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Aristide was kidnapped by US marines!

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  • 02-03-2004 12:53am
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    DadaKopf
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    Multiple sources that just spoke with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! that Aristide says he was "kidnapped" and taken by force to the Central African Republic. Congressmember Maxine Waters said she received a call from Aristide at 9am EST. "He's surrounded by military. It's like he is in jail, he said. He says he was kidnapped," said Waters. She said he had been threatened by what he called US diplomats. According to Waters, the diplomats reportedly told the Haitian president that if he did not leave Haiti, paramilitary leader Guy Philippe would storm the palace and Aristide would be killed. According to Waters, Aristide was told by the US that they were withdrawing Aristide's US security.

    TransAfrica founder and close Aristide family friend Randall Robinson also received a call from the Haitian president early this morning and confirmed Waters account. Robinson said that Aristide "emphatically" denied that he had resigned. "He did not resign," he said. "He was abducted by the United States in the commission of a coup." Robinson says he spoke to Aristide on a cell phone that was smuggled to the Haitian president.
    from www.democracynow.org


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    DadaKopf
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    Oh yeah, I have to make a comment.

    Uh... this is bad.


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    BattleBoar
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    All the more reason the US military shouldn't have gotten anywhere near Haiti. Whether it's true or not, it'll give people still more reasons to hate America.


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    Hobbes
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    Hey this is how they got Hawaii and look how well that turned out. So nothing to panic about.


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    sovtek
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    Originally posted by BattleBoar
    Whether it's true or not, it'll give people still more reasons to hate America.


    And with good cause.


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    [Deleted User]
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    and in two days time there'll probably be a thread asking why the US is so distrusted...


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    bug
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    wasn't there reports from locals that they did the same thing with chavez in venezuela during the coup..but they had to bring him back. Quite handy at airlifting people arent they unless of course its somalia


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    bonkey
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    Originally posted by sovtek
    And with good cause.

    Even if its not true????

    Exactly how could a lie about a nation be a "good cause" as a reason to hate them?

    jc


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    sovtek
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    Originally posted by bonkey
    Even if its not true????

    Exactly how could a lie about a nation be a "good cause" as a reason to hate them?

    jc

    There are many aspects of this fiasco that lay at America's door.
    I wasn't refering specifically to the allocation of kidnapping, which is not strictly true. Aristide said that it was like being kidnapped.
    If something is not factually correct doesn't mean it necessarily a lie.


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    DadaKopf
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    Originally posted by bug
    wasn't there reports from locals that they did the same thing with chavez in venezuela during the coup..but they had to bring him back. Quite handy at airlifting people arent they unless of course its somalia
    Aye. After the coup, the Americans sent a Hercules to rendezvous with Chavez' captors to fly him out of the country, never to return. But soldiers loyal to Chavez went and got him back before the US flew him out and the rich fat cats dismantled the government.


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