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Hier [3 juillet] les rebelles ont tiré sur un convoi de l'armée française qui venait d'évacuer des orphelins et des civils
Card Number 29075
Number
29075
Author
Pernaut, Jean-Pierre
Author
Jentile, Catherine
Date
4 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940704
Time
13:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 13 heures
Title
Hier [3 juillet] les rebelles ont tiré sur un convoi de l'armée française qui venait d'évacuer des orphelins et des civils
Subtitle
Le risque pour les Français se précise de se retrouver partie prenante dans le conflit rwandais.
File name
Size
21567 bytes
Pages nb.
2
Source
Public records
Type
Transcription d'une émission de télévision
Language
FR
Abstract
- Violent fighting throughout the night in Kigali: the rebel forces which surrounded the city entered the capital of Rwanda a while ago.
- Yesterday [July 3], for the first time, there was a clash between the RPF and the French army. The rebels fired at a convoy that had just evacuated orphans and civilians in Butare in southwest Rwanda.
- When the city fell, the French organized the evacuation of 600 orphans. These are the men from the Special Operations Command. On the way back, a clash between them and the RPF forces. For the first time the French opened fire. There were no casualties in their ranks.
- At the rear, the legionaries arrived from Djibouti are settling on a key point: on the road to Butare, which allows to cross Rwanda from east to west and which therefore represents the axis of logical progression of the RPF. The legionaries have no illusions about the fact that they will find themselves in contact with the Rwandan Patriotic Front.
- The men of Operation Turquoise today touch on the contradiction that exists in the context of a mission that is both humanitarian and military. Since yesterday [July 3] we have been talking about the military and the risk is becoming clearer, which is the nightmare of the French, of finding themselves involved in the Rwandan conflict.
- Yesterday [July 3], for the first time, there was a clash between the RPF and the French army. The rebels fired at a convoy that had just evacuated orphans and civilians in Butare in southwest Rwanda.
- When the city fell, the French organized the evacuation of 600 orphans. These are the men from the Special Operations Command. On the way back, a clash between them and the RPF forces. For the first time the French opened fire. There were no casualties in their ranks.
- At the rear, the legionaries arrived from Djibouti are settling on a key point: on the road to Butare, which allows to cross Rwanda from east to west and which therefore represents the axis of logical progression of the RPF. The legionaries have no illusions about the fact that they will find themselves in contact with the Rwandan Patriotic Front.
- The men of Operation Turquoise today touch on the contradiction that exists in the context of a mission that is both humanitarian and military. Since yesterday [July 3] we have been talking about the military and the risk is becoming clearer, which is the nightmare of the French, of finding themselves involved in the Rwandan conflict.