A parade of despots and assassins

A parade of despots and assassins - July 2, 2003

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Haiti's de facto president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, at center of front row, on the tamac of the newly renamed Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 2, 2003, before departing Haiti to attend the CARICOM conference in Haiti.

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Haiti's new Director General of the National Police Jocelyne Pierre, sixth from left, joins police, and government officials as they bid farewell to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday July 2, 2003. Aristide was en route to attend the CARICOM conference in Jamaica. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, center, salutes the country's new Director General of the National Police, Jocelyne Pierre, with dark glasses, as other government officials look on on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday July 2, 2003. Aristide was leaving to the CARICOM conference in Jamaica. Also seen is Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, standing behind the president. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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Jocelyne Pierre, Haiti's new Director General of the National Police, waits the arrival of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday July 2, 2003. Aristide was departing to attend the CARICOM conference in Jamaica. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Haiti's flag day 2003 - July 3, 2003

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A young life lost - July 3, 2003

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe is shown in this undated family photo. Phillipe's body was found 20 miles northwest of Baghdad, the military said. Philippe, 37, of Roselle, N.J., and Pfc. Kevin Ott, 27, of Columbus, Ohio, had disappeared along with their Humvee on Wednesday from the town of Balad, 25 miles north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Philippe Family)

A so-called trial in a land (Haiti), where bestial dictator Aristide steals in broad daylight more than U.S.$220 million, kills thousands of political opponents and many more of the same nature and gravity as he wishes - July 3, 2003

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James Glenn White, 47, in hand-cuffs, holding hands with his wife Teresa, before the beginning of his trial on charges of illegally importing of assault weapons into Haiti after waiting in jail for 56 days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, July 3, 2003. White, a resident of Haiti with his wife and two children but formerly of New Castle, Indiana, was arrested on May 9 when he went to receive a shipment of items from his friend, Florida resident Jeremy Benenati who was planning to join White's mission, and police found two weapons and a apparatus to make bullets as part of the household items. White had advised the police the guns - one an AR-15 assault rifle - were in the shipment and was informed he and Benenati could apply for Haitian licenses once they arrived, he said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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James Glenn White, 47, in hand-cuffs on the right, talks to his wife Teresa, as a prison guard stands watch during a break at his trial on charges of illegally importing of assault weapons into Haiti after waiting in jail for 56 days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, July 3, 2003. White, a resident of Haiti with his wife and two children but formerly of New Castle, Indiana, was arrested on May 9 when he went to receive a shipment of items from his friend, Florida resident Jeremy Benenati who was planning to join White's mission, and police found two weapons and a apparatus to make bullets as part of the household items. White had advised the police the guns - one an AR-15 assault rifle - were in the shipment and was informed he and Benenati couldapply for Haitian licenses once they arrived, he said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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James Glenn White, 47, listens as the Haitian prosecutor yells accusations against him during his trial on charges of illegally importing of assault weapons into the country after waiting in jail for 56 days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, July 3, 2003. White, a resident of Haiti with his wife and two children but formerly of New Castle, In., was arrested on May 9 when he went to receive a shipment of items from his friend, Florida resident Jeremy Benenati who was planning to join White's mission, and police found two weapons and a apparatus to make bullets as part of the household items. White had advised the police the guns - one an AR-15 assault rifke - were in the shipment and was informed he and Benenati could apply for Haitian licenses once they arrived, he said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

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James Glenn White, 47, right, confers with his lawyer Guerdy Lissade, during his trial on charges of illegally importing of assault weapons and a toy remote controlled helicopter which police said could be used to drop bombs, into Haiti after waiting in jail for 56 days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday, July 3, 2003. White, a resident of Haiti with his wife and two children but formerly of New Castle, Indiana, was arrested on May 9 when he went to receive a shipment of items from his friend, Florida resident Jeremy Benenati who was planning to join White's mission, and police found two weapons and a apparatus to make bullets as part of the household items. White had advised the police the guns - one an AR-15 assault rifke - were in the shipment and was informed he and Benenati could apply for Haitian licenses once they arrived, he said. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, an uncommonly vicious de facto tyrant trying to pass for a duly elected president - July 3, 2003

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The heads of Government of the Caribbean Community pose for the official photo during the 24th Regular Meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Thursday, July 3, 2003. In the front row, from left: Owen Arthur of Barbados, Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana, Pierre Charles of Dominica, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Edwin Carrington, P.J. Patterson of Jamaica, Keith Mitchell of Grenada, Lester Bird of Antigua and Barbuda, John Alfred Osborne of Montserrat and Ronald Venetiaan of Suriname. Back row, from left: Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti, Said Musa of Belize, Perry Christie of the Bahamas, Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Kenny Anthony of Saint Lucia, Derrick Taylor of Turks and Caicos, Victor Banks of Anguilla, Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago, Orlando Smith of the British Virgin Islands and Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)