Rwanda: Cartographie des crimes
Rwanda: cartographie des crimes du livre "In Praise of Blood, the crimes of the RPF" de Judi Rever
Kagame devra être livré aux Rwandais pour répondre à ses crimes: la meilleure option de réconciliation nationale entre les Hutus et les Tutsis.
Let us remember Our People
Let us remember our people, it is our right
You can't stop thinking
Don't you know
Rwandans are talkin' 'bout a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
The majority Hutus and interior Tutsi are gonna rise up
And get their share
SurViVors are gonna rise up
And take what's theirs.
We're the survivors, yes: the Hutu survivors!
Yes, we're the survivors, like Daniel out of the lions' den
(Hutu survivors) Survivors, survivors!
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
et up, stand up, don't give up the fight
“I’m never gonna hold you like I did / Or say I love you to the kids / You’re never gonna see it in my eyes / It’s not gonna hurt me when you cry / I’m not gonna miss you.”
The situation is undeniably hurtful but we can'stop thinking we’re heartbroken over the loss of our beloved ones.
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom".
Malcolm X
Welcome to Home Truths
The year is 1994, the Fruitful year and the Start of a long epoch of the Rwandan RPF bloody dictatorship. Rwanda and DRC have become a unique arena and fertile ground for wars and lies. Tutsi RPF members deny Rights and Justice to the Hutu majority, to Interior Tutsis, to Congolese people, publicly claim the status of victim as the only SurViVors while millions of Hutu, interior Tutsi and Congolese people were butchered. Please make RPF criminals a Day One priority. Allow voices of the REAL victims to be heard.
Everybody Hurts
“Everybody Hurts” is one of the rare songs on this list that actually offers catharsis. It’s beautifully simple: you’re sad, but you’re not alone because “everybody hurts, everybody cries.” You’re human, in other words, and we all have our moments. So take R.E.M.’s advice, “take comfort in your friends,” blast this song, have yourself a good cry, and then move on. You’ll feel better, I promise.—Bonnie Stiernberg
KAGAME - GENOCIDAIRE
Paul Kagame admits ordering...
Paul Kagame admits ordering the 1994 assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda.
Why did Kagame this to me?
Inzira ndende
Search
Hutu Children & their Mums
Rwanda-rebranding
Rwanda-rebranding-Targeting dissidents inside and abroad, despite war crimes and repression
Rwanda has “A well primed PR machine”, and that this has been key in “persuading the key members of the international community that it has an exemplary constitution emphasizing democracy, power-sharing, and human rights which it fully respects”. It concluded: “The truth is, however, the opposite. What you see is not what you get: A FAÇADE”
Rwanda has hired several PR firms to work on deflecting criticism, and rebranding the country.
Targeting dissidents abroad
One of the more worrying aspects of Racepoint’s objectives
was to “Educate and correct the ill informed and factually
incorrect information perpetuated by certain groups of expatriates
and NGOs,” including, presumably, the critiques
of the crackdown on dissent among political opponents
overseas.
This should be seen in the context of accusations
that Rwanda has plotted to kill dissidents abroad. A
recent investigation by the Globe and Mail claims, “Rwandan
exiles in both South Africa and Belgium – speaking in clandestine meetings in secure locations because of their fears of attack – gave detailed accounts of being recruited to assassinate critics of President Kagame….
Ways To Get Rid of Kagame
How to proceed for revolution in Rwanda:
- The people should overthrow the Rwandan dictator (often put in place by foreign agencies) and throw him, along with his henchmen and family, out of the country – e.g., the Shah of Iran, Marcos of Philippines.Compaore of Burkina Faso
- Rwandans organize a violent revolution and have the dictator killed – e.g., Ceaucescu in Romania.
- Foreign powers (till then maintaining the dictator) force the dictator to exile without armed intervention – e.g. Mátyás Rákosi of Hungary was exiled by the Soviets to Kirgizia in 1970 to “seek medical attention”.
- Foreign powers march in and remove the dictator (whom they either instated or helped earlier) – e.g. Saddam Hussein of Iraq or Manuel Noriega of Panama.
- The dictator kills himself in an act of desperation – e.g., Hitler in 1945.
- The dictator is assassinated by people near him – e.g., Julius Caesar of Rome in 44 AD was stabbed by 60-70 people (only one wound was fatal though).
- Organise strikes and unrest to paralyze the country and convince even the army not to support the dictaor – e.g., Jorge Ubico y Castañeda was ousted in Guatemala in 1944 and Guatemala became democratic, Recedntly in Burkina Faso with the dictator Blaise Compaoré.
Almighty God :Justice for US
Killing Hutus on daily basis
RPF Trade Mark: Akandoya
Fighting For Our Freedom?
KAGAME VS JUSTICE
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Le rapport de l’ICG « Congo : une stratégie globale pour désarmer les FDLR »: Une parfaite mascarade
Lecture critique du Rapport de l’International Crisis Group (Newsletter n°9)
Les auteurs du rapport C’est en me soumettant aux habitudes de la recherche en matière d’analyse de documents que j’ai été conduit à identifier les auteurs du rapport. En lisant le rapport l’on aurait pensé à de gentils chercheurs babas cool perdus dans la savane africaine en train d’analyser un conflit entre peuples sauvages de l’Afrique centrale, ce n’est pas le cas. Il s'agit d'une machine de propagande bien huilée. Les auteurs du rapport ne sont pas indiqués, mais par contre j’ai trouvé un panel de personnalités qui pilotent l’ICG.
Ayant suivi au jour le jour le développement de la crise rwandaise depuis 1990 et connaissant les acteurs principaux ainsi que les décideurs internationaux qui ont trempé de près ou de loin dans la crise rwandaise, j’ai tout simplement été surpris par l’ampleur de la manipulation. Le panel de personnalités comprend entre autres :
Les auteurs du rapport C’est en me soumettant aux habitudes de la recherche en matière d’analyse de documents que j’ai été conduit à identifier les auteurs du rapport. En lisant le rapport l’on aurait pensé à de gentils chercheurs babas cool perdus dans la savane africaine en train d’analyser un conflit entre peuples sauvages de l’Afrique centrale, ce n’est pas le cas. Il s'agit d'une machine de propagande bien huilée. Les auteurs du rapport ne sont pas indiqués, mais par contre j’ai trouvé un panel de personnalités qui pilotent l’ICG.
Ayant suivi au jour le jour le développement de la crise rwandaise depuis 1990 et connaissant les acteurs principaux ainsi que les décideurs internationaux qui ont trempé de près ou de loin dans la crise rwandaise, j’ai tout simplement été surpris par l’ampleur de la manipulation. Le panel de personnalités comprend entre autres :
1- Koffi Annan, membre de Comité de Direction de l’ICG, ex Secrétaire général de l’ONU et ancien Responsable des Opérations de maintien de la Paix de l’ONU pendant le génocide rwandais : c’est lui qui a mis sur pied la MINUAR, c’est lui qui a géré de bout en bout les opérations de l’ONU au Rwanda, le dossier de l’attentat contre le Président Habyarimana et son homologue burundais Cyprien Ntaryamira pour lequel on attend toujours une enquête internationale neutre ;
2- Louise Arbour, Présidente de l’ICG, ex Procureur du TPI (à l’époque le TPIY et le TPIR étaitent regroupés sous une même juridiction) : c’est elle qui a mis sous séquestre les poursuites contre les membres du Front Patriotique rwandais pour crimes de guerre, et surtout les auteurs de l'attentat contre l'avion du Président Habyarimana ;
3- Michel Rocard, Conseiller de l’ICG, dont on connaît les accointances avec le pouvoir de Kigali par le biais de l’association « Survie « et depuis qu’il a produit en 1997 un rapport favorable au pouvoir de Kigali pour l’Union Européenne.
4- Christine Ockrent, Membre du Comité de Direction de l’ICG, Directrice générale de l’Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France, épouse de l’inénarrable Bernard Kouchner, l’avocat impénitent du régime de Kigali ;
La présence de ces quelques personnalités averties de la question rwandaise, sans oublier les Britanniques et les Américains dans le Conseil d’Administration de l’ICG, suffit pour invalider le rapport, à mes yeux. Il s’agit-là de décideurs qui ont conduit à la déflagration de l’Afrique centrale en faisant délibérémment les mauvais choix contre les peuples de la région.
Ces personnalités ne remettent nullement en question leurs actions posées qui ont conduit au désastre humanitaire qui jusqu’à présent n’a pas été résorbé. Ils ne remettent pas en cause le pouvoir sanguinaire et dictatorial qu’ils ont participé à mettre en place à Kigali contre la volonté du peuple rwandais.
Or c’est ce pouvoir dirigé par Paul Kagame, qui a mis le feu aux poudres depuis 1990, en prenant la tête de l’invasion du Rwanda à partir de l’Ouganda voisin, contre toutes les règles du droit international, alors que le problème des réfugiés rwandais qui a servi comme prétexte était en voie de solution par la voie des négociations. Ce sont ces mêmes personnalités qui refusent la poursuite des criminels du Front Patriotique Rwandais. Or ceux-ci, non contents d’avoir mis à feu et à sang le Rwanda, ils ont étendu le conflit en dehors de ses frontières dans leurs velléités de conquête de l’Est Congolais, dont le sous-sol est riche en matières premières. Ce sont eux que pointe le discours du Président Obama à Accra :
Soyons bien clairs : l'Afrique ne correspond pas à la caricature grossière d'un continent perpétuellement en guerre. Mais si l'on est honnête, pour beaucoup trop d'Africains, le conflit fait partie de la vie ; il est aussi constant que le soleil. On se bat pour des territoires et on se bat pour des ressources. Et il est toujours trop facile à des individus sans conscience d'entraîner des communautés entières dans des guerres entre religions et entre tribus.
Le conflit a produit jusqu’à présent plus de 5 millions de morts et n’est pas prêt de s’éteindre. Bref il y a des intérêts à défendre derrière le rapport de l’International Crisis Group. Car ce sont ces mêmes personnalités, qui font partie de son Conseil d’Administration, qui ont servi à manipuler l’opinion internationale, par la diffusion de fausses informations, par l’obstruction à la vérité. On ne peut donc pas s’étonner qu’au lieu de trouver les bonnes solutions pour résoudre le conflit en Afrique Centrale, l’ICG défend les intérêts de ces personnalités, en ciblant les FDLR comme le seul et unique obstacle à la paix en Afrique Centrale.
Consolider la paix ? Quelle paix ?
Dès le premier paragraphe le rapport parle de « consolidation de la paix dans la région des Grands Lacs » ! C’est vrai que l’arrivée au pouvoir de Paul Kagame a soulagé certains décideurs internationaux qui profitent de l’exploitation minière illégale du Congo, quel qu’en soit le prix humain. Ils ont donc ainsi intérêt à le maintenir au pouvoir, et le discours actuel est celui de « consolider la paix », c’est-à-dire « consolider son pouvoir », en éliminant toute menace militaire, toute velléité de l’opposition démocratique de le renverser même par les urnes.
Avec l’avènement au pouvoir de Paul Kagame, l’obnubilation des chercheurs de l’ICG est telle qu’ils parlent de « consolider la paix » comme si la paix était déjà là ! Cette région n’a jamais connue de paix depuis que les éléments de l’armée nationale ougandaise (National Resistence Army -NRA) dont Paul Kagame faisait partie, ont envahi le Rwanda, le 1er octobre 1990. Depuis que Kagame est arrivé au pouvoir à Kigali, il y a eu une sorte de métastase du conflit qui a été exporté au Congo en vue d’accomplir les desseins les plus néfastes de conquête du Kivu et d’exploitation des richesses minières du Congo.
Cette occupation a été justifiée devant l’opinion internationale comme une recherche d’espace vital pour le peuple rwandais vers des régions considérées comme appartenant jadis au Rwanda avant le découpage des frontières à la conférence de Berlin en 1896. Que nenni ! Le peuple rwandais n’a pas besoin d’espace vital, en tous cas pas par les armes.
De plus les régions rwandophones de l’Est Congolais n’appartenaient pas au Rwanda avant l’arrivée de la colonisation. Tout expansionnisme par les armes prive le peuple rwandais de la bienveillance des peuples voisins quant à la coopération régionale en vue de la formation d’un espace économique large en Afrique centrale. Le peuple rwandais perd à la fois leur amitié et leur coopération future grâce à la folie meurtrière et l’avidité d’un individu, Paul Kagame, pour l’exploitation illégale du sous-sol congolais.
Il n’y aura jamais de paix, tant que Kagame n’aura pas quitté le Congo. Il n’y aura jamais de paix tant qu’il sera au pouvoir à Kigali contre la volonté du peuple rwandais. On ne peut pas « consolider la paix » avec un dictateur de cet acabit qui a du sang sur les mains. Sa place devrait être devant les Tribunaux. Le devoir du citoyen rwandais est de le combattre par tous les moyens, démocratiques et militaires.
Neutraliser les FDLR n’est pas la solution : simplement démocratiser le Rwanda
En ciblant les FDLR comme le seul et unique obstacle à la paix, le rapport oublie les raisons d’existence des FDLR comme ceux des mouvements d’opposition politique armés et non armés à l’extérieur du Rwanda. Le problème essentiel est en effet le déficit démocratique du régime de Kigali. S’il y avait la démocratie au Rwanda, il n’y aurait pas de FDLR, ni d’opposition armée ou non armée en exil.
Neutraliser les FDLR c’est comme couper uniquement les feuilles d’un arbre en voulant le faire disparaître. Les feuilles repoussent aussitôt, beaucoup plus nombreuses, et l’arbre reste en place. Si les FDLR sont neutralisées aujourd’hui, il en naîtra un ou plusieurs autres mouvements armés beaucoup plus incontrôlables, demain ou après demain, car la question politique du Rwanda n’est pas réglée. Faire l’impasse sur la nature dictatoriale et sanguinaire du régime de Kigali, accule les mouvements d’opposition armée et non armée à trouver d’autres solutions extrêmes, radicales et peut-être désespérées, qui ne peuvent conduire qu’à un nouveau bain de sang.
