U.S. Troops Again Under Fire in Troubled Haiti (Friday)

[eablair3]

U.S. Troops Again Under Fire in Troubled Haiti
Fri Mar 12, 2004 09:20 AM ET

By Michael Christie and Ibon Villelabeitia

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - U.S. Marines fought new gunbattles in Haiti as consternation spread on Friday in the poor, strife-torn nation over plans by ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return to the Caribbean.

Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Edwards said a patrol came under attack in Port-au-Prince twice on Thursday evening.

"Neither the Marines nor the gunmen suffered casualties," Edwards said.

A shotgun was found when U.S. soldiers and Haitian police searched the area of the firefight in the heavily looted industrial zone of Saint Martin near the airport, but no one was arrested.

The Marines, leading a 2,550-strong force of French, Canadian and Chilean troops, have fought at least a half dozen battles since they landed just under two weeks ago.

The gunmen are suspected of being Aristide supporters, enraged at the loss of Haiti's first democratically elected leader in what many of them fervently believe was a U.S. coup.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4556506
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what do they expect when they overthrow a country's elected President and kidnap and imprison him while they roll in with military and appoint a new ruler saying that elections won't happen for at least two years?

[Florida_Geek]

1. While they probably do not have bombs

It is only a matter of time before we start losing troops.

[Bandit]

2. Not one GI was lost in Haiti under President Clinton

Let us pray the same can be said of this administration when it is all said and done.

[Voltaire99]

3. Oh, it's "troubled"? I thought it was...

...invaded.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

4. "troubled" = invaded; "prime minister" = puppet; "democracy" = kleptocracy

I guess we're gonna have to start anothe "glossary"...