. . . . . "United States" . . "1 killed" . "Shaba II"@en . "*" . . "11 killed, 20 wounded" . "Supported by" . "Zairianvictory; mutual end of support for other nations' rebel groups" . . "Military: 14 killed, 8 wounded" . . "Shaba II was an invasion of the Shaba separatist movement FNLC (6,500 Katangese gendarmes) into the Zairian province of Shaba on 11 May 1978. The Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC) had its bases in eastern Angola and probably had the support of the Angolan government. Mobutu of Zaire appealed for foreign assistance and French and Belgian military intervention beat back the invasion just as in 1977.The FNLC captured Kolwezi.The U.S."@en . "European civilians: 120 killed" . . "Civilian: 500 killed" . "1 aircraft slightly damaged." . "Angola" . "Front for the National Liberation of the Congo(FNLC)" . . "Zaire:" . . "Belgium" . "France:" .