“This war could take us a year, two years, three years, we don’t know. What we want is the total annihilation of the enemy. If this lasts a week , we will be happy”. This was the message left by the Commander of the Army branch of the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (FADM), Cristóvão Chume, during another patrol day in the district of Mocímboa da Praia, in Cabo Delgado province. According to Chume, who has been in the district of Mocímboa da Praia for over a month to lead the operations to restore order and security in that part of the country, the FADM cannot be euphoric with the results achieved so far, but rather “optimistic” , therefore, “we are going to continue with this exponential combat and we believe that the enemy, in the necessary time, will be defeated”, guaranteed the source. According to the Commander of the Army branch, with the results of operations carried out by the joint troops of Mozambique and Rwanda and by the SADC troop, currently, terrorists are attacking villages in search of food, however, he guarantees that “we want to cut all the enemy lines of communication”. The source acknowledges there is a possibility that the terrorists still remain in the districts of Palma and Mocímboa da Praia, due to the nature of the region, as “we are operating in a very challenging Theater”, characterized by dense forest and “huge uninhabited spaces”. It should be noted that Mozambican and Rwandan troops have been in control of the district headquarters of Mocímboa da Praia since the 8th of August, one year after that district headquarters was in the hands of terrorists. It should be noted that terrorist attacks have already caused the death of more than two thousand people, including civilians, military personnel and terrorists. More than 800,000 people have also been displaced from their areas of origin since October 2017. (O.O.) Source: Carta de Moçambique
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