Comment l’ICG a-t-il pu oublier que la première revendication des FDLR est la démocratisation du Rwanda ? Comment le rapport de l’ICG n’a-t-il pas évoqué la prochaine élection présidentielle comme une possibilité de résolution du conflit rwandais, et partant du problème des FDLR, si Paul Kagame admet la participation d’autres candidats libres à cette élection ainsi que le devoir pour lui de respecter le verdict des urnes ?
Le RUD-Urunana qui est également mis en cause dans le rapport participe à une coalition ODR-Dufatanye qui a annoncé qu’elle ne participerait pas à l’élection présidentielle parce que « les droits et libertés d’opinion et d’expression nécessaires pour mener la campagne pour les élections présidentielles au Rwanda sont totalement bafoués par la dictature militaire absolue instaurée par le régime FPR depuis 1994 à nos jours » et que « Mr Paul Kagame en personne, est à la tête d’une liste des criminels identifiés et recherchés par la justice internationale. (…) il tente par tous les moyens illégaux et illégitimes de se maintenir durablement au pouvoir sans partage pour ensuite pouvoir contourner les mandats internationaux, éviter de répondre de ses crimes contre l’humanité qui lui sont reprochés et livrer à la justice internationale d’autres criminels qui ne sont pas protégés par l’immunité présidentielle ».
Aujourd’hui, une seule candidate à la candidature est en lice, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, et elle n’est même pas assurée d’obtenir son passeport pour participer à l’élection présidentielle. C’est-à-dire qu’il y a encore beaucoup à faire pour démocratiser le régime de Kigali. Or le rapport de l’ICG ne dit rien de tout cela de tout cela. En démocratisant le pouvoir rwandais, on crée les conditions de paix et de réconciliation entre les Rwandais, on crée en même temps la paix en Afrique centrale dont le Rwanda et l’Ouganda sont les déstabilisateurs.
Alors que le désarmement et le retour des combattants des FDLR est conditionné à la démocratisation du pays, le Rwanda a multiplié les signaux négatifs dans ces derniers temps : en supprimant la peine de mort, le sénat rwandais l’a remplacé par la « réclusion criminelle à perpétuité en isolement », c’est-à-dire que le condamné n’a pas droit aux visites même s’il meurt personne son corps ne sera pas rendu à la famille (ce qui équivaut à une peine de mort déguisée) ; la comparution des chefs des FDLR, qui se sont rendus devant les tribunaux Gacaca, notamment le Général Rarakabije, et Séraphin Bizimungu, ce dernier ayant écopé de la peine la plus lourde (réclusion criminelle à perpétuité en isolement= peine de mort) ; la pressé est muselée, les journalistes sont régulièrement harcelés et emprisonnés, même les médias étrangers ne sont pas en reste : BBC a été momentanément interdite au courant de cette année, RFI l’a été définitivement et n’émet plus depuis 2006 ; une délégation du RUD-Urunana qui s’est rendue au Rwanda en fin d’année 2008 a rendu un rapport négatif sur les conditions de viabilité d’un retour éventuel des combattants dans leur pays. Tout ceci a fini de décourager les candidats à la démobilisation et au retour parce que ce sont des indicateurs de la nature dictatoriale du régime de Kigali.
La sempiternelle question des « présumés génocidaires » des FDLR: ce n’est pas à Kigali de fournir la liste c'est le TPIR.
Cette question est du ressort du Tribunal Pénal International pour le Rwanda. Le régime de Kigali ou n’importe quelle organisation humanitaire n’ont pas le droit de l’évoquer pour refuser aux FDLR les négociations pour le partage du pouvoir. Tous ceux qui sont suspectés d’avoir participé au génocide ont été arrêtés ou sont sous le coup de mandats d’arrêts internationaux. Le pouvoir de Kigali n’a donc pas le droit de choisir qui il veut pour participer aux négociations.
C’est pourquoi le gouvernement congolais, les organismes humanitaires ne doivent pas demander au gouvernement de Kigali de fournir une liste de présumés génocidaires. Cette liste doit être fournie par le TPIR, car c’est lui qui doit poursuivre les prévenus qui se trouvent à l’étranger. Dans ce petit jeu là il ne faut pas oublier que le régime de Kigali est juge et partie, car ses propres membres sont suspectés d’avoir commis au moins des crimes de guerre.
Ce n’est donc pas à lui de traquer les génocidaires qui ne sont pas sur son territoire, c’est le TPIR. Le comble c’est que le pouvoir de Kigali s’attaque aux personnes dont la responsabilité dans le génocide n’a pas été reconnue par le TPIR. C’est le cas de Callixte Mbarushimana. Le TPIR ayant refusé de le poursuivre, le pouvoir de Kigali et l’ICG n’ont aucun argument pour dire qu’il est suspecté d’avoir participé au génocide. Sinon pourquoi le TPIR l’aurait-il relaxé ? Par cet anathème de « présumé génocidaire » ou de « génocidaire » tout court, l’ICG participe à la campagne de diabolisation de l’opposition politique, distillée par le pouvoir rwandais pour empêcher quiconque de rivaliser avec lui dans la course au pouvoir si jamais il était acculé à des élections libres et transparentes.
Ce n’est pas à Kigali, ni à l’ICG, de désigner ceux qui doivent ou ne doivent pas participer à des négociations éventuelles. Ce qui doit être fait, c’est de lui imposer ces négociations en vue de mettre en place un pouvoir de transition comme l’a suggéré un communiqué du parti « Banyarwanda » de Boniface Rutayisire en vue de préparer les élections où toutes les candidatures puissent être présentées et où le peuple rwandais aurait le dernier mot. Ce n’est pas à l’ICG, ni au pouvoir actuel de Kigali, ni la communauté internationale d’imposer aux Rwandais une version du génocide qu’ils ont subi de plein fouet. Chacun des Rwandais l’a ressenti dans sa chair, car actuellement il n’existe aucune famille hutu, tutsi ou twa, qui n’a pas eu ses victimes.
Chaque Rwandais sait qui a tué les membres de sa famille. Je sais qui a tué les 26 membres de ma famille. Aucun Rwandais n’a besoin d’une interprétation, telle ou telle autre, selon les intérêts de tel ou tel régime, tel ou tel lobby étranger. Aucune victime n’est plus importante que l’autre. Chaque Rwandais connaît son tueur, il faut simplement mettre en place les possibilités d’une justice équitable, panser nos plaies, pour ensuite nous réconcilier.
Conclusion
Toutes les opérations de désarmement ou de retour forcé seront vouées à l’échec, tant que les revendications fondamentales des FDLR et du peuple rwandais ne seront pas satisfaites. La communauté internationale pourrait y mettre tous les moyens matériels et détruire tout l’équipement des FDLR. Mais les revendications seront toujours là. Pourtant la solution est simple et pas chère du tout à financer : exiger dès la prochaine élection présidentielle en 2010 que Paul Kagame démocratise le pays. Qu’il mette en place les institutions capables d’assurer les élections libres et transparentes. Ainsi pourra être mis fin à la guerre au Congo, et le peuple rwandais sera libéré du joug d’une dictature militariste sanguinaire.
© Dr. Eugène Shimamungu
http://editions-sources-du-nil.over-blog.com/article-33881115.html
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Aujourd’hui, une seule candidate à la candidature est en lice, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, et elle n’est même pas assurée d’obtenir son passeport pour participer à l’élection présidentielle. C’est-à-dire qu’il y a encore beaucoup à faire pour démocratiser le régime de Kigali. Or le rapport de l’ICG ne dit rien de tout cela de tout cela. En démocratisant le pouvoir rwandais, on crée les conditions de paix et de réconciliation entre les Rwandais, on crée en même temps la paix en Afrique centrale dont le Rwanda et l’Ouganda sont les déstabilisateurs.
Alors que le désarmement et le retour des combattants des FDLR est conditionné à la démocratisation du pays, le Rwanda a multiplié les signaux négatifs dans ces derniers temps : en supprimant la peine de mort, le sénat rwandais l’a remplacé par la « réclusion criminelle à perpétuité en isolement », c’est-à-dire que le condamné n’a pas droit aux visites même s’il meurt personne son corps ne sera pas rendu à la famille (ce qui équivaut à une peine de mort déguisée) ; la comparution des chefs des FDLR, qui se sont rendus devant les tribunaux Gacaca, notamment le Général Rarakabije, et Séraphin Bizimungu, ce dernier ayant écopé de la peine la plus lourde (réclusion criminelle à perpétuité en isolement= peine de mort) ; la pressé est muselée, les journalistes sont régulièrement harcelés et emprisonnés, même les médias étrangers ne sont pas en reste : BBC a été momentanément interdite au courant de cette année, RFI l’a été définitivement et n’émet plus depuis 2006 ; une délégation du RUD-Urunana qui s’est rendue au Rwanda en fin d’année 2008 a rendu un rapport négatif sur les conditions de viabilité d’un retour éventuel des combattants dans leur pays. Tout ceci a fini de décourager les candidats à la démobilisation et au retour parce que ce sont des indicateurs de la nature dictatoriale du régime de Kigali.
La sempiternelle question des « présumés génocidaires » des FDLR: ce n’est pas à Kigali de fournir la liste c'est le TPIR.
Cette question est du ressort du Tribunal Pénal International pour le Rwanda. Le régime de Kigali ou n’importe quelle organisation humanitaire n’ont pas le droit de l’évoquer pour refuser aux FDLR les négociations pour le partage du pouvoir. Tous ceux qui sont suspectés d’avoir participé au génocide ont été arrêtés ou sont sous le coup de mandats d’arrêts internationaux. Le pouvoir de Kigali n’a donc pas le droit de choisir qui il veut pour participer aux négociations.
C’est pourquoi le gouvernement congolais, les organismes humanitaires ne doivent pas demander au gouvernement de Kigali de fournir une liste de présumés génocidaires. Cette liste doit être fournie par le TPIR, car c’est lui qui doit poursuivre les prévenus qui se trouvent à l’étranger. Dans ce petit jeu là il ne faut pas oublier que le régime de Kigali est juge et partie, car ses propres membres sont suspectés d’avoir commis au moins des crimes de guerre.
Ce n’est donc pas à lui de traquer les génocidaires qui ne sont pas sur son territoire, c’est le TPIR. Le comble c’est que le pouvoir de Kigali s’attaque aux personnes dont la responsabilité dans le génocide n’a pas été reconnue par le TPIR. C’est le cas de Callixte Mbarushimana. Le TPIR ayant refusé de le poursuivre, le pouvoir de Kigali et l’ICG n’ont aucun argument pour dire qu’il est suspecté d’avoir participé au génocide. Sinon pourquoi le TPIR l’aurait-il relaxé ? Par cet anathème de « présumé génocidaire » ou de « génocidaire » tout court, l’ICG participe à la campagne de diabolisation de l’opposition politique, distillée par le pouvoir rwandais pour empêcher quiconque de rivaliser avec lui dans la course au pouvoir si jamais il était acculé à des élections libres et transparentes.
Ce n’est pas à Kigali, ni à l’ICG, de désigner ceux qui doivent ou ne doivent pas participer à des négociations éventuelles. Ce qui doit être fait, c’est de lui imposer ces négociations en vue de mettre en place un pouvoir de transition comme l’a suggéré un communiqué du parti « Banyarwanda » de Boniface Rutayisire en vue de préparer les élections où toutes les candidatures puissent être présentées et où le peuple rwandais aurait le dernier mot. Ce n’est pas à l’ICG, ni au pouvoir actuel de Kigali, ni la communauté internationale d’imposer aux Rwandais une version du génocide qu’ils ont subi de plein fouet. Chacun des Rwandais l’a ressenti dans sa chair, car actuellement il n’existe aucune famille hutu, tutsi ou twa, qui n’a pas eu ses victimes.
Chaque Rwandais sait qui a tué les membres de sa famille. Je sais qui a tué les 26 membres de ma famille. Aucun Rwandais n’a besoin d’une interprétation, telle ou telle autre, selon les intérêts de tel ou tel régime, tel ou tel lobby étranger. Aucune victime n’est plus importante que l’autre. Chaque Rwandais connaît son tueur, il faut simplement mettre en place les possibilités d’une justice équitable, panser nos plaies, pour ensuite nous réconcilier.
Conclusion
Toutes les opérations de désarmement ou de retour forcé seront vouées à l’échec, tant que les revendications fondamentales des FDLR et du peuple rwandais ne seront pas satisfaites. La communauté internationale pourrait y mettre tous les moyens matériels et détruire tout l’équipement des FDLR. Mais les revendications seront toujours là. Pourtant la solution est simple et pas chère du tout à financer : exiger dès la prochaine élection présidentielle en 2010 que Paul Kagame démocratise le pays. Qu’il mette en place les institutions capables d’assurer les élections libres et transparentes. Ainsi pourra être mis fin à la guerre au Congo, et le peuple rwandais sera libéré du joug d’une dictature militariste sanguinaire.
© Dr. Eugène Shimamungu
http://editions-sources-du-nil.over-blog.com/article-33881115.html
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The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
15 juillet 2009
Depuis les opérations militaires conjointes de traque contre les FDLR organisées par les armées ruandaises et congolaises au nord Kivu, connues sous le nom d'UMOJA WETU et qui se sont soldées par un échec lamentable, les violences ont redoublées d'intensité dans les provinces du nord et sud – Kivu. Et voilà qu'après UMOJA WETU, le tour est revenu à la province du sud Kivu où les opérations contre ces mêmes fdlr viennent d'être officiellement lancées depuis ce dimanche 13 juillet 2009.
Dès l'annonce de cette opération et en prélude à celle-ci, la situation humanitaire et sécuritaire s'est considérablement dégradée dans la province du sud Kivu en général et dans les territoires de Mwenga, Shabunda, Kalehe, kabare et Walungu en particulier. De centaines de milliers des civils sont obligés de quitter leur milieux abandonnant derrière eux champs, bétails, maisons et autres biens pour fuir la mort et la violence. Malheureusement, ces paisibles populations sont abandonnées à leur triste sort à la merci de toute sorte d'intempérie ; les femmes, les enfants et les vieillards sont le plus victimes de cette situation.
