UN Peacekeepers Clear Area Of Militia Members In Eastern Dr Of Congo
New York, Jun 28 2005
United Nations peacekeeping troops undertook a successful cordon-and-search operation in the Ituri district of the
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, two days after the transit sites for ex-combatants were closed down, and
cleared the designated area of militia members, the UN mission said today.
Under heavy weapons fire, the soldiers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Morocco, with Indian air support, forced members of
the Ituri Patriotic Resistance Front (FRPI) from their hiding-place in Medu, 25 kilometres south of Bunia, the UN
Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) said.
The operation was aimed at dislodging the militia members and then disarming them, MONUC's military spokesman,
Lieutenant-Colonel Thierry Provendier, said.
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