1. Crisis: Rwanda, 1994

2. Basics of the Rwanda Crisis 1994
Hutu rebels attempted to eliminate the Tutsi race in their country
Hutus slaughtered nearly 1 million Tutsis
About half of the Tutsis
This is a modern Genocide: killing of an race of people in attempt to wipe them off the planet

3. Why was there so much hatred?
This was a new attempt at a new Holocaust… why didn’t anyone try to stop it?

4. Why were the HUTU people so mad?
Hutus were angry at Tutsis
Tutsis were a part of racist laws that discriminated against Hutus
Rwanda had been a colony of Belgium
Belgium used Tutsi minority to help rule
Hutus were a majority, but had no power

5. More background to the hatred
Prior to 1962 Independence, Hutus started attacking Tutsis
100,000 escaped to neighboring countries
They formed the Rwanda Patriotic Front army (RPF)
They attacked from the outside

6. Hutus prepare to eliminate the Tutsis
Every time the RPF attacked, the Hutu government retaliated with slaughter and repression of Tutsis
1973 – a Hutu general overthrew the government in a military coup
He ruled as a dictator
Juvénal Habyarimana

7. 1990s – peace to Civil War Foreign investment grew the economy
Attacks diminished, population grew, all seemed OK.
Mostly, Hutus prospered, Tutsis did not
Suddenly, in 1990, the RPF attacked, a Civil War started, and weakened the President
1993 – the Hutu President was forced to sign a peace treaty

8. The beginning of the conflict
Hutus were livid. Some formed civilian run militant group (Interhamwe) to combat RPF
1994, a plane carrying the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi was shot down
Hutus blamed RPF
Interhamwe coordinated attacks on Tutsis

9. The Rwanda Crisis, 1994 Three armies in conflict:
RPF (Tutsi rebel army)
INTERHAMWE (civilian Hutu thugs)
RWANDA MILITARY (sided with Hutus)
Extremist Hutu set up road blocks and killed all Tutsi and moderate Hutu
Forced civilians to take up arms and rat out neighbors
Tutsis were being exterminated
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10. Murders grew to the thousands

11. Refugees grew the millions

12. Refugee camp

14. Why didn’t anyone do anything?

15. Something happened in neighboring Somalia in 1993 that caused us to not want to help ANYONE in Africa

16. Generous Americans
Americans had raised millions of $$ in 1985
For Ethiopian starvation
One of the earliest groups to fund raise was the Council Rock SEB in 1984.
They raised thousands of $$ for rice and grain.
Led to LIVE AID 1985
One of the most generous completely giving events ever
Americans started raising $$ again. For starving Somalians

17. Problem… War Lords in Somalia confiscated grain Sold for a profit
Food never got to the most needy

18. Americans were aghast. They wanted to help.
The outgoing President, George Bush (Sr.) wanted to help.
The United States looked for someone to condemn.

19. Should America have helped?
Why not?... Or
How should we help?

20. 1993, The President ordered US troops to find and neutralize the leading War Lords
25,000 Americans were a part of a multi-national force, instructed to protect the innocent, and find and eliminate the War Lords preventing progress.

21. We were hailed as heroes.
By everyone BUT the War Lords
The War Lords panicked.
They lied to their followers.
They told them the Americans were there to attack, to kill their mothers and wives…

22. During one mission, two American Blackhawk Helos were shot down.

23. Americans fought bravely, trying to rescue the fallen, but 18 lost their lives, 80 injured.

24. Several were stripped naked and drug through the dusty streets

25. How should we respond? (Somalians had shot Americans down, drug their bodies through the streets, and filmed it all.)

26. Shortly after, the Americans pulled out, not willing for more Americans to die in this cause.

27. Should Pres. Clinton have responded?

28. The “real” Hotel Rwanda guys
Nick Nolte
Don Cheadle
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Paul Rusesabagina
Gen Romeo Dallaire

29. Uganda Idi Amin Dada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWSS57wXy8Y
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