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	ipedia.com: National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Fro...
		It was briefly known as the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front", after the country's central Artibonite region, before being renamed on February 19, 2004 to emphasize its national scope.
		The rebels also controlled most of the roads connecting the central Artibonite province with the north and south of the country.
	www.ipedia.com /national_revolutionary_front_for_the_liberation_of_haiti.html (440 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Rival Militias May Determine Haiti's Future
		The main armed opposition group calls itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front and emerged from Raboteau, a squalid seaside slum in Gonaives, the country's fourth-largest city.
		The group, which takes its name from the central Artibonite Valley that divides northern and southern Haiti, once supported the president and served as the chief conduit for Lavalas patronage in the neighborhood.
		The Artibonite group, based in Gonaives, is at the heart of the insurrection.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A34686-2004Feb11?language=printer (1350 words)

	Haiti: Rule of law must be protected - news.amnesty - Amnesty International
		The police station in the main Artibonite town of Gonaives was overrun by attackers on 5 February, and a police attempt to regain possession on 7 February failed after an intense firefight.
		Similarly, the police station in the nearby town of St. Marc was taken over by armed attackers on 7 February, and government buildings, as well as the town's port, were subsequently looted.
		The attacks have been carried out in a context of widening political violence in which the Haitian National Police have been accused of numerous violations, armed groups have targeted government officials and activists, most frequently those supportive of embattled President Jean Bertrand Aristide have committed abuses against perceived opponents.
	news.amnesty.org /mav/index/ENGAMR360042004 (402 words)

	Aristide appears to regain ground - The Boston Globe
		The United States sent troops to Haiti in 1994 to restore his administration, resisted at the time by a paramilitary force sponsored by the ruling military junta.
		Aristide served out the remainder of his term, and was reelected in November 2000 on a populist pledge to lift up Haiti's downtrodden.
		The rebel group calls itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front, and says it is the armed wing of a civic movement of business leaders, students, and other Haitians who have been calling for Aristide's resignation for months.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/02/10/aristide_appears_to_regain_ground (557 words)

	Haiti News Briefs
		A bystander was shot dead near the main police station during an exchange of fire between police and members of the anti-Aristide Artibonite Revolutionary Resistance Front.
		In the other incident, members of the Artibonite Revolutionary Resistance Front in the slum area of Raboteau threatened to execute three people they accused of being police collaborators, but in the face of protests by local people they contented themselves with shooting each of them in the foot.
		The fatality occurred when a man was shot by police during a firefight with members of the anti-government Artibonite Revolutionary Resistance Front, witnesses said.
	haitisupport.gn.apc.org /fea_news_main25.html (4424 words)

	Energie FM
		His Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front had once been the Artibonite Resistance Front, after turning against Aristide in the fall of 2003.
		Former national police chief and Revolutionary National Liberation Front of Haiti rebel leader Guy Philippe boasted that they expect to control the entire country within 15 days and warned Haiti's 5,000 police the time has come to choose sides.
		The Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front (RARF) rebels that carried out the assault on Gonaives were once the pro-government militia "Cannibal Army".
	www.energiefm.com /new/showarticle.php?articleid=2377 (14142 words)

	Roadblocks halt UN food aid as uprising takes toll on Haiti - The Boston Globe
		But the Bush administration has criticized the populist president and questioned his commitment to fair elections and political reform.
		The rebels call themselves the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front, taking their name from the country's central valley.
		The insurgency is led at least in part by former members of Haiti's defunct military and the paramilitary group that opposed his return.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/02/11/roadblocks_halt_un_food_aid_as_uprising_takes_toll_on_haiti (684 words)

	Snapshot of the Caribbean: Haiti
		In response, the Haitian and American governments began a vigorous campaign to disband the rebel armies.
		Aristide took office on February 7, 2001, but his presidency was mired in controversy, and his government was undermined by the political impasse and the use of armed gangs, called 'chimeres', to enforce his rule.
		By 2003, the country was deeply divided between pro-and anti-Aristide camps.This finally led to an armed conflict which increased in intensity on February 5, 2004, 200 years after the Haitian Revolution, when an armed rebel group calling itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front took control of the Gonaïves police station.
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /carribeanweb/snapshot/Snapshot-Caribbean-12.htm (1213 words)

	14 dead as police move into rebel city - World - www.theage.com.au
		"It is with sorrow that we announce 14 dead among the police," rebel leader Etienne Winter told Haitian radio stations in an interview broadcast as his group resisted the police operation.
		Winter said the Artibonite department around Gonaives had been declared "an independent zone" and added: "We are going to liberate other districts in the region."
		The Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front (RARF) rebels, which carried out the assault on Gonaives, turned against Aristide in September after its previous leader was shot dead.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/02/08/1076175018447.html?from=storyrhs (539 words)

