Morocco confirms recognition of Libyan Transitional Council and that's a good thing, I would have hoped that they would have done it when the whole world considered a qaddafi have become a wanted man by Hague.
Nevertheless Fassi fihri is going to Benghazi tomorrow and for sure there will be discussion about the polisario killing Libyans few months ago, I hope that the CNT to pay the Algeria back becomes the first country in the world that would say that the Sahara is Moroccan. As for Algeria, they sided with the losing side, bad for them good for us.

Algeria and Morocco had the exact same position concerning the recognition of the CNT, the recognition came at the same time from both countries. I disagree with the statement that Algeria was supporting Gaddafi during the revolution, they just didn't have a position and didn't want to get involved in, what it considers to be, an internal affair. It's easy to point the finder of blame at Algeria for not standing with the Rebels but many other countries had the same position. Having said that, the Western Sahara issue is not up to the CNT to resolve and if you do your homework, you will find out that if the ruling CNT is a member of the UN, then they will not be able to recognize anything.

The analysis and the above comment is at best naive, I am afraid. Do you really believe that the strategic games and rapports across the region, with the geopolitics as a background, to be that simplistic and linear? Do you believe any unsubstantiated tabloid "news" that suits one's ideology and hatred-filled view? We have to stop this covert (and overt) Algeria hating and be more friendly, impartial and authentic as Moroccans if we are to really build a solid and lasting Maghreb Union. I doubt that Bouteflika/the Algerian Generals and our King/Makhzen are that naive. This is called "real politiks" and we don't always get to understand even the apparently most irrational or ill-judged maneuvres; what you see is not what you always think it is; appearances can be very deceptive (e.g. didn't the NTC say 48 hours ago that Saif Al Islam was dead? I rest my case). Decisions and events have a context and trying to read them without understanding the internal and external context is simply naive and ill judged. Only time will tell: expect internal Libyan politic to be very messy whilst having "normal" diplomatic relations with its AMU. Politicians are virtually all the same and it is always ordinary people who suffer. Good journalism is not the one that agrees with my view but the one that explains to me in details its view without "clichés" or "idées reçues" and with much thoroughness and objectivity. I am afraid that your post doesn't, instead it just recycles easy amateurish "bits and bobs".

@Riffi@Morceli
As if we were scared of you or the gang of Benghazi:-) As a matter of fact, I would love for our Gov. to close the Libyan borders as well.
Again, we do not need Morocco or Libya, case and point, Moroccan Gov. begging day and night for the reopening of the borders.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa( bigger than Morocco and Libya combined), so try to put that in prospective, a country that has Sovereignty over every inch of its territory, can you say the same about Morocco??...... i guess not.

Funny, how MB is reporting on this shameful event as if it was some kind of good news.

Ah the revenge is sweet, we have witnessed the fall of Saddam Husain and how his statue was kicked at, we have seen Gaddafi's head albeit not in the flesh being stood on. It is a solitary lesson that the tyrants and those stuck to their golden chairs will one day be subjected to guillotine figuratively.

I can't wait for the ALL muslims head of state who have failed to listen to their people to be finished in a most shameful and hateful way and to be humiliated out of the office. Who next, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, or Syria?

No sovereign country envies Algeria at the present time. It is now surrounded by several armies of ideas. To the south there is al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, to the West there is the enemy it has hated for ages and for no convincing reason Morocco, to the East there is Tunisia, which is now controlled by the very rebels who put out Ben Ali against its will, and to the South-East there is now the NTC, the National Transitional Council,which it fought by supplying Gadhafi's brigades with weapons and mercenaries. Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya are now in the lead to put North-Africa on the right track.

Algerian,
Your borders thing is pretty outdated, you need to come up with something new, you are fooling no one by yourself, If MB is so bad why do you keep coming back over and over again? It doesn't make sense right?
Good Luck to you, and I hope the best for our Algerian sisters and brothers.

