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chiefspymaster

Shake Hands With The Devil

Jun 01, 2006 12:16

Political conspiracy, international espionage, civil war, hundreds of thousands of lives on the line, and those in power lying through their teeth. It sounds like the selling-tag of a thriller novel, but it pretty accurately describes Roméo Dallaire's account of the Rwandan genocide, Shake Hands With The DevilBetween April and June, 1994, 800 000 ( Read more... )

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anonymous June 1 2006, 19:27:15 UTC

I have still yet to read that book... but heard soo many good things about it! The Rwandan genocide is such chilling account of the loss of humanity. Were you there the night we watched Hotel Rwanda in Andy and Loni's room in Montrèal?
-Monica
http://mashimaromonica.blogspot.com

chiefspymaster June 8 2006, 17:28:24 UTC

Hey Monica! No, I didn't see Hotel Rwanda... still working up the determination to watch it...!

anonymous June 3 2006, 06:56:39 UTC

man, that sounds like another book added to my ever-growing books to read list.... i've just started "human cargo", a book about the state of refugees and it tells a bit about the history of the UN.... it started out as such a noble idea, but reality it, when politicians are involved, it's never as altruistic as we hope... you must have heard about the '100 days of hope' campaign in rwanda right now?? visit www.hoperwanda.org

well, i hope you're doing well! i'll be leading a small team to the thai/burma border at the end of june! another tragic story in burma.... pray for us!!

love
jan :)

chiefspymaster June 8 2006, 17:29:41 UTC

hi janice! wow... thai/burma... is it too late to jump on board?? (i'm only kind of kidding!). you'll have to tell me more about it when I see you SOME TIME NEXT WEEK :)

anonymous June 3 2006, 16:15:23 UTC

Hey Alison (it's j-dawg),
If this happened again, would you wear a beret?

chiefspymaster June 8 2006, 17:32:47 UTC

it's already happening again in Central Africa... and... that's a really good question. I think the problem is I have no other hat to wear - but after reading the book, I want to find out more about what the UN is doing right now in DR Congo and what they need to get it done right and then for millions of people to put pressure on their own countries to get'er'done... the current state of the beret is in shambles - but what else is there to wear?

miss_rina June 5 2006, 04:07:41 UTC

I wrote a report this year on humanitarian intervention. You can download this really interesting report called 'The Responsibility to Protect' by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty here.

chiefspymaster June 8 2006, 17:33:46 UTC

thanks for the link! so having written a report, what do you think?

anonymous June 5 2006, 07:05:42 UTC

hey alison, I heard about the book last year but still haven't had the chance to read it yet... like janice it's on my booklist... I've actually got a friend going to Rwanda in July to do filming for a documentary about the Rwandan children and also to check out the Hope Rwanda project! - ann :)

chiefspymaster June 8 2006, 17:35:02 UTC

hi annong! wow, sounds like a huge summer for your friend... hope you get around to reading the book too. I picked it up by accident (it's my brother's book), but couldn't put it down.