Haitians resent US peacekeepers

[dArKeR]

GUNBATTLE: US Marines said they killed two men who had fired on them, although no weapons were found. Witnesses said the dead were bystanders

AP , PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Monday, Mar 15, 2004,Page 7


"He was playing basketball when the Americans and the French began firing. He wasn't political. All he did was study and play basketball."
Rudy Louis, whose 18-year-old brother was killed by peacekeepers

Relatives wailed in grief over two people shot by American troops as anger grew over the US-led peacekeeping operation, with some Haitians demanding the US return ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Aristide, in exile in the Central African Republic since Feb. 29, was to fly to Jamaica today to be reunited with his daughters, who stayed in New York during the upheaval. He has claimed he was forced out by the US government.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/03/15/2003102561

[fearnobush]

1. Only a matter of time before solders get killed for Bush's Coup.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. Marines just don't do a good job of "peacekeeping" !!

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First off, that's NOT what they are trained for -

More from the Article:

" Residents said it was the first time they had seen the US troops enter the gritty neighborhood, blocks away from the National Palace, at night. Since Aristide left the country, residents here haven't had electricity or water, and trash piles have reached heights of more than 3m.

Also Saturday, gunfire broke out in the seaside slum of Cite Soleil. Residents said the fight began when two gangs began arguing over a shipment of donated rice and flour. At least one man and two children were wounded, witnesses said.

The sprawling shantytown is a pro-Aristide stronghold where tensions persist between some of its several gangs. Crowds ran from the streets as the gunfire erupted, then emerged again as young men with pistols and rifles sped off in pickups to investigate. Police rarely venture into the slum, and some gang leaders say they are trying to keep the peace.

Initially the Marines and French peacekeepers were sent to secure key sites and provide security. Their mission has changed, however, and now they are working with Haitian police to disarm the general population. US troops have shot and killed at least six Haitians in the past week."
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That's how they got the people riled up in Iraq when they started trying to take their weapons awy,

and notice, their purpose "changed" and they purposely went into a "pro-Aristide" area

feckadee, they are just asking for violence

sheesh!

and

(sigh)

is their insanity ever going to end ?

[loudmouth_liberal]

3. Does anybody ever like americas military presence?

every time we go in to some country or battle ridden hell hole, we get hatred in return. Please bush get the freakin point. NOBODY WANTS US TO SAVE THEM!!!!!! THEY WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE TO GOVERN THEMSELVES!
No one butted in when we formed our nation and worked our problems out, lets give our global neighbors the same curtesy.

[TanMeKangaroo]

4. A good excuse to get out now!

We should not be where we are not wanted.

[debsianben]

5. Words mean things

When you overthrow a foreign government and send in the Marines to occupy the country, its silly and ridiculous to call those Marines "peacekeepers." Actually, it sounds like something right out of 1984, where they called their version of the DHS the "Ministry of Love."

[slack]

6. Full Ack. (nT)