17 February 2004

wha?

Aristide no stranger to struggle He has also been criticized for endorsing "necklacing," a gruesome method of execution where gasoline-soaked tires are thrown over a person's neck and set ablaze. Just Wednesday, former Aristide strongmen necklaced a man in Gonaives, the heart of the current unrest and cradle of Haiti's independence 200 years ago. "The burning tire, what a beautiful tool! ... It smells good. And wherever you go, you want to smell it," Aristide said Sept. 27, 1991.

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