A Coup In Haiti?
Monday, March 01, 2004
US Representative Maxine Waters is charging that US forces kidnapped Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as part of a US-backed coup. The State Department and Defense Department immediately denied the charge.
Aristide has contacted Waters, Rep. Charles Rangel, and Randall Robinson (the former head of TransAfrica) and told them that American officials arrived at his home and forced him to leave. Rebels, many of whom are part of the military that Aristide disbanded after assuming the presidency, have been attempting to take control of the country for weeks. In the past, the military had supported US corporate interests in the tiny Caribbean nation and routinely killed political opponents and church leaders.
Those rebels are now largely in control of Haiti.