Front Polisario, 1978

mais les Saharouis ne voulaient pas accepter une domination mauritanienne ou marocaine, se reunirent en-Algerie sous le Front Polisario et organiserent une guerilla contre les forces d'occupation) au Sahara Occidental en fevrier 1978 Neg1802/1 2nd anniversary of the SADR (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic proclaimed by the Polisariio Front may 1976: after Spanish troops withdrew from the Western Sahara in 1976, 300000 Moroccans staged a march into the territory. Morocco, which does have legitimate historical claims over the territory, signed a treaty with Mauretania, partitioning the territory. Yet Saharouis were not willing to accept either Mauretanian nor Moroccan rule. Refugees fled to-Algeria, from were the POLISARIO FRONT organized a guerilla war against the occupying forces) in West Sahara february 1978