Powell rejects call for UN investigation.

[diamond geezer]

bbc (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3600103.stm)

Mr Powell was speaking during a visit to Haiti to show support for the interim government installed after President Aristide was forced out.

He also rejected a call by the Caribbean community for the UN to investigate Mr Aristide's departure.

Mr Aristide, currently in Jamaica, says he was kidnapped by the US and has launched a lawsuit.
The organisation of Caribbean states, Caricom, has refused to recognise the new government in Haiti and demanded a UN inquiry into Mr Aristide's departure.

But Mr Powell told a news conference in Port-au-Prince that the ex-president's flight into exile had prevented a "bloodbath" and no purpose would be served by an investigation.

What a crock of ****

[Backtothemac]

bbc (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3600103.stm)





What a crock of ****

Actually, it is a crock of **** that the man has filed a law suit against the United States for what? Saving his life! He would have been in pieces had he not left.

What a joke.

[diamond geezer]

Actually, it is a crock of **** that the man has filed a law suit against the United States for what? Saving his life! He would have been in pieces had he not left.

What a joke.

Thats not how he sees it, and he was there.

[pseudobrit]

I would like to know the truth.

[Thanatoast]

i don't know who to believe, but my own government's track record is pretty spotty at the moment, so i say on with the inquiry. as soon as bush has proved he's worthy of trust again, *then* powell can talk about 'no purpose being served'.