02/26/10

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American troops will remain in Haiti for the foreseeable future to help the quake-ravaged country get back on its feet, the US ambassador to the Caribbean nation told AFP Thursday. "There are about 6,500 soldiers in Haiti at the moment. There were some 20,000 for the emergency effort launched in the wake of January 12," ambassador Kenneth Merten said. AWIP/Stephen Lendman: Focus on Haiti: Washington's Militarized Takeover. AWIP/Michel Chossudovsky: The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion? AWIP/Marguerite Laurent: Oil in Haiti – Economic Reasons for the UN/US Occupation. AWIP/William Bowles: Disasters are Big Business.

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