(2 Mar 2004) ALL TOKO QUALITY
SHOTLIST
1. Various of exterior of Bangui Airport
2. Plane descending
3. Officials
4. Plane landing
5. Officials
6. Plane
7. Official
8. Plane on tarmac
9. Close up of US flag on side of plane
10. Plane
11. Various of officials
12. Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and wife Mildred Trouillot Aristide (white shirt, dark jacket, dark skirt) walking down stairs, being greeted by officials
13. Various of Aristide, wife and officials walking
14. Aristide, zoom out to Aristide with official
15. Mildred Trouillot Aristide
16. Zoom out from official to official with Mildred Trouillot Aristide
17. Officials

STORYLINE

Former Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Monday claimed he was forced into exile by US forces, telling him they would "start shooting and killing" if he refused.

Aristide spent his first day in hastily arranged exile in the Central African Republic after a violent rebellion to oust him from power as Haiti's first elected president.

When asked if he left Haiti on his own, Aristide answered: "No. I was forced to leave."

"They were telling me that if I don't leave they would start shooting and be killing in a matter of time," Aristide told The Associated Press, during a brief interview via speaker phone.

Aristide, his wife and a few companions landed just after daylight on Monday aboard a contracted US government plane at Bangui's airport in the Central African Republic, a nation as impoverished and nearly as coup-prone as the one he left.

Central African Republic government ministers stood by as Aristide descended from a jet in a rumpled suit and a firmly knotted tie.

His wife, looking worried, was by his side.

Aristide's arrival lacked the red carpet and greeting from the host head of state usually afforded dignitaries.

No soldiers were visible as Aristide disembarked from the plane.

Although rich in gold, diamonds and other resources, the Central African Republic is habitually unable to pay its civil servants, helping spark strikes, unrest and coup attempts.

The country has weathered nine coups or coup attempts since independence from France in 1960.

Find out more about AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook: [ Ссылка ] ​​
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]


You can license this story through AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]

свернуть