Les organisations humanitaires ont du mal à atteindre ces déplacés non seulement à la suite de l'impraticabilité des routes, mais aussi à la suite de l'insécurité causée par les forces démocratique pour la libération du Ruanda, fdlr, et les forces armées de la RDC qui toutes se rendent coupables des actes de violence contre des civils, dont des meurtres, des viols, des pillages et des destructions méchantes.
Dans toutes ces opérations, les civils subissent la vengeance des FDLR pourchassés par les fardc sans pouvoir compter sur la protection de leurs propres forces armées qui les maltraitent aussi quelques fois.
Nous saluons la détermination de la haute hiérarchie militaire dans la répression des cas de violations des droits de l'homme que commettraient les militaires fardc engagés au front. Toutefois, l'on ne doit pas se limiter à des simples et bonnes intentions, celles-ci devraient se matérialiser en acte en sanctionnant exemplairement les éléments qui tomberait dans des tels cas et les officiers qui se rendent maitre en détournement des fonds et autres rations alimentaires destinés à leurs hommes.
Sur le terrain, le commandement de l'opération kimya 2 annonce du jour au lendemain des nouvelles conquêtes des positions tenues jadis par les fdlr. Ce qui est une très bonne chose nous semble-t-il.
Ces annonces victorieuses ne devraient pas, à notre avis, être considérées comme des réelles victoires quand on sait très bien que la stratégie prise par les rebelles de fdlr est celle de se replier et de laisser les fardc occuper toutes les petites localités qu'ils détenaient souvent sans des graves affrontements pour rebondir quelques temps après et se rendre célèbres par des exactions de vengeance principalement sur les civils et en tendant des embuscades aux fardc. Cette stratégie démontre en suffisance la détermination de ces rebelles ruandais à poursuivre avec leur besogne.
Même les plus hauts dirigeants de la MONUC sont conscients des difficultés de neutraliser par la force les fdlr, elle-même, la Monuc, avait tenté à plusieurs reprises, mais sans succès, c'est notamment l'opération plongeons le faucon qui a donné les résultats dont on connait.
Monsieur Patrick Garba, responsable par intérim de la section désarmement, démobilisation, rapatriement, réintégration et réinsertion de la MONUC a lui-même reconnu l'impossibilité de neutraliser les fdlr en déclarant « Nous ne pouvons pas atteindre les combattants des FDLR, car ils se sont réfugiés dans les profondeurs de la jungle(…) »cette affirmation vient confirmer notre crainte de voir le Kivu être transformé en un Afghanistan africain. Malgré cette certitude, le gouvernement congolais s'en tète dans des opérations dont lui-même est conscient de leur échec ; pour quelle fin ? C'est la question que l'on se pose.
Au regard de tout ce qui précède, l'Antenne Libre ASFCO, tout en saluant les démarches du gouvernement congolais visant à rétablir la paix dans les régions de l'Est, reste inquiet et sceptique sur les chances de réussite de ces opérations et pense qu'il faudrait plutôt saisir tous les contours de la problématique fdlr et cela à tous les niveaux pour une solution durable allant dans le bien de la population congolaise longtemps meurtrie et appuvrie :
Au niveau national :
Depuis les opérations militaires conjointes de traque contre les FDLR organisées par les armées ruandaises et congolaises au nord Kivu, connues sous le nom d'UMOJA WETU et qui se sont soldées par un échec lamentable, les violences ont redoublées d'intensité dans les provinces du nord et sud – Kivu. Et voilà qu'après UMOJA WETU, le tour est revenu à la province du sud Kivu où les opérations contre ces mêmes fdlr viennent d'être officiellement lancées depuis ce dimanche 13 juillet 2009.
Dès l'annonce de cette opération et en prélude à celle-ci, la situation humanitaire et sécuritaire s'est considérablement dégradée dans la province du sud Kivu en général et dans les territoires de Mwenga, Shabunda, Kalehe, kabare et Walungu en particulier. De centaines de milliers des civils sont obligés de quitter leur milieux abandonnant derrière eux champs, bétails, maisons et autres biens pour fuir la mort et la violence. Malheureusement, ces paisibles populations sont abandonnées à leur triste sort à la merci de toute sorte d'intempérie ; les femmes, les enfants et les vieillards sont le plus victimes de cette situation.
Les organisations humanitaires ont du mal à atteindre ces déplacés non seulement à la suite de l'impraticabilité des routes, mais aussi à la suite de l'insécurité causée par les forces démocratique pour la libération du Ruanda, fdlr, et les forces armées de la RDC qui toutes se rendent coupables des actes de violence contre des civils, dont des meurtres, des viols, des pillages et des destructions méchantes.
Dans toutes ces opérations, les civils subissent la vengeance des FDLR pourchassés par les fardc sans pouvoir compter sur la protection de leurs propres forces armées qui les maltraitent aussi quelques fois.
Nous saluons la détermination de la haute hiérarchie militaire dans la répression des cas de violations des droits de l'homme que commettraient les militaires fardc engagés au front. Toutefois, l'on ne doit pas se limiter à des simples et bonnes intentions, celles-ci devraient se matérialiser en acte en sanctionnant exemplairement les éléments qui tomberait dans des tels cas et les officiers qui se rendent maitre en détournement des fonds et autres rations alimentaires destinés à leurs hommes.
Sur le terrain, le commandement de l'opération kimya 2 annonce du jour au lendemain des nouvelles conquêtes des positions tenues jadis par les fdlr. Ce qui est une très bonne chose nous semble-t-il.
Ces annonces victorieuses ne devraient pas, à notre avis, être considérées comme des réelles victoires quand on sait très bien que la stratégie prise par les rebelles de fdlr est celle de se replier et de laisser les fardc occuper toutes les petites localités qu'ils détenaient souvent sans des graves affrontements pour rebondir quelques temps après et se rendre célèbres par des exactions de vengeance principalement sur les civils et en tendant des embuscades aux fardc. Cette stratégie démontre en suffisance la détermination de ces rebelles ruandais à poursuivre avec leur besogne.
Même les plus hauts dirigeants de la MONUC sont conscients des difficultés de neutraliser par la force les fdlr, elle-même, la Monuc, avait tenté à plusieurs reprises, mais sans succès, c'est notamment l'opération plongeons le faucon qui a donné les résultats dont on connait.
Monsieur Patrick Garba, responsable par intérim de la section désarmement, démobilisation, rapatriement, réintégration et réinsertion de la MONUC a lui-même reconnu l'impossibilité de neutraliser les fdlr en déclarant « Nous ne pouvons pas atteindre les combattants des FDLR, car ils se sont réfugiés dans les profondeurs de la jungle(…) »cette affirmation vient confirmer notre crainte de voir le Kivu être transformé en un Afghanistan africain. Malgré cette certitude, le gouvernement congolais s'en tète dans des opérations dont lui-même est conscient de leur échec ; pour quelle fin ? C'est la question que l'on se pose.
Au regard de tout ce qui précède, l'Antenne Libre ASFCO, tout en saluant les démarches du gouvernement congolais visant à rétablir la paix dans les régions de l'Est, reste inquiet et sceptique sur les chances de réussite de ces opérations et pense qu'il faudrait plutôt saisir tous les contours de la problématique fdlr et cela à tous les niveaux pour une solution durable allant dans le bien de la population congolaise longtemps meurtrie et appuvrie :
Au niveau national :
- le gouvernement congolais devrait beaucoup privilégier une solution pacifique, c'est-à-dire un retour volontaire des fdlr. L'hypothèse d'un retour volontaire des fdlr n'est pas à exclure, il suffit seulement que le gouvernement congolais, comme Etat souverain, puisse se saisir de la problématique fdlr en concertation avec toutes les grandes puissances qui de loin ou de près jouent un rôle dans cette épineuse problématique. N'oublions pas que ce sont ces puissances internationales qui avaient organisées et facilitées l'entrés de ces refugiés ruandais avec leurs armes sur le sol congolais ; ces mêmes nations ont une influence non négligeable à sur le gouvernement ruandais.
- Des fortes pressions diplomatiques politiques et économiques devraient être exercées sur le Ruanda afin que celui-ci crée les conditions favorables au retour de leurs compatriotes qui, ne sont pas d'ailleurs tous génocidaires. C'est seulement à ce prix, au prix d'une diplomatie agissante et non avec des conventions et autres accords obscurs sous pression de telle ou telle puissance, que le gouvernement congolais pourrait espérer régler définitivement ces épineuses questions de fdlr tout comme celle de la lra. Plus de cinq millions de morts s'en est trop, nous semble-t-il. La carotte sans le bâton ne conduirait pas à la paix.
- Quant à la population de la RDC en général et celle du Kivu en particulier, l'Antenne Libre ASFCO, l'invite à rester très vigilante, à rejeter tout ce qui la divise et à considérer tout ce qui contribue à son unité, car le péril est encore et toujours en la demeure.
- C'est enfin le temps de penser au delà des frontières clanistes, tribales, et religieuses. C'est seulement à ce prix que nous montrerons à la face du monde qu'un peuple uni et déterminé est capable de venir à bout de n'importe quel complot contre lui et que le Congo est une grande Nation et qu'il restera un et indivisible, c'est à ce prix que nous bannirons toute idée de balkanisation de notre cher pays.
Au niveau international : - En plus de l'action que devrait mener le gouvernement congolais envers la communauté internationale, l'Antenne Libre ASFCO lance un appel solennel et pathétique à toute la diaspora congolaise partout où elle se trouve en général et en particulier celle se trouvant dans des pays considérés comme ayant une main mise sur la politique africaine des grands lacs ainsi qu'à tous les amis du Congo de se saisir de la problématique des fdlr et par des actions concrètes pacifiques comme des marches, sit-in et autres cadres de réflexion, de mener des véritables lobbies auprès de la communauté internationale et faire entendre tout haut les voix de vos compatriotes avec lesquels vous êtes unis par le sort, avec lesquels vous partagez les mêmes richesses culturelles et patrimoines dont le plus important est la Nation congolaise que nous ont légué nos pères et grands pères au plus fort sacrifice d'eux-mêmes.
- Nous avons tous l'obligation civique et historique de défendre notre Nation et de prouver la solidarité qui est l'une de grandes valeurs morales qu'on retrouve dans toutes nos communautés, tribus et ethnies ; de nous sentir tous comme un seul homme interpellé par les souffrances de nos compatriotes.
- Par nos actions, nous voudrions encore une fois faire comprendre davantage à la communauté internationale qu'elle a l'obligation de mettre fin à cette problématique FDLR, car elle en a tous les moyens, il lui suffit seulement d'une dose de bonne volonté politique pour que cela prenne fin. Par cette mobilisation unanime tant au niveau national qu'international, le Congo resterait un et indivisible et son développement socio-économique pourrait s'en suivre.
Ainsi fait à Bukavu, ce 15 juillet 2009
Pour l'Antenne Libre ASFCO
Me Jean – Chrysostome KIJANA
Président
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Is Rwanda moving towards fascism?
Dear Reader: Please watch the video on the link here below and make your comment or conclusion.
It's not about America and G.W.Bush. He's already gone! the savor President Obama has entered the White House. God Bless America.
On the contrary, watch and read between lines. Use your brain to see what we mean here.
It's ALL about your country, Rwanda where Rwandans are under criminals rule!
Just count and know which are the then Top Ten signs. Is that correct?
ENJOY!
© SurViVors Editions
Dear Reader: Please watch the video on the link here below and make your comment or conclusion.
It's not about America and G.W.Bush. He's already gone! the savor President Obama has entered the White House. God Bless America.
On the contrary, watch and read between lines. Use your brain to see what we mean here.
It's ALL about your country, Rwanda where Rwandans are under criminals rule!
Just count and know which are the then Top Ten signs. Is that correct?
ENJOY!
© SurViVors Editions
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
By Reuters
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
By AFP
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
By AFP
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Kigali: Les rebelles hutu rwandais des Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) basés dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) ont nié mercredi avoir attaqué lundi une base de la force de l?ONU en RDC (Monuc), dans un communiqué.
Dans ce texte en français daté de Paris, l’organisation politico-militaire rwandaise "rejette catégoriquement les déclarations mensongères faites par le porte-parole de la Monuc, le lieutenant-colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich, selon lesquelles les FDLR auraient attaqué lundi à l'arme légère et à la roquette une base de la Monuc, blessant par balle un Casque bleu".
Selon le colonel Dietrich, des Casques bleus pakistanais basés à Mwenga, à 90 km au sud-est de Bukavu dans le Sud-Kivu (est), ont été attaqués lundi à la mi-journée par des combattants des FDLR.
"La vérité est que les éléments de la coalition" des armées rwandaise et congolaise "ont attaqué les FDLR dans les localités de Ngando, Iganda, Mwenga et Kasika, que les FDLR se sont défendues et que la coalition a subi d?énormes pertes (...) malgré l?appui substantiel de la Monuc", affirme la rébellion dans le communuiqué signé de son secrétaire exécutif, Callixte Mbarushimana.
Certains des rebelles hutu rwandais, dont le nombre est estimé entre 5.000 et 6.000 combattants, ont participé au génocide de 1994 au Rwanda contre les Tutsi, selon une liste donné par le régime autocratique de Kigali. Ils se sont ensuite installés dans l'est de la RDC, une des régions les plus instables du pays.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
By Reuters
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Kinshasa: Most civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo disapprove of the current military strategy being used to try and pacify their region, according to a survey by aid group Oxfam.
Some 85 percent of those interviewed said security conditions had got worse, not better, during United Nations-backed military operations launched this year to defeat Rwandan, Ugandan and local gunmen in Congo's east.
As in Congo's previous conflicts, civilians rather than soldiers are bearing the brunt of the killings, rapes and abuses, which analysts and aid groups say are committed by government soldiers as well as those they are attacking.
Oxfam undertook the survey in May and canvassed 764 people in 27 communities across Congo's eastern provinces, where 1 million people have fled their homes this year.
"My conclusion is that nobody asked the opinion of the people most concerned, which are eastern Congo's civilians, before launching military operations that have had catastrophic humanitarian consequences so far," Marcel Stoessel, head of Oxfam's Congo office, told Reuters.
