EXTENSION OF MOROCCAN DEFENSIVE BERM INTO MAURITANIA WESTERN SAHARA/MAURITANIA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Release Date: December 7, 2011
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• Publication Date: February 6, 1984
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INTO MAURITIA
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EXTENSION OF MOROCCAN DEFENSIVE BERM INTO MAURITANIA
WESTERN SAHARA/MAURITANIA-79)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SENIOR LOOK IMAGERY REVEALED THAT 25X1
AN EXTENSION OF THE MOROCCAN-BUILT DEFENSIVE BERM HAS
PENETRATED MAURITANIAN TERRITORY UP TO 3 NM. (S)
2. REMARKS: THE BERM EXTENSION, WHICH ORIGINATES SOUTH OF UAD BU
?R AA , WESTERN SAHARA, PROCEEDS SOUTHEAST AND ENTERS
MAURITANIAN TERRITORY AT APPROXIMATELY 25-59-OON 012--00--OOW.
FROM THE BORDER THE NEW EXTENSION FOLLOWS AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION, ROUGHLY PARALLELING THE MAURITANIA-WESTERN SAHARA
BORDER AND PENETRATING UP TO 3 NM SOUTH INTO MAURITANIAN
TERRITORY. AT AN NABCA POLISARIO DEPLOYMENT 25X1
THE BERM EXTENSION THEN TURNS AND PROCEEDS NORTH AS FAR AS
26.11-.30N 011-33-OOW. (AN ABCA POLISARIO DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN
VACATED BY POLISARIO FORCES.) (S)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS: THE EXTENSION OF THE DEFENSIVE BERM INTO
MAURITANIAN TERRITORY WILL FORCE POLISARIO MILITARY UNITS
DEPLOYED IN THE WESTERN SAHARA TO UTILIZE MAURITANIAN
TERRITORY AS THEY MOVE FROM THE NORTHEASTERN TO SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SAHARA. 9.X1
3. BE NONE, COORDINATES NONE (U)
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