PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. forces have expanded their presence in Haiti beyond the capital, deploying to at least two cities that are rebel strongholds....
Troops from the U.S. Southern Command based in Miami arrived at Cap-Haitien, a key port on Haiti's northern coast, seized by rebels Feb. 22, and the western city of Gonaives, where the rebellion started Feb. 5...
The move came as police in those cities started trying to disarm rebels, although the U.S. military emphasized that disarmament was not part of its mandate in Haiti.
....Paul Arcelin, a former ambassador to the Dominican Republic who is close to rebel leader Guy Philippe, told The Associated Press on Friday that rebels would keep their weapons as long as Aristide militants stay armed, because "tomorrow they'll come here and kill us."
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