POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: International Humanitarian Law, Competent Tribunal, Frontline (U.S. Tv Series)
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The dallaire fax (extracts: force commander put in contact with informant by very very important government politician. They hoped to provoke the rpf bn to engage (being fired upon) the demonstrators and provoke a civil war. Deputies were to be assassinated upon entry or exit from parliament. Since unamir mandate he has been ordered to register all tutsi in kigali. Example he gave was that in 20 minutes his personnel could kill up to 1000. Tutsis: informant states he disagrees with anti-tutsi extermination. He supports opposition to rpf but cannot support killing of innocent persons. He also stated that he believes the president does not have full control over all elements of his old party/faction: informant is prepared to provide location of major weapons cache with at least 135 weapons. He already has distributed 110 weapons including 35 with ammunition and can give us details of their location. Type of weapons are g3 and ak47 provided by rgf.