Algeria curbed Polisario support out of fear of Moroccan fundamentalist revolution

Evidence

Though Algeria continued to back Polisario against America’s ally, King Hassan of Morocco, their support was limited by balanced fears that the fall of Hassan might lead to a Khomeini-style revolution and Islamic fundamentalist anarchy on Algeria’s western flank. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1683

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