As the first wave of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti on a mission to restore order, security forces in Nairobi opened fire on protesters, leaving at least five dead.
On Tuesday, armed Kenyan police arrived in Haiti for a US-supported mission aimed at taking power from gangs and handing it back to the Washington-installed government in Port-au-Prince. President Biden celebrated their arrival in a statement published by the White House.
“With strong support from the US, Kenyan forces part of the Multinational Security Support mission arrived in Haiti, beginning an effort that will bring much needed relief to Haitians,” it said. “This mission will support the Haitian National Police as they increase their anti-gang operations.”
Washington got the approval from the UN Security Council to deploy the Kenyan troops to Haiti last year. UN peacekeepers have a dark history in Haiti, including creating a cholera outbreak that killed 10,000. Additionally, the previous multinational force deployed to Haiti committed rampant sexual assault against Haitian women.
The White House claims the current mission has “important accountability and oversight measures.” The State Department Human Rights Report on Kenya identified numerous crimes committed by Nairobi’s security forces.
Kenyans have been in the streets for weeks in opposition to a proposed tax hike of 16% on bread and 25% on cooking oil. On Tuesday, clashes erupted between protesters and police after the tax increase was passed.
Protesters broke through police lines and stormed the parliament building, which was partially set ablaze. Police opened fire on the rioters, killing five. Security forces also deployed less-lethal crowd control weapons, leading to injuries. The half-sister of former President Barack Obama was tear-gassed.
Kenyan President William Ruto denounced the protesters as an “existential threat to our republic” and said their actions were “treasonous.” He said he deployed the military across the country to restore order.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest.
The US created the chaos in the first place.
America's Awful Treatment of Haiti, According to Wikileaks
The latest batch of cables released shows U.S. bullied ally
By Adam Clark Estes
JUNE 7, 2011
'This article is from the archive of our partner "WIre”
In the wake of this year's many disasters, the flow of bad news coming out
Haiti has slowed to a trickle. Last week actually brought some good news that the 2010 quake's death toll might actually be much lower than reported. And then WikiLeaks swoops in with with 1,918 documents from a seven-year period starting 10 months before the coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004 and ending six weeks after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. In partnership with WikiLeaks, The Nation and the Haitian weekly newspaper Haiti Liberté are publishing a series of stories that so far highlight how America has been micromanaging and manhandling the Haitian government into aligning their policies with U.S. interests. It is, of course, not news that the United States bullies allies into doing what she wants, but the first couple of scoops are worth itemizing.
https://archive.ph/3TBc8
And many Americans will believe “we must be involved to help.”
Doing nothing would be oh so terrible.
The US wants “open societies” that lack autarchy and are otherwise vulnerable to outside influence. None may resist the uniparty and unibureaucracy in their unipolar domination of the world.
Oh but, “democracy”. /s
Dumbocrassy?
Wherever we go, FUBAR follows.
It’s always a disaster. But some disasters would happen anyway. So, getting involved just ensures that the US is blamed.
I wonder how many ever reads Wikileaks publications other than the few of us here?
I haven’t in a while. To be honest, what is shocking is that this article was in The Atlantic.
It goes back to the administration of Woodrow Wilson. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti
The Kenyans must be oppressed to oppress the Haitians? "The half-sister of former President Barack Obama was tear-gassed." He probably blamed her for being tear-gassed. Like the advice we received from him in the past, she should "vote!"
Their job: make sure the Washington "gang" is in power. RIP Jovenal Moise.
"Kenyan Peacekeepers" is a welfare program. Washington convinces its little paid 3rd world puppets to contribute men, for whom Washington pays a stipend, and agrees to clothe, supply, house, and support (with medical care) all on our dime. All so we can pretend our control over Haiti is really an "international effort". In exchange, Kenya, along with all the other "great democracies" of the world, votes as we say. Note, they were one of the few subsaharan countries to endorse the absurd "Declaration" coming from Zelensky's swiss "peace" conference. "Coincidence"?
Fix Haiti? How about treating Haiti to the same funding level for development that you throw at Ukraine, Uncle Joe…
Or, Israel………………