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Boston Globe: "Questions Lingered..."

Submitted March 1, 2004 - 8:46 am by Al Giordano
This morning's Boston Globe reports:

But questions lingered over whether Aristide left office voluntarily. Ira Kurzban, Aristide's Miami-based lawyer, said yesterday that the 50-year-old Haitian leader was "kidnapped" by US troops and taken forcibly from the National Palace. Kurzban said he was not able to contact Aristide and feared for his safety.

The Washington Post quoted US officials as saying that Aristide had left Port-au-Prince at 6:15 a.m., escorted by US security forces as he left the National Palace. A US government aircraft flew him to the neighboring island of Antigua, then to the Central African Republic and a final destination not yet determined, according to US officials. The New York Times reported today that South Africa had refused Aristide's request for asylum and that he would remain in the Central African Republic...

Still, to give y'all an idea of the pack mentality of the Commercial Media, the article began by claiming Aristide had "resigned."

Link:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/03/01/pressure_forces_aristide_out/

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