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The two factions were the Tootsies and the Hutus which did not even exist before some colonial power told them so.
Uhm, it depends on which 'theory of history' you believe in I guess. The Hutus and Tutsis are actually genetically two different kinds of people (or 'factions' whatever). The Hutus, about 80% or so of the people of Rwanda consists of Hutus, they arived at the Great Lake area in Africa somewhere around the year 1000. There's reasonable evidence for this. The Tutsis came much later, probably from Ethiopia a couple of hundred years later. There's less known about this though, smaller group, harder to track back.
The colonial powers didn't quite cause the hatred on both sides, I admit that I can't quite say they tried hard to solve it either. However totally blaming the colonial powers for the genocide goes a bit far.
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a known Russian spy was eliminated in Britain, he ate sushi which contained Polonium( a radioctive substance). It was enough to make him suffer while his organs failed and endure a painfull death. It is reckoned to do this you have to be a Nobel prize winning scientist. The reasons why this happened are unclear, as Russia is no lomnger seen as an enemy of the west. Answers please.
Yes, but who says it was the West having killed him? I don't want to point any fingers towards Putin, but it's a possibility the order came from within the Kremlin.
Being a spy is a risky business, the guy must have known that,
Cheers
Last edited by PHeMoX; 11/27/06 12:11.
