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//I believe the Tutsis could have had a better life if it wasn't for all the conflict between the Tutsis and the Hutus.The Tutsis could have been left the their town and the hotel Rewonda but they didn't because that were they live and thats their home. Thousands of their people died just because of what they believed in and what was their race. I think the United States should have sent help when we found out about the attacks, but we didn't until the very end. I don't think the Tutsis where to poor to buy their weapons and stuff. I Just Think that they didn't have as much power like the Hutus did. I also think the Tutsis were scared to fight back against the Hutus. I believe if the Tutsis had more faith in them, more power, and more wisdom I believe that they could have won the fight.//

//When Apartheid was going on I feel that the United States didn't help them at all. The Hutus just wanted revenge on the Tutsis because their president was whipped out in the genocide by the Tutsis. I feel that there should have been some moral or something for them. I feel we should have came a little bet fatter with the savor team. I feel that the Tutsis should have been help faster and I feel that there would have been less people who had died those years !!!//

//Endanger People//

//No one can help were endangered, We scream for help but no one hears us.// //We cry every night cause of them beast that hurt us, We need help but no one sees us// //They kill use just cause of are religon, casue of what we stand for, cause of what we speak// //We're not important to them, They hurt us just for their happiness, they gun us down just because// //They dont even show are childrens respect, they treat use like dogs, and roaches on the ground dead// //They say were lowwer than them under them and just discuss them,They dont care about us not one drop of blood// //We live in hell where there is no heaven, We're asking for help .... PLEASE Give us Help Before They Kill US All!!// //Are name is the TUTSIS and we are asking you to help us,//

//Time Line Of The Tutsis !//

August 1993 – Against a backdrop of civil unrest, the Arusha Peace Accords are signed. This legislation calls for the establishment of a transitional government, the unification of the army and the arrival of UN forces to Rwanda. Hate messages against Tutsis start to be broadcasted on Rwandan radio and television.

January 1994 – Human Rights Watch publishes a report on the continued arming of militias in Rwanda. You can read some of this report. General Dallaire asks UN Headquarters for permission to seize arms. This request is refused.

6 April 1994 – The aeroplane carrying President Habyarimana of Rwanda and President Ntaryamira of Burundi is shot down. Both are killed. Almost immediately, Tutsis are blamed, and roadblocks are placed around Kigali. 10 Belgian Soldiers are shot and killed. The genocide begins. Read more about the events of 6 April 1994.

10 April 1994 – The US Ambassador and 250 Americans are evacuated from Rwanda and the Embassy is closed. Captured Tutsis are put to work to use refuse carts to pick up the bodies of those who have been murdered.

15 April 1994 – Seven Adventist Tutsi Pastors, hiding with many hundreds of Tutsis in a church in Mugenero write to the leader of the Seventh Adventist Church of Western Rwanda, Pastor Ntakirutimana asking him for assistance and protection from the Interahamwe. He responded, telling them to prepare for their death. The letter they wrote simply said ‘We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families.’ This was the inspiration for the book written by journalist Philip Gourevitch who tracked down Pastor Ntakirutimana after the genocide and helped to bring him to justice.

21 April 1994 – The UN orders its troops out of Rwanda and UNAMIR is reduced from 2,500 to 27

17 May 1994 – The UN Security Council approve the sending of 5,500 troops to Rwanda. Their deployment is delayed over arguments about who will cover the cost of sending them. 22 May 1994 – Kigali airport is captured by RPF forces. 23 June 1994 – The first French troops arrive in Rwanda, after France announces its intention to send an interim peace-keeping mission to the country to support the UNAMIR mission headed by General Dallaire. 1 July 1994 – The UN Security Council considers whether the events in Rwanda constitute ‘possible acts of genocide’. 5 July 1994 – The French troops establish a safe-zone in the south west of Rwanda. 14 July 1994 – An estimated 6,000 people per hour flock into the safe-zone, including the militia and government officials. 17 July 1994 – The massacres end. Read more about the end of the Genocide in Rwanda on 17 July 1994.