[Peace-discuss] Subverting Haiti

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Some people at our forum yesterday wondered about US support for
insurgents in Haiti through the Dominican Republic.  Here's two bits of
news on the subject.  --CGE]

      3. Armed Forces denies purchase of arms

      Armed Forces Minister Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez denied the
      Dominican military had purchased weapons from the United
      States and intervened in the affairs of a foreign country. He
      was replying to a statement by US Representative Donald Payne
      (D-NJ) on the alleged purchase of 3,500 weapons made by the
      DR in the United States. Soto Jimenez says these weapons were
      purchased by private companies, and did not include war
      weapons. He denied the Dominican armed forces has supported
      any rebel groups or governments. Haitian rebel leader Louis
      Jodel Chamblain told the international press that his troops
      had received training in the Dominican Republic. US press
      sources have said that weapons used by these paramilitary
      forces were similar to those given to the Dominican military
      by the US.

      4. Major ammunition shipments to DR

      Ana Mitila Lora writes today in her Listin Diario column on
      the significant imports of ammunition into the Dominican
      Republic, tracing them back to announcements made by American
      Ammunition Inc. She points to a December 2003 report from the
      company that stated it had exported a shipment of 225,000
      rounds to its distributor in the DR after receiving
      authorization from the US Department of State. The report
      indicates that this was part of an export order of 500,000
      rounds, from which she quotes, "In the past 30 days AAI has
      exported more than 3 million rounds:" Lora wonders about the
      destiny of such an arsenal.

      A 3 March Internet press release from AAI indicates that the
      manufacturer has received two additional export orders from
      its DR and Curacao distributors, totaling an additional
      300,000 rounds. This figure is in addition to the
      500,000-round export order placed by its Dominican
      distributor in March 2003, according to the AAI web site.

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      DR1 Daily News -- Friday, 05 March 2004

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      1. Higher rates, albeit more power
      2. Park of the East in limbo
      3. Armed Forces denies purchase of arms
      4. Major ammunition shipments to DR
      5. Bisono against changing Supreme Court
      6. Subervi accepts VP nomination
      7. Morales and Mejia meet
      8. Mejia should take a break from office
      9. Leonel-Hatuey 2004-2008?
      10. In the name of good governance
      11. Mini-Marshall Plan for Haiti needed
      12. Importing coffee in 2006?
      13. DR bonds below trading average

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