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Haiti's ruling National Council of Government, which took power after Duvalier fled with his family to France last February, vowed to prosecute Baby Doc's henchmen who had abused their power. The decision to bring Jeremie to trial now has bolstered the council's credibility at a time when it desperately needs public support. Says Justice Minister Francois Latortue: "Those who committed crimes now know that justice will strike them...
...council is also acting to bring several Duvalier henchmen to justice. They include Suspected Murderer Frank Roumain, a former mayor of Port-au- Prince, and Luc Desyr, who served as chief of the Duvaliers' secret police. Desyr is believed to have tortured a former leader of the Haitian legislature...
...cursing, and the inevitable violence is done in soothing pastels with no major fatalities. The photography is quite lavish: the first half hour of the film gets by simply because the viewer is visually stunned. The special effects too are surprisingly tasteful, with the distorted faces of Evil's henchmen done with realism and restraint. Legend would probably be able to scare the average eight-year-old without producing traumatic night-mares...
...used it ruthlessly to stifle dissent abroad as well as at home. Since the late 1970s, a succession of Libyan exiles were gunned down in Europe by Gaddafi henchmen. "My people have the right to liquidate opponents inside and outside the country," he said, "even under broad daylight...
...streets of Berlin when the bomb decimated La Belle disco. "We were about 15 minutes too late," NATO Commander General Bernard Rogers told a school audience in Atlanta last week. According to high-ranking intelligence officials, the U.S. intercepted a message from Gaddafi's headquarters to his henchmen in the Libyan "people's bureau" in East Berlin informing them that terrorists, probably Palestinian, would strike at locations in West Berlin where Americans are known to congregate. U.S. intelligence also reportedly picked up a communication from Tripoli offering "congratulations" after the blast. Asserted a top National Security Council official last week...