Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_unit
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| gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:BIR
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| gptkbp:allegation |
human rights abuses
|
| gptkbp:commander |
Brigadier General Bouba Dobekreo
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Cameroon
|
| gptkbp:founded |
2001
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Yaoundé
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)
|
| gptkbp:motto |
Courage – Loyalty – Discipline
|
| gptkbp:nativeName |
Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide
|
| gptkbp:notableCommander |
Colonel Raymond Thomas Etoundi Nsoe
|
| gptkbp:notableOperation |
fight against Boko Haram
operations in Anglophone Crisis |
| gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:Presidency_of_Cameroon
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Cameroon_Armed_Forces
|
| gptkbp:role |
gptkb:military_organization
counter-terrorism elite military unit |
| gptkbp:size |
estimated 5,000-10,000 personnel
|
| gptkbp:trainer |
trained by Israeli and American advisors
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| gptkbp:website |
https://www.bir.cm/
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Cameroon_Army
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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