Aristide kidnapped?
Frpm NarcoNews (who have a way of being quick with news like this)
According to Agence France Press:
A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled president told France’s RTL radio station the troops forced Aristide out.
“The American army came to take him away at two in the morning,” the man said.
“The Americans forced him out with weapons.
“It was American soldiers. They came with a helicopter and they took the security guards.
“(Aristide) was not happy. He did not want to be taken away. He did not want to leave. He was not able to fight against the Americans…”
First newspaper to run with this is in Australia. <Note: The url is dead, no Page Not Found, just nothing, a sure sign that many are trying to get through to it>
Now, his own foreign minister was on CNN earlier today confirming the resignation. But, come to think of it, we haven’t seen any resignation letter, we haven’t seen or heard audio or video from Aristide since he supposedly “resigned” and…
In the comments to the story comes: “The New York Times posted a story by Tim Weiner and Lydia Polgreen that describes Aristide’s exit as ‘fleeing by jet at dawn under heavy American guard,’” which doesn’t sound much like a voluntary exit.