In The News
Feb. 27th, 2004 03:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robbyHaitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide appealed for foreign peacekeepers even as key nations rebuffed him and the leader of rebels who have overrun half the country said his forces were closing in on the capital.
Hundreds of Aristide supporters, some armed with machetes and pistols, gathered Thursday outside the National Palace to protect the president. Teenagers driving bulldozers and forklifts built barricades of wrecked cars, telephone poles, chairs, garbage and burning tires.
I wonder if Aristide has considered hiring mercenaries to organize the defense of his capitol? It's possible that Haiti is just too poor to pay them. I would guess that a hundred well-armed professional soldiers would make a huge difference in the outcome of the impending clash.
Hundreds of Aristide supporters, some armed with machetes and pistols, gathered Thursday outside the National Palace to protect the president. Teenagers driving bulldozers and forklifts built barricades of wrecked cars, telephone poles, chairs, garbage and burning tires.
I wonder if Aristide has considered hiring mercenaries to organize the defense of his capitol? It's possible that Haiti is just too poor to pay them. I would guess that a hundred well-armed professional soldiers would make a huge difference in the outcome of the impending clash.
