Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06KINSHASA640
2006-04-24 16:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
ITURI UPDATE: MONUC, FARDC ADVANCE ON MILITIAS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 000640
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
SUBJECT: ITURI UPDATE: MONUC, FARDC ADVANCE ON MILITIAS
REF: KINSHASA 631
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L KINSHASA 000640
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
SUBJECT: ITURI UPDATE: MONUC, FARDC ADVANCE ON MILITIAS
REF: KINSHASA 631
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) According to internal reports from MONUC's Eastern
Division military headquarters, MONUC forces conducted joint
operations with the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) April
21-23 to seize several towns in Ituri District from militia
control. The recent operations were meant to prepare the
ground in advance of Ituri Explorer, which will aim to
eliminate militia forces based in the southern part of Ituri
(reftel).
2. (C) On April 21, two companies of MONUC peacekeepers (one
Pakistani, one South African) staged a joint operation to
clear the village of Khajana of militia elements. After heavy
mortar fire on selected militia positions, MONUC and FARDC
troops cordoned off Khajana. Three FARDC companies were
subsequently dispatched to patrol Khajana and the vicinity.
One FARDC soldier was killed in the fighting, while the
bodies of four militia members were recovered. MONUC forces
captured weapons and ammunition left by the militias,
including 3 AK-47s, a dozen rocket-propelled grenades, and 75
mortar shells. FARDC and MONUC forces report Khajana has been
under their control since April 21, although there have been
reports of some militia movement in the Geti area, just south
of Khajana.
3. (C) Also on April 21, two companies each of Nepalese
peacekeepers and FARDC troops launched a cordon-and-search
operation named Operation Ituri Element-1 of the Bale area
(approximately 50 miles northwest of Bunia). FARDC forces
encountered militias in the Lovo and Brumo areas, but the
militias fled before the FARDC troops could engage them
further. On April 22-23, the joint forces continued
cordon-and-search operations in the villages of Mola and
Aruda. MONUC reports that no militia were sighted during
these patrols.
DOUGHERTY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
SUBJECT: ITURI UPDATE: MONUC, FARDC ADVANCE ON MILITIAS
REF: KINSHASA 631
Classified By: PolOff CBrown, reasons 1.4 b/d.
1. (C) According to internal reports from MONUC's Eastern
Division military headquarters, MONUC forces conducted joint
operations with the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) April
21-23 to seize several towns in Ituri District from militia
control. The recent operations were meant to prepare the
ground in advance of Ituri Explorer, which will aim to
eliminate militia forces based in the southern part of Ituri
(reftel).
2. (C) On April 21, two companies of MONUC peacekeepers (one
Pakistani, one South African) staged a joint operation to
clear the village of Khajana of militia elements. After heavy
mortar fire on selected militia positions, MONUC and FARDC
troops cordoned off Khajana. Three FARDC companies were
subsequently dispatched to patrol Khajana and the vicinity.
One FARDC soldier was killed in the fighting, while the
bodies of four militia members were recovered. MONUC forces
captured weapons and ammunition left by the militias,
including 3 AK-47s, a dozen rocket-propelled grenades, and 75
mortar shells. FARDC and MONUC forces report Khajana has been
under their control since April 21, although there have been
reports of some militia movement in the Geti area, just south
of Khajana.
3. (C) Also on April 21, two companies each of Nepalese
peacekeepers and FARDC troops launched a cordon-and-search
operation named Operation Ituri Element-1 of the Bale area
(approximately 50 miles northwest of Bunia). FARDC forces
encountered militias in the Lovo and Brumo areas, but the
militias fled before the FARDC troops could engage them
further. On April 22-23, the joint forces continued
cordon-and-search operations in the villages of Mola and
Aruda. MONUC reports that no militia were sighted during
these patrols.
DOUGHERTY