AFRICA REVIEW -- BURUNDI: DENOUNCES PROPOSED UN INTERVENTION

Created: 2/12/1996

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Although Nduwayo and Bilcomagu recently sup-portcd beleaguered President Ntibantnngya byfortes In break the general strike by Tutsi extremists,extremists almost certainly woo Id aitempi to remove both the Prime Minister and the President if they believed significant foreign military intervention was imminent.

Tutsi extremists alio might target foreigners, hoping that casualties would force western powers to focus on evacuating their nationals rather thanactic Huru extremists osed to scare off UNAMIR troops in Rwanda as thebegan there

We have no information that the Burundian Army has prepared contingency plans to oppose foreign militaryutsi eitremut element* within and outside the military, however, would

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