- PARIS (AFP) -- Haitian leader
Jean Bertrand Aristide was taken away from his home by US soldiers, it
was claimed today.
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- A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled
president told France's RTL radio station the troops forced Aristide out.
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- "The American army came to take him away at two
in the morning," the man said.
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- "The Americans forced him out with weapons.
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- "It was American soldiers. They came with a helicopter
and they took the security guards.
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- "(Aristide) was not happy. He did not want to be
taken away. He did not want to leave. He was not able to fight against
the Americans."
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- The RTL journalist who carried out the interview described
the man as a "frightened old man, crouched in a corner" who said
he was the "caretaker of the residence".
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- Aristide fled Haiti today in the face of an armed revolt.
The United States has ordered Marines to the Caribbean state to help restore
order.
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