Libyan-Moroccan relations, an earlier chapter
Prompted by the Morocco-Libya spat, UPES has republished a letter sent by Mouammar el-Qadhafi to King Hassan II in 1976, after POLISARIO declared the establishment of their government-in-exile for Western Sahara (RASD). Libya was the first state to support POLISARIO after its creation in May 1973, alongside Mauritania, although at first it took no particular position on what should be the ultimate fate of the territory, as long as it wasn’t Spanish — the Arab world was eventually going to merge into a single entity anyway....
Qadhafi’s letter to Hassan II
[Sent on 28 Feb. 1976, as published by the Sahara Press Service. Translation fis mine, except for the Quran quote.]
My Respected Brother Hassan II, mehr...
Tripoli trip-up
You’ve already heard: The Moroccan delegation and its military contingent (for a parade) withdrew in protest when they discovered that the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (RASD), was present at Qadhafi’s 40-year-bash. Moroccan-Libyan relations look sure to take a hit from this provocation, and official Morocco is presently up in arms demanding an apology. mehr...

Muammar el-Qadhafi: four decades in two pictures


Grüsse
Alexander




