21465: erzilidanto: Washington has its plans-The Ancestors have a different plan-believe dat!!!! (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Erzilidanto@aol.com

In this our 200th year, the cycle of debt, dependency and foreign domination
shall be broken despite their plans otherwise.

It has been reported the UN is scheduled to "take over" from the US-led force
currently in Haiti. But, some of the troops "serving" in Haiti - French,
Chilean and Canadian soldiers- are to "stay on in some capacity" under U.N.
command. For Ayisyen, UN or US occupation, there is no difference between Anan or
Powell. Both are Black overseers for the Empires crushing Ayisyen.

Today, both disgrace the Ancestor's greatest feat in the Western Hemisphere
and serve and bow to our ancient enslavers and carry forth their agendas. Let
those who step on our soul know the Ancestors would rather we join them Lan
Ginen than bow down ourselves to them or serve them, as Latorture does.

We are a Black nation with the richest culture in the Western Hemisphere and
know we are not forgiven for being Black. Our example has been a thorn in
their side as Frederick Douglas once said. We are a "startling surprise" and shall
join the Ancestors sooner than later before we kneel to this new U.S./French
repression. Haitians have been paying, for 200 years, with their last breath,
for the accomplishment of the Ancestors. We shall continue to pay for being
Ayisyen and suffer the humiliation of our race before we kneel or denounce as
Latorture has just denounced the Haitian people's demand for the 21.7 billion
owed by France.

Our refugees in the U.S. are automatically repatriated or held in detention
unlike any other nationality. But we fight for equal rights and against this
U.S. racism and discrimination with dignity and consistently. For, despite all
of our faults, we still hold the dignity of the Black race in our legacy as the
"original pioneer emancipator of the 19th century". All the present and all
the future rest on all the past. Ayisyen know that. Just as we know that our
star shall not fade into this 2004 U.S./French Coup D'etat darkness. Ayisyens
live everywhere in the world now and shall shine on and on forever as noble as
Frederick Douglas whose words we hereby paraphrase. Happy birthday to you
Ayiti. Our dreams of liberty live on even if only one Ginen is left alive in this
latest Coup D'etat melee created for us to unravel. The sun of liberty is
Ayiti. We shall not be betraying the Madam Saras, our economic backbone, with this
so-called HERO Act attempting to dump more subsidized farm goods and "free
trade" policies on Haiti's head, serving the few at the expense of the many in
Haiti. No. We shall instead push for Congresswoman Barbara Lee's T.R.U.T.H (HR
3919) bill for a Congressional investigation into the 2004 Coup D'etat.

And, even if our daylight today is red and full of graven images. Our Porteau
Mitan is "as Black as primordial space, as Black as the firmament from which
creation sprung." Red, Black and every night the Moon reminds Ayisyens that
tomorrow's sunlight shall shine for Manman Liberte. Our history horrifies
tyrants and despots. But, that story cannot be rewritten. In two months since the
Coup d'etat more than 3, 000 Haitian lives have been snuffed out. Most, with
their hands tied behind their backs, some whose flesh are now as I write this
line, being eaten by pigs. But, Wa Wangal hands cannot be tied, nor his
irreducible essence eaten, co-opted or snuffed out just as the Ancestor's feat cannot
be left un-celebrated. Each Haitian breath snuffed out in Haiti today under
this new occupation, rises. Joins the line of the Ancestors. Nourishes our thirst
for liberty and gathers to push down these Jericho Walls being so
systematically re-installed in Haiti. When the time comes, the red sea of ancient
Atlantis will rise up and, this time, nothing shall stop the avalanche of Lavalas. We
shall join the Ancestors or live free.
Ezili Danto,
Li led li la
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U.N. Team to Offer U.S. Relief in Securing Haiti


By Colum Lynch

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 21, 2004; Page A20

UNITED NATIONS, April 20 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called Tuesday
for establishment of a force of 6,700 U.N. troops to relieve a U.S.-led
multinational mission that has maintained security in Haiti since the Feb. 29
departure of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Annan said in a 33-page report to the U.N. Security Council that the U.S.-led
force of 3,600 troops would transfer authority to the United Nations by June
1. The arrangement sets the stage for the United Nations' second attempt at
nation-building in the troubled island country in more than a decade.

A senior Bush administration official said that some of the troops serving in
the current multinational force, which includes French, Chilean and Canadian
soldiers, would "stay on in some capacity" under U.N. command. He said that
"no decision had been made" to keep U.S. troops in the country. Still, he added,
"we expect no slippage in the timing of the handoff."

The new U.N. mission would have a broad mandate, providing security for
humanitarian aid givers and restoring stability as Haiti prepares for national
elections by the end of 2005. It would also oversee the disarmament of gangs and
help establish a national police force of 10,000 officers.

The report represented Annan's sharpest criticism of Aristide to date,
charging that he failed to advance the cause of democracy during his tenure and
contributed to lawlessness and a flourishing drug trade.

Aristide formed a destructive alliance with armed groups known as chimères to
maintain his grip on power, Annan said. In return, "these armed groups
received financial assistance and were given a free hand to intimidate political
opponents . . . and to engage in organized crime, including narcotics trade,"
Annan said.

Annan indicated that Aristide, who was overthrown in a 1991 military coup,
had committed a fatal mistake by disbanding the army in 1995 after his return to
power. He said that Aristide had failed to take steps to integrate the
soldiers into civilian life or to preserve their military pensions, planting "the
seeds for future civil unrest."

Haiti continues to be plagued by violence under a transitional government.
Many armed insurgents who fought to depose Aristide have "turned to banditry and
other criminal activities," Annan said. "The absence of the rule of law has
reinforced a climate of impunity and other crimes, such as kidnapping,
robberies and rape, are on the rise."

The U.N. chief's indictment of Aristide's rule appeared to undermine
lingering hopes by Haiti's neighbors to restore Aristide to power. The Caribbean
Community, known as Caricom, has criticized the U.S. role in Aristide's departure,
and appealed for a U.N. investigation into the matter.

Roger F. Noriega, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western
Hemisphere Affairs, met with representatives of Caribbean countries who are posted at
the United Nations.

A senior administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of an
onymity said the Caribbean ambassadors never mentioned the fate of Aristide at
Tuesday's luncheon meeting. But he said that the United States would be
willing to share information on the U.S. role in aiding Aristide's flight to
Central African Republic.

© 2004 The Washington Post Company