In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests,
'criminal Arisitide must go,' murders and burning since chief bandit Jean-Bertrand
Aristide brutally murdered his notorious criminal Amiot Metayer - October 5, 2003 |
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| Hundreds of residents of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, October 5, 2003,
taking part in spontaneous anti-government demonstrations that erupted in several
neighborhoods around town after the opposition canceled a planned march, sing 'OAS
(Organization of American States), you're an accomplice if you don't remove Jean-Bertrand
Aristide from power!' The Opposition Front of the North canceled its march early the
morning after police suddenly announced the march route could only be several blocks long.
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| Haitian firemen put out one of a series of burning tire barricades which
blocked La Saline Boulevard in the port area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Friday,
Oct.10, 2003. Passersby said supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide set up the
barricades to demand jobs. Protests against the government have been growing in Haiti
recently, with marches or barricades in four cities over the past week. (AP Photo/Daniel
Morel) |
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| Haitian firemen put out one of a series of burning tire barricades which
blocked La Saline Boulevard in the port area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Friday, Oct.
10, 2003. Passersbys said supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide set up the
barricades to demand jobs. Protests against the government have been growing in Haiti
recently, with marches or barricades in four cities over the past week. (AP Photo/Daniel
Morel) |
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| Haitian firemen put out one of a series of burning tire barricades which
blocked La Saline Boulevard in the port area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Friday, Oct.
10, 2003. Passersby said supporters of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide set up the
barricades to demand jobs. Protests against the government have been growing in Haiti
recently, with marches or barricades in four cities over the past week. (AP Photo/Daniel
Morel) |
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| A young man tries to put out the fire which destroyed a home in the poor
K-Soleil neighborhood of Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003, inhabited by the
mother of the girlfriend of Pierre Andre Philemond, alias 'Ti Tchoul' ('Little Obsequious
Servant') an alleged police informer suspected of participating in the September 22 murder
of once pro-government strongman Amiot Metayer from the Raboteau neighborhood. Joseph and
other witnesses said the fire, which destroyed the home, was set by members of the
Metayer's formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' some of whose members are
armed, and who blame Metayer's murder on the police and on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide
government. The government rejects the charges. 'Army' demonstrations have shut down the
city for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. At least five have been killed and dozens
injured mostly by police trying to end the protests. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Fugitive Jean Pierre, alias 'Jean Tatoun,' in the baseball hat, for whom
the Haitian National Police have issued an arrest warrant, and unidentified members of the
formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' which was headed by Amiot Metayer until
he was found brutally murdered on September 22, lead an anti-government march through the
poor seaside neighborhood of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 8, 2003.
The daily demonstrations of the 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and Raboteau
residents -- who blame the murder on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government -- have shut
down the city for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. The government rejects the charges.
At least five have been killed and dozens injured mostly by police trying to end the
protests. Metayer was buried on Sunday in a tomb which family and 'Army' members dug in
the middle of a street in his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| An woman shouts 'Down with Aristide!' as an anti-government march of the
formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' which was headed by Amiot Metayer until
he was found brutally murdered on September 22, passes her home in the poor seaside
neighborhood of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003. The daily
demonstrations of the 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and Raboteau residents -
who blame the murder on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government - have shut down the city
for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. The government rejects the charges. At least five
have been killed and dozens injured mostly by police trying to end the protests. Metayer
was buried on Sunday in a tomb which family and 'Army' members dug in the middle of a
street in his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Members of the formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' which
was headed by Amiot Metayer until he was found murdered on September 22, dance during a
Vodou ritual in the poor seaside neighborhood of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003, before they start one of their daily demonstrations which have
shut down the city for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. The banner compares the
October 2 police attack on their neighborhood to an October 2, 1991, attack by the Haitian
Armed Forces and says 'To the date, [General Raoul] Cedras = [Jean-Bertrand] Aristide.'
The 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and Raboteau residents blame the murder on
the Aristide government, a charge the government rejects. At least five have beenkilled
and dozens injured mostly by police trying to end the protests. Metayer was buried on
Sunday in a tomb which family and 'Army' members dug in the middle of a street in his
neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Islande Joseph, mother of ten, stands in the doorway of the torched home in the poor
K-Soleil neighborhood of Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 8, 2003, which she shares
with the mother of the girlfriend of Pierre Andre Philemond, alias 'Ti Tchoul' ('Little
Obsequious an alleged police informer suspected of participating in the September 22
murder of once pro-government strongman Amiot Metayer from the Raboteau neighborhood.
