Comments on: Strange Times http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/ Protecting the Mountain Gorillas of Virunga Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:51:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mike crowe http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20173 mike crowe Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:58:56 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20173 -i too think this will be the beginning of the end of this war but the last act will be how the hutu population[40percent] will be treated by the cndp and rdf. Hopefully Kagame is savvy enough to realize the world is watching and has taken precautions good luck junys -i too think this will be the beginning of the end of this war but the last act will be how the hutu population[40percent] will be treated by the cndp and rdf. Hopefully Kagame is savvy enough to realize the world is watching and has taken precautions good luck junys

]]> By: Nkunda Arrested | gorillacd.org http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20128 Nkunda Arrested | gorillacd.org Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:35:37 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20128 [...] hours of last night. To be honest, I can’t quite believe how quickly things have moved in the past week and many of us here on the ground are just as confused as you might [...] [...] hours of last night. To be honest, I can’t quite believe how quickly things have moved in the past week and many of us here on the ground are just as confused as you might [...]

]]> By: irisk http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20125 irisk Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:43:33 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20125 I fervently hope you are right, Juny. Iris I fervently hope you are right, Juny. Iris

]]> By: junys http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20123 junys Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:01:16 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20123 it the end of war in the easten of the DRC, it now time of peace it the end of war in the easten of the DRC, it now time of peace

]]> By: mike crowe http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20100 mike crowe Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:31:33 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20100 as to repatriation being a death sentence. This is probaby not true. rwanda has a good record on what has happened within its courts. There are currently no death sentences even for those most implicated. It has however a very bad record of massacring hutus within congo rather than repatriating them. as to repatriation being a death sentence. This is probaby not true. rwanda has a good record on what has happened within its courts. There are currently no death sentences even for those most implicated. It has however a very bad record of massacring hutus within congo rather than repatriating them.

]]> By: mike crowe http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20099 mike crowe Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:16:52 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20099 -because of the 96 genocide against tutsi, Rwandan gov troops have shown they cannot be trusted not to massacre hutu refugees when given the chance.The UN should get in there. I have read that only fifteen hundred of estimated 6000 hutu militia are in the area of Virunga . I hope you miss the worst of it. Unfortunately the aim of the Rwandans may not be to repatriate .but only to break the militias and scatter them further within congo.A better solution would be to give them an escape hole such as dissarmament and resettling within congo far from the border, so they wont feel forced to either fight to the death or flee from the area in small armed groups. -because of the 96 genocide against tutsi, Rwandan gov troops have shown they cannot be trusted not to massacre hutu refugees when given the chance.The UN should get in there. I have read that only fifteen hundred of estimated 6000 hutu militia are in the area of Virunga . I hope you miss the worst of it. Unfortunately the aim of the Rwandans may not be to repatriate .but only to break the militias and scatter them further within congo.A better solution would be to give them an escape hole such as dissarmament and resettling within congo far from the border, so they wont feel forced to either fight to the death or flee from the area in small armed groups.

]]> By: Dylan Presman http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20087 Dylan Presman Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:22:18 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20087 The Washington Post had a piece on this development. According to the Post, the Rwandan troops are there to observe as the Hutu militias are disarmed. You could understand this on one level -- the Hutus escaped after the genocide into Congo and are seen by Rwanda as a threat and humiliation. With them remaining powerful in Congo, the Rwandans will always be stirring up instability. If the Congolese govmt forces could disarm the militias and repatriate those that came from Rwanda, the Congolese and Rwandans would both be shot of a source of disruption. The only flaw in the plan is that it is hard to believe that the Hutu militiamen will go quietly to what would undoubtedly be a death sentence for them back in Rwanda. The Washington Post had a piece on this development. According to the Post, the Rwandan troops are there to observe as the Hutu militias are disarmed.

You could understand this on one level — the Hutus escaped after the genocide into Congo and are seen by Rwanda as a threat and humiliation. With them remaining powerful in Congo, the Rwandans will always be stirring up instability. If the Congolese govmt forces could disarm the militias and repatriate those that came from Rwanda, the Congolese and Rwandans would both be shot of a source of disruption. The only flaw in the plan is that it is hard to believe that the Hutu militiamen will go quietly to what would undoubtedly be a death sentence for them back in Rwanda.

]]> By: sheryl, washington, dc http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20084 sheryl, washington, dc Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:23:41 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20084 Collusion? s. Collusion?

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]]> By: Linda & G4G http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20074 Linda & G4G Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:31:44 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20074 BBC news reporting the troop movements & the barring of UN & aid. Our thoughts are with you all. BBC news reporting the troop movements & the barring of UN & aid. Our thoughts are with you all.

]]> By: mike crowe http://gorillacd.org/2009/01/22/strange-times/#comment-20070 mike crowe Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:47:42 +0000 http://gorillacd.org/?p=2230#comment-20070 bosco ntagana bosco ntagana

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