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Madrid tells Rabat to "get out now"
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Since the Tarfaya incident in 1973, Spain has kept an interest in the politics of the Western Sahara, despite the fact that it was the Soviet Union which supplied the Polisario front. After '91 it was Spain who began to aid the Saharaui, undermining Morocco's occupation, after Mauretania pulled out. What's more, the United States' deal with Morocco to deliver them American equipment, especially after the 30 June retirement from Iraq, was met by greater economic aid to the Polisario, who began to base themselves from southern Algerian even. It was this mess which a UN mandate attempted to mediate, but fell in a well of inactivity. Madrid has suddenly proclaimed that this inactivity is unnacceptable, and that is high time for the 'terrorist' nation of Morocco to leave the Western Sahara. They say this as their fleet returns from the Red Sea, bearing the country's full strength towards the North African nation.

Indeed, Madrid has issued an ultimatum, ordering Morocco to not only leave the Western Sahara, but demobilize a good 90% of their military, including the retirement of their M1A2 Abrams AFVs. Phillip VI has also requird the North African country to drop all claims to Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands and Perejil Island. This latter act would signify Spain's right to sovereignty in those cities and islands. Perejil was 'invaded' in 2002 by three drunk Moroccon citizens, only to be arrested by Spanish Foreign Legion personnel some days later. Nevertheless, the ultimatum would cease the threat Morocco has posed to those enclaves of old Spanish imperialism; a threat which has existed since 1973, the year Spain left the Western Sahara. The ultimatum, delivered by Spain's ambassador in Rabat, has specified that the country has 48 hours to respond and to acceed or face very real Spanish intervention in the matter. So far, Morocco has stayed silent on the matter.

Many call this evidence of Spain's growing desire for colonial aquisitions, while Madrid continues to pull it off as a peace mission. Nevertheless, it becomes evident that the former was true, especially as Italy begins to dig into Tunisia, and Australia already annexed Somalia. In other words, it would be a mirroring move to make sure Spain keeps some say over African nations, and by taking Morocco and the Western Sahara they make sure they become the most prominent western nation in African politics. This would make clear that Spain's word is superior to both Italy and Australia when dealing with Africa. In any other case, it just wouldn't reap any benefits to make this move, and only this would explain the sudden Spanish decision to flex its military muscle. But this is largely irrelevent, and the threat to the Moroccon king is obvious. The only thing to do is wait and see on how this plays out. Historically, Morocco and its government has not been very open to change, especially that suggested by Spain, so its fully expected that Morocco declare the ultimatum incorrect and illegal and resist. However, with current operations in Tunisia, the Red Sea, as well as the American occupation of Iraq, it doesn't seem that Morocco will get much attention from the world. All the while, Algeria benefits from Spanish intervention in Morocco, especially since Algeria and Morocco have been at odds ever since both their independence from the French/Spanish. The other major player, Mauretania, has been at odds with Morocco since the Western Sahara incident. In other words, it looks increasingly like Morocco has become a lone wolf.

Other than that, it doesn't seem that Spain is willing to go to the peacetable on this one, even though the ultimatum asks for things that may be impossible for Morocco to aquiesce to, especially in 48 hours.

The Government of Algeria condemns this reckless declaration by Spain, and will support Morocco if Spain attacks them.

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SIC: PM Ouyahia is willing to accept Spain's call if they help restore Algeria's parliamentary government.

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France has long supported its ally state Morocco, and encourages Spain to drop its imperialistic ambitions. Perhaps an agreement could be made to secure Spain's territorial integrity inn Ceuta and Meilla [ooc: the others are given] with a modderated discussion.

The issue really isn't Melilla and Ceuta; those are just byproducts of the ultimatum. The issue is Morocco's continued and violent occupation of the Western Sahara. If Spain is to embark on a crusade, ridding Africa from belligerents, then we must look at the whole picture, and Morocco's illegal occupation of the Western Sahara is one of those. Despite the fact that Spain respects France, we don't believe that France is in a position to aid Morocco. If Morocco does not agree to the ultimatum, a state of war will exist, with the liberation of the Western Sahara as our ultimate goal.

[OOC: I can roleplay Morocco, and I rather do this to make this war as long as possible. Although, true enough, Morocco is outgunned, I think I make any operations hard for Spain - so, can I take Morocco as one of my NPCs?

