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Caribbean-Latin America |
Four Killed As U.N. Troops, Haitians Fight |
2005-11-16 |
![]() Gang members say at least a dozen people have died in the area over the past week. U.N. military spokesman Col. El Ouafi Boulbars said it was not possible to provide an exact death toll, but confirmed that several suspected gang members had been killed in recent clashes. Boulbars said peacekeepers arrested 29 suspected gang members during Tuesday's raid. Over the weekend, peacekeepers killed one suspect during a series of sweeps to root out well-armed gangs in several areas of the capital, a U.N. statement said. Peacekeepers also made nine arrests and seized an unspecified number of weapons and stolen vehicles. Gang leader William Batiste accused U.N. peacekeepers of firing without provocation and of wounding unarmed civilians in the crossfire. "They shoot at us every single day," Batiste said. "It's persecution." |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Should't the heading be: Gang violence flares up as local criminal organization resist U.N. takeover. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2005-11-16 14:06 |
#1 Gang leader William Batiste accused U.N. peacekeepers of firing without provocation and of wounding unarmed civilians in the crossfire. "They shoot at us every single day," Batiste said. "It's persecution." What, is he an Iraqi? I think that the US should investigate this heinous targeting of civilians by the UN. |
Posted by: AlanC 2005-11-16 08:39 |