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...chairman Sam Nunn. Earlier, Clinton met with ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who pledged amnesty to opponents once he is restored. The surprise White House announcement capped a day of apparent jitters and Byzantine dealmaking in the Caribbean. TIME correspondent Sam Allis, in the Haitian capital, says the junta may be staying put because they fear their own troops. This morning, Allis says, Gen. Philippe Biamby, a junta member who almost never talks publicly, went on Haitian radio to quash rumors of a compromise in which the military triumvirate would...
...opening hours and the opening days," Thompson says.THE HAITIAN BATTLE PLAN? Haiti's elite troops aren't exactly planning a mano-a-mano confrontation: TIME's Allis reports that many have already changed into their civvies and gone home -- with weapons. The so-called "evaporation defense," which the junta threatened weeks ago, would leave 7,500 Haitian soldiers in hiding as 20,000 better-armed U.S. troops scour the country. The Haitian troops will either act as snipers or, if people feel safe after a U.S. invasion, they'll be fingered by the civilians they used to terrorize, says Allis...
With his 11th-hour address to the nation set for 9 p.m. EDT tomorrow, President Clinton is no longer leaving threats against Haiti's military junta to aides. "It is time for them to get out of there," Clinton told reporters in the Oval Office today. With a U.S. invasion rumored -- but only rumored -- to happen as soon as this weekend, the President also said the U.S. had "exhausted every available alternative" to military action, and he was "sorry" about opinion polls that suggest Americans overwhelmingly oppose the move. Speculation is rampant in the capital that the President will...
...skittish: Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and House Speaker Thomas Foley both said they preferred the president seek Congress' OK before any invasion. Clinton scheduled a Thursday night TV address to make his case. What to watch for: he may announce a firm deadline for Haiti's military junta to leave...
Launching another rhetorical volley, the White House said its "patience is wearing thin" on the Haitian military junta's refusal to go gentle into exile. The Pentagon upped the invasion ante by announcing that seven cargo ships are being activated for possible use in a Haiti operation. Despite the fist shaking, TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson sees no indications the military has changed its time frame for a possible invasion in late September or early October. "Plainly an orchestration campaign is now under way," he says. And the White House's hair-trigger statements? "I suppose that's just smart...