"Congo massacres report angers Rwanda, others" by Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times | October 2, 2010
NAIROBI — The United Nations officially released a much disputed report yesterday on massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has drawn the ire of several countries, especially Rwanda, whose forces were accused of possibly committing genocide.
Related: Rwandan Revenge
The report paints a harrowing picture of the conflict in Congo from 1993 to 2003, with foreign armies from a half-dozen African countries slaughtering countless civilians across a vast stretch of territory, often in the quest for minerals.
Some people did do a count; however, that number makes another special holocaust pale by comparison and we can't have that in our Zionist-controlled media.
Related: Around Africa: Calling the Congo
Also see: Cutting Through the African Bush
It gets pretty thick in the newspaper.
Earlier versions of the report had so outraged Rwanda that it threatened to withdraw thousands of its peacekeepers from Sudan, where it plays a linchpin role in the troubled Darfur region.
But after a special visit by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and extensive negotiations, Rwanda rescinded its threat....
Rwanda’s Foreign Ministry still rejected the report as “an insult to history,’’ and said it could “undermine the peace and stability’’ of the Great Lakes region in Africa.
“The report contains flawed methodology and applies the lowest imaginable evidentiary standard that barely meets journalistic requirements,’’ the Rwandan government said in an official response.
Hey, look, it's a U.N. report.
Uganda, too, had issued a veiled threat on Thursday, saying the allegations “undermine Uganda’s resolve’’ to its peacekeeping operations. The several thousand Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia are about the only thing keeping Somalia’s weak transitional government from being overrun by Islamist insurgents.
Somalia and Sudan coming up next.
Later statements from Uganda, though, gave the impression that Uganda was not planning to withdraw its peacekeepers. A Ugandan military spokesman sent a text message yesterday simply saying, “No pullout.’’
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Related:
Congo rebels turn over commander charged in mass rapes
In eastern Congo rape has become a daily hazard....
And with the biggest U.N. peacekeeping force in the whole world.
Rwandan accused of war crimes arrested
Rights group seeks Congo ex-warlord’s arrest
War crimes trial opens for Congo ex-official
All different dudes.
"UN says 700 report rapes by soldiers
KINSHASA — United Nations officials said yesterday that they were investigating reports that some 700 Congolese women were sexually attacked along the country’s border with Angola. Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN’s humanitarian agency, said the women were among a group of some 7,000 Congolese expelled from Angola in October. He said many women said Angolan soldiers were responsible for their attacks (AP)."
Angola? That's the OTHER SIDE of the CONGO!!!
Congolese women getting the old dp, huh?
:-(
And back east?
"Rwandan opposition leader is arrested; Accused of ties to terrorist group" by Associated Press / October 15, 2010
KIGALI, Rwanda — Police arrested the country’s most prominent opposition leader yesterday and accused her of being involved in the formation of a terrorist organization, months after she was barred from challenging the president in an election.
Human rights groups have accused the Rwandan government of using terrorism allegations to stifle opposition in the country, where the campaign leading up to the August vote was marred by a series of attacks on outspoken government critics.
Sound familiar, Americans?
Rwanda’s government has denied any involvement.
Authorities said Victoire Ingabire was implicated during investigations into the activities of a man who was a former commander of a Hutu militia group operating in neighboring Congo.
Vital Uwumuremyi, who was arrested Wednesday, was accused of forming a terrorist organization, Coalition of Democratic Forces.
Police contend it is the military wing of Ingabire’s political party.
Ingabire returned to Rwanda in January after 16 years to challenge President Paul Kagame but she was barred from contesting the August poll, and Kagame was reelected in a landslide.
Ingabire already faced charges of genocide ideology after she stated publicly that crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide against Hutu citizens should be investigated.
And how dare anyone suggest that about their own regime.
More than 500,000 Rwandans, mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were slaughtered in the genocide.
It used to be 800,000. I wonder why some holocausts can be revised downward and others are untouchable.
Kagame, an ethnic Tutsi, has tried to downplay the role of ethnicity, and people in the country rarely refer to themselves as Hutu or Tutsi and can face charges for speaking publicly about ethnicity.
Ingabire said in an interview this year that members of her party had been tortured while in police custody.
“Our country is on the brink of chaos,’’ Ingabire said in June.
She added, “The rising tension, nervousness, repression, and the shrinking of the political space call for the postponement of the presidential elections. Otherwise the elections masquerade [parade] only the ruling party and its allied groups while excluding the opposition leaders.’’
Sound familiar, Americans?
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And the other side of it:
Rwanda prosecutor targets Minn. teacher
Rwanda's top prosecutor wants a Minnesota professor to appear in a Rwandan court on charges of genocide denial....
Related: Soccer Match Monday: Rwandan Wrap-Up
Also see: UN Gets a Piece
They are IN on the SEX S***?
More: The Quietest Holocaust You Never Heard Of
