Troops who helped oust Aristide to get back pay
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/americas/10517966.htmPORT-AU-PRINCE - The U.S.-backed interim government started giving financial compensation Tuesday to former soldiers who helped oust President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in an effort to mollify rebels whose refusal to disarm is thwarting efforts to restore stability in Haiti.
The government has agreed to give members of Haiti's demobilized army 10 years of back pay, said David Bazile, the secretary of public security.
Many of the former soldiers took part in the three-week rebellion that ousted Aristide on Feb. 29. They claim they are owed back pay because Aristide illegally disbanded the army after a U.S.-backed intervention restored him to power in 1994, three years after a coup that first ousted him. The first 33 soldiers were compensated during a ceremony Tuesday.
Where's this money coming from? You and me. :puke: