Zawaya

The struggle against terrorism, the Salafi ideology and the opportunities eager to spread chaos is done by: Fixing the infrastructure for the Moroccan society. Putting together a strong government that will manage the citizens’ interests with seriousness; this way, citizens will regain their trust in the constitutional institutions. Eliminating corruption and humiliation. Implementing immediate change after every reform to make people feel that they are taken care of. Reforming labor law and literally implementing it within all social classes, institutions and corporations; the best example to contemplate is the French code. Fighting the exclusion of citizens, whether young or elderly. Preventing the spread of alcohol consumption as Marjane stores reached all regions in Morocco. These stores are owned, unfortunately, by the decisions makers and the pillars of the country. Alcohol spoils the country and the people, and leads many individuals to jail. Fighting all kinds of drugs, and taking example from China in tightening the sentences on drug dealers which reached the death penalty in general. Fighting against prostitution and homosexuality, by establishing facilities for earning a good living which are under the auspices of honest institutions. Beating with an iron hand whomever has been proven to be engaging in fraud, manipulation of public funds, and tax evasion, regardless of their position or status in the Moroccan society. Increasing the living standard of weak citizens. Rejecting the policy of enriching the rich and impoverishing the poor.

Peace be upon you. Firstly, Sir, in Algeria we only believe in irrefutable evidence from the Algerian Intelligence Agency. In your theory, you sound like you have proof that Kadhafi supports al-Qaeda and supplies it with weapons. We don’t have any proof of such a thing, and if what you are saying was true, Algeria would have toppled Kadhafi’s regime years ago. Without a proof though, we can’t move or even talk; that’s how things work. Secondly, I think that only the Moroccans consider such accusations against Libya. Maybe they have evidence that Kadhafi supported some acts against Morocco, and there is no one else other than them in Africa; maybe it’s because of the Sahara issue. Let you know, Sir, that if Algeria had a single proof against Kadhafi, it would have toppled him within no more than 24 hours. As for the infiltration of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro by al-Qaeda, that is what we wish in Algeria, because that will spare us a lot of effort and work, since they say in Morocco that Algeria and Kadhafi support the Polisario for… A question remains open: What are the possible implications of a union between the Polisario and al-Qaeda? First, for Algeria, al-Qaeda would have involved itself, and put its members, in a vortex from which it won’t find an exit until the Day of Judgment. The so-called Polisario, al-Qaeda, the mercenaries, the illegal immigration, the African revenge against everything French or British, fighting foreign petroleum companies in the region, the mental retardation that the world is suffering from in 2011, the complete control of President Bouteflika over the Touareg tribes… Even if the developed and underdeveloped worlds allied, they won’t unravel the secrets that are taking place in the Sahel region and North Africa without Algeria’s approval. Both the Algerian people and army regard al-Qaeda as an international intelligence service only, and nothing else. For internal consumption and to feed the Media, Algeria just acquiesces to what’s on their minds. Concerning Morocco, it has to get out of the cocoon it put itself into, because it strategically isn’t worth anything at all in terms of deep calculations, since the country is besieged at the North by Spain and Britain – i.e. Ceuta and Melilla -, in the south by the Polisario, at the east by Algeria, and at the west by the ocean.

The best solution to confront al-Qaeda in the Great Maghreb is to revive the Maghreb Union, which requires giving up on all the narrow theories aiming to impose the hegemony of one country on other countries. Unfortunately, this is not possible now because Algeria is attached to the Polisario, and as long as the Sahara issue is not solved, al-Qaeda will be the first to indirectly benefit from the situation.