Aristide Update In LBN - Not Good !!!

LBN Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x405752

From The BuzzFlash article:

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"We were stopped at the gates by a guard who contacted a Central African Republic official inside the building. A representative of the Central African Republic came out to speak with us," Ives reported. "We asked to go in to visit President Aristide and were told we could not. We asked if he could come out to see us, and we were told no. We asked if we could send in a note or our phone number, and we were told no. The official then told us that he had spoken with the Minister of Defense and that Aristide was not allowed to receive visitors."

Mr. Ives also reported that he placed a call to the cell phone that the Aristides have been using to place calls to their friends, attorneys and the media. "Mildred Aristide answered the phone. I said, 'Hello Mildred, this is Kim Ives, we are here.' At that point, the phone line went dead. We have tried to call many times since then but there has been no answer."

Brian Concannon is also a member of the delegation, acting in the capacity of President Aristide's attorney. Standing outside the gates of the compound where President Aristide is being held, Mr. Concannon requested to meet with President Aristide alone for a consultation. This was also denied.

"The world has been told that President Aristide is free to come and go, and that he has simply chosen not to leave," said Sara Flounders of the International Action Center. "The fact that our delegation has been denied all forms of contact with President Aristide confirms, in fact, that he is being kept under lock and key, at this point not even able to communicate by phone."

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Link: http://www.buzzflash.com/buzzscripts/buzz.dll/sub3

Somehow, we need to force our media onto this story. We also need to get South Africa involved. We need Mandela and Tutu to get Aristide out of this imprisonment, and into South Africa.

Hopefully this delegation is talking with Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel about this.

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I received this press release in an email with the following link. When you get there, type in your zip code.

Click on the following link to send an e-mail to your
local and national media outlets urging them to cover this
important story:

http://www.capwiz.com/votenowar/issues/alert/?alertid=5296001&type=ME

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Will do it right now!!!

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But what is going on there?

I've been news free for awhile & need to catch up

Hope this helps ya get caught up.

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Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=391802

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1182185

Link: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/01/1521216

There's WAY more - BTW.

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