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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-04 04:57 PM
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Haiti's Aristide is urged to add rebels to Cabinet | Washington Times
Haiti's Aristide is urged to add rebels to Cabinet

By Sharon Behn
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


An unidentified student chants
slogans against President Jean-
Bertrand Aristide during a protest
in Port-au-Prince on Friday. (AP)


International diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador to Haiti James Foley, urged President Jean-Bertrand Aristide yesterday to form a new Cabinet with the opposition, headed by a premier aligned with neither, as a political solution to a two-week uprising that has left dozens dead.

The White House said the peace plan laid out by the diplomats — as armed gangs continued to rampage through the country — did not call for Mr. Aristide to step down.

"He is the leader of Haiti," Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.

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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-04 05:40 PM
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1. The battle against predatory, vile corporatists must begin,...
Edited on Sat Feb-21-04 05:42 PM by Just Me
,...the more I study the economic tyranny at play, the angrier I become at those who betray human value and freedom and democracy for unleashed greed. It is appalling!!!

I came across a couple of links (hope they are new and informative) that may interest those who are attempting to shine light on the truth:

http://www.nlcnet.org/campaigns/archive/haiti/Haiticoup.shtml

and the ever handy "Disinfopedia,...

http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Nation_Endowment_for_Democracy

,...which ties US federally funded NED to the oppositions in both Haiti and Venezuala, explains its creation in the roots of the Reagan administration, and demonstrates a tendency to support militant fascists/despots tied closely to "the wealthy ones".

<on edit,...please note that Carlucci from the Carlyle Group sits on the board of NED>
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