[R-G] DR Congo Rebels Recruited from Rwanda Army

[Aaron Aarons]

>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:46:05 -0500
>From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <critical.montages at gmail.com>
>
><http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/democraticrepublicofcongo/3488938/DR-Congo-rebels-recruited-from-Rwanda-army.html>
>DR Congo rebels recruited from Rwanda army
>Exclusive: Rwanda is allowing its territory to be used as a recruiting
>ground for the rebel movement behind the DR Congo's latest bloodshed,
>according to first-hand accounts.

The "Rwandan Patriotic Army" that invaded Rwanda in 1990 and conquered it in 1994 was itself formed from Rwandan Tutsi exiles in the Ugandan army. Paul Kagame, previously a high official in the Ugandan military, was getting military training in the U.S. when he returned to Uganda and Rwanda to lead the RPA's assault after the original leader was killed in action.

This article repeats the lies and half-truths -- good Tutsis, bad Hutus -- about Rwanda that have dominated the English-language media for nearly two decades. For an alternate view, here are a few references:

HOTEL RWANDA: Hollywood and the Holocaust in Central Africa, by Keith Harmon Snow: <http://www.allthingspass.com/uploads/html-135Hotel%20Rwanda%20Corrected%20Final%201%20Nov%2007.htm>

Rwanda 1994: Colonialism dies hard, by Robin Philpot: <http://www.taylor-report.com/Rwanda_1994/>

 - Aaron

>By David Blair in Goma
>Last Updated: 4:43PM GMT 20 Nov 2008
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