The 2004 Haiti Coup was executed by CIA trained paramilitary and by and later US, Canadian and French troops occupied Haiti.
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PreparationsOn May 2003, a group of at least 20 paramilitary soldiers—trained and funded by the US — cross into Haiti from the neighboring Dominican Republic and attack a hydroelectric power plant on Haiti's central plateau. Shortly after the attack, Dominican authorities, arrest five men, including Guy Philippe <1>and Paul Arcelin, who they believe are plotting the overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government.
Also at this time, there is a US build-up along the Dominican border, where “900 US soldiers patrol jointly with the Dominican army, whom they have armed with 20,000 M16s.” Ben Dupuy, general secretary of the left-wing party PPN, tells the left-wing Haiti Progres, “There is no doubt these guys are true terrorists working with the CIA under Dominican protection.” <2>
OperationBeginning in Gonaïves with the capture of that city's police station on February 5, the rebellion quickly spread to the nearby port city of Saint-Marc. <3>. Rebels take over cities in northern Haiti and move towards Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, overrunning Aristide's local police forces and vowing to overthrow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide <4>
Barbara Lee writes a letter to Colin Powell accusing the United States of intentionally subverting democracy in Haiti:
“I must say, Mr. Secretary, that our failure to support the democratic process and help restore order looks like a covert effort to help overthrow a government. There is a violent coup d’etat in the making, and it appears that the United States is aiding and abetting the attempt to violently topple the Aristide Government.”
http://www.house.gov/lee/releases/04Feb11.htmOn Feb 28, 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide informs Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson that he does not plan to resign <5>. The security of Aristide is provided by the Steele Foundation. US officials delay a small group of additional bodyguards from the Steele Foundation on their way to Haiti. <6>
KidnappingOn February 29, 2004 Aristide was kidnapped by U.S. soldiers escorted on a US-charted to Dominican Republic and then to the Central African Republic. <7>
Colin Powell called the allegations absolutely baseless, absurd. Absolutely false, Luis Moreno, the U.S. Embassy official in Haiti who accompanied Aristide to the airport Sunday, told The Herald. <8>. Luis Moreno came to Aristide's Palace to pick him up at 4 AM and Artistide knew why he was there. <9>According to Joseph Pierre, a concierge at Aristide's residence, whose account is reported in the French newspaper Libération, Aristide is taken away early Sunday morning by US soldiers. <10>
U.S. InvasionOn March 1, 2004, US President George W. Bush announces that the US is sending US forces to Haiti to help stabilize the country. <11>
CARICOM governments denounced the "removal" of Mr. Aristide from government. They also questioned the legality of subsequent American-backed maneouvers to install a new president. The Prime Minister of Jamaica, P.J. Patterson said that, the episode "sets a dangerous precedent for democratically elected governments anywhere and everywhere, as it promotes the removal of duly elected persons from office by the power of rebel forces." <12>
As of April 2004, the United States, France, Canada and Chile have troops in Haiti as part of a force sanctioned by the United Nations.
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php/2004_Haiti_CoupSources:(1)
http://www.blackcommentator.com/42/42_issues.html(2)
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/0903reeves.html(3)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Haiti_Rebellion(4)
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/023004A.shtml(5)
http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=5975&fcategory_desc=Haiti(6)
http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=6072&fcategory_desc=Haiti(7)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3524273.stm(8)
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/haiti/kidnap.htm(9)
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/haiti/account.htm(10)
http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=5985&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported(11)
http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=5967&fcategory_desc=Haiti(12)
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2474164For the Canadian connection see:
http://www.killingtrain.com/archives/000204.html