USA: Kagame links with Al-Qaeda probed by USA,
by AfroAmerica Network,
Washington, DC. USA. August 10, 2002.
Reliable sources tell AfroAmerica Network that Kagame, his
cronies, and the Rwandan Government�s links with Al-Qaeda organization are
being probed by USA Intelligence services and the Justice Department . These
links may date from the guerrilla war era against Habyalimana�s regime and may
have intensified with the illegal exploitation of natural resources in Eastern
Democratic Republic of the Congo and the fuelling of invasion of the Congo.
In this web of international terrorism, arms trafficking,
illegal mineral trade, invasion and civil wars, Paul Kagame himself remains
the central piece around which the following key figures and organizations
gravitate.
Colonel Patrick Karegeya, Kagame�s right hand man and
Director of the infamous External Intelligence Office (ESO) which is accused
of assassinating Rwandan refugees, including Seth Sendashonga and Theonest
Lizinde. Colonel Patrick Karegeya is said to have been working with Victor
Bout (or Butt), Sanjivan Ruprah, and Faustin Mbundu all known arms dealers
with close contacts with Al-Qeada. Sources say Victor Bout and Sanjivan
Ruprah, who is married to a Congolese-Rwandan, may have bought weapons from
Al-Qaeda cells from Pakistan, Kuweit and UAE, and Lebanon and supply the
weapons to Kagame. They also say that using money from Al-Qaeda companies
working with the Rwandan Patriotic Army in the Congo, these arms traffickers
may have supplied sophisticated weapons, communications equipments and others
war materials to Al_Qaeda itself. Faustin Mbundu, an elusive Rwandan business
man who lives in Uganda serves as an agent between Sanjivan Ruprah and Victor
But on one side and General Kagame on the other. Al-QAEDA cells through these
contracts of arm sales, have trained Rwandan troops in Pakistan, Afganistan,
Somalia, and Erythrea, just until September 11, 2001. Training of Rwandan
troops in Somalia, Pakistan, and Erythrea may still be going on.
Colonel Jack Nziza, another Kagame�s henchman is the Director
of the notorious Directorate of Military Intelligence. He is believed to be
responsible for contracts with Al-Qaeda linked companies that exploit minerals
and other resources in Congo. These companies, mostly from Pakistan, Lebanon,
India and elsewhere, use Hutu prisoners from Rwandan jails, accused of
genocide. The product of the exploitation is used to pay for arms supplied by
Victor Butt and Sanjivan Ruprah and for training of Rwandan troops by
Al-Qaeda.
Colonel Jack Nziza�s deputy in Congo is Colonel Dan Munyuzwa
who oversees Hutu Prisoners, Al-Qaeda linked companies and other similar
contracts in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also makes sure the
minerals and timber are exported and the companies use the planes owned by
General Kabarebe, the Rwandan Army Chief of Staff.
Some of the Al-Qaeda cells in Somalia and Eryhrea still train
Rwanda troops but other engage in combats in Congo and Burundi on the Rwandan
behalf. The USA Embassy in Ethiopia, also known as "Mogadisciu" for a large
number of Somalis going in and out of the Embassy on a daily basis, is
believed to issue Rwandan passports to Somalis, Yemenis, and Erythreans and to
channel money to their families back home. AfroAmerica Network has learned
that the USA intelligence may be concerned that the passports, issued to the
fighters to allow them to easily move to Rwanda, Burundi and Congo, may be
used by Al-Qaeda members among these troops to travel to the United States and
commit crimes there.
To facilitate the transfer and laundering of money to
Al-Qaeda, a Rwandan bank may have been used extensively. The Rwandan bank,
using an American bank, has created fake accounts to legitimize transactions.
Businessmen from Somalia, Ethiopia, and elsewhere, working with Al-Barakaat
may also have used the bank in Rwanda to transfer money to Al-Qaeda cells.
Other people who are mentioned are:
- Mugunga, a brother-in-law of Paul Kagame. While Colonel Dan
Munyuza is in minerals and timber, Mugunga is believed to handle coffee and
tea businesses with Al-Qaeda.
- Andre Bumaya, the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and
President of Islamic Democratic Party. Manages the Rwandan Embassy in Ethiopia
contacts with Somalis, Erythreans, and muslims and may be giving these party
memberships cards once in Rwanda.
- Hadj Harelimana, the Representative of Muslims in Rwanda.
Provides legal papers to Somalis, Erythreans, Yemenis, Ethiopians, Eastern and
Northern African muslims to make them members of the Rwandan Muslim community.
Hadj Harelimana is on the record for supporting September 11, 2001 attacks
against the USA, during a BBC interview.
- Major Karasira, Ernest Habimana, Emmanuel Kamanzi, Gakwere,
Alfred Kalisa, and other names are also mentioned. AfroAmerica Network is
still working to find out about the allegations against these individuals.
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