Commando Invisible (Ivory Coast)

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The Commandos Invisible (French for Invisible Commandos ) are a militia operating in Abobo , a district of Abidjan , during the government crisis in Ivory Coast 2010/2011 , which are assigned to the camp of Alassane Ouattara or the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire (FN) has been.

After the arrest of the former President Laurent Gbagbo , tension and fighting broke out between them and the Forces républicaines de Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI), the successor organization to the Forces Nouvelles. The militia consists of about 5,000 men.

history

The paramilitaries first appeared in February 2011, where they waged an intense guerrilla war , especially in Abobo, against the Forces de défense et de sécurité (FDS), the Ivory Coast's armed forces at the time.

The commando attacked employees of the state broadcaster Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI) who were in Abobo several times .

By March 4, Abobo was completely under the control of the Invisible Commandos. A " Captain Aka " who posed as their leader claimed not to support Gbagbo or Ouattara.

In March 2011 Ibrahim Coulibaly appeared openly in Abobo and identified himself as one of the leaders of the Invisible Commandos.

On the night of March 14-15, fighters from the Invisible Commandos tried to storm a barracks of the CRS riot police in the Adjamé district . In the Yopougon district , the residence of Philippe Mangou , the commander in chief of the armed forces, was attacked.

On March 31st , fighters from the invisible commandos are said to be patrolling the streets of Koumassi , another district of Abidjan.

According to eyewitness reports, on the night of March 31st to April 1st, a battle with many dead between the invisible commandos and the FRCI took place around the building of the Radiodiffusion-Télévision ivoirienne (RTI). The alleged reason was Ibrahim Coulibaly's request to have a message read out, according to which he should take over power as head of a military transitional government. The fighting allowed the Republican Guards to retake the building later. Ouattara and Coulibaly denied the incidents.

On the morning of April 4, when they stormed Abidjan, they united, according to their own statements, with the fighters of the FRCI.

The day after Gbagbo's arrest, on April 12, Tahirou Sanogo , a member of the Invisible Squad, announced on Reuters : “ There is still a lot to clean up. "

Although Coulibaly had confessed to Ouattara in an interview with the AP on April 17, only four days later, on April 21, there was an hour-long firefight with the FRCI at headquarters in Abobo. The FRCI attacked it on orders from Guillaume Soro and was repulsed.

After they had previously categorically refused, the Invisible Commandos agreed on April 26th to disarm. For reasons unknown, the FRCI began an offensive the next morning in which Coulibaly was killed. According to the FRCI, he took hostages after his soldiers were about to be disarmed. In the ensuing escalation, Coulibaly, six fighters from the Invisible Command and two members of the FRCI were killed.

The reason for the fighting between the Invisible Commandos and the FRCI was the refusal of the commandos to disarm. In addition, Coulibaly is said to have demanded a government office. The militia were also charged with numerous looting and other illegal activities.

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ Dominic Johnson : Machine guns against women's demo. In: the daily newspaper. March 4, 2011, accessed April 1, 2011 .
  5. ^ A b Thomas Scheen: Heavy fighting in Abidjan. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . March 15, 2011, accessed March 18, 2011 .
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  14. ^ Ivory Coast renegade warlord Ibrahim Coulibaly killed. In: BBC News . April 28, 2011, Retrieved April 28, 2011 .