Moroccan Opposition Calls for Troop Pullout
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RABAT, Morocco — Opposition parties in Morocco have demanded that the government withdraw the 1,500 soldiers it contributed to the U.S.-led allied forces in the Persian Gulf and switch its support to Iraq.
Mohamed Khalifa, spokesman for the old-guard Istiqlal Party, told Parliament the allies are fighting “not to defend the Arabs . . . but to carry out a Zionist plan aimed at destroying Iraq’s economic and military potential.”
At a special session of Parliament, convened Tuesday night by King Hassan to debate the Gulf War, all eight opposition parties called for a halt to the hostilities.
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