Daily Telegraph; Washington Post: Khaddafi recrute ses mercenaires aupres du Polisario

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Libya: Col Gaddafi 'has spent £2.1m on mercenaries'

Col Muammar Gaddafi's regime has spent $3.5 million (£2.1m) hiring hundreds of mercenaries from north Africa to help defeat anti-government rebels, according to senior Nato officials.

By Con Coughlin 7:10PM BST 20 Apr 2011

Details of a deal to recruit 450 fighters from the disputed Western Sahara region have been passed to Nato officials by a former Gaddafi loyalist who was involved in the negotiations before defecting to the rebels.

According to the defector, who has not been named, the mercenaries are being paid $10,000 each to fight for Col Gaddafi for two months. The deal with the mercenaries was arranged last month after serious anti-government protests threatened to overthrow the regime.

The majority of the fighters are reported to be members of the Sahrawi tribe who are based in the Western Sahara, and have been fighting a war of independence against Morocco as members of the Polisario Front.

Col Gaddafi's officials have also recruited scores of fighters from rebel movements in Niger and Mali that have close links with the Gaddafi regime.

In the past Nato officers have received reports that Col Gaddafi has relied heavily on foreign mercenaries to defend his regime, but the documents produced by recent defectors show he is still actively looking to recruit more fighters.



Source: Daily Telegraph

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Will Obama allow Gaddafi’s mercenaries to act with impunity?

By Jennifer Rubin
Earlier this month there were reports that Algerian mercenaries were aiding Moammar Gaddifi in his slaughter of Libyan citizens. Now, the Daily Telegraph reports that the Polisario Front (the violent liberation outfit backed by Algeria) is also in on the action:

Details of a deal to recruit 450 fighters from the disputed Western Sahara region have been passed to Nato officials by a former Gaddafi loyalist who was involved in the negotiations before defecting to the rebels.
According to the defector, who has not been named, the mercenaries are being paid $10,000 each to fight for Col Gaddafi for two months. The deal with the mercenaries was arranged last month after serious anti-government protests threatened to overthrow the regime.
The majority of the fighters are reported to be members of the Sahrawi tribe who are based in the Western Sahara, and have been fighting a war of independence against Morocco as members of the Polisario Front.

The Polisario Front denies the allegation, but evidence is mounting that Gaddafi is increasingly reliant on foreign fighters:

“Gaddafi is using all his contacts in the region to bring more mercenaries into Libya to defend his regime,” said a senior Nato officer.
Col Gaddafi is also believed to have recruited mercenaries from Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and possibly even Asia and eastern Europe.

I have not received responses to my requests for confirmation of the report from the State Department or the Pentagon. However, if accurate , the information is significant for at least a couple of reasons.
First, it suggests that if we apply sufficient pressure (or if we eliminated Gaddafi entirely, as Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) sensibly suggested) the rebels could in fact gain the upper hand. Right now, however, Gaddafi is receiving the benefit of outside ground forces and their weaponry while the U.S. and NATO bicker about supplying the rebels with equipment.
Second, these mercenary forces are now threatening American troops and are engaged in armed conflict with NATO. If these paid fighters are there with the consent or assistance of foreign governments we should make it abundantly clear that these countries will face the consequences of effectively taking up arms against our forces. And to the extent non-state actors — who are already involved in terrorist activity — are assisting Gaddafi, they should be treated as other terrorist groups.
The United States set a dangerous precedent in Iraq when Iran suffered no adverse consequences from its contribution to the death of American troops. This was a failure of the Bush administration (reports have indicated that military officials objected to any retaliatory efforts); it is one policy in which Obama should indeed be the un-Bush.

