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Haiti unrest
(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-02-24 10:08
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A US security agent chases away a journalist
outside the U.S. embassy during the arrival of marines in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, February 23, 2004. Rebels set their sights on the rest of Haiti on
Monday after swooping in to take the country's second-largest city in an
escalation of a bloody rebellion against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
prompting the United States to send in trooops to protect its embassy.
[Reuters]
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U.S. Marines arrive at US Embassy in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 23, 2004. Rebels set their sights on the
rest of Haiti on Monday after swooping in to take the country's
second-largest city in an escalation of a bloody rebellion against
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, prompting the United States to send in
Marines to protect its embassy. About 50 U.S. Marines arrived in Haiti to
protect its embassy in the capital of Port-au-Prince, a U.S. official said
on Monday. [Reuters] |
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A U.S. security agent stands guard outside the
U.S. embassy during the arrival of marines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
February 23, 2004. Rebels set their sights on the rest of Haiti on Monday
after swooping in to take the country's second-largest city in an
escalation of a bloody rebellion against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
prompting the United States to send in Marines to protect its embassy.
[Reuters]
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