The
Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of
Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro ("People's Liberation Front of
Saguia el Hamra[?] and
Rio de Oro[?]") is an army and political movement in the
Western Sahara, principally comprised of the
Saharawi[?] people. It was formed on
May 10,
1973 with the express intention of the removal of
Spanish,
Moroccan (and for a period of c. 4 years
Mauritanian) occupation of the Western Sahara. Currently, it rules a desert strip of its country and organizes the Saharawi
refugee camps[?] in
Algeria.
It has an estimated membership of about 10,000.