Posted on 07/05/2009 7:25:07 AM PDT by maquiladora
The interim government in Honduras says it will block any attempt by ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return.
Mr Zelaya, who was removed by troops a week ago, has promised to fly home to the Central American nation later on Sunday.
But Foreign Minister Enrique Ortez said that any plane carrying Mr Zelaya would not be allowed to land.
The stand-off comes a day after the top regional body, the OAS, suspended Honduras over the crisis.
Supporters of the ousted leader were said to be gathering in the capital, Tegucigalpa, in order to meet him at the airport.
The BBC's Stephen Gibbs, in the capital, says there are growing fears of violence. The capital's archbishop has warned of a possible "bloodbath".
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I admire the Hondurans who protect their constitution admirably. Glad to see the military stepping up against tyranny.
Remember, it’s not the fall that’ll kill you, it’s the sudden stop.
Bloodshed... “all obama’s fault” - just like he is responsible for the deaths in iran...
Just imagine the different response to this from the United States of America if George W. Bush was still President.
Can you believe free people would stand up for someone, who is trying to break their own countries law? The president committed an unconstitutional act. If they have the death penalty, then he should be tried and put to death.
Zero's gonna lose his svelte figure if he has to keep going out for ice cream...
That’s a good move strategically. Avoids the spectacle on the ground that Zelaya wanted to appear on television across the world. I hope the Honduran people can turn back the Chavez-Zelaya-Obama alliance against constitutional democracy.
He can walk it off on the golf course.
Wish our own military would do the same. Lord knows the Obamanation is running circles around our constitution.
From another website.
They sound capable enough to stop an airliner. They fly F-5s.
I recommend the use of an air-to-air missile.
All the drug lords in one place? Sounds like opportunity to me...
Zelaya wanted a showdown and was asking all his “followers” to show up at the airport. Good move by Honduras to avoid the showdown. The longer this goes on, the more the world is becoming aware of the real situation.
They need to just kill the little repugnant SOB. Whether they shoot him down en-route, or put a bullet in him once he’s on the ground... it makes no difference. But if he is persistent they should stay one step ahead in escalation of force. The next obvious step in that progression is to kill him.
He will (probably) try to come in through land routes (established by leftist El Salvador insurgents decades ago) on the Honduras-Salvador border. I doubt they would try to go through with the landing at Tegus nowadays. But with Chavez, Castro, El Salavador and others backing the deposed Marxist, anything could happen!
If he says he’s flying, he’s not. They’d better check every known entry point they can think of.
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