French troops replace U.S. Marines in hostile Aristide stronghold

[Judi Lynn]

French troops replace U.S. Marines in hostile Aristide stronghold

By Paisley Dodds
ASSOCIATED PRESS
9:07 a.m. March 14, 2004

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – French troops on Sunday replaced U.S. Marines patrolling a slum stronghold of exiled leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, where the Americans – under fire – killed two people and angered residents.

Aristide, who fled to the Central African Republic on Feb. 29, was expected to leave that asylum later Sunday for temporary exile in neighboring Jamaica, a prospect that has raised tensions in Haiti and prompted his followers to threaten more protests demanding his restoration as their democratically elected president.

So far, no demonstrations were planned in the capital Port-au-Prince, where people wearing their Sunday best filled churches and hymns wafted in the air.
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A five-member delegation of American and Jamaican officials, including Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., was to fly with Aristide in a chartered plane to Jamaica, where he will meet his daughters. They had been sent to New York City days before Aristide fled.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20040314-0907-haiti.html

[leesa]

1. But I thought they were going to throw flowers at the troops for

removing their hated democratically-elected leader.

[Mairead]

2. I wonder why we didnt send in Marines to support Aristide, since he's the

legitimately-elected President.

On the other hand, it's Bush who'd have to do it. Never mind.