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2004-03-31 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by tipper 2004-03-31 1:18:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is truly a fantastic article. I just hope somehow this kind of exposure will keep on keeping on. We just can't let this kind of reporting be read and forgotten. Coffee needs to get his dues, and the sooner the better. I really would like to see the US recind it's membership in the UN and expell that body from our shore. A US led organization made up of real countries would bury those maggots in short order. I'm pissed. Chine

Posted by Chiner 2004-03-31 2:34:17 AM|| 2004-03-31 2:34:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 People have pointed at Kagame but the fact is that the genocide was in full force just a few hours after the crash. How is that the Hutus organized so fast? It would be difficult in a First World country where everyone has a phone and radio or TV to have a) one or more leaders getting the idea, b) them getting access to the media c) people "heating" d) people getting weapons and beginning the dirty work

And this was Rwanda were phones are rare and many people didn't have electricity, let alone radios. However in less than four hours (it could have been two hours, not sure) there were nationwide massacres.

Posted by JFM 2004-03-31 6:56:08 AM|| 2004-03-31 6:56:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's just too bad that black box was apparently NOT the black box from Rwanda. The entire premise of this article has turned out to be false... and two weeks ago, at that.

Posted by Symblized 2004-03-31 11:12:06 AM|| 2004-03-31 11:12:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Reading the article, it doesn't say it wasn't from the Rwanda plane. It does make the point that there wouldn't be anything on it to say who was responsible for the shootdown. It seems to have been received from UNAMIR, which would indicate it was of some potential importance to the investigation. The fact that there was nothing on it of substance doesn't mean that Kofi -- or whomever -- wasn't afraid there was something on it of substance.

Posted by Fred 2004-03-31 2:31:43 PM|| 2004-03-31 2:31:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anan has been irrelevant ever since (or even before) he declared, "Iraq too dangerous for the UN." His recent admission of failing Rwanda was much more than a day late and a dollar short.

He and his pop-gun army ceased to be of use long ago. Those who give him any credibility deserve every bit of the protection his military powerhouse can provide.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-03 1:56:13 AM|| 2004-04-03 1:56:13 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Patrick TROLL 2004-03-31 7:09:12 AM|| 2004-03-31 7:09:12 AM|| Front Page Top

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