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It seems these rebels are members of the military.
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Don't people listen?!
OH SHIT
Feb 29, 10:29 AM (ET)
By PAISLEY DODDS and IAN JAMES
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's beleaguered President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and flew into exile Sunday. Gunfire rang out through the capital, and the United States said an international peacekeepers - including Americans - would be deployed soon.
The head of Haiti's supreme court said he was taking charge.
U.N. diplomats said key Security Council members would begin to talk Sunday about a resolution to authorize an international force.
Prime Minister Yvon Neptune said at a press conference that Aristide resigned to "prevent bloodshed."
(AP) Rebel leader Lois Jodel Chamblain celebrates after news of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's...
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At the same news conference, U.S. Ambassador James Foley insisted the United States had not asked Aristide to resign.
"President (Jean-Bertrand) Aristide made a decision for the good of the Haitian people," Foley said. "International military forces including U.S. forces will be rapidly arriving in Haiti to begin to restore a sense of security."
A jet carrying the ex-leader landed on the island of Antigua for refueling and was headed to South Africa, local radio stations reported. But the government in Johannesburg said there had been no recent contact with Aristide nor an offer of asylum.
Three hours after Aristide's departure, Supreme Court Justice Boniface Alexandre declared he was taking over as called for by the constitution. He urged calm after more than three weeks of violence.
"The task will not be an easy one," Alexandre, who is in his 60s, said at a news conference. "Haiti is in crisis. ... It needs all its sons and daughters. No one should take justice into their own hands."
Despite Alexandre's declaration that he was in charge, the Haitian constitution calls for parliament to approve him as leader and the legislature has not met since early this year when lawmakers' terms expired.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040229/D8110AJ80.html
There's pictures, too.