They sent American CIA..............like 2000 French Foreign legion troops (special services) to protect him.............

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The Battle of Kolwezi was an airborne operation by French and Belgian ... PresidentMobutu requested foreign assistance from Belgium, France and the United States. ... able to hide started to come under the control and protection of the French. ... but were stopped by an ambush prepared by the French Foreign Legion.

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Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (/məˈbuːtuː ˈsɛseɪ ..... power Mobutuset up several military forces whose sole purpose was to protect him. ..... France itself would send French Foreign Legion paratroopers (2nd Foreign ...

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army, could protect all foreign nationals removing the need for the Belgian ..... French Foreign Legion troops and 150 Belgian paratroopers74 evacuated nearly ... PresidentMobutu accused France of seeking to destabilize Zaire,96 Karl I Bond,.

[PDF]Shaba II: The French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire in 1978

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The French responded by sending the Foreign Legion into Shaba to restore order in the .... Mobutu had been a fixture in Congolese politics since the early days of independence ...... Their caution, however, failed to protect them, and within the.

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Mar 14, 2003 - Two companies of French Foreign Legion paratroopers landed in Bangui at ... of the Congo), to protect Mobutu against his rioting population.

Crisis in Zaire Exposes France's Fading Influence - latimes

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May 9, 1997 - ... of Foreign Legion paratroopers, or even more French military muscle, ... the swelling death rattle of Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko's 32-year-old ... theFrench sent two parachute companies into the capital to protect Europeans.