US Army in Haiti 2010

US military plots difficult path in Haiti

By Andrew Beatty (AFP) – 17 hours ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE — From an air-conditioned tent in what used to be a Port-au-Prince bus station, the mighty US military controls its 17,000 troops deployed to help Haiti's earthquake relief, amid questions over how long they will stay.

Colonel Gregory Kane paces across the tent, past rows of personnel -- wearing various iterations of camouflage -- who tap away at double-thick high-security laptops.

"What's that?" he shouts to a subordinate who is monitoring developments across Port-au-Prince and beyond.

"We have a human trafficking situation at DP15," the subordinate responds, apparently referring to one of the 16 food distribution points that US forces police for the World Food Programme.

On Saturday, desperate Haitians gathered at one of the drop-off points opposite Petionville's cemetery, on the outskirts of the ruined capital city, Port-au-Prince.

Heavily armed US soldiers, sweating beneath bulky flak-jackets, distributed food just meters away from the cemetery's collapsed walls, were open graves were clearly visible...

Source: AFP

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