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Genocide Day 2

Genocide Day 2. Samantha Powers’ article. What evidence suggested that the killings in Rwanda were genocide and not just civil war? “Jean-Pierre,” Dallaire’s Hutu informer Lists of victims prepared in advance Massacres occurring across the country

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Genocide Day 2

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  1. Genocide Day 2

  2. Samantha Powers’ article • What evidence suggested that the killings in Rwanda were genocide and not just civil war? • “Jean-Pierre,” Dallaire’s Hutu informer • Lists of victims prepared in advance • Massacres occurring across the country • Perpetrators mostly gov’t troops, militia, youth squads • Deaths in the hundreds of thousands

  3. Samantha Powers’ article • What are some of the factors that contributed to U.S. failure to help? • Somalia 1993: Black Hawk Down • Focus on diplomacy over individuals • Seen as “just a flare-up”: “these people do this from time to time” • General hostility toward peacekeeping • “all loss and no gain” • U.S. contributing 1/3 of costs

  4. Samantha Powers’ article • Why did Hutu extremists kill the 10 Belgian UN peacekeepers? • To get Belgium to withdraw, which they did. • How did European and American governments respond to the early killings? • The Americans evacuated their personnel overland without military escort • The Europeans dropped over 1,000 commandos into the capital to airlift their personnel

  5. Samantha Powers’ article • What was the “g-word” and why was the U.S. reluctant to use it?

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