That SIC; is that the president of France?]

[ooc: the SIC is the exiled PM of Algeria...the civil war...he's in Marseille currently...

and ask Sel Appa for that, although I'm personally inclined to say no, since there's an introduction of some bias...]

The man sent to inform the exiled Algerian prime minister of Phillip's decision in the matter was a lowly Spanish streetboy living in Marseilles, who having ties with the Spanish government was chosen to lead this ad hoc delegation. Of course, the option also included over one hundred thousand Euros, at the expense of Madrid's coffers. The man had quickly obliged and soon enough he had secured a meeting with the Algerian prime minister, set up through standard diplomatic process, meaning he was seeing the man legally. Once the rigours of screening and such were complete, and he finally saw the Algerian, he bowed and said, "Prime Minister, this is for you." He handed the man a letter and he quickly gave his good-byes and left. The letter would read:

The Spanish state, post-occupation of Morocco, would do what was in its power to put Mr. Ouyahia back into power in Algeria. Of course, it would be a byproduct of any Spanish operations, which could, but no fault of our own, 'spill' into Algeria. Of course, this would be entirely planned, and in the end, we have no doubt that these 'overflows' would push the Algerian government on the brink of war with Spain, allowing Spain to kill and overthrow the military dictatorship, putting Prime Minister Ouyahia on his rightful seat. However, Ouyahia must persuade the French government that Spain's actions are in her best interests, meaning France must stay out of the war, and France must stay out of dealings in Algeria, including the assassination of the dictorship's top tiers of administration. Spain will also guarantee Algerian independence and sovereignty, especially from the idle grasp of Italy's armed forces. One could only hope that Mr. Ouyahia could 'persuade' the French. We give the Prime Minister our best wishes of luck!

[ooC: Was that SIC?]

SIC: PM Ouyahia sends his encouragement to King Felipe; seeing as General Moussarn is opposed to Spain's ultimatum, the rogue general might send Algeria to aid Morocco, which would then give impetus to Spain to help bring General Moussarn to order...


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France encourages Morocco to engage in bilateral talks with Spain, in order to alleviate the situation and have Morocco assent to the commonly accepted territorial rights in the world. Furthermore, seeing as Spain is stepping forward and touching sensitive material, France suggests that Spain turn to the MINURSO and help the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government come to some consensus on the matter. Turning to violence will resolve nothing and lead to tarnished impressions of the Kingdom of Spain.

The Japanese People are quite surprised and appropriately disturbed by the rash actions of the such a respected nation, and while we are in no position to intervene significantly on either side, we do wish to have this situation resolved peacefully and urge the Spanish government to be more leniant and look towards solutions that don't precipitate or require armed conflict.


OOC: this should be an interesting matchup. Spain has a decent air force advantages (36 Eurofighters will see to that) and will easily win naval superiority, but Morocco has a massive ground force with a lot of antitank missiles and a notable advantage in artillery (I'd like to see how many Spanish tanks are taken out here), and will certainly force the Spanish to pay dearly. Plus, those Chaparral and Aspide SAMs are going to hurt the Spanish air force.

[OOC: I'm using this (http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/spain/spanaf4.htm) site for any information on the Spanish Air Force, and naval forces and ground forces are posted on my index thread. Regardless, this really should be a tough fight, although I've read enough that actual morale in the ground army is relatively low, especially units that have been to the Western Sahara. I plan to exploit that advantage, as well as any advantage I would have in superior training and superior commanders - if Spanish command hasn't digressed since the Bosnian War, then it should have the advantage. In any case, do you have any sites with a detailed picture of the Moroccan ground army, as well as defense locations, including numbers for SAMs and such?

And Naktan; yes, the letter was directed exclusively to him.]

El-Aioun, Moroccan Occupied Western Sahara
Rodriguez Vidal shook his head as the Moroccan general made another demand and he responded, "No, I cannot promise such a thing. I was only authorized to persuade you to turn over portions of the Moroccan Army."

