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The fort was constructed by the French in 1934 during a campaign aimed at the pacification of the Sahara led by "General
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on the border of the town. The drone strike was part of a series of attacks in the Free Zone in which 2 people were killed and several were badly injured. The
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militants based in Mali who "raid" into
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took over it in 1977 only to abandon it two years later since it proved difficult to defend against the POLISARIO's raids.
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fighter aircraft called for support was shot down by the POLISARIO. The latter kept the fort, until the
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has occasionally sheltered some of its personnel at the fort.
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Damis, John (2000). "King Hassan and the
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