In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests,
peaceful protests, fast growing armed revolts, 'criminal Aristide must go,' murders and
burning since uncommonly chief bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide brutally murdered his
notorious criminal Amiot Metayer - February 25, 2004 |
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| Evans Paul, a leader with Haiti's opposition Democratic Platform speaks
during a news conference in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004. Opposition
leaders rejected a U.S.-backed peace plan for Haiti that would have Jean-Bertrand Aristide
remain as president but share power with political rivals. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) |
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| Unidentified rebels guard the port in Cap-Haitien, Haiti Wednesday Feb
25, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| An unidentified rebel guards the port in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Wednesday
Feb 25 , 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| Women walk by a barricade set by supporters of Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, seen on the poster, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 25,
2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital loyalists of Aristide set intermittent
barricades within the city and on key roads outside the capital. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
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| Haitian women hold hands as they walk in front of a burning barricade set
up by supporters of President Aristide, in the capital Port au Prince, February 25, 2004.
Foreigners streamed out of Haiti on Wednesday as the capital braced for a rebel advance
and diplomats tried to rekindle talks on a power-sharing deal to defuse the Caribbean
country's bloody conflict. (Andrew Winning/Reuters) |
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| Armed supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide patrol the
road leading to Port-au-Prince's airport Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004. Fearing the rebels
would move on the capital loyalists of Aristide set intermittent barricades within the
city and on key roads outside the capital. Aristide supporters have become more aggressive
since Haiti's small and demoralized police force has fled the rebel advance, which began
on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| A cyclist rides on a road blocked by a barricade set by supporters of
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, seen on the poster at center, in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital loyalists of
Aristide set intermittent barricades within the city and on key roads outside the capital.
Aristide supporters have become more aggressive since Haiti's small and demoralized police
force has fled the rebel advance, which began on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/WalterAstrada) |
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| A boy on a bicycle passes the body of a man on a street in Cap Haitien,
Haiti, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli) |
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| The body of a man lies in the street in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Wednesday Feb 25, 2004.
(AP Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| People try to extinguish a fire set at a house in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Wednesday Feb
25, 2004. The circumstances of the fire were unclear. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli) |
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| A man walks past a barricade set by supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on
one of Port-au-Prince's main avenues early Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004. Fearing the rebels
would move on the capital, loyalists of Aristide set intermittent barricades within the
city and on key roads outside the capital. Aristide supporters have become more aggressive
since Haiti's small and demoralized police force has fled the rebel advance, which began
on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) |
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| A man wrapped in a Haitian flag watches the annual carnival celebration in
Port-Au-Prince. Violence-wracked Haiti faced a new crisis after political opponents
formally rejected an international peace plan and armed rebels seized another city amid
warnings of a bloodbath.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt) |
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| Rebels patrol inside the port of Cap Haitien, the second largest city of Haiti. Haiti
face a new crisis as political opponents formally rejected an international peace
plan(AFP/Jaime Razuri) |
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| A cyclist rides on a road blocked by a barricade set by supporters of Haitian
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, on the poster, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb.
25, 2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital loyalists of Aristide set
intermittent barricades within the city and on key roads outside the capital. Aristide
supporters have become more aggressive since Haiti's small and demoralized police force
has fled the rebel advance, which began on Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Rep. Elijah Cummins, D-Md., speaks with members of the Congressional Black Caucus
outside the White House after meeting with President Bush, National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell Wednesday, Feb.25, 2004. With him,
left to right, are Reps. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Donald Payne, D-N.J., John Conyers,
D-Mich., and Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. In a highly unusual move, the group demanded a meeting
with Bush to express their concerns that the U.S. act to preserve the democracy in Haiti.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) |
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| French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin talks to the media on arrival in
Khartoum, Friday, Feb 20, 2004. The French foreign minister who took the spotlight when he
squared off against Secretary of State Colin Powell at the U.N. Security Council debates
before the Iraq war, de Villepin is now working with Powell to find a solution to the
crisis in Haiti, France's former colony. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf) |
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| Congressional Black CaucusPresident Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., center, gestures
during a news conference on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004 in Washington. About 30 members of
the caucus demanded to meet with the White House about the ongoing situation in Haiti. In
the front row from left are Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Cummings, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee,
D-Tex., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) |
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| An armed Rebel opposed to Jean Bertrand Aristide's government patrols in the Cap
Haitien. US President George W. Bush called for deploying an international force in Haiti
only if a peace deal ends deadly unrest(AFP/Jaime Razuri) |
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| Rebel leader Guy Philippe is seen at the Hotel Mont Joli in Cap Haitien, Haiti,
Wednesday Feb 25, 2004. Philippe confirmed earlier this week that some rebels were trained
in the Dominican Republic, though on Wednesday he began denying it, saying as far as he
knew only he and three others crossed the border at the start of the rebellion. (AP
Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| A police officer arrest suspected robbers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday, Feb. 25,
2004. Police arrested a dozen men suspected of robbing people at a barricade on the way to
the city's airport. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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