Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 22:06:32 +0100 (MET)
From: rolf.martens-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Rolf Martens)
Subject: Re: M-G: South African guns to Ruanda!


Thanks for the below, Richard P. There was some info
>from Ang, too. I'll try to find out some more.

Rolf M.

>On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Rolf Martens wrote:
>
>> Are both (or all) sides in this Rwandan conflict essentially bad?
........
>> 
>> Rolf M.
>
>
>The reporting on this issue has been fairly sketchy here in South Africa. 
>The ANC's argument is that by selling weapons to the Rwandan government 
>they are blostering a legitimate force which can maintain order.
>
>The original Hutsi/Tutsi conflict seems to have been a rebellion against 
>an  feudal structure which is perhaps analogous to the Indian caste 
>system. ie Hutsi and Tutsi appear to be less like ethnic groups and more 
>like classes ossifed into castes. 
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