FRANCE IMPLICATED IN RWANDAN GENOCIDE--1994

      A Commission of Enquiry, set up by the Rwandan Government, has accused France of arming, advising and partcipating in the genocide, which resulted in over 800,000 deaths. " They let the Interahamwe ( Hutu militia ),kill Tutsis under their eyes." " They clearly requested Interahamwe.... to kill Tutsis ."

     The ,then French President Mitterand and Prime Minister de Villepin, together with 31 other high officials, are directly accused . Mitterand was said to be very concerned with Anglo-Saxon influence in Africa and wanted to do whatever was necessary to stop its spread. It is well established that the French Government was very closely associated with the Hutu-led government of Rwanda. They provided arms and training as well as military advisers to the Rwandan  armed forces including the elite units accused of being among the first to start the killings.They also drew up battle plans and military strategy for them, and a database of various tribes, which was used to draw up a kill list of Tutsis.

     The French force that was sent to establish a " safe zone ",took part in the killing and raping of Tutsis, the report said....." French soldiers committed many rapes, forced sexual intercourse specifically with surviving Tutsi women." The report went on to say that  " French soldiers themselves directly were involved in assassinations of Tutsis and Hutus accused of hiding Tutsis. Once the the genocide started on April6,1994, the French sent arms to support the government. A senior Rwandan official spent 27 days in Paris while the genocide was going on, in order to " accelerate " six arms deliveries worth $ 5 million , the report stated.

    Evidence was provided by 120 witnesses.  When it becme obvious that The Hutu-led government was losing, the French spirited many of them out of the country, mainly to nearby Congo, where they continue their depredations.

    A small UN FORCE , led by the heroic Gen, Romeo Daillaire, poorly equipped and left exposed, tried valiantly to limit the damage, but was outmanned, and outgunned. Gen Dailaire would later write his memoir ( Shake Hands With the Devil ), in which he recounted not only the role of the French but also the failure of the UN and especially the USA and Britain . THEY ALL ARE COMPLICIT IN THE DEATHS OF THOSE 800,000.

             For a copy of the report, go to       www.minijust.gw.rw