Cablegate: Uganda Protests to Drc Over Oil Facility Attack

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FM AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
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INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS KAMPALA 001270

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SENSITIVE

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DEPARTMENT FOR AF/C (LEADERS); AF FOR SWAN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG
SUBJECT: UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK

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Summary
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1. (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democ

2. (SBU) On August 3, the GOU protested to the Government of DRC of a m

3. (SBU) This incident comes at a time when Ugandan exploration efforts

4. (SBU) Uganda is increasingly optimistic about exploratory offshore d

5. (SBU) In a separate, but possibly related incident, Lt. Tabaro Kicon

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6. (SBU) This attack caught the GOU by surprise. When Econoff asked Mi

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