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US troops remove Aristide the democratically elected president of Haiti with military force |
Current rating: 6 |
by From correspondents in Paris
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29 Feb 2004
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8833298%255E1702,00.html
March 01, 2004 |
US soldiers forced HAITIAN leader Jean Bertrand Aristide out of office at gun piont today American helicopters over the skies of the capitol cementing the us military blitzkrieg in taking control of the us fascist machines latest victim in its latest step at world domination
A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled president told France's RTL radio station the troops forced Aristide out.
"The American army came to take him away at two in the morning," the man said.
"The Americans forced him out with weapons.
"It was American soldiers. They came with a helicopter and they took the security guards.
"(Aristide) was not happy. He did not want to be taken away. He did not want to leave. He was not able to fight against the Americans."
The RTL journalist who carried out the interview described the man as a "frightened old man, crouched in a corner" who said he was the "caretaker of the residence".
Aristide fled Haiti today in the face of an armed revolt. The United States has ordered Marines to the Caribbean state to help restore order. |
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This Kinda Reminds Me of an Old Story |
by Ma Goose
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Current rating: 2
29 Feb 2004
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There once was a guy named Saddam. He invaded a neighboring country and deposed the rulers there. The world ganged up on him and took away his weapons of mass destruction.
There's always a kernal of moral truth in a fable, W. |
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Re: US troops remove Aristide the democratically elected president of Haiti with military force |
by gehrig
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Current rating: 3
29 Feb 2004
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It's true. I am so _all about_ the military industrial complex. That's why I have such a big yacht.
@%< |
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Re: US troops remove Aristide the democratically elected president of Haiti with military force |
by Ricky Baldwin
baldwinricky (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
04 Mar 2004
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The question is, what did Aristide do to earn US enmity? He stood up for the poor. He may have made some mistakes, too - but that's clearly not a problem for the US; if it were, the Duvaliers would not have been US allies for 29 years while slaughtering tens of thousands of Haitians. |
