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France accused of genocide role
BBC On-line | March 16, 2004 | BBC

Posted on 03/16/2004 10:10:30 AM PST by JCB

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused French people of "direct involvement" in the 1994 genocide. He told the French state-owned RFI radio that they provided weapons and training, and gave orders to those who killed some 800,000 people.

He said the "French elements" were acting on government orders.

The president was speaking a week after a French daily reported a police report that blamed him for a rocket attack that precipitated the massacre.

"Sooner or later they will have to account for their actions, either before a French court or the international court," Mr Kagame said.

Report

The report - extracts of which appeared in Le Monde - concludes that Mr Kagame gave direct orders for the rocket attack on then President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane. He has denied the claim.

Mr Kagame was head of the mainly-Tustsi rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) at the time.

Burundi's then President Cyprien Ntaryamira was also killed in the rocket attack.

Le Monde said the accusation against Mr Kagame is contained in a 220-page report drawn up by police acting for France's leading anti-terrorist judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere.

The police are investigating the deaths of several French citizens on the plane.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; genocide; hutu; rwanda; tutsi; warcrimes

1 posted on 03/16/2004 10:10:31 AM PST by JCB
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To: JCB
For starters, they could go after Francois Mitterand's son, who was heavily involved in smuggling weapons to Hutu Power guerrilas during the genocide.
2 posted on 03/16/2004 10:15:39 AM PST by vikk
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To: vikk
"In countries such as Rwanda, a genocide is not really important." - Francois Mitterand 1994.
3 posted on 03/16/2004 10:20:06 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Oh, it was important all right. France made plenty of money off of it.
What a scumbag.
4 posted on 03/16/2004 2:08:01 PM PST by vikk
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To: dfwgator
You have chapter & verse on that? I would like to copy & squirrel it away for possible future use.

A link would be appreciated.

Thanks.
5 posted on 03/16/2004 6:41:25 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
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