US approves half-billion dollar offensive weapons sale to Morocco : Is it a bid to transfer conflict to North Africa?
BY: Hana Saada
ALGIERS- The US State Department announced that it has approved the sale of missiles and other arms to Morocco at a total value of $524.2 million.
According to a statement from the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency: “The proposed sale will improve Morocco’s capability to meet current and future threats and will contribute to Morocco’s ability to detect threats and control its borders, contributing to the maintenance of regional stability and security.”
The sales of military equipment and systems from the US include 18 high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) launchers, 40 army tactical missile systems (ATACMS), 72 guided multiple launch rocket systems (GMLRS) munitions, nine HMMWV vehicles and 40 AGM-154C joint standoff weapons (JSOW).
The new pharaonic arms contract comes at a time when the Moroccan people are literally starving. The move confirms the warlike and expansionist intentions of the Makhzen regime which previously betrayed Emir Abdelkader and waged the war of the sands against Algerian in 1963.
The question that arises “Against whom are these weapons going to be used since the Zionist Entity is allied with both; the seller and the buyer. Algeria, which unconditionally supports the struggles of peoples for their independence, seems to be the designated target! Morocco acts, inevitably, on the Zionist instigations. However, our People’s National Army, a worthy heir of the Algerian Liberation Army, is capable of countering these threats victoriously….
