Yaobang, Museveni is afraid of the domino effect if the regime in Burundi is toppled.
COO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Y Yaobang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: ugnet_: M7 prescribes military solution for Burundi! > > > Listen to the mad utterances of Museveni, a war monger. This man has failed > defeat his own opponents at home and in DRC, but is now prescribing a > military solution for Burundi, i.e., the military defeat of the National > Liberation Forces-Party for Liberation of Hutu People. Is Museveni probably > aware that FNL's success in Burundi could welll mean the end of Tutsi > military-cum-political dominance in Uganda and Rwanda? Is that why he wants > them crushed? > > > y > ----------------------- > Burundi 'needs military solution' > > > Rebel attacks hinder humanitarian assistance > The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has suggested that a military > solution is needed to end Burundi's decade of fighting. > > Mr Museveni was speaking in Kampala on Tuesday after a meeting with South > Africa's deputy president Jacob Zuma, the main mediator in the Burundi > conflict. > > Mr Zuma said the option of sending a regional force to Burundi would be > discussed at a weekend summit in Tanzania, and that the region was ready to > do everything to implement peace in Burundi. > > > We deplore the abduction of our colleagues and any form of harassment > directed towards our staff members > > Statement from aid agencies in Burundi > > Mr Museveni described the acceleration of hostilities by Hutu rebels in > Burundi as unacceptable. > > "It's not a good precedence that the whole region could spend almost seven > years on an issue - and just a handful of people come and torpedo it. It's > not a good idea at all," he said. > > Mr Zuma's diplomatic mission follows renewed attacks on the capital, > Bujumbura, by rebels of the National Liberation Forces-Party for Liberation > of Hutu People (FNL), who have been battling the Tutsi-dominated government > troops for more than a week. > > Meanwhile, the United Nations has removed the non-essential international > staff from its 100-strong mission in Bujumbura due to continuing fighting in > the capital. > > The deputy spokeswoman for the UN Secretary General, Hua Jiang, told BBC > News Online that the organisation would "maintain its humanitarian emergency > operations". > > > > > In pictures: Burundi's besieged capital > > "We will assess the security situation and take further appropriate action," > she said. > > Fighting was reported on Tuesday night between government forces and rebels > in a predominantly Hutu district of Bujumbura. > > Insecurity > > This is the third time in a week that foreign organisations have decided to > withdraw their staff from Bujumbura. > > On Sunday, the US state department ordered the departure of non-essential > staff from the American embassy in Burundi, and advised American nationals > to leave the country. > > On Tuesday, seven international charity organisations in Burundi condemned > the abduction of three humanitarian workers in two separate incidents in the > southern Makamba Province. > > > The Burundi army and rebel forces are blamed for human rights violations > > Following the abductions on July 9th and 10th, the three charities (the > German Technical Co-operation, the Norwegian Refugee Council and the > International Rescue Committee), that employed the workers have suspended > their operations in Makamba. > > In a statement, non-governmental organisations including the Agro Action > Allemande and World Vision sought the support of the government and people > of Burundi in ensuring the safety of their workers to enable them continue > to carry out their humanitarian missions. > > 'Harassment' > > "As a collective body of organisation dedicated to providing humanitarian > relief to vulnerable populations, we deplore the abduction of our colleagues > and any form of harassment directed towards our staff members," they said in > the statement. > > At the same time, international human rights organisation Amnesty > International condemned on Tuesday what it said were "serious" human rights > abuses committed by government and rebels troops during the past week's > fighting in the southern suburbs of Bujumbura. > > Amnesty said that unless immediate preventive action was taken, > indiscriminate reprisals by government forces against Hutus suspected of > supporting or colluding with the rebels was likely. > > A 3,000-strong force of African Union (AU) peacekeepers is in Burundi as > part of AU efforts to end the conflict, which has killed an estimated > 300,000 people > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
