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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 08:38 |
by John Pilger
The "swift and crude" appropriation of earthquake-ravaged Haiti by the militarized Obama administration, with George W. Bush and Bill Clinton present, is obscene.
February 1, 2010
THE THEFT of Haiti has been swift and crude. On January 22, the United States secured "formal approval" from the United Nations to take over all airports and seaports in Haiti, and to "secure" roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power rules in the form of an American naval blockade and the arrival of 13,000 Marines, Special Forces, spooks and mercenaries, none with humanitarian relief training.
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