POSC 396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Rwandan Defence Forces, Definitions Of Politicide, Interahamwe
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Within 48 minutes, roadblocks set up by rwandan army and interahamwe. Death squads roamed house to house and targeted moderate hutu politicians and tutsis. April 7: only person who could"ve stopped the killing: madame agathe (moderate. Huto pm) killed the next morning; belgian soldiers taken hostage who were later tortured and killed; executed. Rpf mobilizes in april 8: civil war rebegins. Multiple types of violence: politicide (moderate hutus, targeting of opposition, genocide (targeting a people, in far controlled territory, reprisal killings (rpf controlled territory, civil war/battle front dealths, random violence (exploit situation for revenge, personal gain) To avoid the blame by making everyone guilty, more difficult to punish afterwards. War lords using food as a weapon. Food aid is not reaching the people who needs a food: us begins a televised mission. Us troops begin to engage in rebel groups (not under un command) Us troops decided to take the hotel (2 black hawk shot down), 18 killed, 78 wounded.
