Americans Flee Haiti as Police Abandon More Outposts in Rebellion

[rodbarnett]

Government Supporters Burn Homes

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Americans began fleeing Haiti on Friday after insurgents torched police outposts and threatened new attacks in a spreading rebellion against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who defiantly declared he's ready to die for his nation.

In Haiti's west, pro-Aristide supporters burned down homes in a seaside neighborhood and fired guns above the heads of residents who jumped into the ocean for safety.


http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAVEALEWQD.html

comment : This s**t is getting out of hand.

[soleft]

1. My regular bus driver is in Haiti

I hadn't seen him for a while and asked another driver what was up. He said his mother was sick. I know he's Haitian so I asked if he was in Haiti. I hope he's okay.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Hope he makes it back o.k., soleft, and his family will be safe. n/t

[reprobate]

2. Haitians on Free Speech TV last night.......

Haitian journalists on FSTV last night said CIA was behind coup attempt. Anyone doubt this?

[Judi Lynn]

3. Thanks for the news, reprobate!

Wish more people could have access to this kind of genuine information.

Pity, isn't it?



The article some of us were lucky to read, shared with DU'ers last week, written by Stan Goff, said that in Haiti people say behind every mountain is another mountain. He said that it seems if you stretched the mountains out flat, the country just might be as large as Texas!