Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara Third ... - Scarecrow Press
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CHRONOLOGY • xxxi<br />
Morocco, Mauritania) is set up in <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Sahara</strong>. November 27: Moroccan<br />
troops enter Smara. November 28: 62 <strong>of</strong> the 102 members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Djemaa sign the Proclamation <strong>of</strong> Guelta Zemmour, dissolving the<br />
Djemaa and creating a new pro-Polisario Provisional <strong>Sahara</strong>wi National<br />
Council. November–December: <strong>Sahara</strong>wi refugees begin fleeing<br />
to the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Sahara</strong>n interior. December 11: Moroccan troops enter<br />
El-Ayoun.<br />
1976 January 9: Moroccan troops enter Dakhla; Spanish troops depart<br />
El-Ayoun. January 12: Last Spanish troops withdraw from <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Sahara</strong>. January 29: Battle <strong>of</strong> Amgala between Moroccan and Algerian<br />
forces, as Polisario’s guerrilla war escalates. February 26: 57<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the Djemaa vote to support integration with Morocco and<br />
Mauritania, but this is not accepted by either the UN or Spain; Madrid<br />
formally ends its administration <strong>of</strong> <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Sahara</strong>. February 27:<br />
Polisario proclaims the <strong>Sahara</strong>n Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).<br />
March 4: The SADR’s first cabinet is named; Mohammed Lamine<br />
Ould Ahmed is prime minister. April 14: Morocco and Mauritania <strong>of</strong>ficially<br />
divide <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Sahara</strong> amongst themselves. June 8: First<br />
Nouakchott Raid by Polisario. June 9: The Mauritanian army attacks<br />
SPLA forces retreating from Nouakchott; El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed is<br />
fatally wounded. August 26–30: Polisario holds its 3rd General Popular<br />
Congress, electing Mohamed Abdelaziz secretary-general <strong>of</strong> the<br />
front and president <strong>of</strong> the SADR.<br />
1977 May 1: Polisario guerrillas attack Zouérate, Mauritania, killing<br />
two French citizens and taking six others prisoner. May 13: Morocco<br />
and Mauritania sign a defense pact; eventually, 9,000 Moroccan soldiers<br />
will be stationed in Mauritania. July 3: Nouakchott is attacked for<br />
the second time by the Polisario Front. November 1: France prepares<br />
troops and aircraft in response to Polisario raids on the Zouérate-<br />
Nouadhibou Railway. December: French combat jets strafe Polisario<br />
forces inside Mauritania. December 23: Polisario releases its French<br />
captives in Algiers.<br />
1978 May 4–5: The French air force again attacks Polisario. July<br />
10: Col. Mustapha Ould Mohammed Salek <strong>of</strong> the Mauritanian<br />
army leads a coup deposing Mokhtar Ould Daddah; a new governing<br />
body, the Comité Militaire de Redressement National (CMRN) is<br />
established. July 12: Polisario declares a unilateral cease-fire against
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