The United States Department of Defense had been trying for years to find a home for AFRICOM on the African continent, but until now every African leader has refused to have a large American base on its soil. Presently located in Stuttgart, Germany, it will soon have a home in Libya! Only recently, (it was supposed to have ended on June 18th,2011) AFRICOM conducted very large military exercises in conjunction with Moroccan forces at Cap Draa near Tan-Tan...see African Lion 2011. (2000 American, 900 Moroccan)The agenda of the United States government, using the military force of AFRICOM, is to gain influence over African governments, replacing those who do not cooperate fully, with the ultimate aim of obtaining access to natural resources, including oil and minerals, for large American corporations. A little research will reveal that this is true.

The fact remains, that just bout every news organization when speculating about Khaddafi's ultimate destination, it is ALWAYS : Chad, Uganda, Zimbabwe...and good old ALGERIA. Says a lot about your morals, or the lackthereof.
I doubt that the entire world media is waging a propaganda campaign against a such insignificant country like Algeria.
So, you can no longer deny that your junta has a soft spot for a monster who is universally despised.
Shame on you.

Diplomacy is the best bureaucracy. as far as a non fictional borders are concerns.it dose not serve anyone any good purpose. might as well plant land mines all along the frontiers. Algerians will be Algerians and Moroccans will be Moroccans and to each his own. we never had a choice of our place of birth or race ......! but one thing for sure is we as human being have to recognize our mistakes and learn from them and maybe reconcile or at least respect each other. we should also cherish our differences and taste each others culture in order to widen our north African menu.
Life is short and change is in the air so lets seize this opportunity and build some positive vibes. The vibes that will help us sing the same tune. Tunes of love and freedom.

Dear Algerian,
I will repeat once and for all, the borders thing does not fly anymore, you need to come up with something new, something real, something factual.
I will repeat as well that Algeria should keep their borders closed, and we both agree on that, we do not need your terrorists. Keep your terrorists, let Boutef bless them with another amnesty, and set them free to kill your sisters and brothers in fake police stops.
Algeria is too violent for us, we are peaceful, we might argue with each other once in a while, we might critique each other but we will never kill each other as they do in your homeland. All you have to do is read El watan, chorouq, Expression, liberte', Nouvelle republique, even al hadaf and you will see for yourself, Everything i mentioned above is from your own news papers, your own people.
As for Morocco asking for the borders to open knowing the Algerian will not, that's called politics brother and politics is a dirty game. You think Algeria does not need Europe or the US, your are wrong brother, when Renauld decided to open a factory in Morocco, Algeria went nuts, and when Morocco signed the free trade agreement with the US, Algeria could not understand, 95% of Algeria's economy is based on hydrocarbures and they are trying very hard to diversify with no one wanting to invest in a country that is infested with terrorists. When Dubai, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait tried to invest in your country, the Algerians generals erected all obstacles that led the middle eastern investors to run away and never look back.
You are Algerian and you should know all this, don't live in denial brother. These are facts, You mentioned people in the East of Morocco need Algeria, the borders were closed in 1994, 17 years ago, Oujda is still there and people are still there and no one in rioting for bread and sugar as the Algerians do.
We demonstrate for better justice and more freedom, not for bread. If you want bread, we'll send you bread and will add sugar brother, you just have to ask, We are Morocco, we are very well know for our hospitality, hospitality and generosity is our hydrocarbure.

@MOrcelli
Glad to hear that sad news from Algeria make you happy and that Algeria is a terrorist state.
The thing I want you to understand is that you opinion is irrelevant, its an ego thing, as I have said it in previous posts,
Sitting behind the safety if your PC you think that MOrocco is the center if the universe.....etc
Unfortunately, you do not represent your country, We
, as Algerian are just sick and tired of your own GOV, begging day and night come on people have some dignity at least.
What part of NO don't you guys get.
Again MOrceli we are not talking about your self and we know what you think
As for the terrorist attacks, Algerians are strong and we will survive this, but didn't you had a terrorist Attack not long ago?
Again, we are only asking to be left alone, and NO we do not want to reopen the border.
So please leave us alone once and for all.

