Read Shake Hands With the Devil Online
Authors: Romeo Dallaire
Homeward Bound, 481, 497, 517â18
Hôtel des Mille Collines
meeting room in, 75
as shelter, 302, 304â5, 360, 382, 396, 409â10, 419â20
temporary headquarters, 59, 98
transfers from, 350â1
humanitarian aid, 307, 311, 328â9, 337, 353, 365â7, 372n, 386, 413, 415
Canadian field hospital, 491, 493
and France, 425
in Kigali, 468â9, 474â5
and management of arms, 441â2
not for Kigali, 479â80
support of, 447
of U.S. to Goma, 480â1
Humanitarian Protection Zone (
HPZ
), 452, 454â5, 464, 472â3, 482
Human Rights Rapporteur, 481â2
hundred-day civil war.
See
civil war (Rwanda)
Hutu Power, 115, 133, 137
clan de Madame
, 149
on lists for transitional government, 139
target Belgian troops, 143â4
Hutus
arming of, 363
background of, 47
fear of Tutsi hegemony, 163, 219
killing of, 344
killings of, 378
moderates, 189
political party splits, 115
registration of, 198
ties to Quebec, 61
identity cards, 198, 281
Ignatieff, Michael, 517
Impuzamugambi militias, 211
infiltrators and spies, 116, 143, 150, 202â3, 248
information sources.
See also
intelligence gathering
difficulties with Ugandan operations, 94â5
in southern Rwanda, 113â14
from U.S., 338
Inkotanyi, 116
intelligence gathering, 199â200.
See also
information sources
dependent on goodwill, 90
to find moderates, 121
informants, 179 (
See also
Jean-Pierre)
of militias, 165
ordered to reveal information, 146â8
and Security Council, 195
Interahamwe.
See also
genocide
description of, 129
description of killings, 462
and France, 210
genocide, 420
informant from, 179 (
See also
Jean-Pierre)
lists of Tutsis, 142â3, 231, 243
meetings with, 345â7, 369â70
and
PL
, 140
provoking of crowds, 179
split of, 377
interim government, 277, 288â9, 295, 324, 329â30, 333â4, 337â8, 340, 350.
See also
Crisis Committee
and counteroffensive, 376â8
and French intervention, 418
location of, 443
and meetings with Khan, 463â4
and transfers, 445â6
and withdrawal, 394
international attitude to Rwanda, 51, 79â80, 89â90, 205, 220, 332, 364
abandonment, 291
and failure of missions, 514, 516â17
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, xii, xiii, 249
International Monetary Fund (
IMF
), 74, 174
International Red Cross.
See
Red Cross
International Tribunal on the Rwandan Genocide, Arusha, 508
Intore/warrior dancers, 65
Inyenzi, 142, 186
Islam, Colonel Nazrul, 176
Italian foreign minister, 408â9
Jean-Pierre (informant), 141â4, 149â51, 161, 240
not offered sanctuary, 148
Jeffords, Jim, 372n
Jonah, Dr. James, 51, 122
Kabgayi, Rwanda, 363, 404, 414, 419, 442â3
Kabia, Dr. Abdul Hamid, 91â2, 105, 119, 147â8, 300
Kadafi Crossroads, 397, 404â6, 424
ambush, 192â3, 201
Kagame, Major General Paul, 244â5.
See also
Rwandese Patriotic Front (
RPF
)
absence of, 104
death of relatives, 396
demilitarized zone planning, 170â2
description of, 65â6
meeting with, 214, 325â7, 341â4, 358, 410â11, 507â8
meeting with U.S., 211
the Napoleon of Africa, 67
new vice-president, 475â7
opinion of Booh-Booh, 355â6
pace of peace, 153, 200â1
preconditions for ceasefire, 250
refugees in Rwanda, 154â6
RPF
site in Kigali, 127
transfer disruptions, 406â7
twenty-four-hour warning, 201, 291
the victor's map, 462
warning from, 247
Kagera, Tanzania, 199, 288, 292
Kagera National Park, 453
Kajuga, Robert, 346â7, 370
Kambanda, Jean, 285, 288â9, 316, 329â30
Kamenzi, Major Frank, 166, 300, 362, 423, 425, 440
attack on, 173
search of Franco-Africans, 435
Kane, Mamadou, 172, 175, 300, 381
Kangura,
133, 183
Kanombe barracks, 187, 191
Kanyarengwe, Colonel Alexis, 65, 130, 475
Karamira, Froduald, 344, 347
Katimavik (training program, Canada), 30
Kavaruganda, Joseph, 161, 179â80, 212, 242â3
Kayibanda, Grégoire, 47
Keating, Colin, 298, 301, 319â20, 364, 374
Kesteloot, Major Henry, 142, 193, 318
Khan, Shaharyar, 437
description of, 459â60, 463
Opération Turquoise departure, 507
The Shallow Graves of Rwanda
, 461â2
Khartoum
(movie), 274
KIBAT
, 113
Kibungo, Rwanda, 291
Kibuye, Rwanda, 292
Kigali hospital, 360â2, 468â9, 491
Kigali International Airport Security Agreement, 285
Kigali Weapons Secure Area (
KWSA
)
as an excuse, 189
description of, 87
signing of, 124â7
troops to support, 202â3
violations of, 144, 148â9, 159â60, 165, 193, 226
“Kigame Nine” declaration, 464, 469
killings.