According to Oxfam's survey, just two of the 14 communities which are affected by Rwandan Hutu rebels supported the attacks, which began in January when Rwanda sent its army across the border but have continued with U.N. support.
Ten of these communities preferred a policy of voluntary disarmament while nine of them also suggested Rwanda should open talks with rebels based in the Kivu provinces.
Some of the Rwandan rebels, now known as the FDLR, were part of the extremist Hutu militias that took part in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Many others were not, but voluntary disarmament has stalled and Kigali refuses to negotiate with the FDLR.
The Hutu rebels have been central to Congo's wars since 1994, when they crossed into the country from Rwanda. Aid workers say some 5.4 million Congolese have died, mostly from hunger and disease, since the last war began in 1998.
Oxfam added to the criticism of the U.N. for supporting army operations which are being led by rights abusers, and Congo's government for failing to arrest officers responsible for them.
"Army support must be conditioned to the withdrawal of known authors of human rights abuse and the release of child soldiers," Stoessel said.
General Bosco Ntaganda, one of the Congolese commanders directing operations in the Kivus, is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Kinshasa: Most civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo disapprove of the current military strategy being used to try and pacify their region, according to a survey by aid group Oxfam.
Some 85 percent of those interviewed said security conditions had got worse, not better, during United Nations-backed military operations launched this year to defeat Rwandan, Ugandan and local gunmen in Congo's east.
As in Congo's previous conflicts, civilians rather than soldiers are bearing the brunt of the killings, rapes and abuses, which analysts and aid groups say are committed by government soldiers as well as those they are attacking.
Oxfam undertook the survey in May and canvassed 764 people in 27 communities across Congo's eastern provinces, where 1 million people have fled their homes this year.
"My conclusion is that nobody asked the opinion of the people most concerned, which are eastern Congo's civilians, before launching military operations that have had catastrophic humanitarian consequences so far," Marcel Stoessel, head of Oxfam's Congo office, told Reuters.
According to Oxfam's survey, just two of the 14 communities which are affected by Rwandan Hutu rebels supported the attacks, which began in January when Rwanda sent its army across the border but have continued with U.N. support.
Ten of these communities preferred a policy of voluntary disarmament while nine of them also suggested Rwanda should open talks with rebels based in the Kivu provinces.
Some of the Rwandan rebels, now known as the FDLR, were part of the extremist Hutu militias that took part in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Many others were not, but voluntary disarmament has stalled and Kigali refuses to negotiate with the FDLR.
The Hutu rebels have been central to Congo's wars since 1994, when they crossed into the country from Rwanda. Aid workers say some 5.4 million Congolese have died, mostly from hunger and disease, since the last war began in 1998.
Oxfam added to the criticism of the U.N. for supporting army operations which are being led by rights abusers, and Congo's government for failing to arrest officers responsible for them.
"Army support must be conditioned to the withdrawal of known authors of human rights abuse and the release of child soldiers," Stoessel said.
General Bosco Ntaganda, one of the Congolese commanders directing operations in the Kivus, is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Washington: The International Crisis Group threw in the proposal last week, now a senior United States Senator has written to the Obama administration demanding that it encourages government in Kigali to have “”direct” talks with some FDLR rebels.
“The international community should urge Kigali to open direct negotiations with non-genocidaire combatants of the FDLR to encourage their repatriation”, said to Senator Russ Feingold, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs.
In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he also backs calls for an end to ongoing military operations to forcefully disarm the rebels – some of who are accused of taking part in the Tutsis massacres in Rwanda.
“It is critical to augment non-military initiatives to induce defections and open channels of dialogue between the warring parties”, says the Senator, a major voice in American foreign policy on Africa.
On March 31, 2005, the FDLR exiled political hierarchy met in Italy and released a declaration condemning the 1994 Genocide and agreeing to voluntary disarmament. In return, they demanded for talks with government. However, even just the mere mention of it in Kigali rouses bitter rebuttals.
Rwanda refuses political talks with the rebel group as a whole, but it is willing to welcome combatants on an individual basis. The initiative has seen up to 8000 combatants surrendering, according to the UN mission in Congo. Government maintains it has no business talking to criminals.
In a five-point proposal, Senator Feingold wants the Obama administration to develop a long-term policy to address the conflict in the troubled eastern region of the DRC which has left thousands of civilians at the mercy of rampaging militias - often as government and the UN look on helplessly.
The lucrative, but largely underground trade in minerals that the FDLR have depended on must be closed. The Senator says the U.S should work with governments in the region as well as end-user companies under their jurisdiction to establish a framework to bring greater transparency and regulation to the industry.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
“The international community should urge Kigali to open direct negotiations with non-genocidaire combatants of the FDLR to encourage their repatriation”, said to Senator Russ Feingold, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs.
In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he also backs calls for an end to ongoing military operations to forcefully disarm the rebels – some of who are accused of taking part in the Tutsis massacres in Rwanda.
“It is critical to augment non-military initiatives to induce defections and open channels of dialogue between the warring parties”, says the Senator, a major voice in American foreign policy on Africa.
On March 31, 2005, the FDLR exiled political hierarchy met in Italy and released a declaration condemning the 1994 Genocide and agreeing to voluntary disarmament. In return, they demanded for talks with government. However, even just the mere mention of it in Kigali rouses bitter rebuttals.
Rwanda refuses political talks with the rebel group as a whole, but it is willing to welcome combatants on an individual basis. The initiative has seen up to 8000 combatants surrendering, according to the UN mission in Congo. Government maintains it has no business talking to criminals.
In a five-point proposal, Senator Feingold wants the Obama administration to develop a long-term policy to address the conflict in the troubled eastern region of the DRC which has left thousands of civilians at the mercy of rampaging militias - often as government and the UN look on helplessly.
The lucrative, but largely underground trade in minerals that the FDLR have depended on must be closed. The Senator says the U.S should work with governments in the region as well as end-user companies under their jurisdiction to establish a framework to bring greater transparency and regulation to the industry.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
From shock to hatred, BBC Kinyarwanda est une radio raciste, anti-Hutu. Voilà le vrai visage de BBC.
More virulent hate-speech on BBC -Kinyarwanda against Hutus
BBC, une creation du FPR. Ni plus, Ni moins.
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Ce n'est pas par hasard que nous revenons sur BBC-Kinyarwanda. La colère des Rwandais surtout de cette majorité de la population rwandaise, se fait sentir et augmente au fur et à mesure que cette radio ne fait que dénigrer les Hutus, les présenter comme des criminels-nés , dont ce qui est bon ne peut être vu ou reconnu chez eux. BBC veut montrer ce qu' elle veut montrer : les stéréotypes racistes contre les Hutus, l'information manipulée destinée à salir leur image.
Le discours de la haine se multiplie sur BBC-Kinyarwanda pour dire qu'ils n' ont pas à réclamer quoi que ce soir. Avoir une interview du régime raciste et ethniste du FPR suffit à BBC Kinyarwanda pour conclure à la satisfaction ou au mécontentement des Rwandais.
Et pourtant, le régime de Kigali est reconnu pour être un régime ayant marginalisé les Hutus, un régime ayant transformé les Hutus en vrais esclaves.
LA SEULE PERSONNE QUI PARLE ET PEUT ETRE ENTENDU AU RWANDA DOIT NECESSAIREMET ETRE TUTSIE. ET SI UN HUTU PARLE, IL DOIT ETRE ENTOURE DES AGENTS DE RENSEIGNEMENTS OU TOUT AU MOINS LES LOCAL DIFFENCE FORCES. LES ETRANGERS NE POURRONT RIEN REMARQUER. Les Hutus sont catégorisés sur BBC. Il suffit d'appartenir à tel ou tel autre groupe que vous pouvez parler ou pas sur BBC.
Vous vous souvenez du discours de BBC Kinyarwanda qui a précédé les massacres des réfugiés au Congo. Un discours qui a alimenté ce désir d'en finir avec ales Hutus. Le résultat : Des massacres ou assassinats des Hutus se font tous les jours sans que BBC en parle ou dénonce cette réalité. C'est la raison pour laquelle vous entendrez BBC dire que 85% de la population est Hutu et que celle-ci est assujetti au joug du FPR.
Vous entendrez seulement BBC parler des Hutus quant il s'agit des FDLR, l'ennemi no 1 du régime de Kigali et donc l'ennemi de BBC Kinyarwanda. BBC est une pure création du régime de Kigali. Tous les conflits auxquels vous assistez entre Kigali et Londres ne sont que manipulations. Ni plus ni moins. Est-ce possible qu’une population de 85% de la population soit muselée à telle point que BBC sans fin parle des exactions des FDLR alors que la population congolaise parle de militaires rwandais au sein des FARDC qui brûlent et violent?
Est-ce une information ou une incitation à la haine comme le veut l’ICG ? Les Rwandais ont vu pire. Ils assisté aux massacres des leurs pendant que BBC Kinyarwanda criait que le FPR sera à Kigali dans 3 heures, je veux dire au mois d'octobre 1990 !
En 1994, tout le monde sait ce que représentait BBC dans les camps des réfugiés. Ceci a aidé les massacres des enfants, des femmes, puisque BBC les traitait de génocidaires parmi les innocents. Et finalement, les innocents n'existaient pas. Dès notre retour au Rwanda, BBC Kinyarwanda na cessé de présenter les refugiés au retour au Rwanda comme des génocidaires retournés au Rwanda. Des massacres, des assassinats, des disparitions, des emprisonnements se multipliaient avec les explications des journalistes de la BBC -Kinyarwanda.
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The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Monday, July 13, 2009
13.07.09 LO.
Il est des zones dans le monde où se jouent des drames, loin des caméras et des consciences occidentales. Des régions mises à feu et à sang en toute impunité par les FARDC/CNDP/RDF.
La population est formelle: "Les Fardc parlant Kinyarwanda ont incendié notre village encore une fois. Le Gouvernement congolais nous a abandonné. La Monuc assiste et ne veut pas intervenir." C'est le génocide congolais qui est en marche depuis septembre 2008!
L'armée congolaise est responsable d'exactions répandues et cruelles contre ses propres concitoyens qui équivalent à des crimes de guerre », a indiqué Anneke Van Woudenberg, chercheuse senior pour la division Afrique à Human Rights Watch. « Le gouvernement devrait entreprendre une action urgente pour mettre fin à ces exactions. Une opération militaire qui prend pour cible les personnes que le gouvernement prétend justement protéger ne peut que conduire au désastre. »
Depuis fin janvier 2009, des soldats des forces armées congolaises, les FARDC, menant des opérations militaires dans l'est du Congo, ont attaqué des villages et tué au moins 19 civils dans la province du Nord Kivu, dont deux femmes et deux hommes âgés. Des soldats de l'armée ont aussi violé plus de 143 femmes et filles durant la même période, soit plus de la moitié des 250 cas de viols documentés par Human Rights Watch. Certaines femmes ont été emmenées comme esclaves sexuelles par des soldats et sont détenues dans des positions militaires.
Que des prisonniers s’évadent d’une prison, il ne s’agit nullement d’un fait extraordinaire. Que les mêmes évadés aient tout le temps de violer toutes les femmes emprisonnées avant de disparaître dans la nature, il est question d’un acte prémédité.
Voilà l’une des preuves manifestes que la situation au Kivu des plus inquiétantes et qui relèvent d’un plan machiavélique pour exterminer les populations congolaises. Une situation qui se dégrade au jour le jour avec les mêmes scènes de violence dans les localités du Kivu. Viols, exactions, maisons brûlées, tueries sans discriminations de sexes et d’âge au quotidien avec comme corollaires, des milliers de déplacés cherchant même un abri d fortune.
They say that we massacre Hutu tribes. The executive secretary of CNDP is a Hutu.
. Kiwanja was liberated by the CNDP on the 28th of October, [2008]. We were in Kiwanja for one week without any killing, any rape, any looting. One week later the government [FARDC], along with Mai Mai, attacked Kiwanja and they occupied Kiwanja for 24 hours. My forces went back [withdrew] from Kiwanja. And in 24 hours, 74 people were killed.
And before we came back to Kiwanja the governor of Goma, in the morning, announced that in Kiwanja there were massacres. When I heard on the radio that there were massacres in Kiwanja, I called my guys [soldiers] on the ground and said, "Where are you?" They said, "We are in Rutshuru." I said, "Who is doing this?" They said they did not know, that they were in Rutshuru.
Le 07 Juillet 2009. Des combats sont signalés à nouveau la nuit de lundi à mardi dans la province du Nord-Kivu. Ils ont opposé les FARDC aux combattants du Pareco, dans le village de Kamandi-lac, à plus de 100 kilomètres au sud du chef-lieu du territoire de Lubero. Le bilan fait état de 6 combattants Pareco tués, deux armes récupérées et un militaire FARDC blessé, indique radiookapi.net
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Il est des zones dans le monde où se jouent des drames, loin des caméras et des consciences occidentales. Des régions mises à feu et à sang en toute impunité par les FARDC/CNDP/RDF.
La population est formelle: "Les Fardc parlant Kinyarwanda ont incendié notre village encore une fois. Le Gouvernement congolais nous a abandonné. La Monuc assiste et ne veut pas intervenir." C'est le génocide congolais qui est en marche depuis septembre 2008!
L'armée congolaise est responsable d'exactions répandues et cruelles contre ses propres concitoyens qui équivalent à des crimes de guerre », a indiqué Anneke Van Woudenberg, chercheuse senior pour la division Afrique à Human Rights Watch. « Le gouvernement devrait entreprendre une action urgente pour mettre fin à ces exactions. Une opération militaire qui prend pour cible les personnes que le gouvernement prétend justement protéger ne peut que conduire au désastre. »
Depuis fin janvier 2009, des soldats des forces armées congolaises, les FARDC, menant des opérations militaires dans l'est du Congo, ont attaqué des villages et tué au moins 19 civils dans la province du Nord Kivu, dont deux femmes et deux hommes âgés. Des soldats de l'armée ont aussi violé plus de 143 femmes et filles durant la même période, soit plus de la moitié des 250 cas de viols documentés par Human Rights Watch. Certaines femmes ont été emmenées comme esclaves sexuelles par des soldats et sont détenues dans des positions militaires.
