20 Massacred in Port-au-Prince Soccer Stadium, Jailed Jean-Juste Mulls Pre

[CHIMO]

20 Massacred in Port-au-Prince Soccer Stadium, Jailed Jean-Juste Mulls Presidential Run

The U.N. mission in Haiti recently launched an inquiry into the massacre of at least 20 people last weekend in the Port-au-Prince slum of Martissant.

During a soccer game on Saturday funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the US-backed interim Haitian government, hooded police and men with machetes attacked people they called "bandits." This according to Reuters.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/26/1349239

[magellan]

1. I saw this on Democracy Now! this morning

It's heart-breaking what's happening to these poor people, and to Father Jean-Juste and Prime Minister Neptune, who've been imprisoned because they represent Aristide's Lavalas party. Massacres and false imprisonment are what await Venezuela too if BushCo manages to off Chavez.

Haiti is suffering tragically because of the Bush**-backed coup last year, and few seem to care.

:cry:

[Scout1071]

2. I have some friends that had to leave their home and business

in Hait 2-3 months ago because of death and kidnapping threats. So very sad. They have decided to stay in the US through the fall and possibly winter because things are so unstable and not looking to improve with the upcoming November elections.

I met them in my local coffee shop and we began meeting weekly. I've introduced them to DU and I just sent them this link. Hello to my Haitian friends!

[Scout1071]

3. I have some friends that had to leave their home and business

in Hait 2-3 months ago because of death and kidnapping threats. So very sad. They have decided to stay in the US through the fall and possibly winter because things are so unstable and not looking to improve with the upcoming November elections.

I met them in my local coffee shop and we began meeting weekly. I've introduced them to DU and I just sent them this link. Hello to my Haitian friends!

[wli]

4. remember that the patrician families in the US are quite dynastic

Since 1915, the US has been punishing Haiti for its slave rebellion of the late 18th century.

[beetbox]

5. Haiti was at one time

"worth" more than the 13 colonies combined primarily because of lucrative slave trade.

Now (not) known as the wage-slave trade aka- Jobs and Rent

:hi:

[MisterP]

6. we have killed that little country so many times over, now

[brentspeak]

7. It doesn't seem to matter who's in charge in Haiti

The historical leaders and governments of that country share a long tradition of murder, repression, and corruption.

[lostnfound]

14. I disagree. It definitely matters who's in charge.

I just read a beautiful children's book "Selavi, a Story of Haitian Hope" to my son, about the children's orphanage "Lafanmi Selavi" and about the children's radio station Radyo Timoun.

Ask Dr. Paul Farmer ("Mountains Beyond Mountains") if it matters who's in charge.

Perhaps recent reports of Aristide's corruption are true, but it's much more likely, IMHO, that it is another trumped up smear campaign by the AP/CIA Propaganda team.

How many "dictators" do you know have disbanded their armies? Aristide's crime is that he represented the poor.

[Joanne98]

8. disgusting.....

[Judi Lynn]

9. The only leaders who've been allowed to operate in Haiti

since Woodrow Wilson have been exactly under U.S. control. It's in any book you'd pick up on the subject.

Aristide protested the "Duvalierism without Duvalier" governing Haiti after the younger Duvalier left, and our right-wing Presidents spared no expense to get rid of Aristide. Twice.

I will never, for the rest of my life, forgive what _{George W. Bush} did to the people who saw this blood bath coming after he supported the destruction of Aristide's return to office. They tried to flee for REAL REASONS their own murders, and _Bush made sure they didn't succeed:

More moral clarity from George W. Bush: When 500 Haitians took to the sea in rickety boats to try to escape the devastating violence in their country, Bush ordered the Coast Guard to pick them up and return them to Haiti, where they face attacks by both rebels and Aristide loyalists, all over again. Bush's excuse? He says it's not his problem. It is against international law to refuse to help refugees who are fleeing violence. I guess Bush's morality gets a bit fuzzy on matters like that, though. (Source: Associated Press, February 28, 2004)

Still more moral clarity from George W. Bush: according to U.S. officials, the groups that seized power in Haiti in February and March of 2004 are headed by the leaders of the old Haitian death squads and by convicted murderers. George W. Bush had the strange notion to suggest that the elected Aristide step down and allow these thugs to take power. (Sources: New York Times February 28, 2004 and Associated Press February 28, 2004)
(snip)

http://irregulartimes.com/bootbush.html

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Reagan/Bush adored Duvalier. Republicans will support the most depraved monster who terrorizes his own people if he furthers Republicans' eternal quest for profits and control over anyone who would seek relief from Republican-made hell.

[struggle4progress]

10. Haitian officials change pro-Aristide priest's prison

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - <snip>

The Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, who is considering a run for the presidency, has been sent to an annex of the National Penitenciary in Pacot, an upscale neighborhood in the capital of Port-au-Prince, said attorney Mario Joseph.

Yvon Neptune, a former prime minister under Aristide who has been jailed for more than a year without trial on charges of orchestrating political killings, is also being held in Pacot.

Jean-Juste, who has been in jail since July without charge, is accused of being behind the abduction and slaying of prominent Haitian journalist Jacques Roche. Police detained him while he tried to attend Roche's funeral, saying they were responding to the "clamor" of protesters demanding his arrest.

Jean-Juste, who was in Miami when Roche was kidnapped, has denied the allegations. <snip>

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/breaking_news/12488320.htm

[Judi Lynn]

12. Killing journalists's a right-wing kinda thing.

The very idea of making this outrageous claim is itself a crime.

They intend to wipe out anyone the people of Haiti would see as a leader they would support, and leave only the ones who work with the _Bush pro-slavery view.

[WhiteTara]

11. we are senseless murderers

I am so sickened by our misadministrations depravity

[Judi Lynn]

13. 3 Haitians set on fire in Dominican Republic, trying to escape from Haiti

Dominican Rep. promises probe of Haitians' deaths
25 Aug 2005 22:49:17 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Manuel Jimenez

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic government on Thursday condemned the murders of three Haitian immigrants set on fire and promised a full investigation after long-held mistrust between the Caribbean island neighbors erupted again in violence.

The three young Haitians died on Tuesday after a week in intensive care in a Santo Domingo hospital. According to 20-year-old Haitian Bernius Pierre, who said he escaped the torching, one of the attackers wore a police uniform and had a handgun.
(snip)

Pierre, speaking to a local newspaper through a translator, former Haitian Consul Edwin Paraison, said the attackers demanded money. They then tied them up, beat them, poured gasoline over them and set their victims on fire.

"I was saved by a miracle because they also had me tied up. But I managed to get free while they were trying to tie up another of the boys," he told El Nacional daily.
(snip/...)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N25571232.htm

[struggle4progress]

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