 The CDR was an extremist offshoot of the MRND that campaigned for a "pure Hutu" nation and prohibited Rwandans with Tutsi grandparents from joining.While initially formed to give the MRND and Habyarimana deniability for the positions espoused, the CDR soon developed a life of its own.Roméo Dallaire, the Force Commander of UNAMIR, the United Nations peacekeeping force, would later refer to "Kangura" as "their "[the CDR's]" propaganda rag" and a "scurrilous extremist newspaper".