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Abd-el-Krim ('The Wolf Of The Rif Mountains') was a Moroccan Berber chief, revolutionary and founder of the North African Liberation Committee. He was born in 1880 at Adjir and died in 1963. Leading unsuccessful revolts against the Spanish and French occupiers of Morocco during the early 1920's he formed the Republic of the Rif and served as its President from 1921 to 1926 before being defeated by a Franco-Spanish army and exiled on the island of Reunion. He was granted amnesty in 1947 and went to Egypt where he formed the North African Liberation Committee.
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RIF is an abbreviation for Reading Is Fundamental
RIF is an abbreviation for Reduction In Force
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The Rif Mountains are a mountain range in Morocco. They extend along the north African coast for 320 km from the Straits of Gibraltar.
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Tetuan is a town in Morocco where cannabis produced in the Rif is distributed and processed into hashish. It is listed by the United Nations as a cultural treasure, which belies the underlying drug trade and high crime rate.
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