U.S. security expert Robert Greenway, head of the Allison Center for National Security and a former intelligence officer, on Friday reiterated his call to designate the Polisario Front a terrorist group after a rocket strike by separatists near Samara in southeastern Morocco.
Taking to X, he reposted a tweet about the attack and stated, “Past time to designate them as the terrorists they are!”
Past time to designate them as the terrorists they are! https://t.co/9Qzo9l3rqj
— Robert Greenway (@RC_Greenway) June 27, 2025
Greenway also reacted to a post on X claiming the Polisario used an Iranian Arash rocket in the Samara attack, reposting it with “naturally.”
Naturally. https://t.co/MS4UoRLJyZ
— Robert Greenway (@RC_Greenway) June 27, 2025
Last month, the former intelligence officer argued that Congressman Joe Wilson’s push to “designate the Algeria-backed Polisario Front as a terrorist group is a litmus test of Washington’s willingness to confront terror proxies along NATO’s southern flank.”
He stated in a report, titled Why the US Must Confront Terror Proxy Polisario Front, that Polisario fighters use Iranian-made drones, share desert routes with Russian proxy supply convoys, and tax smuggling routes that fund jihadists in the Sahel—all within missile range of the strategic Strait of Gibraltar.
The report recalled that in 1988, Polisario missiles downed two U.S. Agency for International Development aircraft, killing 5 Americans, but the U.S. failed to respond with sanctions.
Greenway also emphasized that Republican Congressman Joe Wilson’s proposed bill forces Washington to either continue its long-standing leniency or finally recognize the Polisario Front as the proxy threat it has become.
On Thursday, Wilson introduced legislation, co-sponsored on a bipartisan basis with Democratic Congressman Jimmy Panetta, to designate the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law, citing its growing ties to state and non-state actors hostile to U.S. interests—specifically Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia.
“The Polisario is a Marxist militia backed by Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia, providing Iran a strategic outpost in Africa and destabilizing the Kingdom of Morocco, a U.S. ally for 248 years,” Wilson stated on X.
The proposed legislation, following renewed diplomatic talks between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, marks a broader U.S. policy shift to confront regional threats and solidify legislative support for Morocco’s autonomy plan and territorial integrity.
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