Que des prisonniers s’évadent d’une prison, il ne s’agit nullement d’un fait extraordinaire. Que les mêmes évadés aient tout le temps de violer toutes les femmes emprisonnées avant de disparaître dans la nature, il est question d’un acte prémédité.
Voilà l’une des preuves manifestes que la situation au Kivu des plus inquiétantes et qui relèvent d’un plan machiavélique pour exterminer les populations congolaises. Une situation qui se dégrade au jour le jour avec les mêmes scènes de violence dans les localités du Kivu. Viols, exactions, maisons brûlées, tueries sans discriminations de sexes et d’âge au quotidien avec comme corollaires, des milliers de déplacés cherchant même un abri d fortune.
They say that we massacre Hutu tribes. The executive secretary of CNDP is a Hutu.
. Kiwanja was liberated by the CNDP on the 28th of October, [2008]. We were in Kiwanja for one week without any killing, any rape, any looting. One week later the government [FARDC], along with Mai Mai, attacked Kiwanja and they occupied Kiwanja for 24 hours. My forces went back [withdrew] from Kiwanja. And in 24 hours, 74 people were killed.
And before we came back to Kiwanja the governor of Goma, in the morning, announced that in Kiwanja there were massacres. When I heard on the radio that there were massacres in Kiwanja, I called my guys [soldiers] on the ground and said, "Where are you?" They said, "We are in Rutshuru." I said, "Who is doing this?" They said they did not know, that they were in Rutshuru.
Le 07 Juillet 2009. Des combats sont signalés à nouveau la nuit de lundi à mardi dans la province du Nord-Kivu. Ils ont opposé les FARDC aux combattants du Pareco, dans le village de Kamandi-lac, à plus de 100 kilomètres au sud du chef-lieu du territoire de Lubero. Le bilan fait état de 6 combattants Pareco tués, deux armes récupérées et un militaire FARDC blessé, indique radiookapi.net
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Sunday, July 12, 2009
President Obama, in Accra, Ghana delivered a speech Saturday intended for many nations in Africa with a pointed message not to blame colonialism of the past for the problems of the present.
Now, we know that's also not the whole story. Here in Ghana, you show us a face of Africa that is too often overlooked by a world that sees only tragedy or a need for charity. The people of Ghana have worked hard to put democracy on a firmer footing, with repeated peaceful transfers of power even in the wake of closely contested elections. The best message to Kagame and his likes.
"He threw the ball into our own court and said if you want to play ball on the international level you have to play by the international rules," said Kwesi Aning of the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Institute.
It will not be easy to change some old, corrupt habits but if Africa plays its part Barack Obama is promising a great deal in return including assistance to boost agriculture, trade and healthcare.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=14461069&ch=4226716&src=news
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THE PRESIDENT: (Trumpet plays.) I like this. Thank you. Thank you. I think Congress needs one of those horns. (Laughter.) That sounds pretty good. Sounds like Louis Armstrong back there. (Laughter.)
Good afternoon, everybody. It is a great honor for me to be in Accra and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. (Applause.) I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I've received, as are Michelle and Malia and Sasha Obama. Ghana's history is rich, the ties between our two countries are strong, and I am proud that this is my first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as President of the United States of America. (Applause.)
I want to thank Madam Speaker and all the members of the House of Representatives for hosting us today. I want to thank President Mills for his outstanding leadership. To the former Presidents -- Jerry Rawlings, former President Kufuor -- Vice President, Chief Justice -- thanks to all of you for your extraordinary hospitality and the wonderful institutions that you've built here in Ghana.
I'm speaking to you at the end of a long trip. I began in Russia for a summit between two great powers. I traveled to Italy for a meeting of the world's leading economies. And I've come here to Ghana for a simple reason: The 21st century will be shaped by what happens not just in Rome or Moscow or Washington, but by what happens in Accra, as well. (Applause.)
This is the simple truth of a time when the boundaries between people are overwhelmed by our connections. Your prosperity can expand America's prosperity. Your health and security can contribute to the world's health and security. And the strength of your democracy can help advance human rights for people everywhere.
So I do not see the countries and peoples of Africa as a world apart; I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world -- (applause) -- as partners with America on behalf of the future we want for all of our children. That partnership must be grounded in mutual responsibility and mutual respect. And that is what I want to speak with you about today.
We must start from the simple premise that Africa's future is up to Africans.
I say this knowing full well the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this part of the world. After all, I have the blood of Africa within me, and my family's -- (applause) -- my family's own story encompasses both the tragedies and triumphs of the larger African story.
Some you know my grandfather was a cook for the British in Kenya, and though he was a respected elder in his village, his employers called him "boy" for much of his life. He was on the periphery of Kenya's liberation struggles, but he was still imprisoned briefly during repressive times. In his life, colonialism wasn't simply the creation of unnatural borders or unfair terms of trade -- it was something experienced personally, day after day, year after year.
My father grew up herding goats in a tiny village, an impossible distance away from the American universities where he would come to get an education. He came of age at a moment of extraordinary promise for Africa. The struggles of his own father's generation were giving birth to new nations, beginning right here in Ghana. (Applause.) Africans were educating and asserting themselves in new ways, and history was on the move.
But despite the progress that has been made -- and there has been considerable progress in many parts of Africa -- we also know that much of that promise has yet to be fulfilled. Countries like Kenya had a per capita economy larger than South Korea's when I was born. They have badly been outpaced. Disease and conflict have ravaged parts of the African continent.
In many places, the hope of my father's generation gave way to cynicism, even despair. Now, it's easy to point fingers and to pin the blame of these problems on others. Yes, a colonial map that made little sense helped to breed conflict. The West has often approached Africa as a patron or a source of resources rather than a partner. But the West is not responsible for the destruction of the Zimbabwean economy over the last decade, or wars in which children are enlisted as combatants. In my father's life, it was partly tribalism and patronage and nepotism in an independent Kenya that for a long stretch derailed his career, and we know that this kind of corruption is still a daily fact of life for far too many.
Now, we know that's also not the whole story. Here in Ghana, you show us a face of Africa that is too often overlooked by a world that sees only tragedy or a need for charity. The people of Ghana have worked hard to put democracy on a firmer footing, with repeated peaceful transfers of power even in the wake of closely contested elections. (Applause.) And by the way, can I say that for that the minority deserves as much credit as the majority. (Applause.) And with improved governance and an emerging civil society, Ghana's economy has shown impressive rates of growth. (Applause.)
This progress may lack the drama of 20th century liberation struggles, but make no mistake: It will ultimately be more significant. For just as it is important to emerge from the control of other nations, it is even more important to build one's own nation.
So I believe that this moment is just as promising for Ghana and for Africa as the moment when my father came of age and new nations were being born. This is a new moment of great promise. Only this time, we've learned that it will not be giants like Nkrumah and Kenyatta who will determine Africa's future. Instead, it will be you -- the men and women in Ghana's parliament -- (applause) -- the people you represent. It will be the young people brimming with talent and energy and hope who can claim the future that so many in previous generations never realized.
Now, to realize that promise, we must first recognize the fundamental truth that you have given life to in Ghana: Development depends on good governance. (Applause.) That is the ingredient which has been missing in far too many places, for far too long. That's the change that can unlock Africa's potential. And that is a responsibility that can only be met by Africans.
As for America and the West, our commitment must be measured by more than just the dollars we spend. I've pledged substantial increases in our foreign assistance, which is in Africa's interests and America's interests. But the true sign of success is not whether we are a source of perpetual aid that helps people scrape by -- it's whether we are partners in building the capacity for transformational change. (Applause.)
This mutual responsibility must be the foundation of our partnership. And today, I'll focus on four areas that are critical to the future of Africa and the entire developing world: democracy, opportunity, health, and the peaceful resolution of conflict.
First, we must support strong and sustainable democratic governments. (Applause.)
As I said in Cairo, each nation gives life to democracy in its own way, and in line with its own traditions. But history offers a clear verdict: Governments that respect the will of their own people, that govern by consent and not coercion, are more prosperous, they are more stable, and more successful than governments that do not.
This is about more than just holding elections. It's also about what happens between elections. (Applause.) Repression can take many forms, and too many nations, even those that have elections, are plagued by problems that condemn their people to poverty. No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves -- (applause) -- or if police -- if police can be bought off by drug traffickers. (Applause.) No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top -- (applause) -- or the head of the Port Authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. (Applause.) That is not democracy, that is tyranny, even if occasionally you sprinkle an election in there. And now is the time for that style of governance to end. (Applause.)
In the 21st century, capable, reliable, and transparent institutions are the key to success -- strong parliaments; honest police forces; independent judges -- (applause); an independent press; a vibrant private sector; a civil society. (Applause.) Those are the things that give life to democracy, because that is what matters in people's everyday lives.
Now, time and again, Ghanaians have chosen constitutional rule over autocracy, and shown a democratic spirit that allows the energy of your people to break through. (Applause.) We see that in leaders who accept defeat graciously -- the fact that President Mills' opponents were standing beside him last night to greet me when I came off the plane spoke volumes about Ghana -- (applause); victors who resist calls to wield power against the opposition in unfair ways. We see that spirit in courageous journalists like Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who risked his life to report the truth. We see it in police like Patience Quaye, who helped prosecute the first human trafficker in Ghana. (Applause.) We see it in the young people who are speaking up against patronage, and participating in the political process.
Across Africa, we've seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up. We saw it in Kenya, where civil society and business came together to help stop post-election violence. We saw it in South Africa, where over three-quarters of the country voted in the recent election -- the fourth since the end of Apartheid. We saw it in Zimbabwe, where the Election Support Network braved brutal repression to stand up for the principle that a person's vote is their sacred right.
Now, make no mistake: History is on the side of these brave Africans, not with those who use coups or change constitutions to stay in power. (Applause.) Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions. (Applause.)
Now, America will not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation. The essential truth of democracy is that each nation determines its own destiny. But what America will do is increase assistance for responsible individuals and responsible institutions, with a focus on supporting good governance -- on parliaments, which check abuses of power and ensure that opposition voices are heard -- (applause); on the rule of law, which ensures the equal administration of justice; on civic participation, so that young people get involved; and on concrete solutions to corruption like forensic accounting and automating services -- (applause) -- strengthening hotlines, protecting whistle-blowers to advance transparency and accountability.
And we provide this support. I have directed my administration to give greater attention to corruption in our human rights reports. People everywhere should have the right to start a business or get an education without paying a bribe. (Applause.) We have a responsibility to support those who act responsibly and to isolate those who don't, and that is exactly what America will do.
Now, this leads directly to our second area of partnership: supporting development that provides opportunity for more people.
With better governance, I have no doubt that Africa holds the promise of a broader base of prosperity. Witness the extraordinary success of Africans in my country, America. They're doing very well. So they've got the talent, they've got the entrepreneurial spirit. The question is, how do we make sure that they're succeeding here in their home countries? The continent is rich in natural resources. And from cell phone entrepreneurs to small farmers, Africans have shown the capacity and commitment to create their own opportunities. But old habits must also be broken. Dependence on commodities -- or a single export -- has a tendency to concentrate wealth in the hands of the few, and leaves people too vulnerable to downturns.
So in Ghana, for instance, oil brings great opportunities, and you have been very responsible in preparing for new revenue. But as so many Ghanaians know, oil cannot simply become the new cocoa. From South Korea to Singapore, history shows that countries thrive when they invest in their people and in their infrastructure -- (applause); when they promote multiple export industries, develop a skilled workforce, and create space for small and medium-sized businesses that create jobs.
As Africans reach for this promise, America will be more responsible in extending our hand. By cutting costs that go to Western consultants and administration, we want to put more resources in the hands of those who need it, while training people to do more for themselves. (Applause.) That's why our $3.5 billion food security initiative is focused on new methods and technologies for farmers -- not simply sending American producers or goods to Africa. Aid is not an end in itself. The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating the conditions where it's no longer needed. I want to see Ghanaians not only self-sufficient in food, I want to see you exporting food to other countries and earning money. You can do that. (Applause.)
Now, America can also do more to promote trade and investment. Wealthy nations must open our doors to goods and services from Africa in a meaningful way. That will be a commitment of my administration. And where there is good governance, we can broaden prosperity through public-private partnerships that invest in better roads and electricity; capacity-building that trains people to grow a business; financial services that reach not just the cities but also the poor and rural areas. This is also in our own interests -- for if people are lifted out of poverty and wealth is created in Africa, guess what? New markets will open up for our own goods. So it's good for both.
One area that holds out both undeniable peril and extraordinary promise is energy. Africa gives off less greenhouse gas than any other part of the world, but it is the most threatened by climate change. A warming planet will spread disease, shrink water resources, and deplete crops, creating conditions that produce more famine and more conflict. All of us -- particularly the developed world -- have a responsibility to slow these trends -- through mitigation, and by changing the way that we use energy. But we can also work with Africans to turn this crisis into opportunity.
Together, we can partner on behalf of our planet and prosperity, and help countries increase access to power while skipping -- leapfrogging the dirtier phase of development. Think about it: Across Africa, there is bountiful wind and solar power; geothermal energy and biofuels. From the Rift Valley to the North African deserts; from the Western coasts to South Africa's crops -- Africa's boundless natural gifts can generate its own power, while exporting profitable, clean energy abroad.
These steps are about more than growth numbers on a balance sheet. They're about whether a young person with an education can get a job that supports a family; a farmer can transfer their goods to market; an entrepreneur with a good idea can start a business. It's about the dignity of work; it's about the opportunity that must exist for Africans in the 21st century.
Just as governance is vital to opportunity, it's also critical to the third area I want to talk about: strengthening public health.
In recent years, enormous progress has been made in parts of Africa. Far more people are living productively with HIV/AIDS, and getting the drugs they need. I just saw a wonderful clinic and hospital that is focused particularly on maternal health. But too many still die from diseases that shouldn't kill them. When children are being killed because of a mosquito bite, and mothers are dying in childbirth, then we know that more progress must be made.
Yet because of incentives -- often provided by donor nations -- many African doctors and nurses go overseas, or work for programs that focus on a single disease. And this creates gaps in primary care and basic prevention. Meanwhile, individual Africans also have to make responsible choices that prevent the spread of disease, while promoting public health in their communities and countries.
