In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests,
peaceful protests, 'criminal Aristide must go,' murders and burning since uncommonly chief
bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide brutally murdered his notorious criminal Amiot Metayer -
February 12, 2004 |
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| Members of the opposition force, who took control of the town of Gonaives
last Thursday, remain in power five days later. (Carolyn Cole/LAT) |
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| A gunman listens to Buteur Metayer, leader of the Gonaives Resistance
Front, then called the ``Cannibal Army,'' during a meeting in Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday,
Feb. 12, 2004 a week after they took control of the city from the government. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Buteur Metayer, leader of then Cannibal Army gang now called Gonaives
Resistance Front, talks with a member of the front during a meeting as they continue their
armed resistance against the government in Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday, Feb. 12, 2004. The
gang who once swore allegiance to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide turned against him
after Buteur's brother gang leader Amiot Metayer was found killed last year. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Rebels patrol the streets of Gonaives, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004 a
week after they took control of the city from the government. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| An armed rebel takes position in the port of Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday,
Feb. 12, 2004. The rebels were waiting for a small boat they suspected carrying police
trying to infiltrate the city. The city remains in rebels hands. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
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| Opposition leader Andy Apaid Jr, center, accompanied by Marie Dennis
Claude, left, and Evans Paul addreses a news conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where
supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide forced them to cancel a mass protest
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| Aristide supporters chant pro-government slogans in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. Rock-throwing militants of President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide set flaming barricades and stoned people trying to protest Thursday, forcing
organizers to cancel a mass march against Haiti's leader. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| A girl passes by a barricade in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. Rock-throwing
militants of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide set flaming barricades and stoned people
trying to protest Thursday, forcing organizers to cancel a mass march against Haiti's
leader. (Ap Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| A woman walks past garbage near one of the most important markets in Port-au-Prince,
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. The World Food Program has warned of a looming humanitarian
crisis in northern Haiti because food trucks cannot get through barricades blocking the
main road from Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien at Gonaives, which is taking its toll on
daily life in the capital. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| A woman carries bags of potatoes near one of the most important markets in
Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. The World Food Program has warned of a looming
humanitarian crisis in northern Haiti because food trucks cannot get through barricades
blocking the main road from Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien at Gonaives, which is taking its
toll on daily life. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| Buteur Metayer, center, leader of the Gonaives Resistance Front, holds a machete as he
leads a march in Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday, Feb. 12, 2004 in honor of his brother Amoit
Metayer who was killed on September 21. The Gonaives Resistance Front used to be allied
with Aristide. But it turned against him last year and changed its name from the
``Cannibal Army,'' accusing the government of killing its leader Amiot Metayer to keep him
from releasing damaging information about Aristide. The government denies it. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Buteur Metayer, leader of the Gonaives Resistance Front, holds a machete as he leads a
march in Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday, Feb. 12, 2004 in honor of his brother Amoit Metayer
who was killed on September 21. The Gonaives Resistance Front used to be allied with
Aristide. But it turned against him last year and changed its name from the ``Cannibal
Army,'' accusing the government of killing its leader Amiot Metayer to keep him from
releasing damaging information about Aristide. The government denies it. (AP Photo/Walter
Astrada) |
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| A charcoal vendor waits for customers in the port of Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday, Feb.
12, 2004. Sale has been slow since rebels took over the town a week ago. One pound of
charcoal sells for about 40 US cents. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Charcoal vendors wait for customers in the port of Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday, Feb. 12,
2004. One pound of charcoal sels for about 40 US cents. The town has been in rebels
control for a week. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| A Voodoo priest rubbed oil on rebel leader Buteur Metayer's head in a symbolic
ceremony for protection Thursday in Gonaives, Haiti, Thrusday, Feb. 12, 2004. The gang who
once swore allegiance to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide turned against him after
Buteur's brother gang leader Amiot Metayer was found killed last year. (AP Photo/Walter
Astrada) |
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| Supporters of the government set a flaming barricade to prevent an opposition march
from taking place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. The billboard at rear
shows President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, right, and revolutionary leader Toussaint
Louverture with the slogan: Two Men, Two centuries and One vision. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| A Haitian man works un further demolishing the police station in Gonaives, Haiti,
Thrusday, Feb. 12, 2004. Hundreds of people looted the police station last Friday, a day
after an armed opposition group took control of Haiti's fourth-largest city. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Haitian President Jean- Bertrand Aristide poses for the press in the National Palace,
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Feb.10, 2003. Aristide has accused his political
opponents of driving the revolt, telling reporters Wednesday Feb. 11, 2004 that ``They
suffer from a small group of thugs ... acting on behalf of the opposition.'' Aristide
insisted he would stay in power until his term ends Feb. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| A young boy stands in the streets outside several houses in the Haitian town of
Saint-Marc February 12, 2004. The Houses were burnt by supporters of President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Two charred bodies lie inside. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar) |
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