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Witnesses: U.S. Trained and Armed Haitian Anti-Aristide Paramilitaries in D.R
As Colin Powell returns from his one-day visit to Haiti, we speak with criminal justice professor Dr. Luis Barrios about his trip to the Dominican Republic where he says lawyers, journalists, and Dominican soldiers all claim 200 U.S. Special Forces were in the country to train the so-called Haitian rebel forces before going into Haiti to depose Aristide.
Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected calls Monday by Caribbean nations for a United Nations inquiry into the ouster of Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide.
Aristide has maintained he was overthrown in a U.S.-led coup when he was flown to the Central African Republic at the end of February.
Powell, who traveled to Haiti to meet with the new U.S.-installed government, said, "I don't think any purpose would be served by such an inquiry. Haiti was on the verge of a total security collapse."
Powell's one-day mission to Haiti today is the first such visit by a U.S. secretary of state since Madeleine Albright went to Haiti in 1998.
Human Rights Watch said Powell should press the interim Haitian government to pursue justice for abusive rebel leaders as well as members of the deposed government.
Haitian justice officials have promised to prosecute abusive former members of the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, but have showed little interest in pursuing abusive leaders of the rebel forces.
Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's interior minister was arrested and charged Tuesday with conspiring to kill Aristide opponents in February.
In contrast, last week Justice Minister Bernard Gousse raised the possibility of pardoning Jean Tatoune, a gang leader who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for his role in a 1994 Raboteau massacre.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/07/1527256
Aristide has maintained he was overthrown in a U.S.-led coup when he was flown to the Central African Republic at the end of February.
Powell, who traveled to Haiti to meet with the new U.S.-installed government, said, "I don't think any purpose would be served by such an inquiry. Haiti was on the verge of a total security collapse."
Powell's one-day mission to Haiti today is the first such visit by a U.S. secretary of state since Madeleine Albright went to Haiti in 1998.
Human Rights Watch said Powell should press the interim Haitian government to pursue justice for abusive rebel leaders as well as members of the deposed government.
Haitian justice officials have promised to prosecute abusive former members of the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, but have showed little interest in pursuing abusive leaders of the rebel forces.
Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's interior minister was arrested and charged Tuesday with conspiring to kill Aristide opponents in February.
In contrast, last week Justice Minister Bernard Gousse raised the possibility of pardoning Jean Tatoune, a gang leader who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for his role in a 1994 Raboteau massacre.
Audio and More At:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/07/1527256
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