During the Troubles many nationalist and republicans regarded the RUC as a quasi-military force that committed a number of human rights abuses.
The F.D.L.R. is commanded by ethnic Hutus and includes remnants of the force that committed genocide in Rwanda in 1994, when hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tutsis were hacked to death.
When you read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee you aren't seeing the US as a shining city on a hill, or even a flawed nation attempting to right past wrongs, you're forced to confront it as an invading force that committed genocide, broke promises, and seized land by any means necessary.
The chief obstacle to peace in the Great Lakes region is the continued activity of the forces that committed genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
Janjaweed forces that committed genocide in Darfur were frequently linked to Gaddafi: many had once been Islamic Legion members, the rag-tag mercenary army he had created to fulfil his vision of a pan-Arabic band across north Africa.
"You cannot admit that these people founded the forces that committed the mass war crimes over a period of four years and then conclude it is not their fault," he says.
"The peace process [in Colombia] must be built without impunity, and that includes eliminating impunity for paramilitaries, and for members of state forces that committed serious human rights abuses".
Ron Gettelfinger, the U.A.W. vice president in charge of relations with Ford, said, "Ford has great strengths and resources to draw upon; most importantly, an experienced, highly skilled work force that's committed to improving product quality and customer satisfaction".
W. W. Boisture Jr., the chairman and chief executive of the company, which cut its local work force by nearly half, said the decision was between "a very attractive economic offer" and "a multigenerational work force that has been committed to this company for decades".
Alongside that dark assessment, though, is a new sense that many of the operations involving the bombs also rely on a kind of local contractor force that is much less committed to the cause of terror than the leaders.
