Lahbib Ayoub

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Lahbib Sid Ahmed Aouba, known as Lahbib Ayoub (1951 – 1 November 2022) was a Western Saharan militant and co-founder of the Polisario Front. He led many conflicts with the group before joining Morocco in 2002. Ayoub was born in Tifariti, Spanish Sahara in 1951 and served in the Spanish Army. In 1973, Ayoub became a founding member of the Polisario Front (PF), which aimed to free Western Sahara from Spanish and Moroccan rule. He was close with El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed, who would later become President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and sat on PF's executive committee from 1976 to 1989. He then became Minister of the Occupied Territories (territories in Western Sahara controlled by Morocco). During the Western Sahara War, Ayoub led many battles. On 30 September 1973, he led an attack on Spanish troops at a base near Amgala. In December 1975, he led a raid in Haouza against Moroccan troops. Following El-Ouali's death, he travelled to Nouadhibou on 6 June 1976 and attempted to assassinate President of Mauritania Moktar Ould Daddah.