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Power play behind Rwanda tragedy, official says.
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National Catholic Reporter
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June 3, 1994
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A State Department official said here last week she believes the massive killings in Rwanda were planned and the result of the political manipulation of ethnic differences.
Joyce Leader, U.S. deputy chief of mission in Rwanda, called the unrelenting death and destruction the "extreme solution" of those seeking power.
Speaking at a forum sponsored by the International Relations Council here on the subject of "Race and Politics in African States," she said the fact that the killings have gone on as long as they have indicates the plan was a total one, and "there is a certain group of people who would like to carry it through to its ultimate ...
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