By Jennifer Rubin | 01:47 PM ET, 04/25/2011

Categories: foreign policy

Source: Washington Post

[Le prolétaire]

Honte aux algériens qui soutienne le polizario,

Honte aux même algériens qui ont soutenu l'espagne contre le Maroc,

Honte aux algérien qui partout dans le monde ont un comportement d'Harki vis à vis de leurs frère

[biskra]

Honte aux algériens qui soutienne le polizario,

Honte aux même algériens qui ont soutenu l'espagne contre le Maroc,

Honte aux algérien qui partout dans le monde ont un comportement d'Harki vis à vis de leurs frère proletaire

tu n'a pas honte de parler ainsi ,vous les plus grand amis des sionistes et également premier traite de la cause arabe et musulmane..

[santo]

tu n'a pas honte de parler ainsi ,vous les plus grand amis des sionistes et également premier traite de la cause arabe et musulmane

Ah bon ? pourtant c'est pas Maroc qu'on empéche les gens de sortir exprimer leur solidariter au Palestinien ou fustiger Israel

[Cell]

tu n'a pas honte de parler ainsi ,vous les plus grand amis des sionistes et également premier traite de la cause arabe et musulmane..

vas dire ca aux palestiniens ..........

[dolby]

je crois que Mr Bachi ,qui lit beaucoup le Washington Post ,va etre ravi.
enfin une source sure et digne comme il desire.

[dolby]

Honte aux algériens qui soutienne le polizario,
faux!
personne ne leur a demandé leur avis , depuis 1962

[biskra]

vas dire ca aux palestiniens ..........cel

va relire le livre d'ahmed boukharie ancien agent du cab 1 marocains dans son livre sorti en 2000"le secrets" tu comprendras de quoi je parle
voila ce qu'il dit:


"mieux encore le savoir faire des agent de tel aviv en matière de sécurité était utilisé a chaque conférence internationale se déroulant au Maroc ,pas étonnant que les mesures anti sioniste adoptés dans une soit disant fraternité musulmane sont toujours rester lettre morte pour rabat" page 108 chapitre les liaisons dangereusement

[dolby]

tu n'a pas honte de parler ainsi ,vous les plus grand amis des sionistes
le maroc pays souverain est libre d'avoir les amis qu'il veut

et également premier traite de la cause arabe et musulmane..
la cause arabe est bien defendue par les arabes au sein de la ligue arabe, il faut que tu adresses ton insulte vers ceux qui sabotent les decisions arabes et qui brisent l'unanimité arabe . Ils ne sont que deux , heureusement!

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que vient faire ben barka dans l'histoire, ben barka qui selon monsieur devait etre liquider a Alger ( la Mecque des révolutionnaire ) avec la bienveillance du pouvoir DRS/FLN...

[houari16]

@santos
honte aux sujets d un Roi qui gobent et croient aux mensonges d etat marocain ..
la réalité du Palais est autre chose ...que bluff pour faire endormir le sujet ..
tot ou tard , trop de mensonges s attendre au retour du manivelle ..le peuple marocain en a marre de la MAP , du Makhzen & co ..

[santo]

lol hahuri reprend le temps de lire le topic je répond a Biskra qui cite un livre et je dit que l'auteur a aussi donner une affirmation ce n'est pas la Map ni le Palais...

[ahmed67]

je crois que Mr Bachi ,qui lit beaucoup le Washington Post ,va etre ravi.
enfin une source sure et digne comme il desire.

hum hum digne et sure faut le dire très vite et lire la biographie du journaliste qui c'est fait épinglé plusieurs fois sur de fausses allégations

[TAGHITI]

According to the defector, who has not been named
Daily telegraph

ehourouk londonien!

Now, the Daily Telegraphreports that the Polisario Front (the violent liberation outfit backed by Algeria) is also in on the action: Washington post

pauvre bonsai, il croyait avoir trouvé enfin les preuves sur l'implication des mercenaires!

“Gaddafi is using all his contacts in the region to bring more mercenaries into Libya to defend his regime,” said a senior Nato officer.
Col Gaddafi is also believed to have recruited mercenaries from Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and possibly even Asia and eastern Europe.

PS: Le Soudan est du côté des insurgés