Haitian Cabinet Weighs Disarming Rebels
Haiti’s interim cabinet, meeting for the first time Wednesday, discussed the urgent need to disarm gunmen in a nation terrorized by rebels, street gangs and escaped convicts despite thousands of U.S.-led peacekeepers. Haitian police are among those accused of fueling the turmoil, and a report Wednesday said that five officers have been detained on suspicion of killing five supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s party. The National Coalition for Haitian Rights said that according to relatives of the victims, the officers rounded up and killed the men, ages 17 to 24, over the weekend. The officers were detained without charges on Monday, but no charges had been filed. Miguel August, a top aide to the acting prime minister, Gerard Latortue, said a top government priority is to work with American and French troops to disarm militants. Full Story