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No power to stop Interahamwe youth, Rutaganda says

[Cote d'Ivoire] "Sergeant Doctor" real name, Dramane Soro, is the commander of the corridor south out of Bouake. His men control the last checkpoint at Djebonoua, 16 km south of Bouake. IRIN
Sergeant Doctor, surrounded by his men at Djebonoua
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    A former leader of the Interahamwe militia, Georges Rutangada, broke down in tears as he ended his testimony at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, on Thursday, the independent Hirondelle news agency reported.

    It said Rutaganda maintained throughout his testimony that although he was the second vice-president of the Interahamwe, he had no power to stop the massacres in 1994. In a previous
    testimony, he claimed the Interahamwe was just a "think tank" and could not control the youth "who gave it a bad name".

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