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Article: Haitians Cheer U.S. Takeover of Police Station; Site Is Denounced as Torture Chamber; GIs Extending Reach to Ensure Order
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- The Washington Post
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- September 27, 1994
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Cheered on by thousands of wildly celebrating Haitians, U.S.
troops today took over the nation's most notorious police
headquarters, infamous as a center of repression and torture and a
stark symbol of military brutality in recent years.
The move, along with the occupation of several other important
police headquarters around the capital and the spreading of U.S.
troops to outlying areas, indicated that the Americans are
consolidating their hold on Haiti and relegating its army and police
to insignificance.
Initially, the United States said it would cooperate with the
Haitian military in carrying out its security tasks, and in
Washington today Secretary of Defense William J. Perry said ...