So across Africa, we see examples of people tackling these problems. In Nigeria, an Interfaith effort of Christians and Muslims has set an example of cooperation to confront malaria. Here in Ghana and across Africa, we see innovative ideas for filling gaps in care -- for instance, through E-Health initiatives that allow doctors in big cities to support those in small towns.
America will support these efforts through a comprehensive, global health strategy, because in the 21st century, we are called to act by our conscience but also by our common interest, because when a child dies of a preventable disease in Accra, that diminishes us everywhere. And when disease goes unchecked in any corner of the world, we know that it can spread across oceans and continents.
And that's why my administration has committed $63 billion to meet these challenges -- $63 billion. (Applause.) Building on the strong efforts of President Bush, we will carry forward the fight against HIV/AIDS. We will pursue the goal of ending deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, and we will work to eradicate polio. (Applause.) We will fight -- we will fight neglected tropical disease. And we won't confront illnesses in isolation -- we will invest in public health systems that promote wellness and focus on the health of mothers and children. (Applause.)
Now, as we partner on behalf of a healthier future, we must also stop the destruction that comes not from illness, but from human beings -- and so the final area that I will address is conflict.
Let me be clear: Africa is not the crude caricature of a continent at perpetual war. But if we are honest, for far too many Africans, conflict is a part of life, as constant as the sun. There are wars over land and wars over resources. And it is still far too easy for those without conscience to manipulate whole communities into fighting among faiths and tribes.
These conflicts are a millstone around Africa's neck. Now, we all have many identities -- of tribe and ethnicity; of religion and nationality. But defining oneself in opposition to someone who belongs to a different tribe, or who worships a different prophet, has no place in the 21st century. (Applause.) Africa's diversity should be a source of strength, not a cause for division. We are all God's children. We all share common aspirations -- to live in peace and security; to access education and opportunity; to love our families and our communities and our faith. That is our common humanity.
That is why we must stand up to inhumanity in our midst. It is never justified -- never justifiable to target innocents in the name of ideology. (Applause.) It is the death sentence of a society to force children to kill in wars. It is the ultimate mark of criminality and cowardice to condemn women to relentless and systemic rape. We must bear witness to the value of every child in Darfur and the dignity of every woman in the Congo. No faith or culture should condone the outrages against them. And all of us must strive for the peace and security necessary for progress.
Africans are standing up for this future. Here, too, in Ghana we are seeing you help point the way forward. Ghanaians should take pride in your contributions to peacekeeping from Congo to Liberia to Lebanon -- (applause) -- and your efforts to resist the scourge of the drug trade. (Applause.) We welcome the steps that are being taken by organizations like the African Union and ECOWAS to better resolve conflicts, to keep the peace, and support those in need. And we encourage the vision of a strong, regional security architecture that can bring effective, transnational forces to bear when needed.
America has a responsibility to work with you as a partner to advance this vision, not just with words, but with support that strengthens African capacity. When there's a genocide in Darfur or terrorists in Somalia, these are not simply African problems -- they are global security challenges, and they demand a global response.
And that's why we stand ready to partner through diplomacy and technical assistance and logistical support, and we will stand behind efforts to hold war criminals accountable. And let me be clear: Our Africa Command is focused not on establishing a foothold in the continent, but on confronting these common challenges to advance the security of America, Africa, and the world. (Applause.)
In Moscow, I spoke of the need for an international system where the universal rights of human beings are respected, and violations of those rights are opposed. And that must include a commitment to support those who resolve conflicts peacefully, to sanction and stop those who don't, and to help those who have suffered. But ultimately, it will be vibrant democracies like Botswana and Ghana which roll back the causes of conflict and advance the frontiers of peace and prosperity.
As I said earlier, Africa's future is up to Africans.
The people of Africa are ready to claim that future. And in my country, African Americans -- including so many recent immigrants -- have thrived in every sector of society. We've done so despite a difficult past, and we've drawn strength from our African heritage. With strong institutions and a strong will, I know that Africans can live their dreams in Nairobi and Lagos, Kigali, Kinshasa, Harare, and right here in Accra. (Applause.)
You know, 52 years ago, the eyes of the world were on Ghana. And a young preacher named Martin Luther King traveled here, to Accra, to watch the Union Jack come down and the Ghanaian flag go up. This was before the march on Washington or the success of the civil rights movement in my country. Dr. King was asked how he felt while watching the birth of a nation. And he said: "It renews my conviction in the ultimate triumph of justice."
Now that triumph must be won once more, and it must be won by you. (Applause.) And I am particularly speaking to the young people all across Africa and right here in Ghana. In places like Ghana, young people make up over half of the population.
And here is what you must know: The world will be what you make of it. You have the power to hold your leaders accountable, and to build institutions that serve the people. You can serve in your communities, and harness your energy and education to create new wealth and build new connections to the world. You can conquer disease, and end conflicts, and make change from the bottom up. You can do that. Yes you can -- (applause) -- because in this moment, history is on the move.
But these things can only be done if all of you take responsibility for your future. And it won't be easy. It will take time and effort. There will be suffering and setbacks. But I can promise you this: America will be with you every step of the way -- as a partner, as a friend. (Applause.) Opportunity won't come from any other place, though. It must come from the decisions that all of you make, the things that you do, the hope that you hold in your heart.
Ghana, freedom is your inheritance. Now, it is your responsibility to build upon freedom's foundation. And if you do, we will look back years from now to places like Accra and say this was the time when the promise was realized; this was the moment when prosperity was forged, when pain was overcome, and a new era of progress began. This can be the time when we witness the triumph of justice once more. Yes we can. Thank you very much. God bless you. Thank you,Thank you.. (Applause.)
END 1:10 P.M. GMT
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Now, we know that's also not the whole story. Here in Ghana, you show us a face of Africa that is too often overlooked by a world that sees only tragedy or a need for charity. The people of Ghana have worked hard to put democracy on a firmer footing, with repeated peaceful transfers of power even in the wake of closely contested elections. The best message to Kagame and his likes.
"He threw the ball into our own court and said if you want to play ball on the international level you have to play by the international rules," said Kwesi Aning of the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Institute.
It will not be easy to change some old, corrupt habits but if Africa plays its part Barack Obama is promising a great deal in return including assistance to boost agriculture, trade and healthcare.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=14461069&ch=4226716&src=news
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THE PRESIDENT: (Trumpet plays.) I like this. Thank you. Thank you. I think Congress needs one of those horns. (Laughter.) That sounds pretty good. Sounds like Louis Armstrong back there. (Laughter.)
Good afternoon, everybody. It is a great honor for me to be in Accra and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. (Applause.) I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I've received, as are Michelle and Malia and Sasha Obama. Ghana's history is rich, the ties between our two countries are strong, and I am proud that this is my first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as President of the United States of America. (Applause.)
I want to thank Madam Speaker and all the members of the House of Representatives for hosting us today. I want to thank President Mills for his outstanding leadership. To the former Presidents -- Jerry Rawlings, former President Kufuor -- Vice President, Chief Justice -- thanks to all of you for your extraordinary hospitality and the wonderful institutions that you've built here in Ghana.
I'm speaking to you at the end of a long trip. I began in Russia for a summit between two great powers. I traveled to Italy for a meeting of the world's leading economies. And I've come here to Ghana for a simple reason: The 21st century will be shaped by what happens not just in Rome or Moscow or Washington, but by what happens in Accra, as well. (Applause.)
This is the simple truth of a time when the boundaries between people are overwhelmed by our connections. Your prosperity can expand America's prosperity. Your health and security can contribute to the world's health and security. And the strength of your democracy can help advance human rights for people everywhere.
So I do not see the countries and peoples of Africa as a world apart; I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnected world -- (applause) -- as partners with America on behalf of the future we want for all of our children. That partnership must be grounded in mutual responsibility and mutual respect. And that is what I want to speak with you about today.
We must start from the simple premise that Africa's future is up to Africans.
I say this knowing full well the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this part of the world. After all, I have the blood of Africa within me, and my family's -- (applause) -- my family's own story encompasses both the tragedies and triumphs of the larger African story.
Some you know my grandfather was a cook for the British in Kenya, and though he was a respected elder in his village, his employers called him "boy" for much of his life. He was on the periphery of Kenya's liberation struggles, but he was still imprisoned briefly during repressive times. In his life, colonialism wasn't simply the creation of unnatural borders or unfair terms of trade -- it was something experienced personally, day after day, year after year.
My father grew up herding goats in a tiny village, an impossible distance away from the American universities where he would come to get an education. He came of age at a moment of extraordinary promise for Africa. The struggles of his own father's generation were giving birth to new nations, beginning right here in Ghana. (Applause.) Africans were educating and asserting themselves in new ways, and history was on the move.
But despite the progress that has been made -- and there has been considerable progress in many parts of Africa -- we also know that much of that promise has yet to be fulfilled. Countries like Kenya had a per capita economy larger than South Korea's when I was born. They have badly been outpaced. Disease and conflict have ravaged parts of the African continent.
In many places, the hope of my father's generation gave way to cynicism, even despair. Now, it's easy to point fingers and to pin the blame of these problems on others. Yes, a colonial map that made little sense helped to breed conflict. The West has often approached Africa as a patron or a source of resources rather than a partner. But the West is not responsible for the destruction of the Zimbabwean economy over the last decade, or wars in which children are enlisted as combatants. In my father's life, it was partly tribalism and patronage and nepotism in an independent Kenya that for a long stretch derailed his career, and we know that this kind of corruption is still a daily fact of life for far too many.
Now, we know that's also not the whole story. Here in Ghana, you show us a face of Africa that is too often overlooked by a world that sees only tragedy or a need for charity. The people of Ghana have worked hard to put democracy on a firmer footing, with repeated peaceful transfers of power even in the wake of closely contested elections. (Applause.) And by the way, can I say that for that the minority deserves as much credit as the majority. (Applause.) And with improved governance and an emerging civil society, Ghana's economy has shown impressive rates of growth. (Applause.)
This progress may lack the drama of 20th century liberation struggles, but make no mistake: It will ultimately be more significant. For just as it is important to emerge from the control of other nations, it is even more important to build one's own nation.
So I believe that this moment is just as promising for Ghana and for Africa as the moment when my father came of age and new nations were being born. This is a new moment of great promise. Only this time, we've learned that it will not be giants like Nkrumah and Kenyatta who will determine Africa's future. Instead, it will be you -- the men and women in Ghana's parliament -- (applause) -- the people you represent. It will be the young people brimming with talent and energy and hope who can claim the future that so many in previous generations never realized.
Now, to realize that promise, we must first recognize the fundamental truth that you have given life to in Ghana: Development depends on good governance. (Applause.) That is the ingredient which has been missing in far too many places, for far too long. That's the change that can unlock Africa's potential. And that is a responsibility that can only be met by Africans.
As for America and the West, our commitment must be measured by more than just the dollars we spend. I've pledged substantial increases in our foreign assistance, which is in Africa's interests and America's interests. But the true sign of success is not whether we are a source of perpetual aid that helps people scrape by -- it's whether we are partners in building the capacity for transformational change. (Applause.)
This mutual responsibility must be the foundation of our partnership. And today, I'll focus on four areas that are critical to the future of Africa and the entire developing world: democracy, opportunity, health, and the peaceful resolution of conflict.
First, we must support strong and sustainable democratic governments. (Applause.)
As I said in Cairo, each nation gives life to democracy in its own way, and in line with its own traditions. But history offers a clear verdict: Governments that respect the will of their own people, that govern by consent and not coercion, are more prosperous, they are more stable, and more successful than governments that do not.
This is about more than just holding elections. It's also about what happens between elections. (Applause.) Repression can take many forms, and too many nations, even those that have elections, are plagued by problems that condemn their people to poverty. No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves -- (applause) -- or if police -- if police can be bought off by drug traffickers. (Applause.) No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top -- (applause) -- or the head of the Port Authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. (Applause.) That is not democracy, that is tyranny, even if occasionally you sprinkle an election in there. And now is the time for that style of governance to end. (Applause.)
In the 21st century, capable, reliable, and transparent institutions are the key to success -- strong parliaments; honest police forces; independent judges -- (applause); an independent press; a vibrant private sector; a civil society. (Applause.) Those are the things that give life to democracy, because that is what matters in people's everyday lives.
Now, time and again, Ghanaians have chosen constitutional rule over autocracy, and shown a democratic spirit that allows the energy of your people to break through. (Applause.) We see that in leaders who accept defeat graciously -- the fact that President Mills' opponents were standing beside him last night to greet me when I came off the plane spoke volumes about Ghana -- (applause); victors who resist calls to wield power against the opposition in unfair ways. We see that spirit in courageous journalists like Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who risked his life to report the truth. We see it in police like Patience Quaye, who helped prosecute the first human trafficker in Ghana. (Applause.) We see it in the young people who are speaking up against patronage, and participating in the political process.
Across Africa, we've seen countless examples of people taking control of their destiny, and making change from the bottom up. We saw it in Kenya, where civil society and business came together to help stop post-election violence. We saw it in South Africa, where over three-quarters of the country voted in the recent election -- the fourth since the end of Apartheid. We saw it in Zimbabwe, where the Election Support Network braved brutal repression to stand up for the principle that a person's vote is their sacred right.
Now, make no mistake: History is on the side of these brave Africans, not with those who use coups or change constitutions to stay in power. (Applause.) Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong institutions. (Applause.)
Now, America will not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation. The essential truth of democracy is that each nation determines its own destiny. But what America will do is increase assistance for responsible individuals and responsible institutions, with a focus on supporting good governance -- on parliaments, which check abuses of power and ensure that opposition voices are heard -- (applause); on the rule of law, which ensures the equal administration of justice; on civic participation, so that young people get involved; and on concrete solutions to corruption like forensic accounting and automating services -- (applause) -- strengthening hotlines, protecting whistle-blowers to advance transparency and accountability.
And we provide this support. I have directed my administration to give greater attention to corruption in our human rights reports. People everywhere should have the right to start a business or get an education without paying a bribe. (Applause.) We have a responsibility to support those who act responsibly and to isolate those who don't, and that is exactly what America will do.
