22252: Esser: Argentina sending troops to Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: D. Esser torx@joimail.com

United Press International

June 3, 2004

Argentina sending troops to Haiti

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun. 3 (UPI) -- Argentine lawmakers approved
the deployment of some 600 troops to Haiti, local news sources
reported Thursday.

Following hours of debate and ardent opposition from some senators,
the decision to send 598 soldiers to the embattled Caribbean nation
was authorized late Wednesday, La Nacion reported.

The Argentine troops will join the U.N. peacekeeping mission -- led
by Brazil -- for at least six months but could remain much longer if
needed.

A multi-national force led by the U.S. Marines arrived in Haiti hours
after the Feb. 29 departure of then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
who came under increasing pressuring from armed rebel groups and some
members of the international community to resign.
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