Foreign Correspondence

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Haiti–II US Troopers Secretly Land in Dominican Republic, 2003

Rebels set their sights on the rest of Haiti on Monday after swooping in to take the country's second-largest city in an escalation of a bloody rebellion against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, prompting the United States to send in Marines to protect its embassy.

With the rebels now in control of Cap Haitien and determined to move on, Washington was sending about 50 U.S. Marines to protect its embassy in the capital of Port-au-Prince, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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In this fight between tyrants and thugs, the Haitian people cannot but lose. Secretary Powell is quoted as saying that the US and other nations "will accept no outcome that ... attempts to remove the elected president of Haiti." That's not good enough. Violence and misrule will continue to destroy Haiti until there are boots on the ground - the boots of soldiers who keep the peace by force of arms, and the boots of administrators who create and maintain the institutions of democracy and liberty.
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The leaders of the "former exiled paramilitaries" Louis-Jodel Chamblain, a former Haitian soldier who headed army death squads in 1987 and Guy Philippe, a former police chief, crossed over from the neighboring Dominican Republic,

These insurgents - some well-equipped and wearing fatigues, others in casual dress and carrying old guns - seized pick-up trucks and marched into eastern towns.
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Chamblain fled to the Dominican Republic in the mid-'90s while Guy Philippe fled to the Dominican Republic in 2002.
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During their time of exile 10,000 US troopers secretly landed in the Dominican Republic to train Dominican soldiers on anti-terrorism operations in the north of the island.

However, the most interesting thing, here, is that the Communist Party of the Dominican Republic did know about the operations. This correspondent had access to two formal communications issued by the US Embassy including details of these activities, during the Communist summit held in Buenos Aires in January. There, the US ambassador to Santo Domingo reported about 10.000 soldiers coming to the Dominican Republic to take part of the training.

Were we at that time going after Chamblain and Philippe and who is behind them, if anyone? -Am





US Troopers Secretly Land in Dominican Republic

10:00 2003-02-20


The military training operation nicknamed Jaded Task took by surprise Dominican Foreign Ministry.


The US Army started today a training operation in the Caribbean country as part of routine maneuvers of the Southern Command. The landing had been kept so secretly that Dominican Foreign Ministry Hugo Tolentino was reported... by the TV.

As per the first reports, the US troops are training Dominican soldiers on anti-terrorism operations in the north of the island. When the national media started announcing the landing, country's Foreign Minister was having a lunch. Tolentino said that, as chief of the Dominican diplomacy, he should have been formally advised, as personally requested to the Dominican Army and the US Embassy to Santo Domingo.

In the past, both armies had performed similar maneuvers in Dominican soil. However, this kind of operations is very much resisted by the local population, especially after the last US invasion to the tiny island in 1965.

However, the most interesting thing, here, is that the Communist Party of the Dominican Republic did know about the operations. This correspondent had access to two formal communications issued by the US Embassy including details of these activities, during the Communist summit held in Buenos Aires in January. There, the US ambassador to Santo Domingo reported about 10.000 soldiers coming to the Dominican Republic to take part of the training.

Moreover, the communists and other leftist forces in the country made know such documents to the local media in November. According to the denounce, US soldiers can freely enter and leave the country without any kind of permission. Also, they can do it through owned means of conveyance.

On the other hand, US troopers are not subject to local legislation. If they commit a crime US courts under US legislation would try them.

For Minister Tolentino, there is nothing wrong on this as cooperation between both armies is usual. However, Army officials denied that 10.000 troopers would land in the island. At the same time, the uninformed Foreign Minister admitted that the number of US officers could reach such amount.

Hernan Etchaleco
PRAVDA.Ru
Argentina

http://english.pravda.ru/world/2003/02/20/43514.html The US Army started today a