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.
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from Joseph Wanzala...
US troops 'made Aristide leave'
>From correspondents in Paris
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8833298%5E1702,00.html
March 1, 2004
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.
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I'm inclined to cut to the chase, accept this account as accurate and ask the logical question which follows - what, in the opinion of knowledgeable observers, does the Bush admin hope to gain by removing Aristide?
DRM