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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA639, NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA639 2007-06-08 16:11 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO0100
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0639/01 1591611
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 081611Z JUN 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6275
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 000639 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR KPKO CG
SUBJECT: NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA 
NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW 
 
REF: KINSHASA 629 
 
1. (U) Summary: Dissident General Laurent Nkunda gave an 
extended interview to a Kinshasa-based newspaper outlining 
his views on the so-called "mixage" process and the 
intentions of his political front organization. His comments, 
published in the June 6 edition of "La Reference Plus," 
attempt to burnish his image as the "protector" of all 
Congolese, not just the Tutsi community of eastern DRC. 
Nkunda also tried to distance himself from massacres 
committed by forces under his command in Kisangani and 
Bukavu. End summary. 
 
2. (U) The Kinshasa-based newspaper "La Reference Plus" 
published June 6 a two-page interview with dissident General 
Laurent Nkunda from his base in Masisi territory of North 
Kivu province. Nkunda's comments covered a variety of 
military and political issues, including the so-called 
"mixage" of pro-government forces and of troops loyal to him; 
allegations that he is recruiting new soldiers; and his 
involvement in past killings committed by forces he once 
commanded. The date of the actual interview was not 
published, though it likely took place in the past two weeks. 
 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
VIEWS ON "MIXAGE" AND ALLEGATIONS OF RECRUITMENT 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
3. (SBU) Nkunda claimed "mixage" was part of an unwritten 
"gentleman's agreement" reached with Congolese Air Force 
Commander General John Numbi in Kigali in December 2006. He 
claimed the agreement arranged for a cease-fire between his 
and government forces, the integration of his troops into the 
military via "mixage," and the eventual return of refugees in 
neighboring countries. Nkunda said despite his initial 
satisfaction with the "mixage" program, he now sees several 
problems with the arrangement. He alleged the government has 
refused to provide forces for the creation of a sixth "mixed" 
brigade, and that military authorities have not provided 
adequate provisions and logistical support to the existing 
units. Nkunda argued that such lack of support has impeded 
the brigades from carrying out operations against the FDLR 
and is eroding morale. He claimed that despite the perceived 
difficulties with "mixage," the "mixed" brigades have secured 
many areas once under the control of the FDLR. 
 
4. (SBU) Nkunda did not answer a direct question regarding 
reports he continues to recruit forces in the DRC and Rwanda, 
and instead challenged the legitimacy of MONUC officials to 
make such statements. He claimed there were numerous 
demobilized Rwandan soldiers in the DRC -- including himself 
and President Joseph Kabila -- who have the "right" to be 
integrated into the Congolese army. (Note: MONUC DDRRR 
officials have repatriated approximately 100 Rwandans from 
Nkunda's ranks in the past six months, most of whom claim to 
have been recruited in Rwanda. End note.) 
 
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ON FDLR AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS 
---------------------------------- 
 
5. (SBU) The dissident general claimed his political front, 
the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), 
now has as its mission the elimination of the FDLR, and it 
will later go after ADF-NALU forces in North Kivu. (Comment: 
The CNDP is not an officially recognized political party and 
has no authority to conduct political, let alone military, 
activities. End comment.) He urged both military and 
political solutions to the region's FDLR problem, adding that 
the group's members could either return to Rwanda or remain 
in the DRC, though they would have to be disarmed. Nkunda 
said he intended to extend the CNDP's activities to other 
areas and issues, including the reconciliation of Ituri's 
militias and securing South Kivu province. Nkunda asked 
rhetorically why the government continues to demonize him 
when he and his supporters are trying to eliminate "killers" 
who threaten the Congolese. 
 
----------------------------------- 
DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM PAST EVENTS 
----------------------------------- 
 
6. (SBU) Nkunda distanced himself from several brutal 
incidents with which he has been closely associated, laying 
the responsibility on former colleagues instead. He claimed 
 
KINSHASA 00000639  002 OF 002 
 
 
he was not in Kisangani in May 2002 when an attempted army 
mutiny broke out, after which more than 160 people were 
summarily executed. Nkunda said he was in Rwanda at the time 
for military training, and only returned to Kisangani as part 
of a delegation of ANC officers to support then-ANC Commander 
General Gabriel Amisi. He alleged those who died did so 
during the course of fighting, not as part of a massacre. 
(Comment: This is not true. In at least one incident 
investigated by the UN, Nkunda's forces bound, gagged and 
executed 28 people, put their bodies in bags weighted with 
stones, and threw them off a bridge into the Congo River. End 
comment.) Insisting he is a scapegoat, he laid the blame for 
the incident on Amisi and other then-ANC commanders, 
including Generals Sylvain Buki and Malick Kijege, who were 
in charge of the troops involved in the fighting. Nkunda 
further claimed RCD officials "invented" the story of the 
Kisangani massacre and wondered why no one from the party has 
ever fully explained what happened. 
 
7. (SBU) Nkunda claimed (comment: falsely) that there is no 
GDRC arrest warrant against him. He said he wants to remain 
in the military, will eventually integrate, and believes he 
has provided a service to the country in handing over some 
8,000 of his forces for "mixage." Nkunda said he originally 
decided against integration because RCD officials at the 
beginning of the Transition could not convince him the army 
had a positive role to play in restoring peace to the DRC. He 
claimed he did not then want to remain in an "army with no 
mission," and was within his rights as a soldier to refuse 
the command position offered him in 2003. 
 
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COMMENT: A CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION 
------------------------------------- 
 
8. (SBU) Nkunda's interview is part of a public relations 
campaign of disinformation. The Tripartite Plus Joint 
Commission's June 7 declaration urging media outlets not to 
give a forum to "negative forces" such as Nkunda (reftel) was 
precisely meant to counter such distortions of the truth. End 
comment. 
 
------------------------ 
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 
------------------------ 
 
9. (U) Nkunda provided the following autobiographical 
information during his interview with "La Reference Plus": 
 
Laurent Nkunda was born February 6, 1967, in the village of 
Murangi in present-day Rutshuru Territory (North Kivu). 
Married and the father of six children, he is the son of the 
traditional chief from Jomba, who comes from the Chizirungu 
family that arrived in the area in 1953. Nkunda obtained a 
degree in education in 1985 and went on to study psychology 
at the University of Kisangani, Though he dropped out of 
school there, he later enrolled at the Adventist University 
of Central Africa in Mutende, Rwanda, in 1989 to study 
education. He left university life for good in 1990 when war 
broke out in Rwanda against the Tutsi population. In 1992, he 
joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR), later entering the 
ranks of its armed wing, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (APR). 
After several years spent fighting in Rwanda, he returned to 
the DRC with Laurent Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces 
for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) in 1996. When Kabila 
decided in 1998 to expel Rwandan troops that had helped him 
topple the Mobutu regime, Nkunda joined the Kigali-backed 
Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD). He left the RCD in 2004 
to form the Military Council for the Defense of the People 
(CMDP), which later evolved into his current political 
organization, the National Congress for the Defense of the 
People (CNDP). 
MEECE