HAITIAN leader Jean Bertrand Aristide was taken away from his home by US soldiers, it was claimed today.
A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled president told France's RTL radio station the troops forced Aristide out.
"The American army came to take him away at two in the morning," the man said. "The Americans forced him out with weapons. "It was American soldiers. They came with a helicopter and they took the security guards.
"(Aristide) was not happy. He did not want to be taken away. He did not want to leave. He was not able to fight against the Americans."
The RTL journalist who carried out the interview described the man as a "frightened old man, crouched in a corner" who said he was the "caretaker of the residence".
Aristide fled Haiti today in the face of an armed revolt. The United States has ordered Marines to the Caribbean state to help restore order.
Agence France-Presse
>From: Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com>
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>Subject: [lbo-talk] Haiti Coup
>Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 20:36:24 -0500
>
>Eyewitnesses reported on Pacifica reveal that Aristide DID NOT RESIGN!
>He was kidnapped at about 5:30 AM by US Marines directly supervised
>by the US Ambassador. At the moment he is on a US plane somewhere,
>incommunicado. The State Department refuses to give any
>information whatsoever to Representatives Rangel and Walters.
>Meanwhile the US installed death squads have begun massacring
>Aristide's supporters. The homes of the mayors of Port Au Prince
>and P´etionville have been burned down. Refugees are being
>kidnapped on the high seas and returned to the death squads.
>All, as usual, in total violation of US and International "law."
>
>After this, how can anyone still be so foolish as to expect that Ubu and
>the Bushits will permit a mere election to effect
>a regime change in God's Country?
>
>Shane Mage
>
>"Thunderbolt steers all things."
>
>Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
>
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