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| | U.S. Military Role in Rwanda Greater Than Disclosed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | The Rwandan military, dominated by members of the Tutsi ethnic minority, was mounting a campaign against armed, ethnic Hutu militia groups that were attacking Rwanda from refugee camps in neighboring Congo, then known as Zaire. |
 | | Although Rwanda is small and of no direct strategic value to the United States, recent events have demonstrated that "if Rwanda is unstable, that's going to lead to instability throughout Central Africa," the Pentagon official said. |
 | | It is focused on the law of war, human rights, military leadership, soldier team development and instructor training, with 20 of the participants also slated to receive instruction in rough-terrain tactics such as mountaineering, rappelling and building rope bridges. |
| www.udayton.edu /~rwanda/articles/usrole.html (1396 words) |
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