Charlie Rose - ARISTIDE LEAVES HAITI / GEN. PETRAEUS

"Leave or you will be killed."
Did the US kidnap Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide?



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Michelle Montas, Director, Radio Haiti; Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University / Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary Kofi Annan; Representative Mark Foley, (R) Florida (from Boynton Beach, FL); Timothy Carney, Former U.S. Ambassador, Haiti (from Washington, DC) /// David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army

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GLOBAL BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE

DEFYING WASHINGTON: HAITI'S ARISTIDE RETURNS TO THE CARIBBEAN

In a Democracy Now! Broadcast Exclusive, Amy Goodman Travels With Aristide and Chronicles the Inside Story of this Historic Trip

On March 14-15, 2004, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman flew with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife Mildred as they made their historic return to the Caribbean. This was a trip the Bush administration did not want to happen. Aristide was accompanied by a delegation led by US and Jamaican lawmakers who chartered a Gulfstream jet to escort him back to the Western Hemisphere. The delegation was made up of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA); Randall Robinson, TransAfrica founder and close friend of the Aristides; Sharon Hay-Webster, Jamaican MP who was representing her prime minister and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); and Ira Kurzban, Aristide's Miami-based lawyer. Washington Post reporter Peter Eisner was also with the group. From every stop of the journey, Amy filed detailed reports by satellite phone and she conducted the only on camera broadcast interview Aristide has granted since his removal from Haiti.

EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE:

President Aristide gives Amy Goodman a detailed account of his removal from Haiti

President Aristide talks with Amy Goodman about the leaders of the coup and US funding of the opposition in Haiti

Amy Goodman reports on the inside story of President Aristide's historic return

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IN DEPTH:

ARISTIDE'S RETURN: READ THE INSIDE STORY AS CHRONICLED BY AMY GOODMAN

LISTEN TO AMY GOODMAN'S INDIVIDUAL REPORTS (MP3) FILED BY SATELLITE PHONE ON EACH STEP OF THE JOURNEY

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Latest Archived Democracy Now! Coverage:

Witnesses: U.S. Special Forces Trained and Armed Haitian Anti-Aristide Paramilitaries in D.R. EXCLUSIVE: Condoleezza Rice Threatens Jamaica Over Aristide Is the U.S. Trying to Expel Aristide From the Hemisphere? Haiti's History: Noam Chomsky Traces Underpinnings Of Aristide's Ouster Back To 1991-1994 Coup Jamaica, Venezuela Refuse to Recognize U.S.-Backed Haitian Government In-Depth: The Full Story of Aristide's Kidnapping Aristide Lawyers Demand U.S. Prosecute "Kidnappers" Of Aristide and His Haitian-American Wife EXCLUSIVE: Aristide Speaks To Democracy Now! In Most Extensive English-Language Interview Since His Removal From Haiti Caribbean Nations Call For UN Investigation on Ouster of Aristide In Haiti Rep. Barbara Lee Criticizes U.S. "Systematic Destabilization and Undermining of Democracy in Haiti" Rep. Maxine Waters Says Aristide Is Being Held Like a Prisoner House Members Blast Administration For Haiti Policies Fmr. U.S. Special Forces Officer Describes Arresting Current Coup Leader in 1994 The Haitian Army Returns: Who Is Guy Philippe? Will the UN and OAS Recognize Aristide or Coup Leaders? EXCLUSIVE: Haitian Consul General Says Aristide Still President Head of U.S. Security Firm That Guarded Aristide Speaks Out Black Caucus Vows to Find Out if U.S. Engineered Coup Against Aristide EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Psy-Ops Exposed, South Africa Rejects Washington's Claim Aristide Was Denied Asylum Ramsey Clark On Haiti: "A Clear Demonstration of U.S. Regime Change By Armed Aggression" Randall Robinson: Aristide Says 'Tell the World It Is a Coup' Rep Maxine Waters: Aristide Says 'I Was Kidnapped EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT ARISTIDE SAYS 'I WAS KIDNAPPED' 'TELL THE WORLD IT IS A COUP' EXCLUSIVE: Haitian First Lady Mildred Aristide Speaks From The National Palace in Port Au Prince Haiti Capital Braces For Attack Haiti: Different Coup, Same Paramilitary Leader Congressional Black Caucus: Bush Must Stop Haiti Coup Aristide Warns of Possible Refugee Crisis in Haiti Haitian Journalist Michele Montas Discusses Haiti and the Unsolved Murder Of Her Husband Haiti's Lawyer: U.S. Is Arming Anti-Aristide Paramilitaries Haiti in Crisis: Armed Gangs Capture Second Largest City History Repeating: Is A Coup Brewing in Haiti? Haitian Prime Minister: "Coup D'Etat Machine in Motion" Rep. Maxine Waters Charges U.S. Is Encouraging A Coup in Haiti Is Washington Backing Another Coup in Haiti? Haiti 1804-2004: Tens of Thousands Mark Bicentennial of Haitian Revolution

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Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Gen. Petraeus (CBS News)


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Gen. David Petraeus takes Katie Couric on a tour of Fallujah, which he sees as an example of how Iraq can make a comeback. (CBSNews.com)

Gen. David Petraeus's statement to Senate


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Gen. David Petraeus's statement to Senate