Cherkaoui Habboub , director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) deplores the lack of cooperation between Morocco and Algeria in the fight against terrorism. He alerts the eastern neighbor to the terrorist threat hanging over the two countries.
“ISIS seeks to expand its spread in the Maghreb region, the Sahel region and in Africa. […] There must be close cooperation between countries, because it is not possible to fight terrorism without intensifying cooperation between all countries. […] All countries are cooperating with us except for neighboring Algeria, ”said Cherkaoui Habboub in an interview with Al Shark television channel . According to him, this lack of cooperation between Morocco and Algeria can undermine the security of the two countries. Insofar as, the current leader of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, Adnane Abou Al Walid Al Sahraoui, who heads the refugee camps in Tindouf in Algeria is “from the city of Laâyoune and is a member of the Polisario Front. “.
“Before his organization of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara”, Adnane Abou Al Walid Al Sahraoui “was the spokesperson for the Unification Organization and the Jihad Movement in West Africa, which was in the origin of the kidnapping of three people working for the United Nations humanitarian organization in coordination with the Polisario Front in 2011 ”, underlined the boss of the BCIJ, recalling that the Saharoui had carried out several terrorist operations targeting Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso between 2015 and 2020. “The Polisario has links with terrorist organizations, as long as there is Adnane Abou Al Walid who is affiliated with them and as long as there are a hundred of its members who have previously joined and are involved with Al-Qaida in the Maghreb, ”said Cherkaoui Habboub.
For its part, “Algeria considers that the security and stability of its neighbors are directly linked to its own security,” said Said Chengriha, the chief of staff of the Algerian National People’s Army (ANP) at the time. the visit of the Chief of Staff of the French Armies, Army General François Lecointre to Algeria. He added: “Aware of the extent of the danger posed by terrorism to territorial security and stability, Algeria has not hesitated to present initiatives and offer its assistance to its neighbors to coordinate efforts on the basis of a common vision through the initiative of the operational staff committee (Cemoc) ”.
