Writing for COUNTERPUNCH, Heather Williams has produced an informative article on the U.S. backed coup in Haiti. Here's an excerpt:

>> Haiti as Target Practice

How the US Press Missed the Story

By HEATHER WILLIAMS

http://www.counterpunch.org/williams03012004.html

The tragedy of this episode is that much of it was abundantly transparent. Running a sixty-second web search on any of the principals involved leads one to a fetid two-decade history of CIA and U.S. ultra-right subterfuge in Haiti. The fact that the group in charge of Haiti policy today in the State Department has been literally gunning for Aristide since before his initial election as a champion of democracy in 1990 has been left all but unmentioned by the press. Also forgotten is the fact that members of the armed groups burning their way through Haiti's cities today include groups that, (according to myriad sources including sworn testimony before Congress by U.S. officials, reporters, and reports of Haitian recipients of covert aid,) were funneling drugs to the U.S. while in the pay of U.S. intelligence agents.<<

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEMONSTRATION TODAY!

Protest U.S.-Led Coup in Haiti!

No U.S. Occupation of Haiti!

5PM Monday, March 1

Westwood Federal Building

Veteran at Wilshire

ALSO:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3: PROTEST BUSH IN LA!

Bush will be in Los Angeles Wednesday to raise money for

his re-election campaign.

5-7PM Shrine Auditorium

Jefferson at Figueroa

Protest Bush's Coup in Haiti!

Bring the Troops Home Now!

No to Colonial Occupation from Iraq, Palestine,

Afghanistan and everywhere!

Money for Jobs, Schools, Education, Not for War!

Stand Against Racism at Home at Abroad!

Plese help get the word out on these actions

Called by A,N.S.W.E.R; Coalition Los Angeles

For more information, call (213) 487-2368

www.answerla.org

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