REDEPLOYMENT OF POLISARIO FORCES WESTERN SAHARA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 8, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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8 SEPTEMBER 1983
REDEPLOYMENT OF POLISARIO FORCES
WESTERN SAHARA SWN
AREA AND EARLY AUGUST. (SWN)
SEMARA IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ACTIVITY WHICH PRECEDED THE
ATTACKS BY THE POLISARIO ON MOROCCAN FORCES IN THE MESSEIED
SIGNIFICANCE: THE POLISARIO HAVE VACATED AT LEAST NINE CAMPS
IN WESTERN SAHARA AND ALGERIA AND DEPLOYED TO AN AREA SOUTH OF
SEMARA. (SWN),
REMARKS: THE EQUIPMENT FROM THESE CAMPS HAS BEEN MOVED TO AN
R BETWEEN 16 AND 24 NM SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF SEMARA WHERE
AT LEAST SIX VEHICLE CONCENTRATIONS WERE SEEN ON IMAGERY OF
THESE CONCENTRATIONS WERE NEAR 26-27-OON
011-38-30W, 26-24-OON 011-39-00W, 26-22-00N 011-40-OOW,
26-24-30N 011-44-15W, 26-18-45N 011-40-15W, AND 26-23-20N
011-27-40W. AT LEAST 100 VEHICLES WERE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT
THE WADIS IN THE AREA, SOME PARTIALLY CONCEALED AND SOME. IN
THE OPEN. THE ACTIVITY SEEN AT THE CAMPS AND IN THE AREA NEAR
BE.NONE, COORDINATES NONE (U)
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