Powell safe after gunbattle during Haiti visit but meetings moved

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WASHINGTON : US Secretary of State Colin Powell and his delegation were unhurt in an intense gunfight that erupted outside Haiti's presidential palace on Wednesday while they were in a meeting with Haitian leaders there but have decided to relocate other scheduled talks, a senior State Department official said.

"Palace guards exchanged fire with unknown gunmen outside the perimeter," the official said, citing initial reports on the incident from Powell's security detail on the ground in Port-au-Prince.


"The secretary and the party are safe but the meetings that are going on are being relocated to another site," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Earlier reports said the area near Haiti's presidential palace, where US Secretary of State Colin Powell was currently on an official visit, came under intense gunfire. - AFP
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/120131/1/.html

[Laughing Mirror]

1. Don't you think somebody's trying to tell you something, Colin?

Criminal shouldn't return to the scene of the crime, Colin. You can't go home again.

[Massachusetts]

2. I hope

he is wearing his construction hat and his tool belt.....YMCA dadadada YMCA.....:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[rodeodance]

3. gunman wanted to make visible that things are NOT ok in Haite

Cnn said that the gunman only wanted to get attention to the fact that things are not alright in Haite--even though the US tells the world that things are going well and that process is being made

[Ducks In A Row]

4. Damn, bushco is getting so subtle.

[bunny planet]

5. Agreed, attempted Bush hit on Colen Bowel.

Blame it on the Haitians!

[VegasWolf]

6. Thanks to bushco's incompetence and malfeasance all administration

officials are advised not to travel outside of the red states.

[Eloriel]

7. What an incredible irony -- Powell's famiily is from Haiti originally

aren't they?

[DUR]

8. Uh, no?

Powell's family is originally from Jamaica.

Jamaica != Haiti.

No irony here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell

Powell was born in New York City and was raised in the South Bronx. His parents, Luther Theophilus and Maud Ariel Powell, emigrated to the United States from Jamaica.

Jamaica, mon. By da beach.

Jamaica has a lot of weed. Haiti has a lot of corruption.

[Eloriel]

10. Oh, goodness. Thanks for correcting me. n/t

[Ima]

12. Powell's Family

came from the 'right' side of the island.

[daleo]

9. He can give himself another medal now n/t

[missouri dem 2]

11. but, but, but..... we staged a coup to give them Democracy

Why do they hate Democracy? Why do they hate their freedom?

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Why does this headline make me immediately think of the following

tag line to it ........ "Colin's colon in an uproar"

I know, I know ... cheap shot .... hey, its what I do, okay?