by Algeria, it is reputed to be a refuge for the ones who lost faith in both Algiers and the separatist movement. Bashir Mustapha Sayed, the brother of the Polisario founder, was banned from staying in Rabouni and was later named «governor» of the «Dakhla camp», as a punishement after he held talks with the Americans on the future of the Western Sahara without informing the Front's leadership. For the record, the Moroccan BCIJ (Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, ed) has announced very recently the dismantling of an alleged terrorist cell that might be linked to the Polisario, composed of three individuals aged between 24 to 30 years. One of the defendants, a native of Laayoune, «who had joined the Tindouf camps, intended to carry out attacks inside the kingdom», said the department of Abdelouafi Laftit in a statement.
