From the files of Democracy Now!:
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.
Multiple sources = Larry, Moe and Curly.
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.
We always let the people we kidnap make phone calls.
She said he had been threatened by what he called US diplomats.
Threatening diplomats? Sure they’re ours?
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.
Fred, is that where you went this weekend?
According to Waters, Aristide was told by the US that they were withdrawing Aristide’s US security.
What happened was his private contract security guards called the US Embassy and asked if they could get military help if rebels stormed the palace. We said no. I’m sure they told Aristide that he was screwed.
TransAfrica founder and leftist wacko 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.
Sure he did. |