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...Greek colonels under the Junta government led a coup against Cyprus' president Archbishop Makarios...
...former Canadian air force officer denies that he either holds any position in the Haitian government or accepts any pay for his services, but a source close to the junta describes Garrison as a "major strategist." And one of Garrison's claims, if true, suggests that such a top post would be redundant. Asked by TIME last week about the military's intransigent stance against Aristide's return, he responded, "It is my doing," then added, "The Haitians are just too nice. I am the mean son of a bitch around here...
...Friday, Cedras said that the U.N. agreement brokered in July was dead if Aristide did not return as planned the next day, and would not be revived unless both he and Aristide decide otherwise. Anti- Aristide sources said last week that with the U.N. accord now technically expired, the junta is planning to invoke Article 149 of the Haitian constitution, which calls for the chief justice of the Supreme Court to assume the presidency. Haiti's bogus Parliament, which was elected last January under military rule, will then be called into session to ratify the change. After that...
While it is unclear if the U.S. strategy is to divide and conquer or divide and coax, Haiti's junta is prepared either way. Boasts a member of the high command: "We can play with that nicely." Indeed, Haiti's strongmen appear to enjoy "playing" with the Clinton brigades. A Cedras adviser claims that when the military agreed to negotiate with Aristide at Governors Island in New York last July, "the whole thing was a smokescreen." He continues, "We wanted to get the sanctions lifted. That's why we went along. But we never had any intention of really agreeing...
...first the junta wasn't sure what time would buy them. "We read Clinton in two different ways," says an adviser to Francois. "Somalia told us Clinton didn't have the stomach to fight, but we were worried that, precisely because of Somalia, he might feel he had to stand up somewhere and that we could be his target. That's why, a few weeks ago, we made noises about accommodation. But after the information about Aristide got out from our friends in the CIA, and Congress started talking about how bad he is, we figured the chances...