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Once again, a grand comedy in Haiti - Jean-Bertrand Aristide , an uncommonly vicious tyrant, a former dirt-poor little red man, who has murdered an innumerable number of Haitians - Add affixing his signature at the bottom of a document, authorizing the United Nations to approve the occupation of Haiti by the United States so he could ride back on the back of the imperialist horse (23,000 U.S. troops), as he used to call the U.S., from exile in Washington, D.C., in 1994, delivers a so-called speech about Haiti's constitution - March 28, 2003.

                                                           
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide wave and hold up flyers with his photo as he leaves the headquarters of Haitian Anti-Riot Police where he gave a speech about Haiti's Constitution, ratified 16 years ago on March 29, 1987, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, March 28, 2003. Haitian police have come under increasing criticism from local and international rights groups for numerous abuses and as a result, Aristide's government recently announced a series of transfers and a new police chief. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                  
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, center, accompanied by Secretary of State for Security Jean Gerard Dubreille, left, and the new Director General of the Haitian National Police Jean-Claude Jean-Baptiste, right, walks by supporters as he leaves the headquarters of the Haitian Anti-Riot Police where he gave a speech about the Constitution ratified 16 years ago on March 29, 1987, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, March 28, 2003. Haitian police have come under increasing criticism from local and international rights groups for numerous abuses and as a result, Aristide's government recently announced a series of transfers and a new police chief. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                       
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide hands out a copy of the Constitution, ratified 16 years ago on Nov. 29, 1987, to a member of Haitian Anti-Riot Police during a visit to their headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, March 28, 2003. Haitian police have come under increasing criticism from local and international rights groups for numerous abuses and as a result, Aristide's government recently announced a series of transfers and a new police chief. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                  
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide holds a copy of the Constitution, ratified 16 years ago on Nov. 29, 1987, during a speech at the headquarters of the Haitian National Police Anti-Riot corps in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, March 28, 2003. Haitian police have come under increasing criticism from local and international rights groups for numerous abuses and as a result, Aristide's government recently announced a series of transfers and a new police chief. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                           

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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, left, greets supporters as he leaves the headquarters of Haitian Anti-Riot Police where he gave a speech about Haiti's Constitution, ratified 16 years ago on March 29, 1987 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday, March 28, 2003. Haitian police have come under increasing criticism from local and international rights groups for numerous abuses and as a result, Aristide's government recently announced a series of transfers and a new police chief. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                        

In Haiti, an anti-dictatorship protest - April 3, 2003

                                               
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Members of a Haitian special tactical unit accompany the truck loaded with loudspeakers and the demonstrators participating in a march organized by womens' non-governmental organizations, teachers unions, and the Jean Dominique Echo Foundation to demand justice for slain journalist Jean Dominique in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, April 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                           
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Women participate in a march organized by womens' non-governmental organizations, teachers unions, and the Jean Dominique Echo Foundation to demand justice for slain journalist Jean Dominique and to protest police brutality and impunity in Delmas, Haiti, Thursday, April 3, 2003. The protesters shouted 'Justice for Jean Dominique!' and carried a photocopy of a page of the Haitian Constitution which lists civil liberties like freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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