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...remain in Haiti? Why had Francois, who is blamed for police attacks on Aristide supporters in the first days of last week, not participated in the negotiations? Why did the agreement provide for a "general amnesty" and speak of "honorable retirement" for dictators and U.S. military cooperation with the Haitian armed forces? None of that sounded like the clean sweep of the monsters that Clinton had promised just a few days before...
...also an America hater, so he could decide either to leave or stay and fight. Francois was originally reported to be in hiding but in fact is working at his office in police headquarters. He held at least two meetings last week with U.S. officers to discuss "liaison" arrangements. Haitian officials say Francois offered weeks ago to do whatever would help the situation -- resign, leave the country, be exiled or even be shot...
...Aristide's government. While Aristide can grant the army and police amnesty for political crimes -- mainly the coup -- his supporters are, for the most part, opposed to any parliamentary attempt to forgive what they call "blood crimes" like murder and rape. American officials say this is a domestic Haitian issue and the shape any amnesty finally takes -- or fails to take -- does not matter. Cedras, Biamby and Francois are obliged to resign anyway, and 15,000 U.S. troops will be on hand to make sure they...
Aristide's reconstruction plan will cut the Haitian army from 7,000 to 1,500 and create a professional civilian police force. But first the thugs have to be purged. Aristide's aides are preparing lists of good guys and bad guys. Known abusers of human rights will be dismissed or arrested. Those who are not arrested but are not needed in the army or police are to be put into job retraining programs and helped to find work as civilians...
...forces are now billeted with Haitian troops and may start sharing patrols with them. The Americans were to begin collecting ammunition from the Haitian army and have started addressing the problem of the irregular attaches the army used as neighborhood enforcers. To encourage them to give up their guns, the U.S. will pay the attaches $50 for each weapon turned in. One American official characterizes this process of remaking the military as "arms control, not disarmament...