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Tue Dec 26 2006 (Updated 07/12/07)
Haiti: Another UN Assault on Cite Soleil
UN Attacks Cite Soleil
In the early morning of Friday, December 22nd, starting
at approximately 3 a.m., 400 Brazilian-led UN occupation troops in armored
vehicles carried out a massive assault on the people of Cite Soleil,
laying siege yet again to the impoverished community. Eyewitness reports
said a wave of indiscriminate gunfire from heavy weapons began about
5 a.m. and continued for much of the day Friday — an operation
on the scale of the July 6, 2005 UN massacre in Cite Soleil.
Detonations
could be heard for miles, AHP reported.
Initial press accounts reported at least 40 casualties,
all civilians. According to community testimony, UN forces flew overhead
in helicopters and fired down into houses while other troops attacked
from the ground with Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). People were
killed in their homes. UN troops from Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia
took part in the all-day siege, backed by Haitian police. UN soldiers
once again targeted the Bois Neuf and Drouillard districts of Cite Soleil
— scene of the July 6th massacre.
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