(26 Feb 2004)
Cap Haitien
1. Various shots of armed men in the street
2. Various shots of Aristide supporter''''''''s houses in flames
3. Various shots of men with their hands tied behind their backs
4. Body of alleged looter being dragged through the street
5. Body of alleged looter in the street
6. Set up shot of Louis-Jodel Chamblain, rebel leader
7. SOUNDBITE: (Creole) Louis-Jodel Chamblain, Rebel Leader:
"After Aristide, there should be a constitutional transition. A constitutional change."
Q: Is this the same proposal that the political opposition has?
"Yes, I think so, yes."
8. Soldiers going through bags
9. Damaged airport
Port-au-Prince
10. Fires on streets
11. Traffic around burned cars, barricades
12. Various shots of people around barricades
13. Various shots of foreigners arriving at Toussaint Airport to flee Haiti
14 SOUNDBITE: (English) Joel Elder, Canadian Missionary:
"We''''''''ve heard that things are going to get pretty crazy soon and that we might not get a chance to get out if we don''''''''t leave now."
15. Elder walking away
16. Francoise Ackerman at side of vehicle
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Francoise Ackerman, UNDP:
"We''''''''ve just received the information that the opposition do not agree with the proposal (peace plan) made by the US, Canada, France and CARACOM (the Caribbean Community), so we are waiting for the next step."
18. People inside airport
19. Men awaiting to see counter agent
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Dye, Missionary from Michigan:
"Then when we got close to the airport, there was a barricade and we had to get out and start walking by foot two or three blocks and the special ops here from Haiti came and picked us up and brought us here."
21. People at airport
STORYLINE:
Haitian rebels consolidated their hold on Cap Haitien on Wednesday, arresting alleged supporters of embattled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and attempting to put a stop to the looting that erupted once government control evaporated from the northern city.
Rebel soldiers carried the bodies of alleged looters away from the streets where they had been killed - the rebels claimed the alleged looters were shot when they refused orders to stop.
The houses of former Aristide loyalists could also be seen in flames, and at Cap Haitien''''''''s small regional airport, the rebels were searching bags of those attempting to flee.
One rebel leader, Louis-Jodel Chamblain, said that after Aristide there should be a constitutional change.
Meanwhile in the capital, Port au Prince, foreigners tried to flee, some under guard of US Marines, as looting erupted in the capital and
pressure mounted for an international intervention.
Roads all over the capital were blocked Wednesday by Aristide militants who set up dozens of flaming barricades, including some within 200 meters (180 yards) of the international airport - supposedly to stop rebels who began an uprising against Aristide on 5 February.
Thugs began robbing people at the barricades, using guns and stones to force cars to stop, swarming all over them and emerging with handbags, luggage, cellular telephones.
Police on patrol did nothing to halt the chaos.
Panic overtook the city, though there was no sign of the rebels who have overrun half of Haiti and are threatening to attack the capital.
The Spanish Embassy in the Dominican Republic has rented an airplane to evacuate Spanish citizens from Haiti, Spanish Embassy spokeswoman Patricia Corrales said in Santo Domingo, the capital of the neighboring country.
peace.
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