Morocco has put an offer on the table to the Spanish government with which it hopes to increase its influence in Ceuta. To this end, the Alawite country is preparing 50 million euros with which it is supposed to finance civil organizations to demand a self-determination referendum for the autonomous Spanish city.
According to what was communicated by the CNI, the Moroccan strategy would be to create all types of organizations and associations, in addition to promoting campaigns through social networks and educational programs with the aim of creating awareness and thus getting closer to the objective that Morocco pursues. for decades and include Ceuta in its territory.
Furthermore, this campaign would not involve a particularly large effort on the part of the Moroccan government, since it does not require a land or air invasion with tanks, soldiers or similar, but simply starting a kind of cultural war and ensuring that its narrative prevails in Ceuta. .
According to the reports published by Morocco, the money that will be allocated to this operation will come especially from NGOs and religious associations, which promote the “reunification” of Morocco and the city of Ceuta.
Among all the practices, there are some that especially concern Spanish intelligence, such as the creation of educational programs that instill in the little ones the notion that Ceuta was a historical Moroccan territory and that it was “stolen” from them by Spain. All this promoted by religious leaders from Rabat.
Another of the most dangerous ones from Spain is the campaigns on social networks, with the presence of bots and false profiles that spread all kinds of messages favorable to the Moroccan movement and its territorial aspirations. Many of these accounts have been detected by Spanish cybersecurity experts, who have been able to verify what type of messages are spread, mainly by the Muslim community of Ceuta and also by those intended for the Spanish electorate in the Psnínsula.
“This is not an improvised attack; “It is a meticulously planned operation, with a scope that goes far beyond Ceuta,” says one of the cybersecurity analysts, who also find parallels with what happened in Russia and its campaign in Ukraine and the Baltic countries, where the main objective was that of destabilizing the local population in key areas with all kinds of disinformation campaigns as well as great financial support.
