Urgent action alert from the Haiti Action Committee - December 24, 2006
* The UN's VERY MERRY Christmas present to Haiti - *
* A pre-dawn, heavy-caliber assault on the men, women and children of
Cite Soleil, Haiti*
In the early morning of Friday, December 22nd, starting at approximately
3 a.m., 400 Brazilian-led UN occupation troops in armored vehicles carried
out a massive assault on the people of Cite Soleil, laying siege yet again
to the impoverished community. Eyewitness reports said a wave
of indiscriminate gunfire from heavy weapons began about
5 a.m. and continued for much of the day Friday -- *an
operation on the scale of the July 6, 2005 UN massacre
in Cite Soleil detonations could be heard for miles, AHP reported.
Initial press accounts reported at least 40 casualties, all civilians.
According to community testimony, UN forces flew overhead
in helicopters and fired down into houses while other troops attacked
from the ground with Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). People were
killed in their homes. UN troops from Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia
took part in the all-day siege, backed by Haitian police. UN soldiers
once again targeted the Bois Neuf and Drouillard districts of Cite
Soleil -- scene of the July 6th massacre.
*Join us in denouncing the ongoing UN terror attacks on the Haitian people!*
Now is the time for people in the US and throughout the world to step up
our solidarity efforts with the people of Haiti. Our protests, calls and
letters after the UN massacre in Cite Soleil on July 6th, 2005 -- and
the many UN attacks since then -- need to be updated, expanded,
intensified. *Demand an end to the UN's repeated, brutal assaults on
this besieged community.*
Email or fax the UN officials below. Keep it brief.
*Denounce the massive, heavy-caliber assault on the citizens of Cite
Soleil by UN occupation forces on Dec. 22, 2006.
· *Demand reparations for the victims and their families.*
· *Demand prosecution of the UN officials, commanders and soldiers
responsible for this latest UN** **atrocity in Haiti.*
*TO: Edmond Mulet,* UN Special Representative in Haiti *--
**[email protected]* [email protected]> fax 011-509-244-3512
*cc: Thierry Fagart,* UN Human Rights chief in Haiti* --
**fagart@un.org* [email protected]> fax 011-509-244-9366
*cc: Louise Arbour,* UN High Commissioner for Human Rights* --
**ngochr@ohchr.org* ngochr@ohchr.org> fax 011-41-22-917-9011