[Excerpt: He said he was not in direct contact with protesters who have marched through the capital Port-au-Prince in recent days, but praised U.N. peacekeepers for protecting them after police killed at least three protesters last week....."I will return. I don't know when but I will," Aristide told reporters after a lecture at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand. "I am not involved in organizing such things but I pray they will not kill them while they are demonstrating."]
http://64.94.180.107/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JO3ATP2ZJRYRWCRBAELCFEY?type=worldNews&storyID=7855281 Haiti's Aristide Says Will Return, Praises UN Wed Mar 9, 2005 02:08 PM ET By Peter Apps JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Ousted Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide said Wednesday he expected to return to his country as president, but added he did not know when and denied involvement in recent protests aimed at restoring him. He said he was not in direct contact with protesters who have marched through the capital Port-au-Prince in recent days, but praised U.N. peacekeepers for protecting them after police killed at least three protesters last week. "I will return. I don't know when but I will," Aristide told reporters after a lecture at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand. "I am not involved in organizing such things but I pray they will not kill them while they are demonstrating." Aristide was forced into exile in South Africa in February 2004 after a bloody rebellion by street gangs and ex-soldiers and under pressure from the United States and France. The former theology lecturer told reporters and students the rebellion was backed by drug dealers, criminals and the State Department, all of whom he said wanted to stop him holding democratic elections. "They have killed more than 10,000 people in one year," he said. Government claims he had been involved in orchestrating political violence in late 2004 were false and aimed at discrediting him, he said. An increasing number of political and social groups that opposed Aristide now express disenchantment with the U.S.-backed interim government of Prime Minister Gerard Latortue. Monday, police fired on a pro-Aristide demonstration, with witnesses saying three people were killed. Aristide said the protestors -- whose marches have been secured by U.N. peacekeepers in recent days -- were upset conditions in the troubled Caribbean state had worsened since his departure. Aristide became Haiti's first democratically elected president in 1990, was ousted in a coup but was later reinstated. He said the constitution banned him from seeking a further term of office in the event he was able to stand in elections. � Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
