23534: Jenson: Re: 23520: Kathleen: Re: 23516: (Chamberlain) Efforts to stem violence (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: DEBORAH C JENSON <djenson@wisc.edu>

It was in early March, reported on in mid-March. A footnote in a
forthcoming article of mine cites one BBC source Kathleen could consult
for more context:
"Apparently Mbeki had sent “a shipment of 150 R-1 rifles, 5,000
bullets, 200 smoke grenades, and 200 bullet-proof vests.” Such supplies
seem unlikely to have significantly influenced Aristide’s chances of
staying in power, but the show of military support raised opposition in
South Africa because Mbeki was accused of failing to inform parliament
and therefore of violating a constitutional interdiction of covert
military action. See “Haiti Arms Row Rocks South Africa,” BBC News
(http://news.bbc.co.uk), March 15, 2004."
All best,
--Deborah Jenson
Associate Professor of French
University of Wisconsin-Madison