Senator Ted Cruz Slams US Officials For Avoiding Reference To Polisario Terror Links
BY SAFAA KASRAOUI RABAT, MOROCCO – US Senator Ted Cruz has sharply criticized administration officials for repeatedly avoiding any direct reference to the Polisario Front, despite documented links to the separatist group instigating terror activities that destabilize the region. Cruz made his remarks during a Senate hearing on counterterrorism efforts in North Africa and the Sahel this week. During the hearing, he pointed a rebuke to US officials for what he described as a deliberate refusal to acknowledge the Polisario and its links to terrorism. He also noted a contradiction between praising Algeria as a “critical pillar of stability in the region” and vaguely warning of terrorist activity in the Sahel without naming the parties involved. Algeria’s regime has been hosting, financing, arming, and sheltering the Polisario Front, a separatist group claiming independence in Western Sahara. Several reports link Polisario’s involvement in terrorist activities. In 2017, Morocco’s s...
