Original sentence: In October 2002, the Polisario held its XI General Popular Congress here, electing officials to its executive National Secretariat, the exile parliament of the Sahrawi National Council, as well as reelecting Mohamed Abdelaziz as Secretary General.Tifariti is a small town or village located in the approximately 28% of Western Sahara controlled by the Polisario Front.Tifariti was the place of several battles during the Moroccan-Polisario war (1975-1991) and served as a military base and stronghold for both sides at various points of the war
Edited sentence: Famously, refugee columns were bombed here by the Moroccan Air Force in 1975, with tens or hundreds of casualties depending on the source.In October, 2002, the Polisario held its XI General Popular Congress here, electing officials to its executive National Secretariat, the exile parliament of the Sahrawi National Council, as well as reelecting Mohamed Abdelaziz as Secretary General.These facilities were bombed and almost completely destroyed by Moroccan Air Force in 1991, in the last major attack of the war.Tifariti is a small town or village located in the approximately 30% of Western Sahara controlled by the Polisario Front.Tifariti was the place of several battles during the Moroccan-Sahrawi war (1975-1991) and served as a military base and stronghold for both sides at various points of the war