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The aftermath of Haiti's uncommonly vicious tyrant Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his murderous regime's end - March 8-9, 2004

A Haitian man walks by a body that had been lying on the side of the road for several hours. According to eyewitnesses he had been shot by local police at an industrial park near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 9, 2004. (AP/Tom Hanson)

People protest in front of U.S. Marines guarding a gate after a man was killed near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday March 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

A Haitian man turns away from a body that had been lying on the side of the road for several hours, and who according to witnesses at the scene had been shot by local police outside an Industrial Park near the airport in Port-au-Prince Haiti Tuesday March 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Tom Hanson, CP)

Two U.S. Marines stand guard as passengers line up at the Air Canada counter at the airport in Port-au-Prince Haiti Tuesday, March 9, 2004. The airport opened today for the first time since Feb 28, 2004 to international carriers including Air Canada and American Airlines. (AP PHOTO/Tom Hanson, CP)

Former Haitian Prime Minister Smack Michel speaks with the Associated Press in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in this Nov. 22, 1994 file photo. Michel, 67, was one of the candidates for Haiti's new Prime Minister. (Marta Lavandier/File)

Marines in Haiti : A supporter of former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide shouts as US marines patrol the Bel Aire district of Port-Au-Prince. (AFP/Yuri Cortez)

Former chief bandit Jean-Bertrand Aristide's terrorists yell insults at U.S. Marines during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 8, 2004. (Reuters/Eliena Aponte)

A U.S. Marine patrols downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday March 8, 2004. The sign in the back reads '200 years of freedom'. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Members of the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., stabilize the condition of a civilian reporter with a neck wound at Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on Sunday, Mar. 7th, 2004. The reporter was wounded when violence erupted at a protest where thousands of Haitians were celebrating the flight of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (AP Photo/Sgt.Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force)

Haitian Police Officer E. St Goudrin (center) speaks with a newly appointed police station deputy (right) at Port-Au-Prince Haiti on Saturday, March 6, 2004. Director General Haitian National Police Chief Leon Charles reorganized local police stations while U.S. Marine Weapons Company 3/8th Marine Air Contingency MAGTAF, Camp Lejeune, N.C. will provide security for the Haitian Police. (AP Photo//Sgt. Andy Dunaway, US Air Force)

A man taunts U.S. Marines guarding a gate during a protest after a man was killed on a road near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, March 9, 2004. According to a spokesman for the U.S. Military, U.S. Marines shot and killed Mutial Telusma, a taxi driver, as he was speeding toward a military checkpoint late Monday night. This is the second reported fatality at the hands of peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

South Florida Sun Sentinel photographer Michael Laughlin talks about covering events in Haiti, that led up to him being shot, during a Tuesday, March 9, 2004 news conference at a hospital in Miami., where he is still recovering from the gun shots to his face and shoulder, as his wife, Kathy, listens. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

With a Haitian flag around his shoulders, an opponent of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide prays during a mass in the church of Petion Ville, in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada)

Thousands of opponents of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide march through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti Sunday, March 7, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)

Mutial Telusma, 35, a taxi driver, lies dead on a street near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday March 9, 2004. According to a spokesman for the U.S. Military, U.S. Marines shot and killed Telusma as he was speeding toward a military checkpoint. This is the second reported fatality at the hands of the peacekeepers.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

People walk past burning tires and stones on a street near the airport during a protest after a man was killed by U.S. Marines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday. March 9, 2004. According to a spokesman for the U.S. Military, U.S. Marines shot and killed Mutial Telusma, a taxi driver, as he was speeding toward a military checkpoint late Monday night. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Sedelin Telusma, left, and his cousin Vernet Kelly weep near the site where Mutial Telusma, a taxi driver, was killed by U.S. Marines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday March 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Aneli)

Vernet Kelly, left, cousin of Mutial Telesuma, weeps near the site where he was killed by U.S. Marines on a road near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday March 9, 2004. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Nahomy Joseph, 22, who identified herself as sister of Mutial Telusma, weeps with other unidentified relatives near the site where Mutial Telusma was killed by U.S. Marines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday March 9, 2004. According to a spokesman for the U.S. Military, U.S. Marines shot and killed Telusma as he was speeding toward a military checkpoint. This is the second reported fatality at the hands of the peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Haiti's interim president Boniface Alexandre, the supreme court chief, speaks after his inauguration on Monday.(AFP/Jaime Razuri)

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