17300: (Arthur) Hundreds, or was that thousands? Some confusion about who and how many (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Tttnhm@aol.com

Take your pick....

"Thousands of demonstrators seeking the ouster of Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide clashed on Friday with the president's supporters and police
outside the National Palace, witnesses said." (Amy Bracken, Reuters)

"...at least a thousand pro-Aristide demonstrators clashed with an
anti-government public meeting which was scheduled for the Champs de Mars park near the
National Palace but which did not take place because police detained the
meeting's organizers and did not prevent Aristide supporters from attacking the
would-be demonstrators." (Daniel Morel/AP Photo)

"As the time planned for the meeting at the Champ de Mars approached, the
anti-government crowd had grown to more than 15,000 persons according to
estimates of the demonstration's organizers." (Ronald Colbert, AlterPresse)

"...demonstrators supporting Haiti's President Jean Bertrand Aristide clashed
with hundreds of demonstrators who organized a meeting of civic groups
identified with Haiti's opposition." (Jim Teeple, VOA)

"...more than 8,000 Aristide partisans corralled the protesters into a small
section of gritty Port-au-Prince." (Paisley Dodds, AP)

"8000 Demonstrate Against President." (Los Angeles Times)

"Plusieurs milliers de personnes avaient fait le déplacement en dépit des
menaces des sympathisants Lavalas." (Radio Metropole)

"Les partisans de l'organisation politique des 184  peu nombreux par rapport
à ceux d'en face se sont contentés de lancer des slogans hostiles au président
Aristide, criant Vive André Apaid...(AHP)

"Plusieurs milliers de personnes ont convergé vendredi vers le Champ de Mars,
centre de Port-au-Prince, où devaient se tenir un rassemblement d'un
important regroupement de la société civile et une rencontre de proches du
gouvernement." (Haiti Press Network)