The other man, a Moroccan general under the name of General Mohammad Ahmad, scoffed and cackled, replying, "Well then, if you cannot make a small sacrifice for me, how do expect that I sacrifice for Spain? It is simply unrealistic, and I will not complete a job without some sort of payment. But, alas, seeing as this will probably go nowhere, I will suggest something else. Put me at the head of the colonial administration, answering to Madrid only, and please, make sure the names on the list that I gave you survive this war. I can vouch for them, they will be loyal." Ahmad guessed partially correct, but he had something hidden up his sleeve that would have to wait until whatever Spain pulled ended.

Vidal nodded and said, "I will see what I can do. I can guarantee their lives, but it will be up to Phillip whether or not you are colonial administrator. However, I will speak to him nonetheless. What can you do for us, now?"

The Moor smiled, showing his yellow teeth, and answered, "Under my command I have an armoured division, as well as several elements of Moroccan mechanized and regular infantry. Should I successfully surrender to you, a good tenth of the Moroccan army will have ceased to exist. These units will be in the north the day you plan to attack. That is, in about four weeks. They are being swapped with new divisions after a particularly hard Polisario offensive."

The Spaniard enquired, "Another Tan Tan?"

The Arab shook his head, "No, not that bad. None of our high command was executed this time." He laughed at that, but then went on, "Our first echelon companies were decimated, although we got a lot of them good. Nevertheless, we are in need of refitting. By the time you attack this refitting would have begun, but it would be irrelevent, as these Moroccans would lay down their armaments on my orders."

Rodriguez smiled and extended his arm, "It has been great doing business with one of Morocco's finest." That said, Ahmad showed him the way to a car, which would take him to the coast of the Western Sahara. Rodriguez had been inserted into the country by a single Spanish diesel submarine, cleaned of only snapshot armaments, and that was his way out as well. Up until that point Spain had no real covert operators in Morocco, many of them executed when found, but suddenly Spain had picked up a keen interest in Moroccan politics and army developements, including the position of most surface to air missile batteries in the north. This invaluable information would cause the slashing of the Moroccan armed forces and country, beginning what Spain hoped would be a quick, merciless, and violent offensive. The surrender of 10% of Morocco's army would just make it that much quicker.

Already, three squadrons of CE.16 Tifons, along with the single Spanish TM.17 Boeing 707-320 and the T.7 Boeing 707-300, an ELINT aircraft and a tanker bird respectively, were poised for operations of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. Within the next two weeks the Spanish Task Force that was heading towards Djibouti would arrive in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to refuel and restock; coincidently, or perhaps not, it was also a great location to stage naval operations along the coast of Morocco, including targetting Casablanca and Agadir. Tangiers and Tétouan would be hit from shipping based off Cádiz and Cartagena. The invasion of Morocco had been in planning for eight weeks, but it had only been the final four that had truly been used to move men around. Even then, true, larger movements, would not be carried out until the day before, averting Morocco's eyes, as well as those that lay across the border in the rock of Gib-al-tariq. In other words, the opening rounds would depend on heavy hitting aerial and naval assets, including the destruction of the southern country's air defense network, and the peppering of Moroccan units not scheduled to surrender to Spanish forces, although Ahmed's men would be hit as well... just in case. Following this, then Spanish mechanized forces would begin operations, crossing the straits, and heading out from Ceuta and Melilla.

Fortunately, Spain could put the majority of her men south, including the mountain division, relying on allied Polish brigades to occupy the northern provences of Spain, in case of French intervention, or even a Basque rebellion against Phillip VI, who still had a tenuous position on his throne. Even then, Italian divisions poised in the north were in easy striking range of any bordering European country, including France; and an attack on Spain was an attack on both Portugal and Italy. Although the former was nowhere near a military power, they still provided a very valuable naval and ground force in any defense of Spain. Unfortunately, with most of the Spanish navy in the south, the French navy would only be contested by the Italians, who had large portions of their own facing Tunisia, and by Portuguese frigates. Spain could rely on her airforce, but Spain was not the only one with one of those. Nevertheless, nobody truly expected war with France. Spain was a much more valuable ally to Paris than was Rabat, and Phillip VI expected this to be true. Then again, international politics had radicalized, and now nobody knew what was the truth and what was purely a dwindling hope.

[ooc: has Spain accepted France's proposal to accept bilateral discussions to resolve the liberation of Western Sahara?]

