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| Haiti Revolt Spreads, France Threatens |
| 2004-02-17 |
| A rebellion by opponents of Haiti’s embattled president has spread further with a new attack north of the capital. About 50 men attacked a police station in the town of Hinche, killing three people - one of them the police chief. The rebels are now reported to control the town and two major roads leading into the north of the country. France has raised the possibility of an international peace force being sent to Haiti, where the recent wave of unrest has left about 50 people dead. Bwahahaha...I’m sory, it wasn’t a joke? "We have the capacity to intervene and... many friendly countries are ready to do so," Foreign Minister Dominique De Villepin said. Call us when the Charles De Gaul is standing off shore to provide air support for the landing. His comments followed an appeal by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for the international community to help put down the rebellion which has seen armed opponents take over a string of towns in the north. HHHEEEELLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!! Neighbouring Dominican Republic has expressed alarm about the unrest, warning it could not cope on its own if there were a mass exodus of Haitians. And expresing alarm is about all they can do. On Monday it closed its 360km border with French-speaking Haiti. Which explains the French interest. In an attempt to restore calm in the central town of Hinche, the police chief in the capital Port-au-Prince, about 130 km to the south-west, said reinforcements were being sent. But reports from the town said local police had been forced out and were re-grouping 55km to the south. Can they be much farther away and still be in Hati? On Monday, rebels escorted a Red Cross convoy carrying much-needed supplies including medical goods to Gonaives, where the unrest began on 5 February. To keep the police and government supporters from retaking Gonaives, the rebels have pushed shipping containers blocking the highway leading to the town. Although the rebels are thought to control about 11 towns and cities, their number is also thought to be less than that of Haiti’s 5,000 police force. However they have been joined by exiled paramilitary leaders and police. Who came in from the Dominican Republic before they closed the door. "Our fight is for a better country. We are fighting for the presidency, we’re fighting for the people, " said Guy Philippe, a former police chief who is accused of trying to organise a coup in 2002. "We are fighting for a bigger piece of the action, such as it is." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Since Haiti is a French speaking country, and because France does so love coalitions,let France lead a coalition of Francophones such as Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Djibouti, Rwanda, to name a few. But you they don't get to borrow the Louisana National Guard with it's Cajuns and Creoles. No Coon Asses for the dumb Asses! |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-17 11:56:10 AM |
| #3 Ok, lissen up: France, you get a free pass to send military shipping into "our hemisphere" (a la M. Monroe) for the purpose of cleaning up the Haitian mess. If you can find some. And mainly because we just need something amusing to happen down there. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-17 10:20:33 AM |
| #2 Maybe we let the Munroe Doctrine slide just this once. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-17 10:09:58 AM |
| #1 "Our fight is for a better country. We are fighting for the presidency, we’re fighting for the people, " When have I heard that before? Oh, yeah. The last time this happened. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-17 9:20:33 AM |