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clang1

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6. FOIA documents show that the IRI was involved in training and supporting pro-coup opposition parties
Sat Jun 23, 2012, 09:24 PM
Jun 2012

Last edited Sun Jun 24, 2012, 12:54 AM - Edit history (5)

Founded in 1983, the International Republican Institute (IRI) is an organization,
http://www.enotes.com/topic/International_Republican_Institute


FOIA documents show that the IRI was involved in training and supporting pro-coup opposition parties

Latin America/Carribean
IRI was accused by former US Ambassador Brian Dean Curran of undermining his efforts to hold peaceful negotiations between Aristide and his opposition after contested senatorial elections in 2000. According to Curran, Stanley Lucas, then IRI's representative in Haiti, advised opposition leaders not to compromise with Aristide, who would soon be driven from power. Curran also alleged that Lucas represented himself to the opposition as the true envoy of Washington, and his advice—which was contrary to that of the State Department—as advice from the American government.[14] IRI responded to Ambassador Curran's allegations in a letter to the New York Times, stating:

"'Mixed U.S. Signals Helped Tilt Haiti Toward Chaos' (front page, Jan. 29) found support for some of former Ambassador Brian Dean Curran's charges among only a few Haitians, most of them former associates of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. All have obvious motivation to impugn the International Republican Institute's work, and none presented any evidence to back their accusations." [15]
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1983 huh....


The question to me is also are Americans willing to work with Egypt putting Eygypt's interests first instead of American Right wing interests.

Looks like a big fat no to me and it's always the same game and we are living the results of it with 9-11, Terror, the hate, etc..


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