Island fuss latest scrap between Morocco and Spain

Monday, July 22, 2002

RABAT, Morocco -- On the surface, the fuss of the past 10 days between Morocco and Spain was over a tiny, uninhabited rock outcropping that is a haven for hashish smugglers and clandestine immigrants heading for the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea across the spot where Africa and Europe nearly touch.

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