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Aristide's joy-filled return marked more than a victory for the activist priest who transformed Haitian politics. As he gratefully acknowledged, the moment would never have occurred without the persistence of Bill Clinton, who dispatched a peaceful army to pave the way. Now the U.S. and Aristide depend on each other for success. The Haitian leader's ceremonial return was visibly orchestrated by his muscular allies. When he arrived a few minutes before noon, it was aboard a U.S. Air Force jet. For his safety, he was allowed only the most subdued reception by a privileged phalanx of dignitaries...
...junta in Haiti learned the lesson. When last year, a lightly-armed American contingent travelled to Haiti to pave the way for Aristide's return, they were met by a junta-organized mob on the docks, openly threatening "another Somalia...
...friendly takeover, U.S. troops prepared to pave...
President Clinton lifted all travel and economic sanctions against Haiti to pave the way for democracy's return, and urged other nations to do likewise. He'll nonetheless keep a selective squeeze on Haiti's military junta, their families and about 600 supporters until they make good on their promise to give up power Oct. 15. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York for his second time as president, Clinton also outlined his policy of selective military engagement abroad "when the cause is right." Under the new Haiti policy, commercial flights to Haiti will resume Tuesday and Haitians...
Three teams of French army scouts landed near the Rwandan border to pave the way for 2,000 more troops whose mission is to stop the massacres in the Central African nation. Controversy swirled around the French effort, as other European allies refused to jump in without a broader, United Nations-sanctioned effort. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali had stood virtually alone in his support of the initiative, but he was gathering backers late Tuesday. Only Senegal pledged to send troops to join the French, while the Foreign Minister of Italy--the only European power to consider the proposition...