From: Self <Single-user mode> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EASTERN ZAIRE AND THE US Date sent: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 20:50:53 A KARL CARLILE MESSAGE KARL: The Great Lakes Region crisis is essentially a product of inter-imperialist rivalry between Washington and Paris over the resources of Africa. The Hutu peoples are backed by French imperialism while the Tutsi people, as represented by the Rwandan government and the Eastern Zaire Tutsi rebels, are backed by American imperialism. The conflict between Tutsi and Hutu is the military and political form by which the conflict between Paris and Washington manifests itself in the central African region. The Rwandan Patriotic Front was trained and based in Uganda which is backed by Washington while the masses of Rwandan Hutus took up residence in Zaire which is backed by Paris. Eastern Zaire provided a base in which the Hutu militia and the former Rwandan government forces could recover and prepare themselves for a future offensive against RPF. However the RPF and the East Zairian Tutsi formed an alliance and challenged the Hutu forces based In Zaire. If Mobutu's pro-Francophone regime in Zaire is replaced by a pro-Anglophone regime then Washington will in effect have succeeded in replacing the French hold over Central Africa. Success here will r epresent a significant victory for American imperialism. In short the situation in the Central African region is as follows: There are tow imperialist led alliances in conflict with each other. On the side is the American led alliance involving the US, Uganda, Rwanda and the eastern Zairian rebels. On the other side is the French led alliance consisting of France, Zaire, the former Rwandan government forces together with the Hutu militia, the Interawa mee. In this way the Clinton administration will have proved itself a very effective when it comes to promoting the imperialist interests that it represents. NOTE: I use the terms Hutu and Tutsu with great reluctance. However I have not as of yet found a more accurate pair of labels with which to descirbe both parties to the conflict.
