In Gonaives and other cities, Haiti, violent protests,
peaceful protests, 'criminal Aristide must go,' murders and burning since uncommonly chief
bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide brutally murdered his notorious criminal Amiot Metayer -
February 13, 2004 |
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| A man holds an Uzzi in front of the flags of Haiti, the United States and
France in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, during a demostration in honor of Amoit
Metayer, former leader of the Gonaives Resistance Front who was killed on September 21.
The Gonaives Resistance Front used to be allied with Aristide, but turned against the
Haitian President last year. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| A rebel is blessed during a Voodoo ceremony of the Gonaives Resistance
Front, during a march in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, in honor of a former
leader of the group, Amoit Metayer who was killed last Sept. 21. The Gonaives Resistance
Front used to be allied with Aristide, but turned against the Haitian President last year.
(AP Photo/WalterAstrada) |
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| A Haitian carries fish out of the water at the port of Gonaives, Haiti,
Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Buteur Metayer, center, leader of the Gonaives Resistance Front, prays
during a march in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 in honor of his brother, Amoit
Metayer, who was killed on last Sept. 21. The Gonaives Resistance Front used to be allied
with Aristide, but turned against the Haitian President last year. (AP Photo/Walter
Astrada) |
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| Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, and Canada's Minister of Foreign
Affairs Bill Graham listen to remarks by Cesar Gavaria, Secretary General of OAS after
their meeting regarding the situation in Haiti at the State Department Friday in
Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak) |
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| Buteur Metayer, center, leader of the Gonaives Resistance Front, holds a
machete as he leads a march in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 in honor of his
brother, Amoit Metayer, who was killed on last Sept. 21. The Gonaives Resistance Front
used to be allied with Aristide, but turned against the Haitian President last year. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Secretary of State Colin Powell , left, listens to a reporter's question
with, from left to right: Jamaica's Foreign Affairs Minister Keith D. Knight (obscured);
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Cesar Gaviria; Assistant
Secretary General of the Carribean Community (CARICOM) Colin Granderson (back); Canada's
Minister of Foreign Affairs William Graham; and St. Lucia's Foreign Minister and current
United Nations General Assembly President Julian Hunte; after their meeting regarding the
situation in Haiti at the State Department Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 in Washington. (AP
Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
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| Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), left, takes a question from a
reporter as Jamaica's Foreign Affairs Minister Keith D. Knight looks on after a meeting
with representatives of Canada and Caribbean nations regarding the violence in Haiti, at
the State Department Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
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| Else Mates, who is pregnant, sleeps as she waits for attention, at the General
Hospital of Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. A humanitarian crisis is looming in
this bleak city where rebels have launched a bloody rebellion, while most doctors have
abandoned hospital for fear of their own safety. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| People work at the market of food in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. A
humanitarian crisis is looming in this bleak city where rebels have launched a bloody
rebellion. A humanitarian crisis is looming in this bleak city where rebels have launched
a bloody rebellion. Food shipments are being slowed. Fuel deliveries are being blocked.
Doctors have abandoned hospitals for fear of their own safety. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| A Haitian man carries a sack of flour at the market of Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb.
13, 2004. Humanitarian agencies warned of a looming crisis as rebels gathered for an
expected police offensive to end the uprising that has killed at least 49 people in a week
and destabilized the battered country. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| A women prays as she waits for customers at a market in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb.
13, 2004. Humanitarian agencies warned of a looming crisis as rebels gathered for an
expected police offensive to end the uprising that has killed at least 49 people in a week
and destabilized the battered country. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| People pass as a man carries a sack of flour at the market in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday,
Feb. 13, 2004. Humanitarian agencies warned of a looming crisis as rebels gathered for an
expected police offensive to end the uprising that has killed at least 49 people in a week
and destabilized the battered country. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Haitian street vendors wait for customers in front grafitti that reads 'Down Aristide'
at the market of Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. A humanitarian crisis is looming
in this bleak city where rebels have launched a bloody rebellion. Food shipments are being
slowed. Fuel deliveries are being blocked. Doctors have abandoned hospitals. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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| Haitian Yolande Acintil, background, holds in arms her son Odson Pierre, 8, as they
wait for attention for him since Monday, at the General Hospital of Gonaives, Haiti,
Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. A humanitarian crisis is looming in this bleak city where rebels
have launched a bloody rebellion. Doctors have abandoned hospitals. Acintil and her son
who has fever and stomach pain visited each day to try to get medical attention. (AP
Photo/Walter Astrada) |
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