Joseph and other witnesses said the fire, which destroyed the home, was set by members of
the Metayer's formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' some of whose members are
armed, and who blame Metayer's murder on the police and on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide
government. The government rejects the charges. 'Army' demonstrations have shut down the
city for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. At least five have been killed and dozens
injured mostly by police trying to end the protests. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Members of the formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' which was headed by
Amiot Metayer until he was found brutally murdered on September 22, perform a Vodou ritual
in the poor seaside neighborhood of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 8,
2003, before they start one of their daily demonstrations which have shut down the city
for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. The 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and
Raboteau residents blame the murder on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government, a charge the
government rejects. At least five have been killed and dozens injured mostly by police
trying to end the protests. Metayer was buried on Sunday in a tomb which family and 'Army'
members dug in the middle of a street in his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Members of the formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' which was headed by
Amiot Metayer until he was found murdered on September 22, perform a Vodou ritual in the
poor seaside neighborhood of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003,
before they start one of their daily demonstrations which have shut down the city for 16
days, ever since Metayer's death. The 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and
Raboteau residents blame the murder on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government, a charge the
government rejects. At least five have been killed and dozens injured mostly by police
trying to end the protests. Metayer was buried on Sunday in a tomb which family and 'Army'
members dug in the middle of a street in his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| A young man tries to put out the fire which destroyed a home in the poor K-Soleil
neighborhood of Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003, inhabited by the mother of
the girlfriend of Pierre Andre Philemond, alias 'Ti Tchoul' ('Little Obsequious Servant')
an alleged police informer suspected of participating in the September 22 murder of once
pro-government strongman Amiot Metayer from the Raboteau neighborhood. Joseph and other
witnesses said the fire, which destroyed the home, was set by members of the Metayer's
formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' some of whose members are armed, and who
blame Metayer's murder on the police and on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government. The
government rejects the charges. 'Army' demonstrations have shut down the city for 16 days,
ever since Metayer's death. At least five have been killed and dozens injured mostly by
police trying to end the protests. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Angry women sing 'Aristide must go! Criminal!' as they lead an anti-government march
of the formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' which was headed by Amiot Metayer
until he was found brutally murdered on September 22, in the poor seaside neighborhood of
Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 8, 2003. The daily demonstrations of
the 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and Raboteau residents - who blame the murder
on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government - have shut down the city for 16 days, ever since
Metayer's death. The government rejects the charges. At least five have been killed and
dozens injured mostly by police trying to end the protests. Metayer was buried on Sunday
in a tomb which family and 'Army' members dug inthe middle of a street in his
neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| A young man passes two barricades blocking an intersection in the poor seaside
neighborhood of Raboteau in Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003, just before the
beginning of another anti-government march of the formerly pro-government gang the
'Cannibal Army,' which was headed by Amiot Metayer until he was found murdered on
September 22. The daily demonstrations of the 'Army,' some of whose members are armed, and
Raboteau residents - who blame the murder on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide government- have
shut down the city for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. The government rejects the
charges. At least five have been killed and dozens injured mostly by police trying to end
the protests. Metayer was buried on Sunday in a tomb which family and'Army' members dug in
the middle of a street in his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| A boy takes a rest from trying to put out the fire which destroyed a home in the poor
K-Soleil neighborhood of Gonaives, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 8, 2003, inhabited by the
mother of the girlfriend of Pierre Andre Philemond, alias 'Ti Tchoul' ('Little Obsequious
Servant') an alleged police informer suspected of participating in the September 22 murder
of once pro-government strongman Amiot Metayer from the Raboteau neighborhood. Joseph and
other witnesses said the fire, which destroyed the home, wasset by members of the
Metayer's formerly pro-government gang the 'Cannibal Army,' some of whose members are
armed, and who blame Metayer's murder on the police and on the Jean-Bertrand Aristide
government. The government rejects the charges. 'Army' demonstrations have shut down the
city for 16 days, ever since Metayer's death. At least five have been killed and dozens
injured mostly by police trying to end the protests. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Residents of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Sunday, October 5, 2003, beat pots and pans at
noon in response to a call from the opposition to 'beat metal' in order to protest the
government as part of a series of spontaneous anti-Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrations
that erupted around town after the opposition canceled its planned march. The Opposition
Front of the North canceled its march early the morning after police suddenly announced
the march route could only be several blocks long. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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