I
o ALIA
pitc t rnp
d mi m no more than
po er-hun ry arlo
four m jor cl n le de
Som Ii may play a more
dive role in th country's
future than the current U.S.
lnv ion force.
With the U.S. expec d to
complete i humananitarian
mi ion ithin three moo ,
the clan leade ppear to be
ng van of the pi
from nearly 0 years of fight­
ing to plan or plot the future of
the f mine- tricken e t
African tion.
Of the four principle com­
batants in the Somalia civil
war, the two most powerful
are interim president Ali
M hdi Mohammed and
Mohommed Farah Aideed- •
both of the Hawiye clan. The
two were alli in the over­
throw of former dictator Si d
Barre in January 1991. But
they became arch-rivals when
Aideed objected to Ali Mahdi
being named interim president.
The two lesser lead IS re
both of the Darod clan. One­
Colonel Jess-is thought to be
allied with Afdeed while the
other-General Morgan-is
believed backe� by the
government in neighboring
Kenya.
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Recently, uch a group natched
sociali t gronomi t in his 4Os, Jac­
ques Dereroncourt, from a downtown
treet in broad d ylight. They left hi
body, with a bullet in the bead, in a
sand quarry northeast of the capital.
A cek earlier, two young men
from the me socialist party, the Na­
tion I Congress of Democratic
Movemen were kidnapped in the
working-cl Carrefour district.The
OHIO'S· VOTING patterns
showed "wherever Blacks were 13
percent or more of the population,
Democrats were inevi tably elected,"
so the GOP added more Black voters
to Black-controlled districts and
eliminated half of the districts where
"Th y've found many bodic ,"
� ux . d, but not rezit's.
The party favo Ari tide' return
to of Ice.
William O'Neill, deputy director
of the L wyer Committee for
urn n Rlgh , b ed in ew Yor
d cribed Haiti' ituation one of
.. ready, grinding repre ion, but un­
pe cui r,'
"Fortunately for H itians, there
ve been 0 m cres or m ar-
res .' he id in a telephone int r­
view. 0' eill added, however, that
there were " constant reports" of
rbitrary arrest of Aristide up­
porters, who are " it in pri on for
d y ,week and months wi thout
knowing why."
HE SAID REPORTS from the
country ide indicated widespread,
harsh repression led by men called
section chiefs - untrained, virtually
omnipotent civiliansappointed by the
army to keep order in the villages.
THEY.INCORPORATED into
thei! map the urban boundary lines
suggested by the Ohio NAACP and
secured endorsements from the
NAACP and two other groups, the
Black Elected Democrats of Ohio
and Black Elected Democrats of
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Haiti' justice y tern been
virtually paralyzed ince the coup,
which plunged th poor Caribbean
nation into into deep political and
economic crisi .
0' IL ID T govern-
ment of Prime Minister Marc B zin,
de Ignated in June with military
backing, "really done nothing to
addre the e problem .There have
been no pro ecutions, no arrests."
In a recent interview, Bazin c­
knowledged that "the human right
situation i not good in H iti," but
cited "a tradition of violence" that
could be overcome only through
economic develop�ent.
"The cope of human coexi tence
i very limited by the poverty," he
said.
High Cour' to decide' if Black
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If he take a tough position, o'­
Neill id, "the military will get the
me age very t t.'
"We do hope he does not wait
ntil Jan. 20 to end th right sig­
nals, " the lawyer aid. Righ advo­
cate believe the U.S. government
could help by being denouncing
repre sion more aigre ively and
working for the restoration of
democracy.
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Saturday, Dec. 26, 7pm WJB 2
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poorly lit,
e 0 on e-li ly
till tum eerily empty r
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o LY EW C move
through treets that are vacant except
for the occasional beckoning pros­
titute.
Everybody, rich and poor, pends
lot more time at home, indoors.
Bajeaux and others liken it to the
worst d ys of Francois "Papa Doc"
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