UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 22,1994
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Aristide disappointed with accord
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It was an all-out blitz, featuring a 21-gun salute and arm twisting by President Clinton's national security team. In the end, they got the words they wanted from their sometimes aggravating guest from the Caribbean; "Thank you."
But they got little else.
Deposed Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide's discomfort with the no-invasion agreement had been obvious almost since former President Carter and leaders of the Haitian junta reached it Sunday evening in Port-au-Prince.
"In these past three days something has happened in Haiti," Aristide said. "Operation Uphold Democracy was peacefully deployed. President Clinton, this is the result of the decision that you made. This is the result of your leadership. Thank you."
"Good stuff," said a delighted State Department official, who was worried that Aristide might repudiate the agreement because it allows the military chiefs in Port-au-Prince to remain in power for almost a month.
Administration officials have been courting Aristide feverishly, mindful that the agreement would have been a dead letter if he had spurned it. Aristide aides have been busily trashing the accord, calling it treasonous, but, as officials see it, the priest had little choice but to go along with the U.S.
The State Department official said he was unperturbed by Aristide's refusal to endorse the agreement outright or even acknowledge its existence in his Pentagon appearance.
The official, speaking privately, noted that final approval from the Haitian side was given by Emile Jonassaint, 81, named to the presidency last May by his military backers. In Aristide's view, he is Haiti only president, not Jonassaint.
Aristide's aides say the administration has reneged on a pledge to disarm the Haitian military — a pledge they insist was to have been implemented whether U.S. forces entered peacefully or with guns blazing.
The U.S. took steps to curb the brutal treatment of pro-democracy demonstrators by Haitian police.
DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS
Meeting with Jean-Paul Aristide: U.S. officials brief deposed Haitian president
Embargo:
U.S. will ask the U.N. to lift embargo only after Aristide is reinstated, not immediately as originally stated
Police violence:
Clinton administration calls on Haitian Lt. Gen. Cedras to stop violence against demonstrators
MILITARY ACTIONS
Build-up continues
U. S. Lt. Gen. Shelton, commander of U.S. forces in Haiti, meets with Cedras to warn that U.S. forces may step in if he does not reign in police, army and paramilitaries
SOURCE: News reports; research by PAT CARR
Heat, humidity drains Marines
The Associated Press
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti — They came,
they saw and they overheated.
Asked how operations are going, the standard answer by U.S. Marines who landed here is: "Man, it's hot."
Garbed in heavy uniforms and carrying 50 pounds of gear, the Marines from Camp LeJeune, N.C., have battled dehydration and the searing Caribbean sun from the moment they landed.
A number of troops who came from the air-conditioned USS Wasp amphibious assault ship were lying on cots in a terminal of the dilapidated Cap-Haitien Airport hours after their arrival, IVs dripping fluid into their arms.
The Marines, like all the thousands of troops who have descended on Haiti, are hardly wearing the ideal outfit for temperatures in the mid-90s and high humidity.
Over a long-sleeved, heavy cotton camouflage shirt and pants go a 25-pound flak jacket and helmet. Dangling from the belt is a cartridge bag, a gas mask, a butt pack with rifle cleaning gear and MREs, two canteens and a bayonet. High black boots complete the ensemble.
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