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HAITIChallenging U.N. situation vacant Canada's U.N. Ambassador Allan Rock said July 8 that Canada would not be able to send more troops to Haiti. It has 100 police there as part of an effort to counter a wave of shootings and kidnappings that could threaten elections set for later this year, as well as about 950 peacekeepers in Afghanistan. The U.N. Security Council voted June 22 to beef up the Brazil-led peacekeeping force by about 1,000 troops, to well over 8,000, and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan had planned to seek more aggressive troops from Canada or France. The U.N. mission replaced a U.S.-led force that arrived after a three-week uprising toppled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Feb. 29, 2004. More than 400 people have died since September in clashes involving pro- and anti-Aristide street gangs, police, peacekeepers and ex-soldiers who helped oust Aristide. The United Nations is continuing talks with several nations, including Jordan, to provide the extra troops. The peacekeeping force also lacks some intelligence capability and is looking for more rapid reaction teams that could be used in complex situations that might include capturing militia leaders hiding in densely populated areas. On July 6, more than 400 U.N. peacekeepers stormed into a slum in the capital, Port-au-Prince, as part of the efforts to halt violence by Aristide loyalists. At least two men were killed, including powerful pro-Aristide gang leader Emmanuel "Dread" Wilme.
The Japan Times Weekly: July 16, 2005 |
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