[antiwar-van] Fw: Bush's Policy Returns the Predators to Haiti]

[Charles Boylan]

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Live Interview with Kevin Pina from Port au Prince, Haiti on the return of
the murderous renegade army under the nose of the UN armed forces. (see
below)

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> Wednesday September 1, 2004
>
> Ex-soldiers take over Haiti town
>
> PORT-AU-PRINCE: A group of former Haitian soldiers,
> demanding the restoration of Haiti's army, on Monday
> took control of Petit-Goave in southern Haiti, local
> media reported.
>
> Between 100-150 former soldiers entered Petit-Goave
> overnight without any casualties, according to their
> leader, former sergeant Ravix Remissain. The town is
> 70km southwest of the capital. U.N. Lacks Troops in
> Haiti to Stop Rebels -Brazil Army

> Rebel soldiers seize town in Haiti and defy premier
>
> Joseph Guyler Delva in Port-au-Prince
> Wednesday September 1, 2004
> The Guardian
>
> Former soldiers who in February helped overthrow
> Haiti's then president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, have
> taken over a town to back their demands to set up a
> new army.
>
> Thu Sep 2, 6:22 PM ET
>
> By Cesar Bianconi
>
> SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian-led United Nations
> peacekeeping force in Haiti does not have enough
> troops to stop renewed conflict at a time when armed
> groups have taken over two towns, a Brazilian Army
> colonel said on Thursday.
>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> As I write this, Haiti's former military is being
> allowed by the Bush administration and the United
> Nations to return to power. While the U.S. and U.N.
> have been quite effective in backing the current
> regime and its police in arresting and persecuting
> members of the Lavalas political party, they have done
> absolutely nothing to challenge the former military
> and their allies from seizing and controlling
> territory in Haiti.  The summary executions, political
> murders, brutal repression and corruption in the areas
> they control are a mere foreshadowing of what daily
> life will look like in the country if they are allowed
> to resume their traditional role in Haitian society.
>
> I offer this background piece I wrote November 5, 2003
> and the accompanying photographic evidence of the
> barbarity of the predatory institution that was and
> will always be the Forces Armee de Haiti (FADH). The
> photos are a testimony to the countless victims of
> FADH following the coup of 1991. When this web page
> first appeared I was accused of being nostalgic and an
> alarmist by my detractors. The current reality in
> Haiti has proven otherwise. The web page can be
> accessed at:
>
> http://www.haitiaction.net/News/coupphotos.html
>
> More recently, word has surfaced of a massacre
> committed by the FADH in collusion with other
> paramilitaries in the town of Belledere in 2002.  One
> of the names of the murderers stands out, Remicinthe
> Ravix, whose name has begun appearing in the press as
> a top commander coordinating FADH's strategy of
> resurgence. Remicinthe was in charge of their recent
> operation where they seized the towns of Ti Goave and
> Hinche driving out the local police and ushering in a
> campaign of terror. The Brazilian forces under the
> U.N. assembled a larger force and drove to the
> outskirts of Ti Goave only to mysteriously withdraw
> before entering the town and abandoning the population
> to these criminals. The murderous nature of Remicinthe
> and what the population is currently being subjected
> to can be clearly seen in the massacre he led at
> Belledere. The story with photos can be accessed at :
>
> http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HP/8_4_4.html
>
> These developments are clearly a tragedy and a direct
> result of the Bush administration's policy in Haiti
> today. I urge you to circulate this information widely
> and help to sensitize others to the living nightmare
> Haiti has become for her citizens since the forced
> ouster of President Aristide on February 29, 2004. A
> reality in which terror and death have become
> synonymous with U.S. sponsored "democracy" and "nation
> building" in Haiti.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Kevin Pina

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