VARIOUS: HAITI'S PRIME MINISTER YVON NEPTUNE'S APPEAL FOR FOREIGN HELP TO QUELL REBELLION / HINCHE POLICE STATION CAPTURED / COLIN POWELL, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE RULES OUT HELP.

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  • Title: VARIOUS: HAITI'S PRIME MINISTER YVON NEPTUNE'S APPEAL FOR FOREIGN HELP TO QUELL REBELLION / HINCHE POLICE STATION CAPTURED / COLIN POWELL, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE RULES OUT HELP.
  • Date: 17th February 2004
  • Summary: (U7) PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI (FEBRUARY 17, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS: OF POLICE ON STREET. (3 SHOTS) 0.14 2. CU: HAITIAN FLAG. 0.17 3. MV: MEDIA. 0.22 4. WS: NEWS CONFERENCE. 0.24 5. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRIME MINISTER YVON NEPTUNE SAYING: "We want a real solidarity, not the kind of solidarity which hides behind the intention of promoting, the intention of realising another coup in Haiti." 0.45 6. SCU: MEDIA. 0.48 7. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (French) NEPTUNE SAYING: "Now that the Haitian people find themselves threatened and the police should confront the armed drugtraffickers and arms dealers who hide behind a political pretext to agitate violence and destroy the social environment of the Haitian community, it's the obligation of the international community to intervene." 1.25 (U7) PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (FILE) (TELEHAITI - ACCESS ALL) 8. VARIOUS: OF FOOTAGE OF REBEL LEADERS GUY PHILIPPE AND LOUIS JODEL CHAMBLAIN (WEARING A HAT) (2 SHOTS) 1.37 (U7) PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (FEBRUARY 17, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9. MV: OF NEWS CONFERENCE WITH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADAMO GUINTO AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO HAITI, JAMES FOLLEI. 1.42 10. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (French) REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADAMO GUINTO, SAYING: "We condemn the occupation of the police station in Hinche and we regret the dead. Violence will not be an acceptable solution to resolve the differences." 2.01 11. MV: NEWS CONFERENCE. 2.05 12. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR JAMES FOLLEI SAYING: "The United States condemns categorically the armed rebellion and we will not recognise any government in Haiti that comes to power by force of arms." 2.20 13. SCU: GUINTO AND FOLLEI LISTENING AT NEWS CONFERENCE. 2.24 14. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOLLEI SAYING: "(The U.S.) intends to aggressively promote a peaceful, political resolution of the crisis that involves, as I said, not a continuation of the status quo but rather, serious, far-reaching reforms in the way Haiti is governed, in the way security is managed and it requires cooperation of all parties beginning with, of course, the government and President Aristide who have responsibilities in this regard." 2.58 (U7) WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 17, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 15. MV: U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL AND SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER LAILA FREIVALDS WALKING FROM STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. 3.08 16. SCU: REPORTER OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUILDING. 3.11 17. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL SAYING: "He is, right now, the free and fairly elected president of Haiti, and so we have put forward with the United Nations, and with Caricom, and the OAS, a good plan - the Caricom plan that we believe both sides should take to heart and stop the violence on both sides and move forward to find a political solution to this crisis, but we cannot buy into a proposition that says the elected president must be forced out of office by thugs and those who do not respect law, and are bringing terrible violence to the Haitian people. We have a serious humanitarian problem there now. We are sending people from the United States, OAS, and other international organisations down to see what we can do about that humanitarian crisis, and we are also working with the OAS and others to see if we cannot get dialogue going between President Aristide and his government, and the opposition forces." 4.17 (U7) HINCHE, HAITI (FILE) (TELEHAITI - ACCESS ALL) 18. AERIAL VIEW: OF POLICE STATION TAKEN BY REBELS. 4.21 19. WS: POLICE STATION THAT WAS TAKEN. 4.25 20. WS: POLICE OFFICIALS INCLUDING POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS KILLED BY REBELS WALKING. 4.29 (W8) HINCHE, HAITI (FEBRUARY 17, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 21. VARIOUS: OF REBELS - ALL ARMED, SOME MASKED - PATROLLING THE STREETS. (4 SHOTS) 4.55 22. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Creole) REBEL ROBERT SILVESTRI SAYING: "We are just getting control of the town. We cannot give an interview right now." 5.02 23. VARIOUS: OF ARMED REBELS IN VEHICLES. (2 SHOTS) 5.19 24. SCU: REBEL LEADER LOUIS JODEL CHAMBLAIN TALKING TO REPORTERS. 5.29 25. VARIOUS: LOCAL RESIDENTS CLAPPING AND SINGING IN SUPPORT OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE REBELS. 5.35 26. MV: CHAMBLAIN SHAKING HAND OF LOCAL RESIDENT. 5.41 27. WS: EXTERIOR OF ATTACKED POLICE STATION. 5.45 28. VARIOUS: OF BODY (LEGS CHEWED OFF BY DOGS) OUTSIDE A LOCAL JAIL. (2 SHOTS) 5.54 29. WS: EXTERIOR OF ATTACKED POLICE STATION WITH BURNT OUT CAR IN FOREGROUND. 5.59 30. WS: BURNED VEHICLES. 6.02 31. GV: LOOKING OUT ONTO STREET THROUGH HOLE IN WALL. 6.04 32. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING: "A group of armed people attacked here [referring to the police station]. They came here and took over the police station. They killed a commander, a local resident and two other people - a prisoner and another police officer. After this, they freed the prisoners and the residents came." 6.36 33. MLV: RESIDENTS WALKING DOWN STREET. 6.44 34. CU: RESIDENT IN A BURNED OUT CAR. 6.49 35. 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