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Alexandre has reason to be ill at ease. Haiti?s political institutions, including the national parliament, have been switched off for months; the contingent of some 100 U.S. Marines flown in by President Bush Sunday night have been ordered only to guard key facilities, such as the Port-au-Prince...
The destruction of cultural capital in the name of war is, of course, nothing new. In perhaps the most famous example, a Venetian cannonball destroyed a large section of the Athenian Parthenon in 1687 after the besieged Turks had turned it into a powder magazine. Victorious forces often purposefully destroy...
U.S. Marines have been sent in to secure the American embassy in Port au-Prince as Haiti braces for a bloodbath. A rag-tag rebel militia on Monday overran the country's second city, Cap Haitien, and vowed to press on to the capital in order to unseat President Jean...
TIME: Is there pressure on the U.S. to expand its commitment from the 50 Marines sent to secure the embassy?
SOUTH KOREA CONTINGENT: 700 medics and engineers; another 3,000 soldiers, including marines and combat troops, are expected in April MISSION: Build and repair infrastructure; provide medical services