Polisario frees 404 Moroccan prisoners - Red Cross
Posted on: Thursday, 18 August 2005, 06:15 CDT
GENEVA (Reuters) - Western Sahara's exiled Polisario Front independence movement on Thursday freed its last 404 Moroccan prisoners of war, many held for almost two decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
In a statement, the neutral Geneva-based humanitarian agency said the release followed mediation by the United States and that the freed men were being flown to Morocco to be reunited with their families.
Over the years, the ICRC has repatriated more than 2,000 Moroccan prisoners captured during a 16-year-long guerrilla war with Morocco over the Western Sahara. A U.N.-brokered ceasefire was clinched in 1991, ending the conflict.
Source: REUTERS
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