French consul shot to death in Haiti

[dArKeR]

A French consul was killed by gunfire as fresh unrest erupted a year after 6,000 UN troops and 1,400 police arrived in Haiti, while the UN Security Council failed to extend the UN stabilization force's stay through elections in a matter of months.
In the latest violence, France's honorary consul for the northern city of Cap Haitien, Paul-Henri Mourral, died late on Tuesday after he was shot in his car en route from Cap Haitien to the capital, a spokesman for the French embassy here said.

At least two other people were killed by gunfire earlier on Tuesday in the Haitian capital where a market was also burned down, witnesses said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/06/02/2003257617

[sasquatch]

1. Oh shit! It's oficially hit the fan in Haiti

I wonder who the French will send? My bet is it's going to be the Legion.

[aneerkoinos]

2. Hell no

If there's one thing Haitians remember about their history, it is that they gained independence by beating Napoleon's Army.

If there is one country that can't send troops to occupy Haiti, it's France.