Dear Mr Hisham,

As i have said in my previous post, the W.Sahara is a UN. Issue and will only be resolved through the US. Algeria never attacked Morocco but can you say the same about Morocco. You guys attacked us in 1963 back when we did not even have a regular army, thinking you can grab Bechar and Tinduf.

As for the Maghreb Union without Algeria, its just not geographically feasible without Algeria.
As Algerians we have nothing but respect and love toward our Moroccan brothers, but History, politics and sometimes geography are the source of our problems, and unless all the issues are resolved we will always have that love and hate relationship.

Regards,

Dear Hicham,

its called the International Court of Justice, and let's see what it did say about the matter:

"UN General Assembly Resolution 3292[2] requested that the International Court give an advisory opinion on the following questions:
:I. Was Western Sahara (Río de Oro and Sakiet El Hamra) at the time of colonization by Spain a territory belonging to no one (terra nullius)?
And, should the majority opinion be "no", the following would be addressed:
:II. What were the legal ties between this territory and the Kingdom of Morocco and the Mauritanian entity?
In the meantime, Morocco and Mauritania jointly agreed to not contest the issue of partition or sovereignty. On January 16, 1975, Spain officially announced the suspension of the referendum plan, pending the opinion of the court. From May 12 through to May 19, a small investigative team made of citizens from Cuba, Iran, and Côte d'Ivoire was sent into the region to assess public support for independence. They also performed inquiries in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, and Spain.
In the summer, the questions were submitted by King Hassan II and Spain. Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, and Spain were all given permission to present evidence at the hearings (the Polisario was locked out as only internationally recognized states have a right to speak - Algeria largely represented the Sahrawis). Twenty-seven sessions were held in June and July before the Court called the proceedings final.
The arguments presented by Morocco and Mauritania were essentially similar: that either one had a sovereign right over the territory. In the case of Morocco, the kingdom of Morocco claimed the allegiance of a variety of tribes in surrounding territory. The modern Moroccan monarchy is derived from this kingdom[citatio n needed]. In the case of Mauritania, there was no clearly defined state that existed at the time. Instead, Mauritania argued that a similar entity existed which they called "bilad Chinguetti". Spain argued against Moroccan sovereignty, citing the relationship that Spanish explorers and colonizers had established with the sultan, none of which ever recognized his authority over the region. Algeria also defended the position that the Sahrawis were a distinct people[citation needed], and not under the subjection of Morocco or Mauritania.
The Opinion

On October 15, a UN visiting mission sent by the General Assembly to tour the region and investigate the political situation published its findings, showing that the Sahrawi population were "overwhelmingly " in favor of independence from both Spain and Morocco/Maurita nia. These findings were submitted to the Court, who published their opinion the next day.
For the former question, the Court decided by a vote of 13 to three that the court could make a decision on the matter, and unanimously voted that at the time of colonization (defined as November 28, 1884), the territory was not terra nullius (that is, the territory, did belong to someone).
For the latter question, the Court decided by a vote of 14 to two that it would decide. It was of the opinion, by 14 votes to two, that there were legal ties of allegiance between this territory and the Kingdom of Morocco. Furthermore, it was of opinion, by 15 votes to one, that there were legal ties between this territory and the "Mauritanian entity". However, the Court defined the nature of these legal ties in the penultimate paragraph of its opinion, and declared that neither legal tie implied sovereignty or rightful ownership over the territory. These legal ties also did not apply to "self-determina tion through the free and genuine expression of the will of the peoples of the Territory."(ICJ Reports (1975) p. 68, para. 162)

You see dear friend try to use facts to support your point of view instead of "la langue de bois"

As for sitting with Morocco over the W. Sahara, last time i checked it was a US issue and Morocco is already sitting with the POLISARIO.