France has sent a message to the Foreign Legion to neutralize all units in Morocco in preparation for the pending conflict. We do not want to get caught up in a fight that is not truly ours.

[OOC: That was the Algerian thread wasn't it? And, IIRC, the French Foreign Legion doesn't have any deployments in Morocco; at least, according to the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion#Current_Deployments). It does, interesting enough, have deployments in Djibouti.]

[OOC: That was the Algerian thread wasn't it? And, IIRC, the French Foreign Legion doesn't have any deployments in Morocco; at least, according to the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion#Current_Deployments). It does, interesting enough, have deployments in Djibouti.]

[ooc: I'm pretty certain that they have some in Rabat, as military trainers, although I might have to check that out...basically most former French colonies have Foreign Legion detachments to train the miltiary of those countries...the point of that thread was stick out of the way, regardless of what happened...nothing serious...

Aboard the Álvares Cabral somewhere near the Straights of Gibraltar, 1400 Hours...

The unusually calm waves and salty winds of the Atlantic lightly caressed the hull of the Álvares Cabral - like a mother would a newborn babe, as her and her companions: Two Vasco De Gama class Frigates, an Attack Submarine, and one of the Merchant Marines largest Tankers all moved in unison towards the Canary Islands.

Ricardo Paulino, Captain of the Álvares Cabral, stood on his bridge, arms folded as he stared out into space, "I guess this is the famous calm before the storm we've heard so much about." he said with a sense of foreboding. "Captain?" The Executive Officer said.

"Nothing, nothing. Just feels a bit to calm, is all." Ricardo said somberly. "I think I know what you mean, Sir." The Officer said, both him and Ricardo staring out into the distance as ash gray clouds began to roll in overhead, obscuring the squadron of F-16s soaring above them.

[OOC: That was the Algerian thread wasn't it? And, IIRC, the French Foreign Legion doesn't have any deployments in Morocco; at least, according to the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion#Current_Deployments). It does, interesting enough, have deployments in Djibouti.]

[ooc: the negotiation was in this thread...basically to avoid an actual war with Morocco over Western Sahara...France officially recognizes Morocco's claim to Western Sahara...]

France encourages Morocco to engage in bilateral talks with Spain, in order to alleviate the situation and have Morocco assent to the commonly accepted territorial rights in the world. Furthermore, seeing as Spain is stepping forward and touching sensitive material, France suggests that Spain turn to the MINURSO and help the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government come to some consensus on the matter. Turning to violence will resolve nothing and lead to tarnished impressions of the Kingdom of Spain.

[ooc: This is it...]

ooc: Can I roleplay Portugal?

OOC: Kind of hard since I am Portugal.

ooc: Can I roleplay Portugal?

[OOC: Unfortunately, Portugal is already being roleplayed; this is a closed roleplaying group that you can join through their index thread - I can't remember the link. But it's 21C...you'll see it often enough.]

[ooc: Might I ask what is the time limit in RL? 48 hours?]

[ooc: Might I ask what is the time limit in RL? 48 hours?]

[OOC: None, really. I have a couple of more RPs to do before any war actually begins - this is on fluid time. But if nobody takes Morocco I'll just roleplay for it.]

[OOC: None, really. I have a couple of more RPs to do before any war actually begins - this is on fluid time. But if nobody takes Morocco I'll just roleplay for it.]

[ooc: don't do that...announce it in the OOC thread and ask...if no one replies, I'll RP (hoping that someone replies...)...]

[OOC: To tell you the truth, I guarantee you that if I roleplay it myself it would be a way better roleplay than anyone else roleplaying as it, save SafeHaven2 or Clan Smoke Jaguar.]

