HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ---------------------------Hey all,
there has been a clear campaign to single out Rwanda for the aggression in DRC and to pin the blame on Rwanda. Although Kagame is the staunchest US ally in the region, continued US support for his regime may fatally undermine the US position in Africa, especially as internal opposition in Rwanda grows (remember the NED was designed to avoid the embarassment caused to US policy by the popular uprisings against the Shah in Iran, and Somoza in Nicaragua and to steer such manifestations of anger into a "transition" that would leave US interests intact, while removing the symbolic source of friction between the US and the native populations it sought to dominate). It is conceiveable that the US is working on a "civil society" transition to replace Kagame in the next several years. This probably means that it will continue working both sides of the equation, forcing Kagame to bend on some demands or replacing him if he becomes too rigid in his policies and less acomodating to US interests in the region. ARENA and Bizimungu may be simply a foil to channel anti-Kagame sentiments into an opposition with a generally pro-US position that will still largely maintain the pro-US network of agents intact while cosmetically removing Kagame (if necessary, if at all).
cheers!
Kole
(see story below)
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Rwanda: Desperate Kagame broadly threatens Western diplomats and opposition
figures,
AfroAmerica Network
Kigali, Rwanda. April 8, 2002
" The day is coming when I will have to take a decisive action against them
[opposition]. And when the day comes, even these [Western] supporters with
whom they spent time drinking tea will be helpless. Rwandans will submit to
no one, be they Rwandans or foreigners,” said General Kagame in Butare, in
Southern Rwanda on April 6, 2002. This broad threat was directed to
Western diplomats and opposition figures inside Rwanda, especially the
former President and Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) companion
Pasteur Bizimungu and former RPF regime’s Minister Charles Ntakirutinka.
According to sources within the Rwandan Government, Kagame accuses Western
diplomats in Kigali, especially those in American, French and Belgian
Embassies for supporting the opposition against him and for having
documented assassination attempts against Pasteur Bizimungu and Charles
Ntakirutinka in August 2001.
[See AfroAmerica Network articles: Former Rwandan President narrowly
escapes assassination attempt, of August 14, 2001 and Another Former RPF
minister escapes assassination attempt, of August 17, 2001 on
http://www.afroamerica.net/afroamerica_archive1999-200109.html].
Diplomats in Kigali told AfroAmerica Network that General Kagame clearly
shows symptoms of depression and despair. “He is behaving as though he has
nothing to loose anymore. He has run out friends and he has chosen
confrontation against any perceived threat hoping to preempt any action
against him or attract sympathies from the only one Western friend he still
has.” Sources within Kagame’s own security services told AfroAmerica
Network Kagame has surrounded Kigali with caves and heavy weapons and has
managed to send all troops perceived to be not loyal to him in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo or inside Rwandan provinces. Thus, the
troops loyal to Kagame hold hostages hundreds of thousands of people living
in Kigali. Kagame also just finished, with the help from China, a fortified
bunker in Kiyovu. He has since asked the Catholic Church to move out from
their main Cathedral, the St Michael Cathedral, situated near the bunker.
Meanwhile, people in Rwanda have started to put their hopes in the newly
created Alliance between the Hutu and Tutsis politico-military and political
parties Alliance pour la Renaissance de la Nation (ARENA), les Forces
Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) and Nation-Imbaga. Hundreds of
e-mails sent to AfroAmerica Network converge on the fact that the Alliance
pour la Democratie et la Reconciliation Nationale (ADRN-Igihango)
constitutes what Rwandans have been hoping for. “We hope this Alliance will
start the work of liberating us before Kagame finishes us off.”
These worries may be founded given the threat against Western diplomats and
the opposition and that General Kagame has ordered the separation between
educated prisoners and others. Those educated are led to unknown
destinations. In Gikondo prison, the separation is already completed. The
Director of Prisons in the northern region of Ruhengeri has so far refused
to comply with the order.
Rwandan intelligence services have also started to jam Voice of
America-Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, BBC-Gahuzamiryango, Radio Africa broadcasts to
Africa. They are worried these Radios are spreading opposition ideas among
the Rwandan population.
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--- Begin Message ---Rwanda: Desperate Kagame broadly threatens Western diplomats and opposition figures,AfroAmerica Network Kigali, Rwanda. April 8, 2002 " The day is coming when I will have to take a decisive action against them [opposition]. And when the day comes, even these [Western] supporters with whom they spent time drinking tea will be helpless. Rwandans will submit to no one, be they Rwandans or foreigners, said General Kagame in Butare, in Southern Rwanda on April 6, 2002. This broad threat was directed to Western diplomats and opposition figures inside Rwanda, especially the former President and Kagames Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) companion Pasteur Bizimungu and former RPF regimes Minister Charles Ntakirutinka. According to sources within the Rwandan Government, Kagame accuses Western diplomats in Kigali, especially those in American, French and Belgian Embassies for supporting the opposition against him and for having documented assassination attempts against Pasteur Bizimungu and Charles Ntakirutinka in August 2001. [See AfroAmerica Network articles: Former Rwandan President narrowly escapes assassination attempt, of August 14, 2001 and Another Former RPF minister escapes assassination attempt, of August 17, 2001 on http://www.afroamerica.net/afroamerica_archive1999-200109.html]. Diplomats in Kigali told AfroAmerica Network that General Kagame clearly shows symptoms of depression and despair. He is behaving as though he has nothing to loose anymore. He has run out friends and he has chosen confrontation against any perceived threat hoping to preempt any action against him or attract sympathies from the only one Western friend he still has. Sources within Kagames own security services told AfroAmerica Network Kagame has surrounded Kigali with caves and heavy weapons and has managed to send all troops perceived to be not loyal to him in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or inside Rwandan provinces. Thus, the troops loyal to Kagame hold hostages hundreds of thousands of people living in Kigali. Kagame also just finished, with the help from China, a fortified bunker in Kiyovu. He has since asked the Catholic Church to move out from their main Cathedral, the St Michael Cathedral, situated near the bunker. Meanwhile, people in Rwanda have started to put their hopes in the newly created Alliance between the Hutu and Tutsis politico-military and political parties Alliance pour la Renaissance de la Nation (ARENA), les Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) and Nation-Imbaga. Hundreds of e-mails sent to AfroAmerica Network converge on the fact that the Alliance pour la Democratie et la Reconciliation Nationale (ADRN-Igihango) constitutes what Rwandans have been hoping for. We hope this Alliance will start the work of liberating us before Kagame finishes us off. These worries may be founded given the threat against Western diplomats and the opposition and that General Kagame has ordered the separation between educated prisoners and others. Those educated are led to unknown destinations. In Gikondo prison, the separation is already completed. The Director of Prisons in the northern region of Ruhengeri has so far refused to comply with the order. Rwandan intelligence services have also started to jam Voice of America-Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, BBC-Gahuzamiryango, Radio Africa broadcasts to Africa. They are worried these Radios are spreading opposition ideas among the Rwandan population. AfroAmerica Network, April 2002. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL to this page: http://www.egroups.com/group/africat L'utilisation du service Yahoo! Groupes est soumise l'acceptation des Conditions d'utilisation et de la Charte sur la vie prive, disponibles respectivement sur http://fr.docs.yahoo.com/info/utos.html et http://fr.docs.yahoo.com/info/privacy.html--- End Message ---
