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Exclusive Breaking News: President Aristide says 'I was kidnapped'
'Tell The World It Is A Coup'
Rep Maxine Waters: Aristide Says 'I Was Kidnapped'
Randall Robinson: Aristide Says 'Tell the World It Is a Coup'
Exclusive Breaking News: President Aristide says
'I was kidnapped' 'Tell The World It Is A Coup'
Multiple sources that just spoke with Haitian President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! that Aristide says
he was "kidnapped" and taken by force to the Central
African Republic. Congressmember Maxine Waters said she received
a call from Aristide at 9am EST. "He's surrounded by
military. It's like he is in jail, he said. He says he was
kidnapped," said Waters. She said he had been threatened
by what he called US diplomats. According to Waters, the diplomats
reportedly told the Haitian president that if he did not leave
Haiti, paramilitary leader Guy Philippe would storm the palace
and Aristide would be killed. According to Waters, Aristide
was told by the US that they were withdrawing Aristide's US
security.
TransAfrica founder and close Aristide family friend Randall
Robinson also received a call from the Haitian president early
this morning and confirmed Waters account. Robinson said that
Aristide "emphatically" denied that he had resigned.
"He did not resign," he said. "He was abducted
by the United States in the commission of a coup." Robinson
says he spoke to Aristide on a cell phone that was smuggled
to the Haitian president.
Related links:
transcript
Rep Maxine Waters: Aristide Says 'I Was Kidnapped'
Congressmember Maxine Waters said she received a call from
Aristide at 9am EST. "He's surrounded by military. It's
like he is in jail, he said. He says he was kidnapped,"
said Waters. Click on this link to read a full transcript
of the Democracy Now! interview with Rep. Maxine Waters.
Related links:
transcript
Randall Robinson: Aristide Says 'Tell the World
It Is a Coup'
TransAfrica founder and close Aristide family friend Randall
Robinson also received a call from the Haitian president early
this morning and confirmed Rep. Maxine Waters account. Robinson
said that Aristide "emphatically" denied that he
had resigned. Click on this link to read a full transcript
of the Democracy Now! interview with Randall Robinson.
Related links:
transcript
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