The strategist Military Paul Biya, Colonel Abraham Sirvan, dies in a helicopter crash
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The strategists
ge military head of state died yesterday in a helicopter crash in the town of Pouma. Last night Yaounde, Cameroon's capital has undergone a special excitement yesterday. Without any official reason, various parts of the city have been fenced in by various army corps whose rapid intervention battalion (BIR). It is only early afternoon, a rumor has filled the Cameroonian capital showing the crash of a helicopter in the village of Bir Eseka. Based on information gathered by the following good source, writing Mutations learned that Colonel Abraham Avi Sirvan, nationality Israel, one that considers the opinions of Cameroon as the commander of Bir, was killed in a helicopter crash on Monday, about 09h in the locality of Pouma between Douala (the economic capital) and Yaounde.
No official source could not confirm the news late last night while every indication in the heart of the country's institutions that something serious had happened.
It therefore followed among others, the echo of sirens from ambulances as witnesses whose reporters have seen Mutations entering the city from the air base where, after some practical, all four body of the only passengers aboard the crashed helicopter were transported to General Hospital in Yaounde and a straitjacket. Here the Minister for the Presidency in charge of Defence and all the generals present in the Cameroonian capital, attended the deposition of body it is said, on instructions from President Paul Biya.
It was then learned that besides Colonel Sirvan, the pilot and lieutenant colonel Ojong were also killed in the accident yesterday. The circumstances of the accident, pending technical advice, indiscretions have reported technical fault. According some military sources, the helicopter in which the colonel and some of its employees had taken place Bir around six hours in Douala, hit a pylon of a company's telephony instead. Shock which immediately disrupted communications in the localities of Edea, Pouma, and Boumnyebel Eseka.
Can be found the wreckage of the aircraft. Also according to our sources, the accident helicopter was subject to saturation. Over the last few days without proper review, we have seen around the country from north to south and from east to west. He thus made in Maroua and Garoua Ebolowa in the South before and Bamenda and Bafoussam in Western countries. Douala before landing the weekend. Economic capital where it took off yesterday morning to rally Yaounde. In the coming days, investigations on the instructions of the Head of State, Paul Biya, would reveal the real causes of the air disaster of 22 November 2010 which claimed four lives. Military advisor and strategist Paul Biya Security, Abraham Avi Sirvan dying was a very well listened to the Unity Palace where he was also feared by all employees of the Head of State and national defense.
"A good soldier always learning, always adapting" , he had to keep telling people that he was responsible for training or coaching. During a military parade in April 2009 Limba where recruits completed their training, Abraham Avi Sirvan thanked the high command of the army, for various support given to this project to train elite soldiers. Soldiers whose actions, according to Colonel Avi Abraham Sirvan, however, can not replace that of more conventional forces, police, gendarmerie, navy, army.
For him, the Bir was intended mainly to fight against organized crime and should imperatively be deployed as was the case for years in northern Cameroon in the Bakassi area, according to the redeployment of forces in the peninsula decided by the military hierarchy.
Who was Colonel Abraham Sirvan?
The late Israeli colonel ran two elite corps of the Cameroon army.
"If he has granted privileges to the individuals, President Biya at the same time abandoned much of the security forces, whom he distrusts. Lack of political will and efficient use of defense budget. Their elements have insufficient means very, very few weapons and ammunition, and are not training for many unemployed. Since there are not enough military barracks, the soldiers live with civilians, to the neighborhood. Many gendarmerie only three or four items and no transportation.
Given these handicaps, the security forces are mostly not successful. Their ineffectiveness has led authorities to create and focus on special teams. Expected to address specific problems, criminals or border, they enjoy broad powers and de facto impunity. The status of two of these bodies elite Presidential Guard (GP) in charge of presidential security and rapid intervention battalion (BIR), poses particular issue.
Both enjoy a special diet, they do not depend on the Ministry of Defence, but directly from the presidency. They are also trained and controlled by a foreign officer Avi Sirvan Abraham, a retired Army colonel and former Israeli defense attache at the Israeli embassy in Yaounde, which is bound by a private contract to the presidency. While the GP ensures the security of the president and is stationed in Yaounde, Bir, was designed to cope with new forms of crime. He was charged with his debut fight bandits plaguing the north and east of the country. The recruitment of its components differs from that of other entities: it is centralized while the regular forces have a recruitment center in each region. Bir is however controlled by officers who are all from the conventional army. Its soldiers are trained physics of very high level and are known for their efficiency in the use of weapons.
From riots in February 2008, the role of Bir has changed considerably. He was called in reinforcements to secure Douala and Yaounde and the Presidential Palace, threatened by the demonstrators. Since March 2009, its numbers have been increased and it has replaced the traditional forces in Bakassi. But the increased presence of Bir, which now has at least 3,000 men, cause problems. By deploying including Bakassi, Paul Biya has expressed its mistrust vis-à-vis the conventional army. It feels aggrieved. The means given to Bir, who appears as an army within the army, are more important and sophisticated than its own. The elements of Bir have advantages and bonuses that were not ordinary soldiers, which arouse jealousies and tensions. "
©: Report from International Crisis Group in" The Dangers of a fracture system in full, " June 2010
From riots in February 2008, the role of Bir has changed considerably. He was called in reinforcements to secure Douala and Yaounde and the Presidential Palace, threatened by the demonstrators. Since March 2009, its numbers have been increased and it has replaced the traditional forces in Bakassi. But the increased presence of Bir, which now has at least 3,000 men, cause problems. By deploying including Bakassi, Paul Biya has expressed its mistrust vis-à-vis the conventional army. It feels aggrieved. The means given to Bir, who appears as an army within the army, are more important and sophisticated than its own. The elements of Bir have advantages and bonuses that were not ordinary soldiers, which arouse jealousies and tensions. "
©: Report from International Crisis Group in" The Dangers of a fracture system in full, " June 2010
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