Preperations
For the airlift to the Canary Islands, where 2nd Cavalry Brigade was deploying for operations near the Western Saharan border, along with the Rapid Reaction Task Force, every possible aircraft was used, including the fifty-three Casa C.212 transport aircraft, carrying 954 armed personnel each trip, over 6 seperate voyages. The personnel in the armoured brigade had to wait for the next day to be deployed, and then one day more for their equipment to be shipped. There was the initial problem of getting from the Canary Islands to Morocco, but that was solved when the task force sent to the Red Sea passed through the the Straits of Gibraltar, picking up some transports and some hastily converted merchant ships. Some of the warships had been ordered to prepare for transport duty as well, knowing that the armour would take quite a few ships to get across in one batch. The fifty-three Casa C.212s would stay in the Canary Islands and act as transports for the light infantry in the RRTF, which would be paradropped about two kilometers from an airfield in southern Morocco - this would have to be taken for Spain aircraft to be based in the country, allowing for tactical close air support in larger numbers, and for more time. Something which would be absolutely necessary to offset the large Moroccan ground forces. Until then, five squadrons of a mix of Eurofighters and F-18s would operate off the Canary Islands. Nevertheless, by the time all the assets were down in the Canary Islands, only seven days were left for any type of preperation for the invasion.

In Algeciras, the 1st Mountain Division, 1st Mechanized Division and 1st Armoured Divisions were more than ready, preparing to be the first echelon - meaning, the first to operate in Morocco; for a long while. In Sevilla, the strategical reserve was composed of the 2nd and 3rd Mechanized Divisions and the 3rd Armoured Division. In Ceuta, El Tercio [Foreign Legion] was already ready to move out, while in Melilla the 1st Air Mobile Division was poised, as well. The strategy was relatively simple on the outlook. Tarfaya and sorrounding airfields would be hit by the Rapid Reaction Task Force, while the armour would hit the ground around three hours later, making their way towards the outskirts of the city. In the north, the 1st Mechanized and Armoured Divisions would land just east of Tangiers, while the 1st Mountain Division would have to wait two more days, where it would be sent to Morocco by air and sent to operate in the Atlas Mountains until the end of the campaign. Melilla and Ceuta would be minor staging grounds, trying to break through and then outflank the Moroccan army in the north. If the Algerians tried to intervene then they would also act as a screening force, blocking the Algerian route of advance and acting as a speed bump, while aviation took care of the rest. Intelligence predicted that with the surrender of 10% of the Morrocan army confusion would pursue, allowing the armour and mechanization to mop up what didn't surrender, so that whatever was alive would most likely choose surrender as their best option. All in all, it was a very sound strategy. But all knew that strategies never lasted the first minute of combat.

[ooc: ask one of them to RP, CSJ probably...he's good with stats...]

OOC: I could RP Morocco's military on the temp if that's really what's desired. Would be interesting at least, since Japan won't be in a major military confrontation for awhile.

also, I know I posted these before, but it looks like they were lost with that bug, so in case anyone else wants to go at it (or just for general reference):
http://topgun.rin.ru/cgi-bin/texts.pl?category=state&mode=show&unit=6007&lng=eng
http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/morocco.htm
http://missile.index.ne.jp/cgi/misearch.cgi?act=cond&lang=en
http://www.deagel.com/weaponry/results.aspx?op=cy0140

Incidentally, all of these are good for digging up info on almost any military. How about that?


Morocco actually doesn't have M1s to my knowledge, and has mostly Vietnam-era stuff, but a few modern things are there and even some of the Vietnam stuff can be a real killer. Chaparrals, for example, are still nasty short-range SAMs.

[OOC: I thought I saw a picture of a M1A2 in the Moroccan ground army. Perhaps it wasn't the Morrocans. I know they bought at least 200 M60s from the Americans, though, while Spain bought around 407 [around the same time, IIRC]. Jagada said he would roleplay Morocco, but either is fine. And thanks for the links.]

[OOC: I thought I saw a picture of a M1A2 in the Moroccan ground army. Perhaps it wasn't the Morrocans. I know they bought at least 200 M60s from the Americans, though, while Spain bought around 407 [around the same time, IIRC]. Jagada said he would roleplay Morocco, but either is fine. And thanks for the links.]
The Abrams has only been purchased by Egypt (777 M1A1), Australia (59 M1A1), Saudi Arabia (315 M1A2 Export), and Kuwait (218 M1A2 Export).
What the Moroccans have is the M48 and M60 upgraded with the TTS. It has sensors on par with the M1, but lacks the mobility, armor, and firepower. Still, if those get any flank or rear shots, those Leapard 2s will be history. And you'll have some trouble getting tanks in initially. You've got a pair of Newport LSTs, but you'll probably want to load them up with only a company of tanks each, since it'll take too long to get more supplies and support ashore.

