Rwandan Hutu Rebels Denounce Genocide, Halt War

[Nothing Without Hope]

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Rwandan Hutu Rebels Denounce Genocide, Halt War

Thu Mar 31, 5:06 PM ET
World - Reuters
By Crispian Balmer

ROME (Reuters) - Rwanda's main Hutu rebel group announced on Thursday they were ending their war against Rwanda and for the first time denounced the 1994 genocide of Tutsis that has been blamed on many of their members.

A delegation representing the rebel organization, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), made the announcement after secret negotiations at the Sant'Egidio religious community in the heart of Rome.

"The FDLR condemns the genocide committed against Rwanda and their authors," FDLR President Ignace Murwanashyaka said, reading from a statement. "Henceforward, the FDLR has decided to transform its fight into a political struggle."

Hutu rebels are accused of taking part in the massacre of 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Until Thursday, many FDLR fighters had denied genocide occurred, calling the killings tit-for-tat attacks.

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[AllyCat]

1. Sometimes in April...saw this on Saturday

I highly recommend the movie for anyone looking for information about what has happened there.

This is great news! No thanks to the American government, or the UN, but great that there is some movement towards a settlement of this horrible situation.

[EMTQueen]

3. I'm still disgusted with the Hutus.

The horrendous atrocities they committed, no amount of condemnation could ever excuse them.

[AllyCat]

5. You aren't kidding EMTQ...

but at least this is a glimmer of a start in some direction.

Those poor, poor people. And we just stood by and let it go...except for rescuing the Americans. Those brown people? Well, you know,...

http://www.phrusa.org/research/warcrimes/wargenocide.html

[pennylane100]

6. We are also failing the people of Sudan

where many thousands of innocent people are dying from ethnic cleansing. We very rarely do the right thing when it comes to our foreign policy.

[AllyCat]

7. Yes, but we are liberating people in Iraq, aren't we?

I learned in school America was the "good guy", then I thought we were schoolyard bullies. Now I think we cause more harm than we prevent--and with crew in office, they do it on purpose.

But we did pledge some money to help the people on the African continent fight AIDS. Then never delivered. Actually, I think that's worse than having never promised them anything at all.

[cry baby]

2. Hope they are serious. That is a brutal situation there. nt

[Fenris]

4. "Oops."

:eyes:

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. Reposted in GD at the following thread

...which so far has been utterly ignored:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3403027&mesg_id=3403027