Troops finding boredom is enemy in Haiti TWO STAR Edition

That day was Sept. 19, when the first of 20,000 U.S. troops poured into this Caribbean country without a shot being fired. The preceding day, the troops had been preparing for an all-out invasion. But a delegation led by former President Jimmy Carter struck an eleventh-hour accord with Haiti's...

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Published inPittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
Main Author T.J. Milling, Houston Chronicle
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 30.10.1994
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti
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Summary:That day was Sept. 19, when the first of 20,000 U.S. troops poured into this Caribbean country without a shot being fired. The preceding day, the troops had been preparing for an all-out invasion. But a delegation led by former President Jimmy Carter struck an eleventh-hour accord with Haiti's de facto military government to allow the troops to enter peacefully. The hot tents at Camp Dragon represent the low end of troop abodes in Haiti. The Air Force gets air-conditioned tents at its base near the airport. [Hugh Perry], 22, one of the 42 troops guarding Port-au-Prince City Hall, is relatively lucky. He sleeps in the basement of the building, where there are fans. The plight of U.S. troops was not lost on President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the main reason the soldiers are here. Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president, was ousted in a September 1991 coup. Despite almost three years of international political and economic pressure, the coup leaders refused to leave power, and President Clinton finally opted for military intervention.
ISSN:1068-624X