The Perfidious Moroccan Regime Implicated In A New 'Pegasus' Scandal
The well-known Moroccan opposition figure, Hicham Grindo, revealed a new espionage operation in which the Moroccan regime was involved, but this time the target was Mauritania, which has repeatedly shown its unwillingness to align with Moroccan narratives aimed at targeting Algeria and attempting to isolate the Polisario Front in the Maghreb region, and conversely, breaking the siege imposed on the Royal Palace by neighboring countries.
The political activist, residing in Canada and facing numerous fabricated cases orchestrated by the Moroccan regime, stated that the latter planted highly sophisticated espionage tools costing approximately 32 million dollars in sensitive locations in Nouakchott, with the United Arab Emirates providing them.
These sensitive devices consist of high-definition microphones and cameras, and they were planted in one of the most sensitive locations through a liaison office in the occupied Sahrawi city of Laayoune, another office in the occupied Sahrawi city of Dakhla, and an annex in the occupied Sahrawi city of Boujdour, meaning the operation was engineered from within Morocco, according to the source in a 'video' he broadcast on his social media account.
Hicham Grindo is considered one of the biggest leakers of exclusive information from within the Moroccan regime's machinery and its influential figures, as well as exposing widespread corruption scandals within the palace and its surroundings.
This has brought him and his family significant legal troubles. In addition to being sentenced about a month ago to 15 years in prison, as well as some of his relatives, the same source stated that a group of businessmen and a group of Mauritanian opposition figures and politicians were targeted, with the aim of weaving spiderweb relations from within Morocco in Mauritania, says the well-known Moroccan 'Youtuber'.
Hicham Grindo called on the competent authorities in Mauritania to seek the help of experts to confirm this penetration, as he said, and put his head on the line in this challenge, confirming the credibility of what he says based on reliable sources.
This 'Youtuber' has recently disturbed the palace and influential figures of the Moroccan regime due to his many leaks, which later proved to be highly reliable.
It is worth noting that Mauritania did not engage in the most important project launched by the Moroccan regime and heavily relied upon, which it calls the 'Atlantic Gateway'. Through this, it attempted to entice Sahel countries into a cunning alliance aimed at isolating Algeria from its surroundings in the Sahel region, as well as Mauritania, which is considered the closest to the countries of the region. It sought to isolate its ports by establishing a port in the occupied city of Dakhla in Western Sahara, to serve as a connecting point with those countries.
Th perfidious Moroccan regime is accustomed to using such illegal practices, and the 'Pegasus' case is just a living example of this. Western investigations indicate that the Alawite Kingdom, using the Zionist 'Pegasus' software, was able to hack the phones of senior officials in Spain and France, including the presidents of both countries, and steal documents from them, before using them to pressure them to change Madrid's and Paris's positions on the Sahrawi issue.
It is likely that it did the same with Mauritania, hoping to achieve the same goal, knowing that Nouakchott is one of the countries that recognize the Sahrawi Arab Republic, a recognition it has not retracted despite the pressures and blackmail carried out by Rabat and its Arab allies who normalized relations with the entity to achieve this.
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The well-known Moroccan opposition figure, Hicham Grindo, revealed a new espionage operation in which the Moroccan regime was involved, but this time the target was Mauritania, which has repeatedly shown its unwillingness to align with Moroccan narratives aimed at targeting Algeria and attempting to isolate the Polisario Front in the Maghreb region, and conversely, breaking the siege imposed on the Royal Palace by neighboring countries. The political activist, residing in Canada and facing numerous fabricated cases orchestrated by the Moroccan regime, stated that the latter planted highly sophisticated espionage tools costing approximately 32 million dollars in sensitive locations in Nouakchott, with the United Arab Emirates providing them. These sensitive devices consist of high-definition microphones and cameras, and they were planted in one of the most sensitive locations through a liaison office in the occupied Sahrawi city of Laayoune, another office in the occupied Sahrawi city of Dakhla, and an annex in the occupied Sahrawi city of Boujdour, meaning the operation was engineered from within Morocco, according to the source in a 'video' he broadcast on his social media account. Hicham Grindo is considered one of the biggest leakers of exclusive information from within the Moroccan regime's machinery and its influential figures, as well as exposing widespread corruption scandals within the palace and its surroundings. This has brought him and his family significant legal troubles. In addition to being sentenced about a month ago to 15 years in prison, as well as some of his relatives, the same source stated that a group of businessmen and a group of Mauritanian opposition figures and politicians were targeted, with the aim of weaving spiderweb relations from within Morocco in Mauritania, says the well-known Moroccan 'Youtuber'. Hicham Grindo called on the competent authorities in Mauritania to seek the help of experts to confirm this penetration, as he said, and put his head on the line in this challenge, confirming the credibility of what he says based on reliable sources. This 'Youtuber' has recently disturbed the palace and influential figures of the Moroccan regime due to his many leaks, which later proved to be highly reliable. It is worth noting that Mauritania did not engage in the most important project launched by the Moroccan regime and heavily relied upon, which it calls the 'Atlantic Gateway'. Through this, it attempted to entice Sahel countries into a cunning alliance aimed at isolating Algeria from its surroundings in the Sahel region, as well as Mauritania, which is considered the closest to the countries of the region. It sought to isolate its ports by establishing a port in the occupied city of Dakhla in Western Sahara, to serve as a connecting point with those countries. Th perfidious Moroccan regime is accustomed to using such illegal practices, and the 'Pegasus' case is just a living example of this. Western investigations indicate that the Alawite Kingdom, using the Zionist 'Pegasus' software, was able to hack the phones of senior officials in Spain and France, including the presidents of both countries, and steal documents from them, before using them to pressure them to change Madrid's and Paris's positions on the Sahrawi issue. It is likely that it did the same with Mauritania, hoping to achieve the same goal, knowing that Nouakchott is one of the countries that recognize the Sahrawi Arab Republic, a recognition it has not retracted despite the pressures and blackmail carried out by Rabat and its Arab allies who normalized relations with the entity to achieve this.
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