Now, this leads directly to our second area of partnership: supporting development that provides opportunity for more people.
With better governance, I have no doubt that Africa holds the promise of a broader base of prosperity. Witness the extraordinary success of Africans in my country, America. They're doing very well. So they've got the talent, they've got the entrepreneurial spirit. The question is, how do we make sure that they're succeeding here in their home countries? The continent is rich in natural resources. And from cell phone entrepreneurs to small farmers, Africans have shown the capacity and commitment to create their own opportunities. But old habits must also be broken. Dependence on commodities -- or a single export -- has a tendency to concentrate wealth in the hands of the few, and leaves people too vulnerable to downturns.
So in Ghana, for instance, oil brings great opportunities, and you have been very responsible in preparing for new revenue. But as so many Ghanaians know, oil cannot simply become the new cocoa. From South Korea to Singapore, history shows that countries thrive when they invest in their people and in their infrastructure -- (applause); when they promote multiple export industries, develop a skilled workforce, and create space for small and medium-sized businesses that create jobs.
As Africans reach for this promise, America will be more responsible in extending our hand. By cutting costs that go to Western consultants and administration, we want to put more resources in the hands of those who need it, while training people to do more for themselves. (Applause.) That's why our $3.5 billion food security initiative is focused on new methods and technologies for farmers -- not simply sending American producers or goods to Africa. Aid is not an end in itself. The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating the conditions where it's no longer needed. I want to see Ghanaians not only self-sufficient in food, I want to see you exporting food to other countries and earning money. You can do that. (Applause.)
Now, America can also do more to promote trade and investment. Wealthy nations must open our doors to goods and services from Africa in a meaningful way. That will be a commitment of my administration. And where there is good governance, we can broaden prosperity through public-private partnerships that invest in better roads and electricity; capacity-building that trains people to grow a business; financial services that reach not just the cities but also the poor and rural areas. This is also in our own interests -- for if people are lifted out of poverty and wealth is created in Africa, guess what? New markets will open up for our own goods. So it's good for both.
One area that holds out both undeniable peril and extraordinary promise is energy. Africa gives off less greenhouse gas than any other part of the world, but it is the most threatened by climate change. A warming planet will spread disease, shrink water resources, and deplete crops, creating conditions that produce more famine and more conflict. All of us -- particularly the developed world -- have a responsibility to slow these trends -- through mitigation, and by changing the way that we use energy. But we can also work with Africans to turn this crisis into opportunity.
Together, we can partner on behalf of our planet and prosperity, and help countries increase access to power while skipping -- leapfrogging the dirtier phase of development. Think about it: Across Africa, there is bountiful wind and solar power; geothermal energy and biofuels. From the Rift Valley to the North African deserts; from the Western coasts to South Africa's crops -- Africa's boundless natural gifts can generate its own power, while exporting profitable, clean energy abroad.
These steps are about more than growth numbers on a balance sheet. They're about whether a young person with an education can get a job that supports a family; a farmer can transfer their goods to market; an entrepreneur with a good idea can start a business. It's about the dignity of work; it's about the opportunity that must exist for Africans in the 21st century.
Just as governance is vital to opportunity, it's also critical to the third area I want to talk about: strengthening public health.
In recent years, enormous progress has been made in parts of Africa. Far more people are living productively with HIV/AIDS, and getting the drugs they need. I just saw a wonderful clinic and hospital that is focused particularly on maternal health. But too many still die from diseases that shouldn't kill them. When children are being killed because of a mosquito bite, and mothers are dying in childbirth, then we know that more progress must be made.
Yet because of incentives -- often provided by donor nations -- many African doctors and nurses go overseas, or work for programs that focus on a single disease. And this creates gaps in primary care and basic prevention. Meanwhile, individual Africans also have to make responsible choices that prevent the spread of disease, while promoting public health in their communities and countries.
So across Africa, we see examples of people tackling these problems. In Nigeria, an Interfaith effort of Christians and Muslims has set an example of cooperation to confront malaria. Here in Ghana and across Africa, we see innovative ideas for filling gaps in care -- for instance, through E-Health initiatives that allow doctors in big cities to support those in small towns.
America will support these efforts through a comprehensive, global health strategy, because in the 21st century, we are called to act by our conscience but also by our common interest, because when a child dies of a preventable disease in Accra, that diminishes us everywhere. And when disease goes unchecked in any corner of the world, we know that it can spread across oceans and continents.
And that's why my administration has committed $63 billion to meet these challenges -- $63 billion. (Applause.) Building on the strong efforts of President Bush, we will carry forward the fight against HIV/AIDS. We will pursue the goal of ending deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, and we will work to eradicate polio. (Applause.) We will fight -- we will fight neglected tropical disease. And we won't confront illnesses in isolation -- we will invest in public health systems that promote wellness and focus on the health of mothers and children. (Applause.)
Now, as we partner on behalf of a healthier future, we must also stop the destruction that comes not from illness, but from human beings -- and so the final area that I will address is conflict.
Let me be clear: Africa is not the crude caricature of a continent at perpetual war. But if we are honest, for far too many Africans, conflict is a part of life, as constant as the sun. There are wars over land and wars over resources. And it is still far too easy for those without conscience to manipulate whole communities into fighting among faiths and tribes.
These conflicts are a millstone around Africa's neck. Now, we all have many identities -- of tribe and ethnicity; of religion and nationality. But defining oneself in opposition to someone who belongs to a different tribe, or who worships a different prophet, has no place in the 21st century. (Applause.) Africa's diversity should be a source of strength, not a cause for division. We are all God's children. We all share common aspirations -- to live in peace and security; to access education and opportunity; to love our families and our communities and our faith. That is our common humanity.
That is why we must stand up to inhumanity in our midst. It is never justified -- never justifiable to target innocents in the name of ideology. (Applause.) It is the death sentence of a society to force children to kill in wars. It is the ultimate mark of criminality and cowardice to condemn women to relentless and systemic rape. We must bear witness to the value of every child in Darfur and the dignity of every woman in the Congo. No faith or culture should condone the outrages against them. And all of us must strive for the peace and security necessary for progress.
Africans are standing up for this future. Here, too, in Ghana we are seeing you help point the way forward. Ghanaians should take pride in your contributions to peacekeeping from Congo to Liberia to Lebanon -- (applause) -- and your efforts to resist the scourge of the drug trade. (Applause.) We welcome the steps that are being taken by organizations like the African Union and ECOWAS to better resolve conflicts, to keep the peace, and support those in need. And we encourage the vision of a strong, regional security architecture that can bring effective, transnational forces to bear when needed.
America has a responsibility to work with you as a partner to advance this vision, not just with words, but with support that strengthens African capacity. When there's a genocide in Darfur or terrorists in Somalia, these are not simply African problems -- they are global security challenges, and they demand a global response.
And that's why we stand ready to partner through diplomacy and technical assistance and logistical support, and we will stand behind efforts to hold war criminals accountable. And let me be clear: Our Africa Command is focused not on establishing a foothold in the continent, but on confronting these common challenges to advance the security of America, Africa, and the world. (Applause.)
In Moscow, I spoke of the need for an international system where the universal rights of human beings are respected, and violations of those rights are opposed. And that must include a commitment to support those who resolve conflicts peacefully, to sanction and stop those who don't, and to help those who have suffered. But ultimately, it will be vibrant democracies like Botswana and Ghana which roll back the causes of conflict and advance the frontiers of peace and prosperity.
As I said earlier, Africa's future is up to Africans.
The people of Africa are ready to claim that future. And in my country, African Americans -- including so many recent immigrants -- have thrived in every sector of society. We've done so despite a difficult past, and we've drawn strength from our African heritage. With strong institutions and a strong will, I know that Africans can live their dreams in Nairobi and Lagos, Kigali, Kinshasa, Harare, and right here in Accra. (Applause.)
You know, 52 years ago, the eyes of the world were on Ghana. And a young preacher named Martin Luther King traveled here, to Accra, to watch the Union Jack come down and the Ghanaian flag go up. This was before the march on Washington or the success of the civil rights movement in my country. Dr. King was asked how he felt while watching the birth of a nation. And he said: "It renews my conviction in the ultimate triumph of justice."
Now that triumph must be won once more, and it must be won by you. (Applause.) And I am particularly speaking to the young people all across Africa and right here in Ghana. In places like Ghana, young people make up over half of the population.
And here is what you must know: The world will be what you make of it. You have the power to hold your leaders accountable, and to build institutions that serve the people. You can serve in your communities, and harness your energy and education to create new wealth and build new connections to the world. You can conquer disease, and end conflicts, and make change from the bottom up. You can do that. Yes you can -- (applause) -- because in this moment, history is on the move.
But these things can only be done if all of you take responsibility for your future. And it won't be easy. It will take time and effort. There will be suffering and setbacks. But I can promise you this: America will be with you every step of the way -- as a partner, as a friend. (Applause.) Opportunity won't come from any other place, though. It must come from the decisions that all of you make, the things that you do, the hope that you hold in your heart.
Ghana, freedom is your inheritance. Now, it is your responsibility to build upon freedom's foundation. And if you do, we will look back years from now to places like Accra and say this was the time when the promise was realized; this was the moment when prosperity was forged, when pain was overcome, and a new era of progress began. This can be the time when we witness the triumph of justice once more. Yes we can. Thank you very much. God bless you. Thank you,Thank you.. (Applause.)
END 1:10 P.M. GMT
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
1) http://freegaza.org/it/home/56-news/984-a-message-from-cynthia-from-a-cell-block-in-israel
2) http://www.youtube.com/gazafriends
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2) http://www.youtube.com/gazafriends
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This is Cynthia McKinney and I'm speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies - and even crayons for children, I had a suitcase full of crayons for children.
While we were on our way to Gaza the Israelis threatened to fire on our boat, but we did not turn around. The Israelis high-jacked and arrested us because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza. We have been detained, and we want the people of the world to see how we have been treated just because we wanted to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
At the outbreak of Israel's Operation ‘Cast Lead' [in December 2008], I boarded a Free Gaza boat with one day's notice and tried, as the US representative in a multi-national delegation, to deliver 3 tons of medical supplies to an already besieged and ravaged Gaza.
During Operation Cast Lead, U.S.-supplied F-16's rained hellfire on a trapped people. Ethnic cleansing became full scale outright genocide. U.S.-supplied white phosphorus, depleted uranium, robotic technology, DIME weapons, and cluster bombs - new weapons creating injuries never treated before by Jordanian and Norwegian doctors. I was later told by doctors who were there in Gaza during Israel's onslaught that Gaza had become Israel's veritable weapons testing laboratory, people used to test and improve the kill ratio of their weapons.
The world saw Israel's despicable violence thanks to al-Jazeera Arabic and Press TV that broadcast in English. I saw those broadcasts live and around the clock, not from the USA but from Lebanon, where my first attempt to get into Gaza had ended because the Israeli military rammed the boat I was on in international water ... It's a miracle that I'm even here to write about my second encounter with the Israeli military, again a humanitarian mission aborted by the Israeli military.
The Israeli authorities have tried to get us to confess that we committed a crime ... I am now known as Israeli prisoner number 88794. How can I be in prison for collecting crayons to kids?
Zionism has surely run out of its last legitimacy if this is what it does to people who believe so deeply in human rights for all that they put their own lives on the line for someone else's children. Israel is the fullest expression of Zionism, but if Israel fears for its security because Gaza's children have crayons then not only has Israel lost its last shred of legitimacy, but Israel must be declared a failed state.
I am facing deportation from the state that brought me here at gunpoint after commandeering our boat. I was brought to Israel against my will. I am being held in this prison because I had a dream that Gaza's children could color & paint, that Gaza's wounded could be healed, and that Gaza's bombed-out houses could be rebuilt.
But I've learned an interesting thing by being inside this prison. First of all, it's incredibly black: populated mostly by Ethiopians who also had a dream ... like my cellmates, one who is pregnant. They are all are in their twenties. They thought they were coming to the Holy Land. They had a dream that their lives would be better ... The once proud, never colonized Ethiopia [has been thrown into] the back pocket of the United States, and become a place of torture, rendition, and occupation. Ethiopians must free their country because superpower politics [have] become more important than human rights and self-determination.
My cellmates came to the Holy Land so they could be free from the exigencies of superpower politics. They committed no crime except to have a dream. They came to Israel because they thought that Israel held promise for them. Their journey to Israel through Sudan and Egypt was arduous. I can only imagine what it must have been like for them.
And it wasn't cheap. Many of them represent their family's best collective efforts for self-fulfilment. They made their way to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. They got their yellow paper of identification. They got their certificate for police protection. They are refugees from tragedy, and they made it to Israel only after they arrived Israel told them "there is no UN in Israel."
The police here have license to pick them up & suck them into the black hole of a farce for a justice system. These beautiful, industrious and proud women represent the hopes of entire families. The idea of Israel tricked them and the rest of us. In a widely propagandized slick marketing campaign, Israel represented itself as a place of refuge and safety for the world's first Jews and Christian. I too believed that marketing and failed to look deeper.
The truth is that Israel lied to the world. Israel lied to the families of these young women. Israel lied to the women themselves who are now trapped in Ramle's detention facility. And what are we to do? One of my cellmates cried today. She has been here for 6 months. As an American, crying with them is not enough. The policy of the United States must be better, and while we watch President Obama give 12.8 trillion dollars to the financial elite of the United States it ought now be clear that hope, change, and ‘yes we can' were powerfully presented images of dignity and self-fulfilment, individually and nationally, that besieged people everywhere truly believed in.
It was a slick marketing campaign as slickly put to the world and to the voters of America as was Israel's marketing to the world. It tricked all of us but, more tragically, these young women.
We must cast an informed vote about better candidates seeking to represent us. I have read and re-read Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's letter from a Birmingham jail. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever imagined that I too would one day have to do so. It is clear that taxpayers in Europe and the U.S. have a lot to atone for, for what they've done to others around the world.
