Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KIGALI231
2008-04-01 07:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kigali
Cable title:
RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KIGALI 000231
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/03/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY
COMMANDER KARAKE DROPPED
REF: A. KIGALI 227
B. KIGALI 107
Classified By: Charge Cheryl J. Sim, reason 1.4 (B/D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KIGALI 000231
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/03/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY
COMMANDER KARAKE DROPPED
REF: A. KIGALI 227
B. KIGALI 107
Classified By: Charge Cheryl J. Sim, reason 1.4 (B/D)
1. (C) Charge spoke with Foreign Minister Rosemary
Museminali March 31 on the margins of the White House
Faith-Based Initiatives Conference regarding the apparent
move by UN and or EU officials to remove Deputy UNAMID
commander Karenzi Karake. General Karake and 39 other
present and former Rwandan military officers were indicted by
the judge in early February for alleged participation in mass
killings in the 1990s (ref B). Museminali told Charge that
Rwanda would bring home its four battalions of peacekeepers
if Karake were removed from his position.
2. (C) Museminali's unequivocal remarks were echoed by
Lieutenant General Charles Muhire, Air Force Commander, who
repeatedly told Defense Attache March 28 that RDF
participation would end if Karake was removed as Deputy
UNAMID Commander.
3. (C) Comment. Post does not regard these comments by
senior Rwandan officials as bluffs or empty posturing. Anger
within senior Rwandan ranks, civilian and military, is
palpable on the subject of the 40 indictments, particularly
following the issuance by the Spanish government of an
Interpol "red notice" for Chief of Defense Staff General
James Kabarebe (ref A). Reftel provides post's analysis of
the indictments, which appear to be based upon outlandish and
grossly inaccurate recountings of the 1994 genocide, events
leading up to it, and its aftermath. End comment.
SIM
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/03/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
SUBJECT: RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY
COMMANDER KARAKE DROPPED
REF: A. KIGALI 227
B. KIGALI 107
Classified By: Charge Cheryl J. Sim, reason 1.4 (B/D)
1. (C) Charge spoke with Foreign Minister Rosemary
Museminali March 31 on the margins of the White House
Faith-Based Initiatives Conference regarding the apparent
move by UN and or EU officials to remove Deputy UNAMID
commander Karenzi Karake. General Karake and 39 other
present and former Rwandan military officers were indicted by
the judge in early February for alleged participation in mass
killings in the 1990s (ref B). Museminali told Charge that
Rwanda would bring home its four battalions of peacekeepers
if Karake were removed from his position.
2. (C) Museminali's unequivocal remarks were echoed by
Lieutenant General Charles Muhire, Air Force Commander, who
repeatedly told Defense Attache March 28 that RDF
participation would end if Karake was removed as Deputy
UNAMID Commander.
3. (C) Comment. Post does not regard these comments by
senior Rwandan officials as bluffs or empty posturing. Anger
within senior Rwandan ranks, civilian and military, is
palpable on the subject of the 40 indictments, particularly
following the issuance by the Spanish government of an
Interpol "red notice" for Chief of Defense Staff General
James Kabarebe (ref A). Reftel provides post's analysis of
the indictments, which appear to be based upon outlandish and
grossly inaccurate recountings of the 1994 genocide, events
leading up to it, and its aftermath. End comment.
SIM