	Gonaives at Caribbean Topfunwebsites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		'''Gonaïves''' is a city in northern Haiti, the capital of Artibonite department.
		Later, Gonaïves was the scene of substantial rioting and violence primarily motivated by opposition to Aristide, and on February 5, 2004, a group calling itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front seized control of the city, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
		Every building in the city was damaged by the storm, and 250,000 people were left homeless.
	www.topfunwebsites.com /haiti/gonaives.html (143 words)

	Boston IMC: newswire/19649
		Port-Au-Prince - Four people were killed and at least 20 injured on Thursday when armed anti-government militants torched a police station and staged a huge jailbreak in the Haitian town of Gonaives, opponents of the president said.
		At least 50 police officers were in the station at the time of the attack.
		The RARF had tried to seize the Gonaives police station several times, but had not succeeded before.
	boston.indymedia.org /newswire/display_any/19649 (1310 words)

	In Haiti, shift from disjointed rebellion to wider uprising \| csmonitor.com
		A week ago, Métayer's thugs were joined by the leader of the infamous paramilitary force which murdered hundreds during the coup and by soldiers from the army he disbanded after he returned to office in 1994.
		The Front's "Commander in Chief" is the smiling, baby-faced Philippe.
		Also a former soldier, Chamblain is more infamous for the year he spent at the head of the Front for Hai-tian Advancement and Progress (FRAPH), a brutal paramilitary group accused by the Haitian justice system, as well many local and international rights groups, of the murders of hundreds.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0223/p07s01-woam.html (1148 words)

	miaminewtimes.com - News - The Fire This Time
		Tatoune was sentenced to life for his role in the 1994 massacre of Aristide supporters in the Raboteau section of Gonaives.
		Both were members of FRAPH (the Revolutionary Front for Haitian Advancement and Progress), a paramilitary group established in 1993 that terrorized Aristide supporters.
		In contrast, the survey found 57 percent of Haitian Americans agree with this statement: Aristide should stay in office because he was elected by an overwhelming majority of Haitians in the 2000 presidential election.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/2004-02-26/metro_full.html (1597 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Police left Gonaives on Sunday after failing to reclaim control, which it lost on Thursday to the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front (RARF).
		In a press release, police said they made a "strategic withdrawal" from Gonaives, one day after trying to rip control from RARF, which claims control of the country's fourth-largest urban center with 200,000 people.
		The rebels destroyed bridges and dug trenches to stop police from returning to the city, according to radio stations.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2004/02/10/2003098217/print (494 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Police Reclaim Towns From Haitian Rebels -- February 10, 2004
		He has been under pressure to resign but refuses, saying he will see his second term through to its end in 2006.
		The rebel group calls itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front and says it is the armed wing of a civic movement of business leaders, students and other Haitians who have been calling for Aristide's resignation, according to the Post.
		Some of their rallies have turned bloody after coming under attack by groups linked to Aristide's ruling Lavalas Party.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/haiti_02-10-04.html (476 words)

	News: Haiti, Leaderless bands take on Aristide in Haitian towns
		Whether for political opportunism or revenge, they moved over to the opposition in recent months and now are demanding Aristide step down, the sources said.
		The government slammed the acts of "terrorists" and police were forced to withdraw in what they called a strategic pullout to avoid a civilian bloodbath.
		The RARF has received backup in recent days from former Haitian military staff.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/6686f45896f15dbc852567ae00530132/605e1f8c4cc988d285256e36006ccb3b?OpenDocument (460 words)

	brainthink™ - You've Got A Brain. Use It.™ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Police were trying to beat back an opposition group called Ramicos that burned the city police station on Saturday.
		Saint-Marc is on the road from the capital to Goniaves, the city of 200,000 that fell on Thursday to an armed opposition group called the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front (RARF).
		Police stations were burned down in several cities by anti-government groups asking for Aristide's resignation, while barricades were set ablaze in several cities, including the capital Port-au-Prince.
	www.brainthink.com /view_article.php?articleid=496 (757 words)

	Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti - Home
		On February 5, 2004, a rebel group calling itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front seized control of Gonaïves, Haiti’s fourth-largest city.
		Another insurgent leader, Louis Jodel Chamblain, a former sergeant in the Haitian army, was the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Front for Haitian Advancement and Progress (FRAPH), a paramilitary group formed during the 1991-1994 military regime that was responsible for numerous attacks against democracy supporters.
		Although Chamblain went into exile in the Dominican Republic to avoid prosecution in late 1994, he was among seven people convicted in absentia in 1995 for the extrajudicial execution of Antoine Izmery, a businessman and Aristide supporter.
	www.ijdh.org /articles/article_iachr_2-1-06.htm (2857 words)

	Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After the assassination of the leader the Cannibal Army Amiot Metayer who had begun committing excessive acts violence that gang turned solidly against Aristide joined the opposition.
		In January 2004 political violence between Aristide supporters and of the opposition escalated sharply and on February 5 2004 a rebel group calling itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front " seized control of Haiti's fourth-largest city Gonaives marking the beginning of a major revolt against Aristide.
		By February 22 the rebels had captured Haiti's second-largest Cap-Haïtien and effectively split Haiti between a north and a government-held south.
	www.freeglossary.com /Jean-Bertrand_Aristide (1914 words)

	The Destabilization of Haiti
		The self-proclaimed Front pour la Libération et la reconstruction nationale (FLRN) (National Liberation and Reconstruction Front) is led by Guy Philippe, a former member of the Haitian Armed Forces and Police Chief.
		It was created in 1983, when the CIA was being accused of covertly bribing politicians and setting up phony civil society front organizations.
		The latter are slated to integrate a "national unity government" alongside the leaders of the Democratic Convergence and The Group of 184 Civil Society Organizations led by Andy Apaid.
	www.globalresearch.ca /index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20050610&articleId=56 (6423 words)

	Buteur Metayer - Demopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Following the assassination of his brother, Amiot Métayer, in 2003, he became the leader of his brother's gang, then known as the "Cannibal Army".
		He renamed the gang the "Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front" and participated in the seizure of the northern city of Gonaïves at the start of the rebellion against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 5, 2004.
		On February 19, he declared himself the president of the "liberated" parts of Haiti and renamed the rebel group again, this time as the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti.
	demopedia.democraticunderground.com /index.php/Buteur_Metayer (133 words)

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	New Poll: Haitian Americans Say Aristide Should Stay - NAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In the historic northern Artibonite region, the center of the late 18th century slave revolt that launched a successful independence struggle, armed rebels have taken towns and roads and are demanding Aristide's removal.
		Overall, only 6 percent of those polled said they supported the activities of the armed rebels, known as the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front and 17 percent said they supported the mainstream opposition groups.
		Over half of Haitian Americans, 55 percent, believe that the opposition movements are just interested in power; only 22 percent said those groups are fighting for democracy.
	news.ncmonline.com /news/view_article.html?article_id=6ac41af3bf7e2293e3f8228089a31cbc (1039 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Four people were killed and at least 20 injured on Thursday when armed anti-government militants torched a police station and staged a huge jailbreak in the Haitian town of Gonaives, opponents of the president said.
		"Four neighborhood civilians were killed in the shootout," said Buteur Metayer, a leader with the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front.
		Metayer's group seized the police station and freed 100 prisoners believed to have been held in the adjacent jail earlier Thursday.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/world/archives/2004/02/07/2003097809/print (1501 words)

	Caribbean Net News
		On Friday, they declared themselves in control of the town, which lies on the main road linking the capital to Haiti's second city of Cap-Haitien.
		Winter Etienne, a leader of the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front (RARF) rebels, said 14 police were killed in battles Saturday but no confirmation was possible.
		Witness and Haitian media reports said between three and seven police were killed after police entered the city, where most of the 200,000 inhabitants had fled.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /cgi-bin/GPrint2002.pl?file=2004/02/09/violence.htm (540 words)

	Jean-Bertrand Aristide Summary
		When the United Nations, the United States, and the Organization of American States finally persuaded the military men of Haiti to hold elections, Aristide was neither an early nor an expected candidate.
		The front runner was Marc Bazin, an experienced international civil servant, but there were many other well-known men of substance, as well as a leader of the macoutes, who also tendered their candidacies.
		In January 2004, political violence between Aristide supporters and supporters of the opposition escalated sharply, and on February 5, 2004, a rebel group calling itself the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front (of which the Cannibal Army formed part) seized control of Haiti's fourth-largest city, Gonaïves, marking the beginning of a major revolt against Aristide.
	www.bookrags.com /Jean-Bertrand_Aristide (3806 words)

	Signs of the Times - 2004-12-02
		Dispatched to investigate a report of a possible suicide attempt Thursday, officers saw the man naked with blood on his body in front of the garage area, police said.
		Immediately, several hundred young supporters assembled in front of the office of the Electoral Commission to denounce the “fixing of the elections”.
		When voting ended, at 8 pm, Richard G. Lugar, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Senate and special envoy of President George W. Bush, declared to the press that the elections should be invalidated.
	signs-of-the-times.org /signs/signs20041202.htm (11550 words)

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