Haiti Descending into Chaos Again

Reuters ^ | January 18, 2004 | Amy Bracken

[kabar]

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - One person has been shot dead and five wounded after gunmen took to the streets to break up an anti-government demonstration in Haiti's capital.

People hiding in allies and on rooftops threw rocks and bottles and fired shots as thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Sunday. The demonstrators were protected by dozens of police officers, and most of the damage occurred before and after the protest.

Five people were shot in the street outside a state-owned television station along the route of the marchers but before they had arrived on the scene, according to witnesses. A local radio station said at least two of the wounded were merchants.

After the demonstration, groups of marchers retraced the route to return to their homes and cars, while armed men in trucks drove around the city, firing their weapons. One demonstrator was hit and killed by a bullet, witnesses said.

A local hospital confirmed that one person had been fatally shot and three others were treated for gunshot wounds.

The protest, like many in recent weeks, was organised by leaders of a coalition intent on forcing President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to resign.

[kabar]

Another Clinton "triumph" gone bust. Look for another invasion of South Florida by the Haitian armada

[Nachum]

We definately do NOT need to go back there....

[squidly]

Like clockwork, once a decade.

[xzins]

Poor Bill.

That elusive legacy.

[17th Miss Regt]

Poor Bill. That elusive legacy.

Don't forget Monica. That is a legacy... of sorts.

[cyborg]

he better include this in his book

[Severa]

*reads headline* was it ever OUT of chaos to begin with?

[stop_fascism]

Again implies that at some point Haiti wasn't in chaos.

[kabar]

Like clockwork, once a decade.

Exactly. The only reason Clinton went there in the first place was to forestall a flood of Haitians into Florida seeking political asylum. Now we can send them back as only economic refugees. A change in governments will again raise the specter of poliitcal persecution making refugees eligible for political asylum. Haiti is a basket case beyond our ability to change or fix.

[adam_az]

How long before one of the 'rat candidates calls for military intervention in Haiti. ;)

[Husker24]

They will say that Bush wont help Haiti because there is no oil there.

[My Dog Likes Me]

Naw, Bush will welcome "hard working, illegal folks from Hati" to your town to take your jobs for less money.

[river rat]

Who gives a sXXX..

If a people will not rid themselves of the monsters and corrupt assholes that rule over their misery - then a pox on their asses..

Let the people of Haiti decide their fate....NOT the fat assed and stupid black politicians in Washington..

Semper Fi

[Destro]

Nation building does not work. We had marines their several times last century. What made us think it would work the 4th time?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

And the US media isn't rampaging over this issue? Hmmmm...

[hoot2]

"Haiti Descending into Chaos Again"

"Another Clinton "triumph" gone bust."

say it isn't so.
mr n mrs bill klinton "fixed" this, one of "their" monumental achievements...

[FITZ]

A change in governments will again raise the specter of poliitcal persecution making refugees eligible for political asylum. Haiti is a basket case beyond our ability to change or fix.

It sounds a lot like Mexico. Maybe we ought to just give them all blue cards and let them come over here and we'll provide them a nice living, education, health care and whatever else.

[FITZ]

Nation building does not work. We had marines their several times last century. What made us think it would work the 4th time?

Nation building does not work the way we do it. The nation building that Great Britain did --- the USA, Canada, HongKong, Australia, Barbados, India and others seemed to be the way to do it. Barbados doesn't have anything close to the same problems Haiti has.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Does this mean that Clinton's military option was correct and Carter's stopping the invasion was wrong?

[Destro]

Rule by viceroys for generations is not possible by America.