Number of Marines in Haiti to Grow to 400

[Florida_Geek]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-US-Haiti.html

March 1, 2004
Number of Marines in Haiti to Grow to 400
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:04 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As many as 400 Marines will be in Haiti by late Monday as part of an international peacekeeping force approved by the U.N. Security Council to prevent violence that erupted after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and fled into exile in Africa.

Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that the U.S. military presence in Haiti in the aftermath of Aristide's departure will be ``in the hundreds'' -- far less than the 20,000 troops Washington sent there a decade ago.
..more at article...

But how many will be kill by the M16s we sent the bad guys.

[david_vincent]

1. Song of the day:

The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Santo Domingo
by Phil Ochs





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