What an irony! My son begins his law school program without me because I am in prison, in my own way trying to do my best, again, for other people's children. Forgive me, my son. I guess I'm experiencing the harsh reality which is why people need dreams. [But] I'm lucky. I will leave this place. Has Israel become the place where dreams die?
Ask the people of Palestine. Ask the stream of black and Asian men whom I see being processed at Ramle. Ask the women on my cellblock. [Ask yourself:] what are you willing to do?
Let's change the world together & reclaim what we all need as human beings: Dignity. I appeal to the United Nations to get these women of Ramle, who have done nothing wrong other than to believe in Israel as the guardian of the Holy Land, resettled in safe homes. I appeal to the United State's Department of State to include the plight of detained UNHCR-certified refugees in the Israel country report in its annual human rights report. I appeal once again to President Obama to go to Gaza: send your special envoy, George Mitchell there, and to engage Hamas as the elected choice of the Palestinian people.
I dedicate this message to those who struggle to achieve a free Palestine, and to the women I've met at Ramle. This is Cynthia McKinney, July 2nd 2009, also known as Ramle prisoner number 88794.
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The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
While we were on our way to Gaza the Israelis threatened to fire on our boat, but we did not turn around. The Israelis high-jacked and arrested us because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza. We have been detained, and we want the people of the world to see how we have been treated just because we wanted to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
At the outbreak of Israel's Operation ‘Cast Lead' [in December 2008], I boarded a Free Gaza boat with one day's notice and tried, as the US representative in a multi-national delegation, to deliver 3 tons of medical supplies to an already besieged and ravaged Gaza.
During Operation Cast Lead, U.S.-supplied F-16's rained hellfire on a trapped people. Ethnic cleansing became full scale outright genocide. U.S.-supplied white phosphorus, depleted uranium, robotic technology, DIME weapons, and cluster bombs - new weapons creating injuries never treated before by Jordanian and Norwegian doctors. I was later told by doctors who were there in Gaza during Israel's onslaught that Gaza had become Israel's veritable weapons testing laboratory, people used to test and improve the kill ratio of their weapons.
The world saw Israel's despicable violence thanks to al-Jazeera Arabic and Press TV that broadcast in English. I saw those broadcasts live and around the clock, not from the USA but from Lebanon, where my first attempt to get into Gaza had ended because the Israeli military rammed the boat I was on in international water ... It's a miracle that I'm even here to write about my second encounter with the Israeli military, again a humanitarian mission aborted by the Israeli military.
The Israeli authorities have tried to get us to confess that we committed a crime ... I am now known as Israeli prisoner number 88794. How can I be in prison for collecting crayons to kids?
Zionism has surely run out of its last legitimacy if this is what it does to people who believe so deeply in human rights for all that they put their own lives on the line for someone else's children. Israel is the fullest expression of Zionism, but if Israel fears for its security because Gaza's children have crayons then not only has Israel lost its last shred of legitimacy, but Israel must be declared a failed state.
I am facing deportation from the state that brought me here at gunpoint after commandeering our boat. I was brought to Israel against my will. I am being held in this prison because I had a dream that Gaza's children could color & paint, that Gaza's wounded could be healed, and that Gaza's bombed-out houses could be rebuilt.
But I've learned an interesting thing by being inside this prison. First of all, it's incredibly black: populated mostly by Ethiopians who also had a dream ... like my cellmates, one who is pregnant. They are all are in their twenties. They thought they were coming to the Holy Land. They had a dream that their lives would be better ... The once proud, never colonized Ethiopia [has been thrown into] the back pocket of the United States, and become a place of torture, rendition, and occupation. Ethiopians must free their country because superpower politics [have] become more important than human rights and self-determination.
My cellmates came to the Holy Land so they could be free from the exigencies of superpower politics. They committed no crime except to have a dream. They came to Israel because they thought that Israel held promise for them. Their journey to Israel through Sudan and Egypt was arduous. I can only imagine what it must have been like for them.
And it wasn't cheap. Many of them represent their family's best collective efforts for self-fulfilment. They made their way to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. They got their yellow paper of identification. They got their certificate for police protection. They are refugees from tragedy, and they made it to Israel only after they arrived Israel told them "there is no UN in Israel."
The police here have license to pick them up & suck them into the black hole of a farce for a justice system. These beautiful, industrious and proud women represent the hopes of entire families. The idea of Israel tricked them and the rest of us. In a widely propagandized slick marketing campaign, Israel represented itself as a place of refuge and safety for the world's first Jews and Christian. I too believed that marketing and failed to look deeper.
The truth is that Israel lied to the world. Israel lied to the families of these young women. Israel lied to the women themselves who are now trapped in Ramle's detention facility. And what are we to do? One of my cellmates cried today. She has been here for 6 months. As an American, crying with them is not enough. The policy of the United States must be better, and while we watch President Obama give 12.8 trillion dollars to the financial elite of the United States it ought now be clear that hope, change, and ‘yes we can' were powerfully presented images of dignity and self-fulfilment, individually and nationally, that besieged people everywhere truly believed in.
It was a slick marketing campaign as slickly put to the world and to the voters of America as was Israel's marketing to the world. It tricked all of us but, more tragically, these young women.
We must cast an informed vote about better candidates seeking to represent us. I have read and re-read Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's letter from a Birmingham jail. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever imagined that I too would one day have to do so. It is clear that taxpayers in Europe and the U.S. have a lot to atone for, for what they've done to others around the world.
What an irony! My son begins his law school program without me because I am in prison, in my own way trying to do my best, again, for other people's children. Forgive me, my son. I guess I'm experiencing the harsh reality which is why people need dreams. [But] I'm lucky. I will leave this place. Has Israel become the place where dreams die?
Ask the people of Palestine. Ask the stream of black and Asian men whom I see being processed at Ramle. Ask the women on my cellblock. [Ask yourself:] what are you willing to do?
Let's change the world together & reclaim what we all need as human beings: Dignity. I appeal to the United Nations to get these women of Ramle, who have done nothing wrong other than to believe in Israel as the guardian of the Holy Land, resettled in safe homes. I appeal to the United State's Department of State to include the plight of detained UNHCR-certified refugees in the Israel country report in its annual human rights report. I appeal once again to President Obama to go to Gaza: send your special envoy, George Mitchell there, and to engage Hamas as the elected choice of the Palestinian people.
I dedicate this message to those who struggle to achieve a free Palestine, and to the women I've met at Ramle. This is Cynthia McKinney, July 2nd 2009, also known as Ramle prisoner number 88794.
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The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Liste non exhaustive du matériel récupéré par les FDLR sur les soldats de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC à Mianga et Busurungi dans le Nord Kivu en Mai 2009.
Dans notre communiqué de presse N° 07/SE/CD/MAI/ 2009 nous vous avions promis de vous donner la liste du matériel récupéré sur les soldats de la coalition de l'Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR/RDF) et des FARDC à Mianga et Busurungi en Mai 2009.
Les FDLR publient cette liste non exhaustive du matériel et des divers documents saisis sur les soldats de la coalition de l'APR (RDF) et des FARDC morts dans les combats de Mai 2009.
- Matériel saisi sur les soldats et dégâts subis par la coalition regroupés dans le 202ème bataillon commandé par Lt Col Gahengeli à Mianga/Kanyundo:
- Le Commandant du 202ème bataillon fut blessé et fut évacué à Goma pour des soins
- 47 cadavres de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC furent recensés
- Plusieurs dizaines de blessés du côté de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC
- Matériel saisi:
o un mortier 60mm,
o un lance-roquette,
o 19 fusils kalachnikov,
o des roquettes,
o des bombes de mortiers 60,
o des bombes de mortiers 81,
o des boxes munitions PKM,
o des boxes de munitions pour kalachnikovs,
o des émetteurs-récepteurs Motorolla de type GP 340.
2- Matériel saisi sur les soldats et dégâts subis par la coalition regroupés dans le 203ème bataillon d'infanterie spéciale commandé par le Major Zikito à Busurungi :
- 51 cadavres des militaires de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC furent recensés dont voici l?identification de quelques-uns :
o Le Lt Maniragabe Alexis numéro matricule 427228/k,
o Adjudant premier Kololo Ibanda numéro matricule 150762/k,
o Sergent Major Wedunga Umoza numéro matricule 186191/e,
o 1er Sergent Bilolo Kanumuangi numéro matricule 441722/k,
o Sergent Muranza Masala numéro matricule 468393/e,
o Caporal Nandate Patrice numéro matricule 202117/l.
- Plusieurs dizaines de blessés de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC furent évacués.
- Documents saisis à Busurungi:
o la liste de paie du 1er peloton de la 3ème compagnie du 203ème Bataillon,
o un carnet de recensement no HC 3006211D du Lt Mushanganya Kahombo numéro matricule 427429/k,
o une carte de recensement no SK 300529 bn du Commandant Sadiki Bavukahe,
o une liste nominative du 1er peloton de la 3ème compagnie du 203ème bataillon,
o une carte du 1er Sergent Lololo Kamumwangi.
- Matériel saisi sur la coalition :
o 18 armes ont été récupérées dont des fusils kalachnikovs portant les numéros suivants : 3148, 6263, 22893, 9042, 06524, 27845, 26529, 13228, 08368, 1113, 8156 ;
o des lance-roquettes portant les numéros A3-966, NBC 455, 285 ;
o un PKM portant les numéros 245
o les pièces trépieds et un berceau d?une mitrailleuse anti-aérien portant le numéro 0359-120401 ;
o Beaucoup de munitions pour :
§ les mortiers 82,
§ les mortiers 60,
§ les mitrailleuses lourdes,
§ les mitrailleuses anti-aériennes,
§ les kalachnikovs,
o un panneau solaire,
o beaucoup de roquettes.
Les FDLR demandent aux autorités de Kigali et de Kinshasa ainsi qu'à la MONUC d'arrêter immédiatement cette guerre inutile, injuste et sans issue que les armées de cette coalition appuyée par la MONUC ne pourra jamais gagner.
Les FDLR lancent encore un appel à ces deux régimes pour l'ouverture dans les brefs délais de négociations directes avec les FDLR afin d?étudier ensemble des modalités de retour dans la dignité dans leur pays.
Fait à Paris, le 9 Juillet 2009
Callixte Mbarushimana
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Dans notre communiqué de presse N° 07/SE/CD/MAI/ 2009 nous vous avions promis de vous donner la liste du matériel récupéré sur les soldats de la coalition de l'Armée Patriotique Rwandaise (APR/RDF) et des FARDC à Mianga et Busurungi en Mai 2009.
Les FDLR publient cette liste non exhaustive du matériel et des divers documents saisis sur les soldats de la coalition de l'APR (RDF) et des FARDC morts dans les combats de Mai 2009.
- Matériel saisi sur les soldats et dégâts subis par la coalition regroupés dans le 202ème bataillon commandé par Lt Col Gahengeli à Mianga/Kanyundo:
- Le Commandant du 202ème bataillon fut blessé et fut évacué à Goma pour des soins
- 47 cadavres de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC furent recensés
- Plusieurs dizaines de blessés du côté de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC
- Matériel saisi:
o un mortier 60mm,
o un lance-roquette,
o 19 fusils kalachnikov,
o des roquettes,
o des bombes de mortiers 60,
o des bombes de mortiers 81,
o des boxes munitions PKM,
o des boxes de munitions pour kalachnikovs,
o des émetteurs-récepteurs Motorolla de type GP 340.
2- Matériel saisi sur les soldats et dégâts subis par la coalition regroupés dans le 203ème bataillon d'infanterie spéciale commandé par le Major Zikito à Busurungi :
- 51 cadavres des militaires de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC furent recensés dont voici l?identification de quelques-uns :
o Le Lt Maniragabe Alexis numéro matricule 427228/k,
o Adjudant premier Kololo Ibanda numéro matricule 150762/k,
o Sergent Major Wedunga Umoza numéro matricule 186191/e,
o 1er Sergent Bilolo Kanumuangi numéro matricule 441722/k,
o Sergent Muranza Masala numéro matricule 468393/e,
o Caporal Nandate Patrice numéro matricule 202117/l.
- Plusieurs dizaines de blessés de la coalition APR(RDF)/FARDC furent évacués.
- Documents saisis à Busurungi:
o la liste de paie du 1er peloton de la 3ème compagnie du 203ème Bataillon,
o un carnet de recensement no HC 3006211D du Lt Mushanganya Kahombo numéro matricule 427429/k,
o une carte de recensement no SK 300529 bn du Commandant Sadiki Bavukahe,
o une liste nominative du 1er peloton de la 3ème compagnie du 203ème bataillon,
o une carte du 1er Sergent Lololo Kamumwangi.
- Matériel saisi sur la coalition :
o 18 armes ont été récupérées dont des fusils kalachnikovs portant les numéros suivants : 3148, 6263, 22893, 9042, 06524, 27845, 26529, 13228, 08368, 1113, 8156 ;
o des lance-roquettes portant les numéros A3-966, NBC 455, 285 ;
o un PKM portant les numéros 245
o les pièces trépieds et un berceau d?une mitrailleuse anti-aérien portant le numéro 0359-120401 ;
o Beaucoup de munitions pour :
§ les mortiers 82,
§ les mortiers 60,
§ les mitrailleuses lourdes,
§ les mitrailleuses anti-aériennes,
§ les kalachnikovs,
o un panneau solaire,
o beaucoup de roquettes.
Les FDLR demandent aux autorités de Kigali et de Kinshasa ainsi qu'à la MONUC d'arrêter immédiatement cette guerre inutile, injuste et sans issue que les armées de cette coalition appuyée par la MONUC ne pourra jamais gagner.
Les FDLR lancent encore un appel à ces deux régimes pour l'ouverture dans les brefs délais de négociations directes avec les FDLR afin d?étudier ensemble des modalités de retour dans la dignité dans leur pays.
Fait à Paris, le 9 Juillet 2009
Callixte Mbarushimana
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
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Bad things are going to happen in your life, people will hurt you, disrespect you, play with your feelings.. But you shouldn't use that as an excuse to fail to go on and to hurt the whole world. You will end up hurting yourself and wasting your precious time. Don't always think of revenging, just let things go and move on with your life. Remember everything happens for a reason and when one door closes, the other opens for you with new blessings and love.
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