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Aristide supporters gird for rebel attack


Photo: Digitalglobe/AFP
This 60-centimetre-resolution satellite image, made on Feb. 12
and released this week by DigitalGlobe, shows the Haitian capital
Port-au-Prince. Associated Press

Port-au-Prince — Supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide built flaming barricades on roads throughout the capital Wednesday against a threatened rebel attack.

Opposition leaders rejected a U.S.-backed peace plan for Haiti, offering a counterproposal to install a Supreme Court justice as an interim president and appoint a new prime minister along with the “orderly departure” of Mr. Aristide.

With a motley group of rebels overrunning half the country, led in part by Haitians accused in past massacres, the stalemate raised alarm in the international community and added to the pressure for Mr. Aristide to resign.

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