Food Not Troops for Haiti! End the Military Occupation!
The People of Haiti need food, water, and medical aid, not military occupation
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Send a message to President President Barack Obama, former Presidents Clinton and Bush, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Congressional leaders, the U.N. General Assembly President, U.N. Secretary General Ban, and Major media representatives including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, Reuters. Let them know that the People of Haiti need food, water, and medical aid, not military occupation!
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To: President Barack Obama, Former Presidents Bush and Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, Congressional leaders, U.N. General Assembly President, U.N. Secretary General Ban, and major media representatives including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and Reuters.
The People of Haiti need food, water, and medical aid, not military occupation
According to news reports, the Pentagon has been given complete control over the Port Au Prince airport and is responsible for all air traffic control. There are increasing reports that aid organizations have accused the U.S. military "of focusing their efforts on getting their people and troops installed and lifting their citizens out." (New York Times, Jan. 17)
Under the pretext of stopping alleged looting, the U.S. has now forced the government of President Rene Preval to pass emergency measures that would delegate all security to the Pentagon.
The U.S. military presence has expanded from 3,500 soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division, 2,200 U.S. Marines, to an estimated 10,000 troops. It is outrageous that the Haitian people are being forced to endure even greater hardship so that the U.S. can expand their military occupation.
Haiti's airport must be devoted to humanitarian relief flights. Haiti needs food water and medical aid, not a U.S. military occupation. Haiti's sovereignty and democratically elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide must be restored!
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