Haitian president fails to restore order --

[defendandprotect]

--- and we continue to TORTURE Haiti . . .

Haitian president fails to restore order By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices.

Gunfire rang out from the wealthy suburbs in the hills to the starving slums below as 9,000 U.N. peacekeepers were unable to halt a frenzy of looting and violence that has grown out of protests over rising food prices.

Thousands of people were in the streets of Port-au-Prince following President Rene Preval's speech, many looting stores and terrorizing drivers and shopkeepers with rocks. Thousands more took part other in protests across the country.

An uneasy calm settled in by late Wednesday, with stores remaining closed but protesters mostly dispersed and many roadblocks abandoned.

Many of the protesters are demanding the resignation of the U.S.-backed president, and on Tuesday U.N. peacekeepers had to fire rubber bullets and tear gas to drive away a mob that tried to storm his palace.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/haiti_food_protests

[Muttocracy]

1. I heard about food riots on the BBC radio earlier. :-(

[MisterP]

2. well, how much legitimacy can you have if your "fair election" purged the most-supported party?! n/t

[defendandprotect]

3. We've been torturing Haiti now for how long . . . ???

It seems like since the beginning of time --- !!!

Imagine if we only had a really effective/working United Nations --- !!

And, it's still even too much for these corrupt thugs --- they want to totally destroy it!!