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News Updates from Citizens for Legitimate Government
March 3, 2004
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'Baby Doc' Duvalier eyes return to Haiti --Jean-Claude ''Baby Doc'' Duvalier, the deposed Haitian dictator living in exile in Paris since 1986, said Monday he wants to return to his homeland as soon as possible.

Duvalier Eyes Return to Haiti, Rights Groups Alarmed --Deposed Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier wants to return as soon as possible to his homeland, where Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted as president after an armed rebellion. Duvalier's exile ended a brutal three-decade family dictatorship begun by his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. [*See: Some Alleged Torturers Living in Exile --Human Rights Watch Backgrounder, July 2003 "JEAN-CLAUDE 'BABY DOC' DUVALIER, Haiti's 'president for life' (1971 - 1986), is living in France. The Duvalier dictatorship is accused of thousands of political killings and arbitrary detentions." ['Arbitrary detentions?' Sounds like a potential new ally of Dictator Bush.]

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... worldNews&
storyID=4479603

Duvalier Wants to Return to Haiti Soon
Tue Mar 2, 2004 11:08 AM ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - Deposed Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby
Doc" Duvalier wants to return as soon as possible to his
homeland, where Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned as president
after armed rebels took over much of the country.

Duvalier said in a television interview aired late on Monday, a day
after Aristide fled Haiti, that he had requested a diplomatic
passport several weeks ago, although he does not plan to run
for president.

"That is not on my agenda," the 52-year-old former ruler, now
living in France, told WFOR-CBS4 television in Miami.

Duvalier said he welcomed the presence of U.S. Marines sent to
help restore order in Haiti and that he was deeply concerned by
the situation in the Caribbean state, although he expected Haiti
to stabilize quickly.

"I'm shocked by the situation my country is in," he said.

Duvalier said he was in constant touch with people in Haiti,
although he has no relationship with the anti-Aristide rebels who
took control of much of the country.

"I think I'm getting close and that I will soon have the opportunity
to go back to my country," he said.

Duvalier was forced into exile in France in February 1986, ending
a brutal three-decade family dictatorship begun by his father,
Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

The government of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas,
says the Duvalier regime stole $500 million from the country's
treasury. Human rights groups say Duvalier should face charges
for the slayings, torture and imprisonment of thousands of
people seen as opponents of his rule.

[Boondock Saint]

Sounds political to me, the guy wants to reclaim his political position ... off to political circus.

[Monkey Angst]

Exactly what Haiti needs, the return of the Duvalier family. Baby Doc may be disappointed -- there's nothing left to steal.