Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%
@West Bank:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: West Bank and Gaza Strip are
Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be
determined through further negotiation
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WESTERN SAHARA
@Western Sahara:Introduction
Background: Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed and is not expected to occur until at least 2002.
@Western Sahara:Geography
Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between
Mauritania and Morocco