OOC: I could RP Morocco's military on the temp if that's really what's desired. Would be interesting at least, since Japan won't be in a major military confrontation for awhile.

also, I know I posted these before, but it looks like they were lost with that bug, so in case anyone else wants to go at it (or just for general reference):
http://topgun.rin.ru/cgi-bin/texts.pl?category=state&mode=show&unit=6007&lng=eng
http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/morocco.htm
http://missile.index.ne.jp/cgi/misearch.cgi?act=cond&lang=en
http://www.deagel.com/weaponry/results.aspx?op=cy0140

Incidentally, all of these are good for digging up info on almost any military. How about that?


Morocco actually doesn't have M1s to my knowledge, and has mostly Vietnam-era stuff, but a few modern things are there and even some of the Vietnam stuff can be a real killer. Chaparrals, for example, are still nasty short-range SAMs.

ooc:
Yay, finally military information on Denmark.

But I must disagree on how good they are: the first one said the hjemmeværn as heimwehr (heimwehr is German, so...) :p language-wise, they lose. Anyway, introduction of the Jægersoldater (Danish Special Forces) to this thread will now begin.

I am woefully bad at Moroccan local geography, if anyone has detailed information on what they have there in terms of vegetation, relief, etc... that'd be great. Detailed though, not sketchy.

ic:
Getting their information from the Spanish command, the total of ten elite soldiers had prepared to paratroop on the northern coast of Morocco. Their mission was one of reconnaisance, as they were Jægersoldater, and providing this information to the Spanish forces, while keeping out of harms way as much as possible. They were going to be stealthy, quick and professional. The information was to be transmitted in Spanish, as two of the soldiers knew that language. Therefore, the total was divided into two groups of five. They were provided with only a single packet of explosives and regular supplies. The other eight soldiers had been given a crash course in Spanish.

Another group, this one of twenty elite soldiers, was the offensive group. Whenever possible, they would act on the initial reconnaisance and carry out military operations that the Spanish regular forces couldn't. They had been given adequate amounts of explosives to blow up several bridges and installations, although the installations were probably the main targets. They were going to move in from the sea, land on the northern coast and proceed iwnards, performing scout operations when they didn't have a target.

Both forces would use Spanish military bases to recover and rest in, in between missions, and both forces were absolutely forbidden to get any casualties and were always prepared to leave a critical position, giving its co-ordinates to the Spanish, rather than risk death, although it was unlikely that any were going to be killed anyway.

[OOC: Ok, anybody can take Morocco now; it's high time to get this rolling.]

Final Spanish Ultimatum
Through extension of the prior ultimatum Morocco has been given more than enough time to respond to Spain. We have issued a final ultimatum, matching the previous document, that will continue in effectiveness for the next twenty-four hours. Should Madrid not receive a reply by then, or should Morocco fail to aquiesce to Spanish demans, war will be declared immediately. No quarter to Moroccan troops will be given, and we urge all personnel to surrender - it's not worth dying for an oppresive regime. Nevertheless, twenty-four hours.

Does Spain reject French proposals to open bilateral talks between Morocco and Spain to resolve this problem, rather than to push for an all-out war with Morocco for territorial rights of which Spain has right to own jurisdiction?

France encourages Morocco to engage in bilateral talks with Spain, in order to alleviate the situation and have Morocco assent to the commonly accepted territorial rights in the world. Furthermore, seeing as Spain is stepping forward and touching sensitive material, France suggests that Spain turn to the MINURSO and help the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government come to some consensus on the matter. Turning to violence will resolve nothing and lead to tarnished impressions of the Kingdom of Spain.

At this point Spain is unwilling to engage in bilateral talks with the Moroccan government. We have given the king more than enough time to respond, including an extension of the first ultimatum. At this point, Morrocan lack of cooperation but steady silence is only seen as a ploy to extend the time until war. That said, Spain will stick by this final ultimatum, which is quickly running out of time. Should Morocco fail to respond it will be taken as a denial of Spain's listed requirements for peace and is a warrant for war. Spain has counted on MINURSO and has helped the Polisario Front and Saharaui for the past two decades, yet peace has not been established and progression is completed at a snail's pace. It is time for Morocco to leave, or to be forcefully removed.