European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 r the stars and stripes v j Haiti a ". Saturday october., 1994 . ,000 by Bradley Graham Washington Post Washington the number of . Forces in Haiti has surged Well past the 15,000 figure that senior administration officials had projected As recently a last weekend surpassing 20,000 Friday Pentagon officials said. The jump appeared to reflect in part Washington s desire to have sufficient Force in Haiti to snuff out any disruption of civil order that might flare Friday the third anniversary of the military coup that ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide. E violence did break out Early at Fri Day s demonstrations with remnants of the military regime clashing with Aris tide s supporters. Also contributing to the unexpectedly Large american buildup officials said has been the collapse of Haiti s internal Security forces in the Northern part of the country. Since the saturday night killing in Cap haitian of 10 haitians by .marines, haitian military and police units have vacated villages across the North coast. Although the United states has pressed it. Gen. Raoul a dras the Hai Tian military Leader to Send More of his forces to replace those who have abandoned their posts . Forces in the North have had to assume a policing role they had hoped to avoid. This has delayed the departure of the 1,800 marines who landed in Cap Hai Tien last week an were due to be replaced by troops of the army s 10th inf Mountain div already in country according to Pentagon officials. Because . Forces entered Haiti Las week under unexpected conditions Fol lowing a last minute Accord with Cdr Askhat averted a . Invasion much of the american military operation has required degree of improvisation and flexibility that has made predictions about Tim Eta a . Army Soldier uses his knee to hold Down a haitian Man during a gunfire Inci Des an j personnel Levels near the seaport in port a Prince Haiti on thursday. Earlier in the Day a Gre nonetheless Secretary of defense Wil Nade exploded near . Positions in the seaport City. Witnesses said at least seven Jam Perry said Jast sunday that Ameri haitians were killed and 86 injured. Can forces in Haiti would level off at maintaining control 14,000 or 15,000. Sensitive to appearances that this week s Spike in Force strength May Indi Cate a widening of the la Day old Ameri can military Mission in Haiti Pentagon officials thursday said the number Likely would begin declining next week As some units return to the United states and in to emotional forces begin arriving to aug ment what up to now has been virtually an All-. Ground Force. We want to make sure we have All the assets necessary in Haiti to be Able to Deal with whatever we might be con fronted with tomorrow Friday As a re sult of the demonstrations and celebrations that Are scheduled to take place Pentagon spokesman Denni Boxx told reporters. I think we Are less concerned about being fixed to a partic ular number or a particular schedule As we Are to making sure we have the asset son the ground to Deal with the Boxx said . Officials had gone to great extremes to work with All the Par ties involved Iri Friday s anniversary tomake sure they All understand the importance of keeping this Celebration and event no confrontational and Novio at the state department officials announced the arrival in Haiti of the first 26 of a planned 1,000 International police monitors representing 27 countries to watch for human rights violations and As Sist Jin the training of a new haitian police la be a reporting function re porting As to the conduct of individual officers and that will have an Impact on who ultimately remains in the police Force said Ray Kelly a former Newyork police commissioner heading the International monitors explaining what they plan to do in Haiti. About 500 More monitors rep resenting Argentina Jordan Bolivia and St. Vincent among others Are due in Haiti by next week. They now Are completing a .-runorientation and training program in puerto Rico state department officials said. Haiti from Page 1 looted a warehouse belonging to a haitian army Leader. The Seaside warehouse was near the site of a grenade explosion thursday that killed at least seven people and wounded 86, by . Count. We Don t want dictatorship in Haiti anymore we want democracy 2,000 parishioners shouted in unison at the Cathedral where pro Aristide priests delivered a mass in borrowed vestments after thieves stole their Robes chalices and censers the night before. When the mass concluded the parishioners mixed with thousands of haitians marching toward the Ceme Tery to commemorate Trie deaths of thousands of Aris tide supporters since Haiti s military sized Power. Some were carrying signs waving violence no de Noracy near toe graph Headquarters men with guns rocks machetes and Sticks with nails Irrthum waited for the marchers. Graph members fired on pro democracy marchers two Days earlier at the site and said they would fight to the death. / about a half dozen gunshots were fired and several rocks were exchanged Between graph and pro Aris tide people. One graph member waving a Molotov cocktail at foreign journalists said it s All the fault of the americans you la see what happens to you Ameri cans later moments later a graph member hit associated press photographer Rick Bowmer on the Back of the head with the Blunt Side of a Machete. He was not seriously Hurt. Reuters photographer Lee Celano was struck on the Side of his face by a Rock. He was taken to the . Hos Pital ship Comfort docked in port a Prince Harbor. -. Four haitians were reported Down at the scene including one Man pulled out of a car and shot Point Blank in the head their condition was not immediately known. One graph member fired at a group of american journalists. The mail Hospital reported three dead and 10 wounded . Army soldiers took Over state to and radio and guarded intersections downtown to try to maintain order during a huge March to Mark the third anniversary of the coup that ousted aristids. The americans met no resistance during the pre Dawn hundreds of haitians cheered on the americans a both state to and state radio Headquarters. Employees of the state to were told to leave and not to come int work Friday and switchboards were flooded with Call ers offering Praise said . Army 1st it. Clinton trus sell 30, of North Conway n.h., who led the-28-Mem Ber american unit that took Over state to. They re saying Good. Finally the haitian people Viii get the truth j Trussell told. The associated press. The haitians outside the to installation shadowed by to adv White satellite dishes were shouting Power to the peo 1 a / the stations had accused the americans