See
shootings and killings
Kilometre 64, 125, 170
King Faisal Hospital, 158, 270, 291, 302â3, 413, 419â20
invasions of, 440â1
locked ward, 461â2
operational, 440n
Kinihira, Rwanda, 102â3, 243, 365â6, 465
Kinyarwanda, 44, 110, 158.
See also
languages in Rwanda
Knights of Columbus, 14
Kodjo, Captain Apedo, 237, 242
Korea, 17, 26, 39, 71
Kouchner, Bernard, 367â72, 380, 407, 412, 422, 425, 442, 495â6
Kuroda, Katz, 297
Lafourcade, General Jean-Claude, 439, 449â52.
See also
Opération Turquoise
briefing
SRSG
, 463â4
and Kagame, 465â6
media relations, 459
meeting with, 506â7
meeting with Bizimungu, 473
Lahr, Germany, 32
Lancaster, Major Phil, 341, 362â3, 470, 494
Dallaire's leaving Rwanda, 501
in Sierra Leone, 511
language divisions in Canada, 13â14
in the military, 17â18, 22â3, 34
during the October Crisis, 26
languages in Rwanda, 44, 218.
See also
Kinyarwanda
and Bangladeshi troops, 176, 222, 228, 231â2
difficulties in meetings, 72, 122, 170
difficulties of, 230â1, 231n
difficulties with troops, 112, 119, 457
and Franco-Africans, 435
importance of French-speakers, 472
and political alliances, 118â19
and saving lives, 158
Swahili, 378, 469
Laporte, Pierre, 24â5
Lebrun, Regimental Sergeant Major, 490
Lemaire, Captain, 290
Léotard, François, 447
LeRoy, Lieutenant Colonel, 112â13
Lesage, Jean, 16â17
Lévesque, René, 33, 60, 132
Liberal Party (Canada), 14
List, Major Bob, 35
Lotin, Lieutenant Thierry, 258
Ly, Amadou, 58â60, 98
sourcing funds, 74, 110, 153, 153n4
MacKenzie, Major General Lewis, 49
MacNeil, Don, 350, 363, 406, 440â2
Maggen, Major Peter, 232, 235, 256
malaria, 68, 199, 322
Malawi contingent, 483
Mali contingent, 434â5
MamaPapa One, 441â1n
Mamiragaba, Bernard, 346â7, 370
maps, 55, 75
Marchal, Colonel Luc, 130, 190â1, 202
court-martial of, xi, 6
death of soldiers, 258
departing, 308â9
description of, 119â20
enforcement of
KWSA
, 160, 215
meeting with informant, 141â5
mission profile, 196
press conference, 197
RPF
convoy to
CND
, 128â30
troop discipline, 193
value of, 206
witness to killings, 232
Marlaud, Jean-Phillippe, 62â3, 76, 146â8
Marsh, Howie, 37â8, 45
Martin, Major Miguel, 46, 81â2
massacres.
See also
genocide
of children in Virunga Mountains, 115â18
of former government agents, 378
at Kabgayi, 414
November 17â18 (1993), 110â12, 122, 159
Sainte Famille church (
RPF
killers), 347â9
at St. Paul church, 420
threat of, 121
matériel
deficiencies, 91.
