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Impish and paunchy, with a shock of white hair and the rumpled look of a blanc manan (white man) who has lived in the tropics too long, Lynn Garrison describes himself simply, if cryptically, as "a friend of Haiti." But this is a "friend" with unusual connections. Frequently Garrison can be spotted scampering along the colonnaded balcony of military headquarters in Port-au- Prince before slipping into the office of Lieut. General Raoul Cedras, Haiti's military ruler. Even when the Haitian military was bracing for a U.S. Marine landing last month, harried and grim-faced senior commanders still paused...
Rumors about Garrison abound. It is believed that the native of Calgary carries a U.S. green card and has a home in Los Angeles. He is credited with -- or blamed for -- masterminding a propaganda campaign against the exiled President that was allegedly responsible, at least in part, for the recent CIA charges that Aristide is a manic depressive. Aristide calls such allegations "garbage." His sympathizers in Miami claim Garrison is the CIA's designated handler for Cedras. Garrison says he is not CIA, but he claims to have longstanding contacts within both the Central and Defense Intelligence Agencies. He says...
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has been a garrison state, devoting its energies and capital, and aid from foreign governments and Diaspora Jews, to building and maintaining a military establishment that would crush its Arab enemies. The expense has deprived Israel of funds needed for the enjoyment of an even better life and more vibrant economy...
...losing battle Restic is fighting, a one-man Alamo garrison. It's part of the reason Restic's getting out after 23 years...
...different because Harvard's mission was different," says Kaseman, a Crimson editor who served as dews, editor of the Service, News. "Harvard had totally mobilized [its] civilian students," he says, "It was a military garrison...