US embassy cable - 05MAPUTO990

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000990 
 
SIPDIS 
GABORONE FOR ILEA 
STATE FOR DS/ATA, DS/IP/AF, INL/C/CJ 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC, PTER 
SUBJECT: DEBRIEF OF MOZAMBIQUE'S PARTICIPANTS OF THE 
ATA/INL POLICE EXECUTIVE ROLE IN COMBATING TERRORISM COURSE 
 
REF: A. MAPUTO 00762 
 
B. STATE 70725 
 
1. On August 11, 2005, AmEmb Maputo RSO staff met with the 
six Mozambican participants of the ATA/INL Police Executive 
Role in Combating Terrorism Course held July 25-29, 2005. All 
six of the participants were extremely enthusiastic about the 
course and were eager to attend the follow-on LEED course to 
be held in October 2005. The participants looked at 
themselves as pioneers in developing an anti-terrorism task 
force for Mozambique and have already met with the management 
structure of the Mozambican Ministry of the Interior to 
propose the idea. The participants' motivation for action was 
partly due to the knowledge they gained of the other 
participant countries efforts to combat terrorism, but mainly 
from their newly acquired knowledge of international 
terrorism and the role played by the international community 
in combating terrorism. The police superintendent for Maputo 
plans to hold a seminar for officers under his command in the 
coming weeks. Participants have also expressed their interest 
in providing such training to new cadets at the police 
academy. 
 
2. The RSO staff would like to express its appreciation to 
DS/ATA, INL, and ILEA Gaborone for their continued hard work 
in providing training for Mozambican law enforcement 
officers. If practicable, the RSO office would request ILEA 
Gaborone to forward any electronic media supplied to the 
participants for this course and any future ILEA courses. 
This material will aid the RSO's office in understanding what 
course topics were presented and to improve local assistance 
to the Mozambican police. Regards. 
La Lime