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From: janw@inmet.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 15:02:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 15:02:00 1986
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Nf-From: inmet!janw    Feb 13 15:02:00 1986


[Marcel-Franck Simon  ihnp4!{mhuxr, hl3b5b}!mfs]
>February 7, 1986 is glorious day for all Haitians, and for all champions
>of the cause of justice. Today, Jean-Claude Duvalier, so-called
>President for Life of the Rupublic of Haiti, fled ignominously
>from the country that woke up to scream its disgust at having been raped
>and pillaged for 28 years, 4 months and 15 days.

>So rejoice, rejoice. We can all, finally, with "all God's children, join
>in the old Negro spiritual and sing 'Free at Last, Free at last, Thank God
>Almighty, We're Free at Last!'"

A glorious day, indeed. Congratulations, and best of luck!

In '76, when I lived in New York, I bought stray issues of a Hai-
tian emigre newspaper, and was impressed by a glimpse of the rich
culture of that impoverished nation.

People in this country can be proud of one thing: this  time  the
rebels were waving U.S. flags...

I wonder if M.-F. Simon would like to give us his views  of  what
people  abroad  could do to help Haiti prosper and keep her free-
dom. And how to retrieve the loot Baby Doc took with him?  Do you
think an exchange of it for a safe asylum would be a good idea ?