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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA1384, Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007

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07KINSHASA1384 2007-12-19 08:10 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
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DE RUEHKI #1384/01 3530810
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 190810Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7266
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001384 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
SUBJECT:  Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007 
 
 
SENSTIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 
 
Note:  The following report was provided by Embassy Kinshasa's 
political officer in Goma.  End note. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  FARDC is considering a new offensive against 
Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new 
supplies and equipment to Goma.  MONUC does not believe it will be 
capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. 
Scattered combat continues.  Supported by its attack helicopters, 
FARDC troops fought Nkunda forces to a standstill December 17 at 
Katale in Masisi, but have been unsuccessful at dislodging them from 
the strategic Gungu heights above the Goma-Rutshuru road, despite 
employing heavy artillery.  Nkunda troops have vacated Celtel ridge 
above Sake, but remain in control of its summit as well as the 
nearby Kimoka ridge.  To date, the FARDC has not moved against 
Katshire.  FARDC forces in the Grand Nord are severely depleted as a 
result of the deployment against Nkunda positions further south. 
The meeting of the Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) 
is set for December 20 in Gisenyi.  End summary. 
 
2.  (SBU) Despite the fiasco of its Masisi campaign, FARDC is 
considering a new offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, 
MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Indrajeet Narayan told 
Goma poloff December 18 immediately prior to a meeting hosted by 
Eastern Division Commander Bikram Singh with FARDC Chief of Staff 
General Dieudonne Kayembe and 8th Military Region Commander General 
Vainqueur Mayala.  Narayan said MONUC was attempting to talk FARDC 
out of the idea.  He said no operations are possible for 4-6 months. 
 He said Kayembe appears receptive, but Kabila's view remains 
unclear.  In the meantime, he reported, FARDC is continuing to bring 
in new supplies and equipment to Goma. 
 
3.  (SBU) MONUC is counseling both sides to remain calm.  In 
Narayan's view, "There is no way forward.  There has to be a 
political-military solution."  The problem now, he said, is that 
Nkunda is negotiating from a position of strength; he is refusing 
exile, and wants post-conflict status for himself and his political 
wing, the CNDP.  Government forces are not capable of putting 
pressure on him.  "They are panicking everywhere," Narayan said. 
"They have firepower and logistics, but no leadership."  Colonel 
Delphin Kahimbi, deputy regional military commander, and Colonel 
Philemon Yav, commander of the 81st Brigade formerly headquartered 
in Masisi town, remain under a cloud.  However, Colonel Jonas 
Padiri, the Tutsi commander of the 82nd, fought well and is now 
commanding FARDC forces at Sake.  Land Forces Commander Gabriel 
Amisi is the target of charges he used $100,000 to bribe commanders 
not to fight. 
 
4.  (SBU) Scattered combat continues.  Narayan reported that FARDC 
troops at Katale in Masisi territory had successfully resisted an 
attack by Nkunda forces December 17.  He said FARDC helicopters were 
engaged in the fight, firing 80 rockets and multiple rounds of 
ammunition.  MONUC ferried in fuel and munitions.  A battalion of 
the FARDC 81st Brigade had abandoned Katale under no apparent 
pressure in the aftermath of last week's rout.  Narayan said he had 
prevailed upon Kayembe and Mayala to order its return; they did so, 
reinforcing it with a battalion of the 85th (Mai-Mai) Brigade from 
Walikali territory.  MONUC-Goma political chief Gernot Sauer 
reported that fighting had ended that day by 1600, with neither side 
gaining territory. 
 
5.  (SBU) At Rugari on the Goma-Rutshuru road, Narayan said FARDC 
had attempted unsuccessfully to dislodge Nkunda forces occupying the 
strategic Gungu heights.  He said the FARDC troops there are "really 
scared" and do not stray much more than 100 meters from the road. 
Nkunda commander Colonel Sultani Makenga has mounted a 12.7mm 
machine gun on the heights with which his troops continue to control 
the road.  Rather than assault the position, FARDC is using L-70 
antiaircraft guns to attempt to dislodge them.  Narayan claimed use 
of such heavy artillery against more lightly-armed insurgents was a 
violation of the Geneva Convention.  Sauer reported that a MONUC 
investigation of charges that shots by Nkunda troops at Rugari had 
killed a police officer called Bahati were false; in fact, it had 
been FARDC friendly fire. 
 
6.  (SBU) Elsewhere, Narayan reported that FARDC had deployed its 
71st battalion to Kirotse after Nkunda forces had beaten back an 
attack there by the Mai-Mai 3rd Resistance ("Cobra") Brigade.  MONUC 
troops investigated reports that the hospital there had not been 
looted; they were false.  He said FARDC had lost the JTN tea 
plantation, but not Nyanzale.  He said there had been no FARDC 
movement against Katshire. 
 
7.  (SBU) Narayan said that Nkunda forces had vacated Celtel ridge 
above Sake town.  MONUC forces now occupy the ridge and the area 
around its base, as well as the base of Kimoka ridge, which together 
 
KINSHASA 00001384  002 OF 002 
 
 
with Celtel comprise the formation known as Sake heights.  Nkunda 
forces retain Celtel summit and the remainder of Kimoka.  Sauer 
reported that Ngungu, southwest of Sake, had been re-occupied by the 
14th Integrated Brigade (IB).  Elements of the 14th had apparently 
abandoned it in the panic that followed the brigade's rout, but it 
was not clear if Nkunda forces had ever re-taken it.  Narayan said 
Kayembe has asked 10th Military Region (South Kivu) Military 
Commander General Sylvain Tshikwej to round up elements of the 14th 
IB that fled there. 
 
8.  (SBU) Sauer said that FARDC forces in the Grand North of North 
Kivu are "completely thinned out" as a result of the deployment of 
troops against Nkunda.  He said it is not clear if they have the 
means to carry out a planned attack against the Baraka Mai-Mai, 
named after its 12-year old leader, "General" Baraka. 
 
9.  (SBU) Sauer reported that the meeting of the Congo-Rwanda Joint 
Verification Mechanism (JVM) is planned for December 20 in Gisenyi. 
He said it will feature high-level participation, including Rwandan 
Special Envoy Richard Sezibera and SRSG Swing; Congolese Foreign 
Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi may also attend. 
 
10.  (SBU) Comment:  Singh approached us following his meeting with 
Kayembe and Mayala to inquire if we had any news of AF Senior 
Adviser Tim Shortley's planned meeting with Kabila.  "Our plans all 
depend on you," he said.  Comment.