Genocidal Hutus May Be Planning Return To Power

The signs are ominous: Rwanda seems to be tumbling toward a resumption of civil war.

On Monday, the international organization Human Rights Watch issued a report substantiating fears of Rwanda’s young government and concerns of independent officials in the region: The defeated and exiled army of the former regime is rearming and preparing to try to retake the country by force.

Moreover, Human Rights Watch said the campaign by these armed ethnic Hutus threatens to destabilize the entire region.

What is extraordinary about the developments is that leaders of this insurgency are the same people who stand accused of one of the most horrible mass slaughters in modern history, last year’s genocide of perhaps 500,000 Rwandan Tutsis.