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RABAT, Morocco (AP) - For 15 years, U.N. peacekeepers policing the cease-fire between Moroccan troops and rebels in the Western Sahara have become a familiar sight.
Too familiar, perhaps. Some U.S. officials, anxious to promote a united North African front in the war on terrorism, worry that the presence of the peacekeepers in their white jeeps has become an excuse for perpetuating the 30-year stalemate rather than negotiating its end.
The matter comes to a head on Tuesday when the U.N. Security Council must decide whether to renew the mandate of the 300-strong force, already the oldest U.N. peacekeeping mission in Africa.
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