Identifier
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06KINSHASA100
2006-01-23 14:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 000100
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH
LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000100
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH
LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY
¶1. (U) MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed to
PAO that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed on January
23 in an operation against Lord's Resistance Army forces in
Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. An
additional fourteen peacekeepers were injured, and have been
taken by helicopter to Bunia. Saiki reported that the
casualties occurred during a fire fight lasting several
hours. Nepalese peacekeepers have been deployed to cordon
off the area, according to Saiki.
MEECE
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