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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA351, SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA351 2007-03-22 18:50 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO2888
OO RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0351/01 0811850
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 221850Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5848
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE PRIORITY
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK PRIORITY
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000351 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV MOPS ASEC CG
SUBJECT: SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE 
SECTION OF KINSHASA 
 
REF: A. AMBASSADOR-OPS CENTER TELCONS 
     B. KINSHASA 322 
 
1. (U) Small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire broke out 
in the downtown Gombe area of Kinshasa March 22 between 
elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and the guard 
forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Isolated 
shots were first reported around 10:30 a.m., and heavier 
firing began around noon in the immediate area of Bemba's 
official residence on Boulevard de 30 Juin. The fighting 
comes after a supposed March 15 deadline passed requiring the 
replacement of Bemba's and Azarias Ruberwa's guard forces 
with a smaller number of police officers (reftel). Neither 
Bemba nor Ruberwa had turned over the guards by the deadline. 
 
2. (U) Post's Emergency Action Committee convened at 3:45 
p.m. and 6:15 p.m.. The EAC decided to advise all AmCits and 
Embassy personnel to remain in their present locations until 
further notice. The Consular section has sent out three text 
messages on the warden system advising all AmCits to remain 
in place. The consul has spoken to nearly three dozen AmCits 
in various locations in Gombe to ascertain their condition 
and reports there are no injuries or fatalities. There are 
760 registered AmCits in the DRC and 142 mission personnel. 
 
3. (U) Forty mission employees, including local staff, are 
preparing to spend the night at the Chancery. Another 45 
personnel will spend the night at the JAO compound. There are 
an additional 45 personnel in the USAID near the Chancery. 
 
4. (U) MONUC's Radio Okapi broadcast around 6:30 p.m. a phone 
call from Bemba in which he called for a ceasefire. President 
Kabila has not yet responded to Bemba's statement. MONUC is 
working to facilitate a ceasefire between the two. The 
Ambassador, MONUC and other foreign capitals have placed 
calls to both sides emphasizing the need for an immediate 
ceasefire. 
 
5. (SBU) SRSG Swing held an emergency meeting at 2:30 p.m. 
with UNSC members at MONUC headquarters, with only the 
Ambassador and the Belgian charge able to attend. At the end 
of the meeting, Swing received a phone call from President 
Joseph Kabila, who said there had been no order to attack 
Bemba's guards, but that all options had been exhausted to 
achieve political means for Bemba's guards to report for 
integration/DDR and be replaced by police guards. Kabila said 
he had no intention of harming Bemba, adding there is still 
room to negotiate regarding the number of guards Bemba can 
have and the conditions of their assignment. He insisted all 
of Bemba's troops must report for integration. 
 
6. (U) There have been additional reports of fighting within 
the Gombe area, but it has not spread to other parts of 
Kinshasa or elsewhere in the country. Contacts with the 
British and Dutch embassies near the Presidential offices 
reported around 3:00 p.m. continuous small arms and suspected 
mortar fire in their vicinities, and told us they have seen 
artillery and Republican Guard reinforcements arriving near 
the presidency. MONUC military officers and witnesses at the 
American School witnessed two tanks leaving the FARDC's Camp 
Tshatshi heading towards the downtown area. The Canadian 
 
SIPDIS 
Political Counselor reported that one tank had passed in 
front of her embassy building, near the presidential offices, 
around 3:30 p.m. 
 
7. (U) MONUC has expanded its cordon of peacekeepers around 
the main area of fighting and is working to separate the two 
sides. MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Center told us MONUC 
has called for reinforcements from Bas-Congo, Western and 
Eastern Kasai, and Maniema provinces, although none are 
expected to arrive immediately. There are presently 250 
peacekeepers in Kinshasa; the planned reinforcements would 
bring MONUC's strength to approximately 800. 
 
8. (U) A building on the JAO compound closer to the main 
fighting was hit by a stray bullet. In addition, several 
unidentified Congolese men fired their weapons at the guard 
booth of the main JAO entrance, damaging the window. No 
injuries were reported from either incident, and the RSO has 
initiated an investigation. There are no reports of Embassy 
personnel or AmCits injured. Embassy personnel at the 
Chancery, JAO compound and USAID building have been 
instructed to remain in place. 
 
9. (U) Other missions are reporting that their personnel have 
 
KINSHASA 00000351  002 OF 002 
 
 
likewise remained in place. 
 
10. (U) The regularly scheduled SN Brussels flight to 
Kinshasa was canceled. The regular Air France did arrive as 
scheduled this evening. 
MEECE