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Juvenal Habyarimana

Leader of Rwanda after taking power in a coup. Party was MRND.

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Network Zero

Anti-Tutsi groups

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Akazu

Clan, Habyarimana’s inner circle, pro-genocide, wanted to hold onto power

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Coffee

75% of exports were coffee, prices crashed

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Population Density of Rwanda

Very high

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RTLM

Pro-genocide radio, huge contributor to genocide, would publish kill lists with names and addresses of Tutsi and moderate Hutu

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Interahamwe

Youth wing of the MRND, main perpetrators of genocide

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Kangura

Pro-genocide magazine

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RPF

Rwandan Popular Front, led by Paul Kagame, fought Hutu government

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UNAMIR

United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, led by Romeo Dallaire, started with 2,500 soldiers

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Machetes

Common weapons in genocide due to low cost, bought from China

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Genocide Cable

Dallaire contacted by Jean Pierre, warned of genocide, sent to UN

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Habyarimana’s Assassination

Jet shot down, various sides blamed each other, concluded Hutu soldiers did it, led to increased calls for genocide

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Causes of Genocide

Habyarimana’s death, high population density, fall in coffee prices, Akazu clan holding onto power

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Who supported the Hutu government?

France

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Death Toll of Genocide

1,000,000 dead in 100 days

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Somalia Syndrome

US’ aversion to risking American soldiers’ lives in foreign interventions

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Killing of Belgian Soldiers

Pressured international community to stay out

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Shelter in Public Buildings & Churches

Encouraged by government, actually made killing easier

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Rwanda & the UN Security Council

Rwanda got a seat, had access to discussions about not intervening

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Resistance to UNAMIR

Force shrunk to ~450 soldiers, Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh downplayed genocide

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Operation Turquoise

French operation to set up a safe zone for Tutsis

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Operation Amaryllis

Evacuated westerners and Hutu officials

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Clinton Apology

1998, Clinton apologizes for not intervening

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Presidential Decree Directive 25

Prevents UN from using US soldiers against US interests

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

UN court in Tanzania for leaders of genocide

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Gacaca Court

Court system used because so many lawyers and judges were dead. Criminals tried by community they harmed in very fast trial. Controversial.