Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 6/6/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of June 6, 2005
- Sahara issue settlement lies in respect of Moroccan sovereignty, El Yazghi
The political solution to the Sahara conflict lies in the respect of the sovereignty of Morocco over its Southern provinces and this is the sole means to put an end to this artificial conflict that affects the region and its stability and security, said in Bouznika on Friday Mohamed El Yazghi. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/11/2005 - al-Watan: Some 13 security guards in Algeria killed in attack by gunmen
Some 13 municipal security guards taking part in operations against Islamists gunmen in Algeria were killed and other 6 were injured in a bomb explosion placed under their truck. Algeria, Local, 6/10/2005 - Algerian Algerian prime minister expected in Morocco Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 6/9/2005
- L'Opinion: Salafist and Polisario groups turn desert into international terror base, daily
The Algerian Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) and the "Polisario" are part of terrorist organisations belonging to various religious obediences and ethnic origins operating in vast desert areas of the Sahara and the Sahel, said Wednesday the Moroccan "L'Opinion" daily. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/9/2005 - Paintings on Algerian resister by French artist presented in Fez museum
Paintings inspired from the spiritual writings and poems of humanist intellectual and symbol of the Algerian resistance to colonial power, Emir Abdelkader, are exhibited in the Batha museum of the Central city of Fez. Morocco-Algeria, Culture, 6/8/2005 - El Watan: Lack of Maghreb integration blocks Barcelona process, official
The Moroccan Industry Minister has deplored that the lack of Maghreb integration is a "factor that blocks the implementation of the Barcelona process" which lays foundations of a regional relationship between the European Union and partners of the Southern Mediterranean. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/8/2005 - Al-Salafeyah movement in Algeria claims attack on military position in Mauritania
The Salafeyah Group For Call And Fighting in Algeria claimed responsibility for the attack at a military position for the Mauritanian army to the north east of the country which resulted in killing 15 soldiers Algeria-Mauritania, Politics, 6/7/2005 - La Gazette du Maroc: Some Algerian generals oppose solution to Sahara conflict, former counterintelligence official
As long as some Algerian Generals are still in power, we "cannot hope for a normalization between Morocco and Algeria or for a solution to the Sahara conflict," stated Colonel Mohamed Samraoui, former aid of head of Algerian counterintelligence service (DRS), Smain Lamari. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/6/2005