Haiti - Four Killed As U.N. Troops, Haitians Fight

Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | November 16, 2005 | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - U.N. peacekeepers and gang members traded gunfire Tuesday in the volatile Cite Soleil slum of the Haitian capital, leaving at least four people dead, witnesses and a U.N. official said.

The deaths were the latest casualties from sporadic clashes between gangs and U.N. troops, who were called to the country following the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

The bodies of two young men were displayed by gang members in the slum. U.N. military spokesman Col. El Ouafi Boulbars said the bodies of two other suspected gang members were turned over to police.

Gang members say at least a dozen people have died in the area over the past week. U.N. military spokesman Col. El Ouafi Boulbars said it was not possible to provide an exact death toll, but confirmed that several suspected gang members had been killed in recent clashes.

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[bybybill]

Oh, George, what an opportunity! Kill two birds with one BIG ROCK. Declare the problems in Haiti a danger to the world, and, because of that, you must ask America`s most successful President, Billy Clinton, to be our next Ambassador

[Joe Boucher]

Let's see, u.n. forces taking a stand against gangs in Haiti?
How long unitl the u.n. soldiers are overrun?

[Tinman73]

Let's start a count up of UN troop casualties now.. (unless they "cut and run")