Rwanda
Atrocities Left on U.N. Doorstep
The deeper we dig into this story, the more skeletons we
uncover. And the more bones we have to pick with Kofi Annan and the United
Nations.
Yes, the organization assigned to guaranteeing human rights
for the oppressed of the world actually appears complicit in the 1994
slaughter of up to one million people during tribal warfare in Rwanda.
It took just 103 days for the ruling Hutu government forces
and their supporters to complete the mega-murder of rival Tutsi tribesmen
and more moderate Hutus opposed to the African bloodbath.
We’ve discovered that the commander of U.N. peacekeeping
forces in the area, Canadian General DeLair sent word to Kofi Annan months
in advance about
the pending tribal holocaust. An informant from within the Rwanda ruling
elite had leaked the story to DeLair. At the time, Annan was serving as
Assistant Secretary General of the U.N.
Rather than issuing orders to protect the threatened
minority, Annan shocked his Canadian commander by ordering him to report the
name of his informant to Rwanda’s Hutu rulers and not to interfere with
the mass murders.
The Tutsi’s had already been disarmed due to a recall of
all firearms before the slaughter
and were unable to defend themselves from the Hutu onslaught.
So, what is the benevolent United Nations up to, these days?
Staging demonstrations in New York City calling for the collection of all
privately owned firearms, in violation of the United States constitution.
Do you see a pattern developing here, Tutsi?
Now, let’s consider how the U.N.’s Rwanda war crimes
investigation is faring? At last word, the U.N. had fired four of its
investigators because they were all Hutus, believed to have participated in
the killing.
Seven years later, only a handful of those who took part in
the slaughter have been convicted, among them, former Rwandan Prime Minister
Jean Kambanda who was sentenced to a life prison term.
Even such liberal groups as Amnesty International have been
scathing in their criticism of the U.N. investigation. A statement from the
group says the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda has led to
inefficiency, confusion, unacceptable delays and a breach of confidential
information.
Amnesty International also claimed the work of the court was
proceeding too slowly, that too many holidays were being taken, that
suspects’ rights were being violated and that witnesses called to testify
against the genocide suspects were not receiving adequate protection.
The guilty remain free, Kofi Annan’s hands are dipped in
the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent Rwandans. And this is the best the world
has to offer?