18332: ayiti1804 - Protesters vow to hold on to city - Chicago Tribune (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Haiti 1804 <ayiti1804@hotmail.com>

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0402070191feb07,1,6054535.story

Protesters vow to hold on to city

Items compiled from Tribune news services

February 7, 2004

GONAIVES, HAITI -- Thousands of protesters yelling "Aristide must go!" vowed
Friday to repel any attempt to retake control of Haiti's fourth-largest
city, a day after it was seized by armed militants in a revolt against the
government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Hundreds of people looted a police station still smoldering from Thursday's
bloody assault, in which seven people were killed and 20 wounded. About
200,000 people live in Gonaives and its suburbs.

"The revolution has begun!" declared Dormessan Philippe, a 27-year-old in
the crowd.

The militants said they aim to seize more towns. The neighboring Dominican
Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is
tightening security along the border.


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