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Article: Tutsis, opposition party are main targets. (Rwanda terrorism)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- June 3, 1994
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WASHINGTON -- The solution to Rwanda's bloody crisis continued to elude international peacemakers from Pope John Paul II to a special U.N. peace envoy.
Despite repeated calls on the warring parties to stop the massive, countrywide killing -- and a tentative cease-fire in the capital, Kigali -- there was scant sign as of May 23 that peace could be achieved soon.
Pope John Paul said May 15 that Rwandans participating in the widespread slaughter of their fellow citizens will be held accountable by history and God.
The fighting in the African nation involves "a real and true genocide for which, unfortunately, even Catholics are responsible," the ...