Reply #118: OK then, here's some GOOD news you can read about while he's there [View All]

[Nothing Without Hope]

I've posted and reposted on this story, most recently here ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3403027#3405545 ), but it has dropped like a rock. It's such hopeful news, I want everyone to know about it.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=5&u=/nm/20050331/wl_nm/rwanda_rebels_dc

Rwandan Hutu Rebels Denounce Genocide, Halt War

Thu Mar 31, 5:06 PM ET
World - Reuters
By Crispian Balmer

ROME (Reuters) - Rwanda's main Hutu rebel group announced on Thursday they were ending their war against Rwanda and for the first time denounced the 1994 genocide of Tutsis that has been blamed on many of their members.

A delegation representing the rebel organization, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), made the announcement after secret negotiations at the Sant'Egidio religious community in the heart of Rome.

"The FDLR condemns the genocide committed against Rwanda and their authors," FDLR President Ignace Murwanashyaka said, reading from a statement. "Henceforward, the FDLR has decided to transform its fight into a political struggle."

Hutu rebels are accused of taking part in the massacre of 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994. Until Thursday, many FDLR fighters had denied genocide occurred, calling the killings tit-for-tat attacks.

(snip - more at link)