Western Sahara : Silence Before the Storm
10 minutes, 1998
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The U.N. is about to capitulate to Morocco and, on the recommendation of the former US secretary of state James Baker, replace its long-standing plan for a self-rule referendum for the people of Western Sahara by a scheme to turn them into Moroccans. Baker, now the UN envoy to Western Sahara, has reversed 25 years of UN policy in a report to the security council urging it to drop the referendum. We visited the region and spoke with the leader of the Polisario fighters.