U.S. to send 'small' operation to Haiti

Washington Times ^ | 3/02/04 | Bill Gertz

[kattracks]

The Pentagon will dispatch up to 2,000 Marines to Haiti to restore order in the country before an international peacekeeping force takes over.

"Certainly, the number of people that need to be involved in a peacekeeping operation in Haiti is relatively small," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon, noting that a large number of countries have volunteered to send forces.

[Bonaparte]

The french must be beside themselves with rage that they couldn't keep their beloved communist in power there.