RUMSFELD: ARISTIDE WAS NOT ABDUCTED; SIGNED LETTER OF RESIGNATION

[rodbarnett]

http://www.drudgereport.com/

comment : another SCOOP.......LOL

on edit:

Administration Denies Aristide Kidnapped

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19701-2004Mar1.html

[aquart]

1. Uh....Who wrote the letter?

[CaptainClark23]

2. and where is the letter now? N/T

[jenk]

7. stuffed in an envelope full of anthrax?

[CBHagman]

3. Well, Rumsfeld also said we'd get WMD.

'nough said!

[Minstrel Boy]

12. "We know where Aristide is. He's in the area around Tikrit

and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."

[UpInArms]

4. ROTFLMAO!

Both sources are known liars!

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These guys are funnier than Baghdad Bob!

[atreides1]

5. And...

....the check's in the mail. 'nuff said

[salin]

6. Hey rummy... we saw this movie with Condi starring last time

guess ya'll got a little smarter this time in taking him out of the country before a countercoup could happen... but your words ring no more true than did hers per Venezuela in March 2002. Indeed had it gone down as you say - we would be seeing tons of media photographs - as ya'll would have documented it to thwart off the kinds of accusations that you are now having to fend off.

Sorta bites when you and all who you work with have used up any credibility that you might once have had.

[jpak]

8. Yes and we have documents proving I-raq was buying uranium from Niger

When are we going to see an interview with Aristide????

I want to hear it from the horse's mouth...

not the horse's ass.

[CBHagman]

9. Journalist at Pentagon is asking about abduction claim.

Haven't heard R's response yet...

[daleo]

10. Even if he did, was it signed of his own free will?

I wonder how long it will take to hear directly from Aristide. I suspect there will be some very sudden efforts to demonize him in the western press over the next few days - probably drugs, but perhaps also some tenuous connection with 'terrorism'- he met someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone, who knew Bin Laden.

On the other hand, I thought I heard that his wife and children were in the U.S., so he may play along.

[Say_What]

14. Wife is with him, kids are in the US with her parents--you can

read/listen to an interview with his wife from Friday at Democracy Now.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/28/0133217

<clips>

...AMY GOODMAN: And you’ve had two girls, two children.

MILDRED ARISTIDE: Two girls.

AMY GOODMAN: And how old are they?

MILDRED ARISTIDE: Seven and five.

AMY GOODMAN: And you’ve sent them out of the country now?

MILDRED ARISTIDE: I did. On Tuesday night we did hear shooting near the palace, and the girls… The stress was not good for them, and so, because my parents are in the United States, I just decided to send them. So they are with them.

[Tracer]

15. Already Happening. See below.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/03/01/drug_allegation_gave_us_leverage_on_aristide/

[tom_paine]

11. Spoken like a true Mafiosi

Naah, there's no such thing as coercion, Rummy.

At least not in the world of "forecd conmfession" that a Totalitarian Scum like you lives in.

[Dover]

13. Just tuning in to the news today.....has Aristide's whereabouts been

confirmed? Any word from him directly? I'd like to hear it from him........NOT Rummy.

[Moderator]

16. Dupe... locking

Please keep all discussion of the "Aristide Kidnapped?" story consolidated into the original LBN thread, which can be found here:

Dem Now - Aristide confirms to Maxine Waters that he was kidnapped

It would be very helpful for consolidation if you could post any and all links within the original thread.

Thanks!

DU Moderator