Moroccan King Visits Western Sahara Capital
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RABAT, Morocco — King Hassan II of Morocco made a triumphal entrance Wednesday into La’youn, capital of the disputed Western Sahara, the Moroccan news agency MAP said.
The king’s three-day visit is intended to demonstrate Moroccan sovereignty over the desert land for which the Algerian-backed Polisario guerrillas have been fighting for nearly 10 years.
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