Canada Denies Troops Seized Port-au-Prince Airport

[EvanL]

OTTAWA (*******) - Canada's Defense Ministry on Sunday denied a television report that Canadian troops had seized control of the main airport in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.


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"They have not taken over the airport," ministry spokesman Capt. Dale MacEachern told *******.


French-language public broadcaster RDI reported earlier that Canadian troops had seized control of the airport as part of an operation to restore order after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled the country.


Canada -- which flew three military transport planes to Haiti on Saturday -- has around 20 soldiers in Haiti and says it could send another 100 to assist with an evacuation.


Asked whether the Canadian troops might take over the airport at some stage, MacEachern replied: "I won't speculate on what the future might bring."


Defense officials have declined to respond to media reports that Canada sent a unit of its elite Joint Task Force Two commandos to Haiti in the past week.

[scm77]

Do you have a link to the article?

[EvanL]

Do you have a link to the article?
It was on Yahoo news.

[SeanAshi]

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled the country.
Where did he go?

[TALOS]

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled the country.
Where did he go?
"Rumor" is South Africa

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You know what...

I bet you CF forces did capture the airfield but you how the Canadian government and people are. They dont like to tell the public about those things cuz they feel that the people will flip out and go protesting. They were hesitate to tell people about the snipers in Afghanistan 2 years ago.

Couple months ago when those 2 soldiers died in there Jeep people flipped out saying how Canada shouldnt be peace keeping in Afghanistan....which is a retarded thing to say seeing how Canada is one of the best peace keepers in the world.

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]You know what...

I bet you CF forces did capture the airfield but you how the Canadian government and people are. They dont like to tell the public about those things cuz they feel that the people will flip out and go protesting. They were hesitate to tell people about the snipers in Afghanistan 2 years ago.

Couple months ago when those 2 soldiers died in there Jeep people flipped out saying how Canada shouldnt be peace keeping in Afghanistan....which is a retarded thing to say seeing how Canada is one of the best peace keepers in the world.

Well you know our defence ministers motto, "left up leg insert head in ones own ass". I was proud to see our boy's standing there with Canadian flags on there vests and trucks woot