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Aristide: Kerry’s Favorite Haitian
Wall Street Journal ^ | 8 Oct 2004 | Mary Anastasia O'Grady

Posted on 10/08/2004 6:55:03 AM PDT by docbnj

John Kerry has now decided, retrospectively, that he would not have gone to war to remove Saddam Hussein. But he would have put U.S. troops in harm’s way to shield Haitian strongman Jean Bertrand Aristide from a revolt of his own people in February. “I would have been prepared to send troops immediately, period,” Mr. Kerry told the New York Times on March 4. *** Sources inside Teleco have long accused Mr. Aristide of giving special deals to international carriers in exchange for a personal cut of the action. One deal that raised suspicions but remained shrouded in secrecy was between a long distance provider to Haiti called Fusion Telecommunications International -- whose board included former finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Marvin Rosen, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Clinton special envoy to Latin America, Thomas “Mack” McLarty III -- and a Teleco representative.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aristide; corruption; haiti; josephpkennedyii; kerry; marvinrosen
Very interesting, but you will need a subscription to see the full article.
1 posted on 10/08/2004 6:55:03 AM PDT by docbnj
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"Very interesting, but you will need a subscription to see the full article."

AHHHHHH CRIPES!


2 posted on 10/08/2004 6:56:51 AM PDT by PilloryHillary (John Kerry is a traitor www.johnfkerrysucks.com)
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Even before seeing the complaint, I had written about the intrigues surrounding Aristide's telecom company, Haitian Teleco. Officially, Teleco is supposed to charge all companies connecting with its Haiti network one, agreed-upon interconnection rate. But unofficially, it was alleged to have provided better rates for some companies in return for bribes.

Sources inside Teleco have long accused Mr. Aristide of giving special deals to international carriers in exchange for a personal cut of the action. One deal that raised suspicions but remained shrouded in secrecy was between a long distance provider to Haiti called Fusion Telecommunications International -- whose board included former finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Marvin Rosen, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Clinton special envoy to Latin America, Thomas "Mack" McLarty III -- and a Teleco representative.

3 posted on 10/08/2004 7:24:56 AM PDT by David M. Brooks (Twenty Minutes Into The Future)
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Ya Kerry would have sent troops and then what ...set them up the way Clinton/Asplin did
in Mogadishu....no doubt...

If John F Kerry is ever elected POTUS there is only one place we will need to send our troops.

imo


4 posted on 10/08/2004 7:25:47 AM PDT by joesnuffy (America needs a 'Big Dog' on the porch not a easily frightened French Poodle)
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