Haiti Rebels: Aristide Made Error on Guns

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3782291,00.html

(AP Story. Curent wire head: AP Interview: From Poolside Perch, Rebels Say Aristide's Mistake Was to Let Them Have Guns)

Haiti Rebels: Aristide Made Error on Guns

Tuesday February 24, 2004 3:16 AM

By PAISLEY DODDS

Associated Press Writer

CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) - Sitting poolside and fingering assault rifles, rebel leaders bent on ousting Haiti's president said Monday his big mistake was sending them home years earlier with their guns. All three have a vendetta against Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

``We don't want any more bloodshed. We just want Aristide to leave,'' Guy Philippe told The Associated Press in an interview. He used to be the police chief in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city of 500,000 that rebels seized with little resistance on Sunday, the biggest prize in their 18-day revolt.

``I think Cap-Haitien was fairly easy to take,'' Philippe said. ``No one wants to fight for Aristide anymore. We want the people to take advantage of their freedom.''

Philippe has relied on guerrilla tactics, following a strategy crafted by ancestors who launched Haiti's revolution to halt slavery from this city two centuries ago.

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What a crock of an analogy, Paisley.

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1. Nope...they are completely wrong.

The mistake Aristide made was not giving his police force more powerful weapons. He needed to create a bogus "war on drugs" and militarize his police force like we have done here in America. That will help keep the people down when things aren't going well for the leaders.