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

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1984
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EXTENSION OF MOROCCAN DEFENSIVE BERM INTO
MAURITANIA AND WESTERN SAHARA
MAURITANIA WESTERN SAHARA S
N-10004/84
NPIC/IEG (2-84)
28 FEBRUARY 1984
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SENIOR LOOK IMAGERY( REVEALED
THAT THE EXTENSION OF THE MOROCCAN DEFENSIVE BERM HAS BEEN
COMPLETED. ADDITIONALLY, A SEPARATE BERM SEGMENT IS IN THE
LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION SOUTH OF THE CURRENT BERM
EXTENSION, PENETRATING EVEN FURTHER INTO MAURITANIAN
TERRITORY. (S)
2. REMARKS: THE MOROCCAN BERM EXTENSION, WHICH ORIGINATES SOUTH
OF UAD BU CRAA, WESTERN SAHARA AND WHICH ^HAD`BEEN COMPLETED TO
THE ORIGINAL BERM vATv27-12-30N 011-37-30W, APPROXIMATELY 30 NM
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SEMARA, WESTERN SAHARA. MOROCCAN FORCES
THAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ALONG THE
ORIGINAL BERM HAVE REDEPLOYED TO NEW POSITIONS ALONG THE BERM
EXTENSION. (S)
ALSO, A SEPARATE BERM SEGMENT, APPROXIMATELY 7 NM IN LENGTH,
IS IN THE LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 25-55-SON
011-54-S0W AND 25-55-OON 011-47-SOW, 1.5 NM SOUTH OF THE BERM
EXTENSION INTO MAURITANIA. THIS NEW BERM SEGMENT PENETRATES
APPROXIMATELY 5 NM INTO MAURITANIA. IT ROUGHLY PARALLELS AND
IS NOT CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO THE PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED BERM
EXTENSION. (S)
3. BE NONE, COORDINATES NONE (U)
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