| Haiti's rebel leader declared himself chief of the military and police on Tuesday in defiance of the United States, but the presence of U.S. Marines forestalled a rebel attempt to seize the prime minister.
Guy Philippe, speaking at a news conference surrounded by members of his armed force and Haitian National Police, said he was Haiti's military leader. |
You remember Guy. So now he's the self-declared head of the military. What? You wanted a vote or something? An appointment by a president even?
Vive la democracia!
| The presence of former death gang leaders among the rebels' leadership has concerned human rights activists, who also said they were dismayed by deposed dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier saying he wants to return to Haiti as soon as possible. |
Human rights. Bah! Who needs 'em?
| Louis Jodel Chamblain, a rebel leader whose right-wing militia killed thousands during an earlier military regime, was mobbed on Tuesday by adoring fans, who asked for his autograph as he sat on the roof of a car in the upscale suburb of Petionville. |
Go figger.
Of course, this is Reuters reporting.
Oh. Maybe it was adoring rebels.
| Washington says it is trying to create a council of a dozen prominent Haitians to organize early elections and says its forces will work to disarm the rebels.
U.S. officials had asked Philippe's rebels to lay down their arms, something the rebel leader himself promised before he entered the capital. |
What's the promise of a murdering thug "infamous for human rights abuses" worth these days?
Elections? Why, fer crissakes? They elected Aristede, didn't they? Oh. They must have made a mistake. Probably hanging chads or something.
| Philippe said he would disarm the rebels if Alexandre asked. "The president is the legal president, so we will follow his orders," he said.
...Philippe appeared to warn Alexandre when he said that the "people of Haiti will talk to him as they talked to Aristide" unless he creates a new army. Aristide disbanded the army, which was behind a series of coups, in the 1990s, leaving law and order to a poorly equipped police force that collapsed during this month's rebel campaign. |
When U.S. and other countries refused to intervene with help.
Philippe is a cocky piece of work, isn't he? Legal president according to what law? As far as I can tell, Aristide is the legally elected president of Haiti. And isn't that cute that he will follow orders, but if he doesn't create a new army (of which Philippe sees himself as the uncontested leader), then he can expect Aristide's treatment.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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