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100 Days of Murder: The Rwandan Genocide, April 6 - June 22, 1994
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The Origins the Rwandan Genocide
The Kingdom of Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus 1890 Germany awarded Rwanda Rwanda under the Belgians: Constructing Ethnic Divisions, Racism, and New Hatreds 1959 Hutu Emancipation Movement Rwandan Independence, Hutu Nationalism, 20,000 Dead Tutsis 1964/ Pogroms against Tutsis Rwandese Patriotic Front (Tutsis) Invades Preparation for Genocide: Racist Propaganda and the Interahamwe Hutu Militias January 1994 UN Commander learns of genocide plans; UN, USA, France, Russia, and China refuse material aid.
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Timeline of Genocide (1994)
April 6 Hutu President’s Jet Shot-Down - Signal for Murder Hutu Militia’s round up and kill Tutsis and Hutu political opponents; UN Soldiers unable to prevent escalation of violence. April-July ,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus murdered (equals Auschwitz efficiency); machetes weapon of choice; United Nations and “Great” Powers Do Nothing. April 29 UN concedes that “acts of genocide may have been committed; 500,000 Rwandans killed. June 22 French intervene, do little to stop killing July Tutsi Rebels of RPF defeat Hut government and end genocide; Millions of Hutus, fearing retribution, flee to Congo, provoking a new war that leads to 3 million more deaths and continues today. President Bill Clinton travels to Rwanda and apologizes for American inaction during the Genocide American troops could have saved 400,000 lives.
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The Interahamwe: The Killers
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The Murdered
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Counting the Dead
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Orphans of the Genocide
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Hutu Refugees
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A Century of Mass Murder:
Country Years Approximate Toll Soviet Union (Stalin) 1930s-50s million Mao Tse Tung s-1960s million The Holocaust (Hitler) million Japan in China million Cambodia (Pol Pot) million North Korea (Kim il Jung) c. 1-2 million Armenia (Turkey) million Ruanda ,000 East Timor ,000 Darfur (Sudan) As We Speak 150,000 & Counting
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Darfur, Sudan (Today)
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