I am still suffering from my experience in Rwanda, I never know when I'm going to drive my car off a bridge, or just decide to take my life. - Roméo Dallaire

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I am still suffering from my experience in Rwanda, I never know when I'm going to drive my car off a bridge, or just decide to take my life.

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About Roméo Dallaire

Lieutenant-General Roméo Alain Dallaire (born June 25, 1946) is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general. Dallaire is widely known for having served as Force Commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, and for trying to stop a war of genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against Tutsis and Hutu moderates.

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Native Name: Roméo Antonius Dallaire
Alternative Names: Romeo Dallaire Romeo Antonius Dallaire
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