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News: Exiled Haitian Prez Cries Kidnap

Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 02:56 AM Printer-friendly page
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide said in a telephone interview that he was "forced to leave" Haiti by U.S. military forces who said they would "start shooting and killing" if he refused.

News Source: cbsnews.com

Courtesy APAristide was put in contact Monday with The Associated Press by the Rev. Jesse Jackson following a news conference where the civil rights leader called on Congress to investigate Aristide's ouster.

When asked if he left Haiti on his own, Aristide quickly answered: "No. I was forced to leave.

"They were telling me that if I don't leave they would start shooting, and be killing in a matter of time," Aristide said during the brief interview via speaker phone. He spoke English with a thick accent, his voice obscured at times by a bad connection.

When asked who the agents were, he responded: "White American, white military.

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news Subject: Re: Exiled Haitian Prez Cries Kidnap posted: Mar 02, 2004 - 12:04 AM
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What you think about this?

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Diplomat Subject: Re: Exiled Haitian Prez Cries Kidnap posted: Mar 02, 2004 - 10:08 AM
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Anything is possible, the situation in Haiti needed to be taken of the Radar as soon as possible. That is a hell of a long way to go if all he wanted to do is get out of the country.

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admin Subject: Re: Exiled Haitian Prez Cries Kidnap posted: Mar 02, 2004 - 11:44 PM
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i agree with that hell of a long way! aristide...boss i dunno what to even think. but US as usual is not sayin much more than "we deny it". waitin to see what came out of the caricom meeting.

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