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Moroccan Western Sahara Wall

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The fortifications were progressively built by Moroccan forces starting in 1980, with help from South African, South Korean, and Israeli advisors, and formally ending on 16 April 1987. The wall was built in six stages, and the area behind the wall was expanded from a small area near Morocco in the
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Until now, no mention has been made in the media or international politics of the fact that Morocco has had a 'security wall' for more than twenty years, consisting of meters high sand mountains, bunkers, barbed wire barriers and minefields. The structure is 2,500 kilometers long (longer than the
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throughout. The barrier minebelt that runs along the structure is thought to be the longest continuous minefield in the world. Military bases, artillery posts and airfields dot the Moroccan-controlled side of the wall at regular intervals, and
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Produced by the United Nations, showing the deployment of the MINURSO mission as of January 2014. Map No. 3691 Rev. 72 United Nations, January 2014 (Colour), Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic
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are also positioned throughout the berm. The radars are estimated to have a range of between 60 and 80 km (37 and 50 mi) into the Polisario-controlled territory, and are generally utilized to locate
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Significant lines of fortifications also lie deep within the Moroccan-controlled area. Their exact number and location have been ignored and not well understood until 2004 by international commentators.
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Rev. 53 United Nations, October 2006 (Colour), Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Cartographic Section. Depicts the deployment of the MINURSO mission, as well as the wall location.
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Effectively, after the completion of the wall, Morocco has controlled the bulk of Western Sahara territory that lies to the north and west of it, calling these the kingdom's "
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explosion. The incident happened when Leibeit and dozens of young Sahrawis crossed the line into a minefield while aiming to throw stones to the other side of the wall.
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In all, six lines of berms have been constructed. The main ("external") line of fortifications extends for about 2,500 km (1,600 mi). It runs east from
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Great Wall of China) and aims to keep Polisario guerrillas out of Morocco and the part of Western Sahara occupied by that country since 1976.
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Since 2008, a demonstration called "The Thousand Column" is held annually in the desert against the barrier by international
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for a section of the wall in Moroccan territory. The northernmost fort that is clearly distinguishable can be seen here
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During the 2009 demonstration, a teenage Sahrawi refugee named Ibrahim Hussein Leibeit lost half of his right leg in a
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activists and Sahrawi refugees. In the 2008 demonstration, more than 2,000 people (most of them Sahrawis and
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as it approaches Morocco. A section extends about 200 km (120 mi) into southeastern Morocco.
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accorded by the UN and the parts in 1991, and the end of the Moroccan occupation of the territory.
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ended its colonial occupation in 1975, from the Moroccan-controlled western part of the territory.
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For example, a sand berm with fortifications much like on the main external line can be seen here
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north to most of the western and central part of the country gradually. The walls built were:
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The fortifications lie in uninhabited or very sparsely inhabited territory. They consist of
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System of the Moroccan Walls in Western Sahara with chronology of their construction
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Physically, the berm is a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high wall (with a backing
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on the coast in the extreme south of Western Sahara near the Mauritanian town of
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and groups of 10 soldiers spaced out over the distance as well. About 4 km (
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masts and other electronic surveillance equipment scan the areas in front of it.
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in Moroccan-held territory, before turning east and again closely following the
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Una cadena humana de mĂĄs de 2.000 personas pide el derribo del muro del SĂĄhara
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Sahrawi women hold a protest in Western Sahara on the eastern side of the wall
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Protesters carrying Polisario flags in front of the Western Sahara berm (2011)
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However, with the completion of the Moroccan separation wall in the 1980s,...
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World of Walls: The Structure, Roles and Effectiveness of Separation Barriers
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onto detected Polisario forces. Information from the radar is processed by a
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detained in northern Morocco to the eastern side of the wall, into the
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Separation barrier dividing the disputed territory of Western Sahara
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The following is one observer's description of the berm from 2001:
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for about 200 km (120 mi), before turning north beyond
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Saddiki, Said (October 2017), "5. The Wall of Western Sahara",
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demanding the demolition of the wall, the celebration of the
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Map of Western Sahara, with the location of the wall marked
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United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
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Screenings in The Devil’s Garden: The Sahara Film Festival
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Demonstration in Western Sahara against Moroccan Army Wall
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All major settlements in Western Sahara, the capital
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about 3 m (10 ft) in height, with bunkers,
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renegade mercenaries (c. 500 km (310 mi)).
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Index

Moroccan Wall

Western Sahara conflict

Spanish Sahara
Greater Morocco
Greater Mauritania
Moroccan Army of Liberation
Movement for the Liberation of
Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab

Polisario Front
Sahrawi National Union Party
Madrid Accords
Partition agreement
Saguia el-Hamra
RĂ­o de Oro
Southern Provinces
Tiris al-Gharbiyya
Free Zone
Annexation of Western Sahara
Political status of Western Sahara
Foreign relations of Morocco
Makhzen
Politics of the SADR
Royal Advisory Council
for Saharan Affairs

Ifni War
Zemla Intifada
Western Sahara War
First Intifada
Independence Intifada
Gdeim Izik

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