Foreigners flee Haiti

Armed gangs built flaming barricades in the Haitian capital yesterday as Port-au-Prince deteriorated into chaos before an expected rebel advance that sent foreigners fleeing the country. Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is trying to fend off a...

Armed gangs built flaming barricades in the Haitian capital yesterday as Port-au-Prince deteriorated into chaos before an expected rebel advance that sent foreigners fleeing the country.

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is trying to fend off a bloody 3-week-old revolt against his presidency by insurgents including a former death squad leader and a former senior police officer.

Masked men loyal to Aristide cut off streets in Port-au-Prince with piles of wrecked cars, rusted appliances, rocks and tires and questioned motorists trying to pass as the capital readied for a rebel assault promised within days.

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