120 Chilean troops arrive in Haiti

The Australian ^ | March 05, 2004 | The Australian

[LibFreeUSA]

THE first Chilean troops arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join the international force attempting to restore in the Caribbean nation.

The 120 troops arrived on a Chilean Air Force Boeing 707 jet. Eventually Chile is to send 340 troops.

"These are special forces and they will be incorporated into units composed of French, Canadian and US troops," said Marcel Young, Chile's ambassador to Haiti, at the Port-au-Prince airport.

There are about 1,100 US troops in Haiti, and by the end of Thursday 800 French troops and gendarmes were to be in the country. Canadian forces have also started arriving.

[LibFreeUSA]

Not sure if the 'lame stream' media is carrying this item.

[68skylark]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Chile seems to be one of the freest, best-run and most-prosperous countries in South America, with every prospect of continued improvement. In any case, I'm glad that a number of countries are willing to send troops to help stabilize Haiti.

[olde north church]

But it's the French and Canadians that make it a "true coalition". Can the Germans be far behind?

[MD_Willington_1976]

Canadian troops and RCMP have always been going to Haiti including JTF2 troops...

[68skylark]

Yeah, you make a funny point, I think. With the Canadians and French on board with this mission, you'd think liberals would be happy that we're working in a "true" coalition (as they see it). Instead, they're still miserable and pissed off about the whole situation in Haiti. Nothing makes those people happy.

[norraad]

That's because it's Haiti- They sold the soul of the country to the devil years ago to rid themselves of France, check it out.

[68skylark]

Not sure I catch your point. Are you saying the Haitian people "sold their soul to the devil" when they won independence from France? That wouldn't make much sense. Or are you saying American liberals made an evil bargain recently when they invested their hope in Aristide and his brutish, left-wing politics?

[norraad]

That and so much more, as a child I was almost forced to that hellhole by my missionary parents.

I feel personally responsible for saving my family by keeping them from there(even though did go for short periods without me).

Do some research, you'll be amazed at the purity of the evil and corruption there (a democrat Paradise)