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Ferocious dictator Aristide's theater drama. Oh yes, his tens of thousands of bandits still have their guns or weapons of mass destruction'- May 29, 2003

                            
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Haitian National Police Inspector Gen. Evens Saintune, left, and an unidentified officer inspect a pile of 233 guns before they are destroyed during a 'symbolic' ceremony held by the Haitian National Police in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, May 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                
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Haitian riot police guard the entrance to the field where 233 guns wait to be destroyed during a 'symbolic' ceremony held by the Haitian National Police in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, May 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                                      
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Dominican Republic Ambassador to Haiti Alberto Despradel Cabral, front, followed by an unidentified diplomat and Haitian government officials look at a pile of 233 guns before they are destroyed during a 'symbolic' ceremony in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, May 29, 2003. Haitian police set a ceremonial bonfire Thursday and destroyed more than 200 guns confiscated in a yearlong disarmament campaign. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                             
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Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide watch as a pile of 233 guns are destroyed during a 'symbolic' ceremony held by the Haitian National Police in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, May 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                                      
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A group of students looking at a pile of 233 guns before they are destroyed during a 'symbolic' ceremony held by the Haitian National Police in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, May 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                             
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Haitian journalists look at a pile of 233 guns before they are destroyed during a 'symbolic' ceremony in Delmas, Haiti, on Thursday, May 29, 2003. Haitian police set a ceremonial bonfire Thursday and destroyed more than 200 guns confiscated in a yearlong disarmament campaign. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel)
                        
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