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To: lurqer who wrote (41526)	4/6/2004 12:32:18 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

by helping Aristide leave the country What do you call "help" that you neither ask for nor want? Powell Rejects Probe of Aristide Departure From Haiti, AP Says April 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected calls for a United Nations probe into the departure of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying that the U.S. prevented a ``bloodbath'' by helping Aristide leave the country, the Associated Press reported. Some of Haiti's Caribbean neighbors have sought an inquiry into Aristide's departure, stating that the U.S. coerced him into leaving, AP said. The Bush administration says that Aristide left Haiti voluntarily, the newswire said. Caribbean nations have refused to support Haiti's interim government and U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, a New York Democrat, said Aristide was removed from power by a U.S.-led coup d'etat, AP said. quote.bloomberg.com So the US "ups the ante". U.S. looking into prosecuting Aristide PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —Secretary of State Colin Powell said during a visit here Monday U.S. authorities were looking into prosecuting the former Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, on corruption charges. “There are inquiries being made by our judicial authorities in the U.S. to see if there is any evidence of wrongdoing on his part,” Powell said. Aristide went into exile in February after widespread violence and looting here. An American indictment against him would further inflame political tensions between those who contend that he was forced into exile by American troops and others who assert that the Americans saved his life. thestate.com lurqer

To: lurqer who wrote (41526)	4/6/2004 12:45:28 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

You might want to read this: 9-11 AND THE SMOKING GUN atimes.com This item was news to me: Rumsfeld may know much more than he's willing to admit. According to a report on the US army's Internet site, a simulation of a plane crashing on the Pentagon was carried 10 months before September 11. I did a half hearted search of this site army.mil but didn't come up with anything. Harvey

To: lurqer who wrote (41526)	4/7/2004 8:00:19 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Iraq war undermining battle against Al-Qaeda: Musharraf SYDNEY: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf complained Wednesday that the war in Iraq was drawing resources from the battle against Al-Qaeda leaders and their supporters hiding in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In an interview to be broadcast Monday night on Australian public television SBS, Musharraf said his government was receiving "very minimal" assistance as it tried to pacify tribal areas along the Afghan border where leaders of Al-Qaeda and the former Afghan Taliban regime are believed hiding. Asked if the US-led Iraq war has been a distraction from the battle against Al-Qaeda and Taliban remnants by diverting resources from Afghanistan and Pakistan, Musharraf replied: "Yes indeed". hipakistan.com