23502: Walton: RE: 23442: Marina: Re: 23427: radtimes: Resistance grows in w ake of flood disaster (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "Walton, Robert" <robert.walton3@us.army.mil>

Re "General strike???" October 2nd.

Extracted from Haiti News- http://haitisupport.gn.apc.org/fea_news_main.html

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"The following news briefs are culled from international newsagency wires,
the Agence Haitienne de Presse (AHP), Haiti Press Network (HPN), Haïti
Progrès, AlterPresse, and other sources."

2 October - Supporters of ousted President Aristide hurled stones and fired
guns on streets littered with debris and overturned cars Saturday in a third
day of violent protests demanding Aristide's return. At least seven people
have been killed in the violence so far - including three policemen whose
headless bodies were found Friday. A fourth policeman was also shot and
killed on the first day of fighting.

Aristide's Lavalas Family party on Thursday began three days of
commemoration of the 1991 coup that toppled Aristide's first government.
They also demanded an end to "the occupation" and "the invasion" by foreign
troops - referring to the US-led force that followed Aristide's February
ouster and the UN peacekeepers who have taken over since June.

Most vendors stayed home Saturday morning as supporters of Aristide, now in
exile in South Africa, took to the streets. Masked gunmen were shooting into
the air early Saturday morning in the traditionally pro-Aristide
neighborhood of Bel Air, private radio station Signal FM reported. "There is
shooting. They are throwing rocks. People can't walk on the street," said
Bonhonne Esperance, 42, an unemployed security guard in the area. Gunfire
also erupted early Saturday in the slum of La Saline, and some people threw
rocks at cars, residents said. At daybreak a team of Haitian police
patrolled downtown Port-au-Prince by car, training their rifles down busy
side streets. No UN peacekeepers were seen in the area.

Brazilian troops came under fire while on patrol Thursday in the
traditionally pro-Aristide slum of Cité Soleil. UN spokesman Toussaint
Kongo-Doudou said the Brazilians returned fire but no injuries were
reported. (AP)
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Bob Walton