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...second day of violence between Haiti's factions marked the third anniversary of the military coup that ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. U.S. troops' pervasive presence in Port-au-Prince failed to deter forces loyal to the military junta from disrupting a pro-democracy march of 5,000 people, in which skirmishes between the two opposing sides killed three people and injured at least 11. Amid gunfire, Aristide supporters struggled with pro-military "attaches," who were armed with machetes, sticks and pistols. One man was fatally shot in the head at point-blank range. No U.S. soldiers were reported...
They will try again. If the junta is seriously intent on remaining in power, the American presence, with its goal of restoring Aristide and civilizing (read: disarming) the military, is unacceptable. If the Clinton administration sticks to its pattern, even a few American casualties might lead to the mission's premature termination. Such, no doubt, is the junta's mindset. Cedras and company have little to lose; if they sit back passively, they will be thrown from power in a few weeks...
...junta does cause American casualties or deaths, our response will be crucial. The president must at once defend and re-explain the mission to the American people (something that was never done with Somalia). American commitment to the mission of restoring democracy should be steadfast...
...might also use any further violence as a means of doing what we should have done in the first place (and might have done had it not been for the not-so-divine intervention of Jimmy Carter)--kicking the junta not only out of power, but out of Haiti. Their presence will be a continued obstacle and danger for both Aristide and his (hopefully) democratic successors...
...Prince. This afternoon, they convened with other members of the Assembly to debate and vote on a spate of bills to prepare for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's return. At the top of their list: an Aristide-backed proposal to grant amnesty to Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras and junta supporters. TIME correspondent Bernard Diederich, who was there, said hundreds of jubilant Haitians surrounded the building, chanting "Handcuff Cedras!" as U.S. troops stood by. A few blocks away, the pro-junta forces struck back, critically wounding one man. Back inside the parliament, a quorum of legislators began debate...