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Amid the drama surrounding the junta leader's exit, few remarked on the yawning vacuum of police power he left behind. That absence only deepens the need for American involvement, despite White House protestations that the U.S. ! commitment is limited and temporary. From the Haitian capital to the remotest corners of the countryside, civil authority has melted away. Even with Aristide on the way home, U.S. soldiers were forced to immerse themselves in the minutiae of Haitian daily life...
...police did not exactly evaporate: they were vanquished by an occupation force that grew heavier faster than they had foreseen. The military junta thought the deal they had struck with Carter really left them in charge of the streets, free to terrorize the populace as usual. The misconception was finally shattered last week after U.S. troops raided the headquarters of the paramilitary FRAPH organization. In the process, soldiers surrounded a police vehicle, hauled the officers out at gunpoint, held them down and handcuffed them...
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, standing behind a bulletproof shield on which his security detail insisted, pleaded with Haitians to remain calm after enraged supporters killed one man and torched 15 buildings last night. The attack on Gonaives, 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince, followed a false rumor that junta holdover Major General Jean-Claude Duperval -- the Haitian army commander until Aristide names a replacement -- had led a coup against Aristide. This morning the reinstalled President underscored his plea by having Duperval help him raise Haiti's flag at the National Palace. Also today, U.S. forces reported the third suicide...
Hundreds of U.S. troops occupied Haiti's National Palace this afternoon, helping supporters of returning President Jean-Bertrand Aristide free the government of junta influence down to the last paper-shuffler. Now that Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras has stepped down, Aristide's Cabinet ministers fired all employees hired under the junta's civilian figurehead government and took over ministry offices. Aristide, meanwhile, plans to return to Haiti in grand style Saturday, with three planes stuffed with so many guests that the State Department is complaining. In addition to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, the party includes the Rev. Jesse Jackson...
...made nopublic appearance, tendered his letter of resignation last week and is rumoredto be departing the island with Cedras as early as tonight. Their destination isunknown, but could include Spain or Panama. U.S. officials have speculated fordays that American troops' presence in Haiti had so emboldened Aristidesupporters that the junta leaders knew they couldn't live safely on Haitianturf...