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 26, 2004 |
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| Haitian police guard the grounds of the presidential palace in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) |
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| Two members of a special US security force for the US embassy in Haiti
stop traffic in a street of Port-Au-Prince as they make space for buses on their way to
the International Airport(AFP/Roberto Schmidt) |
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| Residents walk pass burning tires at a barricade set by supporters of
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in northern Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb.
26, 2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital after taking Cap-Haitien, Aristide
supporters set intermitent barricades on some roads outside the capital. (AP Photo/Walter
Astrada) |
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| A boy stands under posters of haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in
downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| US. Marines enter the American Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Monday,
Feb. 26, 2004. Fifty U.S. Marines were flown in to protect the American Embassy and
diplomats as rebels threatened to attack the city soon. (AP Photo) |
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| Residents walk pass burning tires at a barricade set by supporters of
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in northern Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 26,
2004. Fearing the rebels would move on the capital, supporters of Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide set intermitent barricades on some roads outside the capital. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Marleine Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami. left,
listens as Rep. Phillip J. Brutus, D-Fl., makes a plea for help in his native country,
Haiti, during a Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 press conference in the Haitian community center
in Miami. (AP Photo/J.Pat Carter) |
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| The Rev. Fritz Bazin, left, and Jean Monestime listen as Marleine Bastien, executive
director of Haitian Women of Miami, talks about the worsening conditions in Haiti
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 at the Haitian community center in Miami. (AP Photo/J.Pat Carter) |
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| Spanish citizen Javier Ares, right, waits to board a bus to be evacuated from Haiti at
the entrance of a UN compound in Port-au-Prince, haiti Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. US agents
escorted a convoy of buses with diplomatic families and charity workers to the airport.
The UN Security Council was going to meet Thursday to discuss the situation in Haiti.(AP
Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) |
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| A US embassy diplomatic security special agent guards the entrance of a UN compound in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti as a convoy of foreigners leave to be evacuated from the country,
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. US agents escorted a convoy of U.N. nonessential staff and their
families and other foreigners out of the country. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Relatives of diplomats and Red Cross workers board a Dominican Republic helicopter at
the embassy compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. Three helicopters
from the Dominican Republic evacuated people from the embassy. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Michel Chantry, reflected on the window, waves to his wife Benedicte and her
2-year-old daughter Zoe as they leave on a bus the a UN compound in Port-au-Prince,
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. Michel, a Belgian that works at the delegation of the European
Comission stayed in Haiti but sent his family away. US agents escorted a convoy of U.N.
nonessential staff and their families and other foreigners out of the country. (AP
Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| A Dominican Republic officer escorts relatives of diplomats to a helicopter at the
Embassy compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. Three helicopters from
the Dominican Republic evacuated people from the embassy. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Pablo Isla places his hand on the window of a bus to bid farewell to his wife Ana and
son leaving on a bus from the a UN compound in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Thursday, Feb. 26,
2004. Pablo, a Peruvian-Belgian United Nations officer stayed in Haiti, but sent his
family away. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) |
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| Nerisa Alfonso, waits in line in the arms of his father Donald to board an American
Airlines flight for Miami, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. The Alfonsos live in Port-au-Prince
and said they were leaving for the United States until the situation in Haiti improves.
(AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| A US Embassy diplomatic security special agent guards the entrance of a UN compound in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti while a group of foreigners gear up to be evacuated from the
country, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. US agents escorted a convoy of U.N. nonessential staff
and their families and other foreigners out of the country. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) |
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| Locals watch as rebels patrol the streets in downtown Cap-Haitien, Haiti's
second-largest city in the north, Thursday Feb. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| Rebels patrol the streets in downtown Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city in the
north, Thursday Feb. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| Rebel leader Guy Philippe is seen with other fighters at the Hotel Mont Joli in Cap
Haitien, Haiti, Thursday Feb. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli). |
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| A US Embassy diplomatic security special agent guards the entrance of a UN compound in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti while a group of foreigners gear up to be evacuated from the
country, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004. US agents escorted a convoy of U.N. nonessential staff
and their families and other foreigners out of the country. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) |
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