Hundreds of ragged slum-dwellers
looted an industrial park
near the capital's airport.
U.S. Marines,
who on Sunday opened fire
for the first time since they arrived
at the start of an international
mission to quell
looting and killings
in the aftermath of Aristide's flight,
said on Monday they would assist
Haitian Police in
confiscating weapons from fighters.
Jim Loney and Ibon Villelabeitia/Reuters Mar.08.04
(emphases and outrage added)
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Is that slanted journalism?
Is flight the best way to characterize why and how Aristide left Haiti?
Keeping in mind that Aristide himself described his departure as a "kidnapping".
Anybody who believes this is about (legal) economics, or even politics, is intentionally running away from the obvious.
Is cocaine still a profitable enterprise at the wholesale level?
Who's running the cocaine trade these days?
Don't say the Colombians.
