U.S. Marines Block Rebels Chasing Aristide Supporters

Say_What

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Wed Mar-03-04 12:00 PM
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U.S. Marines Block Rebels Chasing Aristide Supporters

More of Bush's dispicable mess.

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AP) - American forces are lending a helping hand to officials affiliated with Haiti's exiled president.

Marines are on guard at the airport in Port-au-Prince, blocking rebels from getting to officials from Jean-Bertrand Aristide's party.

The U.S. forces have also shifted policy - and will now protect Haitian civilians from retaliatory attacks by rebel forces.

Meantime, rebels and Aristide loyalists had a shootout in a Port-au-Prince slum that was an Aristide stronghold. There was no sign of U.S. or French troops stepping in to intervene.

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0304/130367.html

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TacticalPeek

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Wed Mar-03-04 12:13 PM
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1. That's a switch.

I wonder if General Pace had to slap Rummy around to get permission to fight?

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