The Rapid Intervention Battalion (Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide, or BIR) is an elite military force[1] and an army combat unit of the Cameroonian Armed Forces.[2]
The unit is supported by the United States, reports directly to the president of Cameroon, and has played a large part in the Cameroonian and regional war against Boko Haram. The unit has also been accused of torturing and killing detainees at a number of its bases in northern Cameroon and in Nigeria.
^Browne, Ryan (7 August 2017). "US military launches inquiry into torture allegations at Cameroon base". CNN. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^Trafford, Robert; Turse, Nick (20 July 2017). "Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base used for US Drone Surveillance". The Intercept. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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