Identifier
Created
Classification
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06KIGALI1175
2006-12-07 15:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kigali
Cable title:
RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
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UNCLAS KIGALI 001175
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO S/CT (RHONDA SHORE) AND NCTC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
REF: STATE 175925
UNCLAS KIGALI 001175
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO S/CT (RHONDA SHORE) AND NCTC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
REF: STATE 175925
1. (U) Below is Embassy Kigali's submission of the 2006
Country Report on Terrorism.
2. (SBU) The Rwandan Government made efforts to combat
terrorism financing and continued to increase its border
control measures to identify potential terrorists. Rwanda
has an intergovernmental counterterrorism committee and a
counterterrorism reaction team in the police intelligence
unit. Central Bank and Ministry of Finance officials
continued to provide outstanding cooperation on terrorist
financing issues. While the Government of Rwanda (GOR) has
not yet fully developed its laws and regulations in
accordance with international anti-terrorism conventions, it
has the authority under local law to identify, freeze and
seize terrorist-related financial assets. Rwanda participated
in regional initiatives on international counterterrorism
cooperation, including active participation in the East
African Stand-by Brigade. In September, it hosted the Third
Regional Counter-Terrorism Conference for Chiefs of Security
and Intelligence Services in Kigali, and it assumed the
Chairmanship of the organization. In October, Police
Commissioner General Andrew Rwigamba was appointed as the
World Regional Chair for sub-Saharan Africa for the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
3. (SBU) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
(FDLR, known as the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR,
until 2001) -- an armed ;rebel force, including former
soldiers and supporters of the previous government that
orchestrated the 1994 genocide -- continued to operate in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda pressed for
international action to pursue the FDLR. An ALIR unit was
responsible for the kidnapping and murder of nine persons,
including two US tourists, in Bwindi Park in 1999. The
Rwandan Government assisted US law enforcement officials
attempting to prosecute three suspects in the attack who were
transferred to the United States in 2003. The Rwandan
Government provided original documents requested by the US
Justice Department and allowed nine Rwandan officials to
travel to the United States.
ARIETTI
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO S/CT (RHONDA SHORE) AND NCTC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
REF: STATE 175925
1. (U) Below is Embassy Kigali's submission of the 2006
Country Report on Terrorism.
2. (SBU) The Rwandan Government made efforts to combat
terrorism financing and continued to increase its border
control measures to identify potential terrorists. Rwanda
has an intergovernmental counterterrorism committee and a
counterterrorism reaction team in the police intelligence
unit. Central Bank and Ministry of Finance officials
continued to provide outstanding cooperation on terrorist
financing issues. While the Government of Rwanda (GOR) has
not yet fully developed its laws and regulations in
accordance with international anti-terrorism conventions, it
has the authority under local law to identify, freeze and
seize terrorist-related financial assets. Rwanda participated
in regional initiatives on international counterterrorism
cooperation, including active participation in the East
African Stand-by Brigade. In September, it hosted the Third
Regional Counter-Terrorism Conference for Chiefs of Security
and Intelligence Services in Kigali, and it assumed the
Chairmanship of the organization. In October, Police
Commissioner General Andrew Rwigamba was appointed as the
World Regional Chair for sub-Saharan Africa for the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
3. (SBU) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
(FDLR, known as the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR,
until 2001) -- an armed ;rebel force, including former
soldiers and supporters of the previous government that
orchestrated the 1994 genocide -- continued to operate in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda pressed for
international action to pursue the FDLR. An ALIR unit was
responsible for the kidnapping and murder of nine persons,
including two US tourists, in Bwindi Park in 1999. The
Rwandan Government assisted US law enforcement officials
attempting to prosecute three suspects in the attack who were
transferred to the United States in 2003. The Rwandan
Government provided original documents requested by the US
Justice Department and allowed nine Rwandan officials to
travel to the United States.
ARIETTI