Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KINSHASA1831
2006-12-05 16:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
ELEVEN SOLDIERS LEAVE NKUNDA'S FORCES IN NORTH KIVU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 001831
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/05/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: ELEVEN SOLDIERS LEAVE NKUNDA'S FORCES IN NORTH KIVU
REF: KINSHASA 1830
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 001831
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/05/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: ELEVEN SOLDIERS LEAVE NKUNDA'S FORCES IN NORTH KIVU
REF: KINSHASA 1830
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) Eleven soldiers loyal to General Laurent Nkunda,
including two top officers, have left the renegade general's
forces to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC),
according to MONUC military officials. MONUC peacekeepers in
North Kivu launched a secret mission December 4 to extract
Colonel Bernard Mbyamungu and Major Dieudonne Kabika from
their positions in Kichanga, approximately 40 miles north of
the provincial capital of Goma. Mbyamungu, the third-highest
ranking officer in Nkunda's military hierarchy, was
reportedly his chief of operations. Kabika served as the
secretary general of Nkunda's political party, the National
SIPDIS
Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP).
2. (C) Mbyamungu and Kabika were accompanied by nine other
Nkunda troops from the region. All eleven are now in the
custody of FARDC officials in Goma and will be sent to
integration sites in the near future.
3. (C) MONUC-Goma military spokesman Major Ajay Dalal said
MONUC commanders had received word of Mbyamungu and Kabika's
desire to report for integration December 1 and remained in
contact with them during the weekend. A ground operation was
launched from Goma December 1 to extract them, but was
ultimately thwarted by concerns about potential resistance by
pro-Nkunda forces. MONUC then coordinated with regional FARDC
commanders and launched a helicopter extraction December 4 in
Kichanga.
4. (C) Mbyamungu and Kabika's decision to report for
integration follows a series of changes in the FARDC's North
Kivu command structure, to be reported septel.
5. (C) Comment: Mbyamungu and Kabika's decision to integrate
into the FARDC is a blow to Nkunda. If military authorities
treat them well, the FARDC can demonstrate to other
non-integrated forces that integration is a viable option.
End comment.
MEECE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/05/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: ELEVEN SOLDIERS LEAVE NKUNDA'S FORCES IN NORTH KIVU
REF: KINSHASA 1830
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) Eleven soldiers loyal to General Laurent Nkunda,
including two top officers, have left the renegade general's
forces to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC),
according to MONUC military officials. MONUC peacekeepers in
North Kivu launched a secret mission December 4 to extract
Colonel Bernard Mbyamungu and Major Dieudonne Kabika from
their positions in Kichanga, approximately 40 miles north of
the provincial capital of Goma. Mbyamungu, the third-highest
ranking officer in Nkunda's military hierarchy, was
reportedly his chief of operations. Kabika served as the
secretary general of Nkunda's political party, the National
SIPDIS
Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP).
2. (C) Mbyamungu and Kabika were accompanied by nine other
Nkunda troops from the region. All eleven are now in the
custody of FARDC officials in Goma and will be sent to
integration sites in the near future.
3. (C) MONUC-Goma military spokesman Major Ajay Dalal said
MONUC commanders had received word of Mbyamungu and Kabika's
desire to report for integration December 1 and remained in
contact with them during the weekend. A ground operation was
launched from Goma December 1 to extract them, but was
ultimately thwarted by concerns about potential resistance by
pro-Nkunda forces. MONUC then coordinated with regional FARDC
commanders and launched a helicopter extraction December 4 in
Kichanga.
4. (C) Mbyamungu and Kabika's decision to report for
integration follows a series of changes in the FARDC's North
Kivu command structure, to be reported septel.
5. (C) Comment: Mbyamungu and Kabika's decision to integrate
into the FARDC is a blow to Nkunda. If military authorities
treat them well, the FARDC can demonstrate to other
non-integrated forces that integration is a viable option.
End comment.
MEECE