See also
equipment
Matiwaza, Ben, 95
Mazimhaka, Patrick, 83â4, 250, 410, 490
Mbaye, Captain Diagne, 245â6, 400
McComber, Major John, 363, 499
medals, 445â6, 448, 453
Médecins Sans Frontières, 297, 334, 367, 415, 440â0n
and
RTLM
, 454
media coverage, 197.
See also
Doyle, Mark;
RTLM
(hardline radio station)
of Bangladeshi withdrawal, 323â4
and
BBTG
, 139, 210â11
and French, 447
of Gatabazi assassination, 188
of genocide, 419
of killings, 110â12, 160, 348â9
media casualty, 456
of official events, 105, 110
of Opération Turquoise, 455
and orphan rescue, 367â71
and political impasse, 122â3
and request for
UNAMIR
-run radio, 167, 172
of Rwandan delegate to
UN
, 84
as selective, 477â8, 519
of soldiers' deaths, 400
media relations, 332â3, 480
during nationalist debate in Canada, 40
transparency, 437
by the
UN
, 48
medical supplies, 199, 215, 264, 347, 413, 441.
See also
King Faisal Hospital
Meech Lake Accord, 40
Military Assessment of the Situation (MIR-19), 319
military career (General Dallaire)
“an emotional leader,” 26, 37
child who haunts me, 1â4, 397, 510, 517
commanding officer, 27, 29â30, 39â40, 56, 209
consequences of decisions, 239â40, 428â9
deciding to leave Rwanda, 470â1, 488, 499â501, 505, 507
decision to join
UN
mission, 44â5
doubts, 56, 82â3, 147, 491â4
early postings, 22â7, 30â1, 33â4, 37â9
education, 17â22, 34â5, 39
honoured, 403â4, 445
leaving Rwanda, 508â9
operational command, 93
personal dedication, 64
promotion, 32â8
showmanship, 103
as a streamer, 28
threats against, 338â9, 379â81
as a vocation, 20â1
military culture (Canada), 17, 20, 37
military observers (
MILOB
s)
arms imports, 156â7
arrival of, 108
function of, 82
and identity cards, 198
and mission profile, 196â7
obstructed, 213
Polish, 279â81
and refugee camps, 114
threatened, 316
military pay, 12
militias, 120â1, 211
mysterious third force, 121, 143
rumblings of, 59â60
Mille Collines hotel.
See
Hôtel des Mille Collines
minefields, 64â5, 95, 125â6, 151â2, 152n3, 175
Mitterrand, President, 422, 450
mob rule, 189â92
moderates, 121, 189, 212â13, 232, 253â4, 266, 274, 292
after fall of Kigali, 464
Moen, Colonel, 228, 273
Moigny, Major Victor, 269
Montgomery, General Richard, 18
Montreal, Quebec, 13, 18â20, 24
morale.
See also
packages from home
and funding for the military, 38
of
RGF
recruits, 68â9
of
UNAMIR
, 284, 308
of
UNAMIR
2, 484â5
World cup soccer, 411
Mount Kigali, 322
Mount Nianza, 322
Moustache, 231, 245â6
Mouvement démocratique républicain (
MDR
), 57, 115, 132, 344
Mouvement républicain national pour la démocratie et le développement (
MRND
).
See also
Ngirumpatse, Mathieu
absence of, 104
and Arusha Peace Agreement, 54, 132
and Habyarimana death, 227
as independent from president, 162
and political violence, 189â91
possible split in, 149
Mugenzi, Justin, 133, 140, 165â6
Mulindi, Rwanda, 250
Mulroney, Brian, 37, 40
Munyazesa, Faustin, 190â1
Murray, Admiral Larry, 403â4, 415
Murray Hill bus drivers' strike, 23
Museveni, Yoweri, 43, 94, 96, 155, 507
Mwinyi, Ali Hassan, 77â8, 210
Nairobi, Kenya, 415â19, 447
National Assembly, Quebec City, 24â7
National Council for Development.
See
Conseil national pour le développement (
CND
)
National Defence Headquarters (Canada), 35, 37â8, 259
Nayinzira, Jean-Népomucène, 132
Ndasingwa, Landoald “Lando,” 61, 123, 132â3, 140, 161, 179â80, 212, 232, 242â3
Ndiaye, Captain Babacar Faye, 1, 340, 343â4, 473
Ndindiliyimana, Major General Augustin, 202, 292â3, 334
death of Habyarimana, 222â5, 228
description of, 70