Complex sentence: Dallaire sent a cable directly to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in New York, requesting permission to raid the weapons caches; the UN refused Dallaire's request to raid the arms, and rebuked him for exceeding his mandate.
Split into simpler sentences: Dallaire sent a cable directly to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in New York, requesting permission to raid the weapons caches. The UN refused Dallaire's request to raid the arms, and rebuked him for exceeding his mandate.