HAITI: UNITED STATES MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THAT USS EISENHOWER IS BEING PREPARED TO TAKE PART IN POSSIBLE INVASION OF HAITI

Record ID: 337496

  • Title: HAITI: UNITED STATES MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THAT USS EISENHOWER IS BEING PREPARED TO TAKE PART IN POSSIBLE INVASION OF HAITI
  • Date: 12th September 1994
  • Summary: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (SEPTEMBER 12, 1994) 1. GV SHIP OFF SHORE, HELICOPTER HOVERING OFF STERN 0.05 2. GV PEOPLE WATCHING FROM SHORE 0.10 3. GV ACTIVITY ON SHORE, PIGS ROTTING IN RUBBLE, FISHERMEN WITH NETS (2 SHOTS) 0.20 4. GV EXTERIOR BUILDING UNITED STATES EMBASSY 0.23 5. GV (U.S.) GUARDS IN SANDBAG BARRICADE 0.27
  • Embargoed: 27th September 1994 13:00
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  • Location: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
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  • Country: Haiti CARIBBEAN
  • Reuters ID: LVAD996G218MV6HD1YHJBX33DJIV
  • Story Text: United States (U.S.) military officials said on Sunday (September 11) that the nuclear-powered USS Eisenhower is being made ready to sail toward the Caribbean as part of an advanced vanguard for the possible invasion of Haiti.

    The move follows Secretary of State Warren Christopher's assertion that all diplomatic efforts on Haiti have been exhausted.

    It will join the amphibious command ship, the USS Mount Whitney, which will be the command post for the U.S. military if President Bill Clinton resorts to modern-day gunboat diplomacy to oust Lieutenant General Raoul Cedras and other military leaders.

    On Monday U.S. naval ships and helicopters could be seen off shore near the capital Port-Au-Prince. The U.S. embassy on the island is reported to be on alert, and has been heavily fortified and re-inforced with a detachment of marines.

    The U.S. Navy now has more than 15 ships in the region, most of them supporting the international trade embargo against Haiti.

    During Monday morning rioting broke out at a food distribution centre in the capital, reflecting the increasingly desperate plight of the country's poor.

    Although the United Nations sanctions against Haiti allow for the distribution of humanitarian aid and emergency fuel supplies, much of the aid is intercepted and later re-appears at inflated prices on the city's black markets.


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