CPSN 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter All: Radio Jamming, Hutu, Tutsi

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: College Park Scholars-International Studies
• Course: CPSN 100
• Professor: James Glass

Document Summary

Hutu killed 800,000 tutsi and politically moderate hutu. Us helped remove un troops and kept new ones out. Original us beliefs were that deaths were due to civil war. Moving us troops was scary considering what else could happen in other places. Not moving troops was in case of a what if scenario. Romeo dallaire, major general from canada, in charge of un operation in. Under belgium, tutsi (15% of population) had some political power. 1962 was independence from belgium and start of three decades of hutu rule. Rwanda was never high on the list for un help. Anonymous source warned dallaire and he was told to do nothing. Shooting down the president"s plane led to the beginning of hutu control. Belgian peacekeepers were murdered so belgium would stop caring. Bodies were left to rot where they were killed. Us refused to send troops to rwanda because history with somalia the year before.