Brutal death of a notorious criminal by his chief bandit boss, Aristide     More photos
                                          

In Haiti, another day of an engaging primitive dictator, grand thief and notorious criminal Jean-Bertrand Aristide's considerable violence; also, of an unsavory dictatorship and extremely retrograde man who has long turned the country into a personal fief. His usual methods are: beating, burning alive and kidnapping of democracy and human rights advocates, exclusion of serious candidates, stacking of election committees with de facto government notorious bandits  - October 22, 2003

                                                                                       
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Haitian policemen stand in front of an opposition political party headquarters after they searched it for weapons and found nothing, party members said, and while supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrated in the street, intimidating would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocking them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrations who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                     
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Haitian policemen accompanying supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as they pass in front of an opposition party headquarters where members were trapped by a pro-Aristide mob who intimated would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocked them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrations who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                 
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide run and shout 'Aristide for life!' after they succeeded in intimidating would-be anti-government demonstrators, blocking them from holding a planned march and obliging them to be evacuated by US diplomats in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrations who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                          
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide hold fliers with his face and five fingers, signifying his five-year term, and with the saying 'Rendez-vous in 2006 for elections!' as they demonstrate in front of an opposition political party headquarters where they intimidated would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocked them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrations who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                          
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A police officer tries to put out a burning barricade set up by supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide near opposition party headquarters after a pro-Aristide mob intimated would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocked them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrators who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block allanti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                  
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A man runs by a burning barricade set up by supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and past grafitti that says 'The radical Operation 36 Movement says 'Aristide King' or 'Aristide five years,' near an opposition party headquarters after a pro-Aristide mob intimated would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocked them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrators who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                          
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US Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs James D. Loveland talks on his cell phone inside an opposition political party headquarters as supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide shout 'Aristide for five years!' and 'Elections, Yes!' while they were intimidating would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocking them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. US diplomats later had to evacuate anti-government demonstrators in their vehicles. In reaction to anti-government demonstrations who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                                                             

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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide hold fliers adorned with Aristide's face and five fingers, signifying his five-year term, and with the saying 'Rendez-vous in 2006 for elections!' as they scream 'Aristide for life!' demonstrate in front of an opposition political party headquarters where they intimidated would-be anti-government demonstrators and blocked them from holding a planned march in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, October 22, 2003. In reaction to anti-government demonstrations who have been taking to the streets in several cities in recent weeks, pro-Aristide groups this week declared they would block all anti-Aristide marchers and, in the words of activist Paul Raymond, 'eat them with our teeth.' (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
     
                        
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