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  • Armed Protesters Seize Control of Haiti's Fourth-Largest City, Demand Uprising Against Aristide

    08/06/2002 1:06:27 AM PDT · by kattracks · 20 replies · 230+ views
    AP | 8/06/02 | Michael Norton
    GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - Calling for an uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, thousands of protesters, some armed, hurled stones at outnumbered Haitian police and blocked streets with flaming tires. "We're going to feed Aristide to the fire!" people once loyal to the former slum priest yelled Monday night, standing near a smoldering barricade in the western port of Gonaives, Haiti's fourth-largest city. Demonstrators spoke bitterly against the president, accusing him of orchestrating an attack in December that ultimately left 10 people dead, saying he staged the apparent coup himself as an excuse to silence the opposition. "He betrayed us," said...