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U.S. Backs African War Criminal
Oh, I see. It is only OFFICIAL ENEMIES and designated patsies that carried out western war crimes that are held responsible for war crimes. WESTERN WAR CRIMINALS go unmentioned!
Turns out ALL the KILLERS are traced back to CLINTONITE GLOBALISTS and UNPROSECUTED WESTERN WAR CRIMINALS!
"Rwandan military official guilty in ethnic slaughter; Rampage in '94 caused deaths of about 800,000" by Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times | December 19, 2008
NAIROBI - The ringleader of the 1994 Rwanda genocide was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for his role in the early days of an ethnic slaughter that eventually killed an estimated 800,000 people.
Theoneste Bagosora, 67, was the highest-ranking military officer convicted at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The former colonel's prosecution was viewed as a significant step in efforts to punish war crimes.
"This victory sends a message to people like the warlords in Darfur or those committing horrendous rapes and killing in Congo," said Barbara Mulvaney, a Southern California attorney who served as chief prosecutor. "Every time one of these guys goes down, the message is: Sooner or later you are going to be held accountable."
Unless you are a western leader like Bush or Bliar, or any of the various NaZionist rulers of Iz-ray-HELL these last 60+ years!
See: 1.2 million Iraqis dead since the invasion (must be nearly two million by now).
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The 100-day massacre began in April 1994 and pitted Hutu extremists against Tutsi and Hutu moderates. Incited by hate messages on radio and armed by government officials, ordinary Rwandans - including teachers, doctors and priests - carried out much of the killing with machetes.
The verdict brought a much-needed victory to the UN-sponsored tribunal, which has come under fire for spending too much time and money in prosecuting crimes that occurred 14 years ago. By convicting the man many viewed as the mastermind, the tribunal has accomplished one of its chief mandates, legal experts said.
Btw, The timing and causes of Milosevic's death are still suspicious!!!
"In March 2002, Milosevic presented the Hague tribunal with FBI documents proving that the United States government and NATO provided financial and military support for Al-Qaeda to aid the Kosovo Liberation Army in its war against Serbia.... Evidence linking him to genocides like Srebrenica, in which 7,000 Muslims died, was continually proven to be fraudulent. In fact, Srebrenica was supposedly a 'UN safe zone', yet just like Rwanda, UN peacekeepers deliberately withdrew and allowed the massacre to unfold, then blamed Milosevic."
Nothing is EVER AS IT SEEMS in the lying, agenda-pushing AmeriKan press, folks!
The tribunal has "done a pretty decent job of bringing to justice the people behind the genocide," said Sara Darehshori, attorney at Human Rights Watch who served as a tribunal prosecutor in 1995-97.
And where are you on Bush, Bliar, and the NaZionists, HRW?
As with all western rights orgs, there is a blind spot there.
And don't think I'm minimizing the suffering of the Africans; take a look at my blog labels and decide for yourself!!
The court also served as a model for the development of an international justice system, including the International Criminal Court. "Just a few years ago these kinds of crimes were swept under the rug," she said. "But in a short time that's changed, and that is in large part due to this tribunal."
STILL ARE when it comes to Bush, Bliar, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc, etc., as well as the NaZionist occupiers of Palestine!
In Rwanda, where ethnic tension between Hutus and Tutsis is still raw, the verdict was received coolly. When the sentence was announced during a meeting in the capital, lawmakers remained silent. At times, the government has clashed with the tribunal over who should try suspects.
But some genocide survivors expressed satisfaction. "This justice is going to help the victims of the genocide recover their dignity," said Didacienne Mukahabeshimana, a Rwandan human-rights activist who is half-Hutu and half-Tutsi.
EXCUSE ME?
Once again I am left to wonder WHOM fostered DIVISIONS amongst people leading to their SLAUGHTER and MASSACRES!!!!!!
Why am I finding SECTARIAN and ETHNIC SLAUGHTERS to be MORE than what we are told, readers?
Why did SUNNIS and SHI'ITES just come to mind?
Of course, if you committed war crimes in service of the west, you get freed:
Argentine suspects ordered released
Update:
Let's add more murk to it, shall we?
Found it in the B section where you would never expect.
"Rwanda genocide survivors to sing of hope; Youngsters will perform at First Night" by David Filipov, Globe Staff | December 27, 2008
.... Some 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the 100 days between April and June 1994. Most were minority Tutsis; most were killed at the hands of the Hutu majority. The two ethnic groups speak the same language and follow the same traditions, but have a long history of acrimony, which grew after the arrival of colonists from Europe, and boiled over when the plane carrying the country's ethnic Hutu president was shot down over the capital, Kigali, on April 6, 1994.
Why am I NOT SURPRISED!! And WHO TOOK that PLANE DOWN!!!?
During the killings, soldiers and police officers often forced Hutu civilians to kill their Tutsi neighbors. After the killings in Rwanda subsided, the ethnic violence spread to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where up to 5 million people have died....
Ummm, THAT is a HOLOCAUST -- one that is STILL TALLYING VICTIMS!!!
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Please see: Quiet Congo
