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Show Thursday, October U. 2004 HERALD DAILY Six U.S. soldiers die in bombings, suicide attacks Former Haitian soldiers say reinforcements are coming Amy Bracken !Hf ASSOC lA III) PRESS Haiti -F- ormer soldiers who led a deadly revolt against ousted d Haitian President Aristide gathered in Haiti's capital Wednesday, saying reinforcements were coming to help end violence that has killed at least 46 people. Those advancing rebels intended to provide security in former Army Master Sgt. Joseph' , t'iste said in a broadcast by private Radio Vision 2000. The.dei velopment threatens to stir conflict with U.N. peacekeepers and armed Aristide militants. More than .'JO men in military fatigues, some heavily armed, gathered in an apartment in IWionville, a hillside suburb , , e, Jean-Bap- overlooking Retel leader Remissainthe Ravix. a former army major, told The Associated Press that more reinforcements were on their way. The core rebel force estimated at 200 has been joined by many recruits. I'ort-aPrince has been beset by shoot outs and beheadings, since a Sept. .'JO demoastration marking the 1991 coup that overt hrew A rlst ide t he first time. Police reportedly shot and killed two people at the demonstration held by supporters of Aristide's Lavalas Famiu ly. The headless bodies of three police officers turned up the are tired of sitting by as the violence rages. Aristide supporters plan more demonstrations Friday to mark the 10th an-niversary of Aristide's return from exile, with the backing of 20.000 US. troops. "We see Lavalas gangsters shooting parents as they take their children to school. Stores . can!t open, life can't continue. The things that are happening, we can't allow it," said Ravix, displaying a sword with the "Haitian Guard, Honor and Fatherland." , Holding a poster with pho-- , tographs of alleged criminals, Ravix said: "This is a list of bandits. The police can't get them. I will arrest all of them." He said the rebel forces "will work with anyone" Haitian police or peacekeepers. "All that matters is that they ' stop the 'chimeres' and provide security," he said, using the Creole word meaning "angry young men" or "monsters" to describe gangsters loyal to Aristide. Two spokesmen for the. U.N. mission refused to comment Wednesday on the rebel plans. One spokesman, Damian said the interim government would decide how to respond. Aristide supporters renewed demands that rebels be disarmed. Last week, the government , said it would integrate some including those now fighting as rebels, into security efforts, but it did not clarify their roles. , ARIANA CUBILLOS Associated Press Former soldier and rebel leader Remissainthe Ravix holds up a poster of photos of alleged criminals during an interview in Haiti, on Wednesday. Rebel soldiers say they are advancing on Haiti's capital to end violence that has claimed at least 4ti lives. : next day, and government officials blamed Aristide militants and a new campaign called "Operation Baghdad." Aristide, a former priest, rej. turned to power in 1994 with military backing from the United States, but again fled the country in February after a deadly revolt led by a street gang and former soldiers. Aristide supporters are de manding his return from exile in South Africa and an end to the "invasion" by foreign troops. U.S. Marines arrived the day Aristide left and were replaced by U.N. peacekeepers state the army Aristide disbanded, have accused the U.N. troops of doing little to stabilize the count ry Only about 3,000 of the planned 8,000 peacekeepers have arrived. The United States accused Aristide loyalists on Tuesday of "a systematic campaign to destabilize the interim govern- ment and disrupt the efforts of the international community." U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher urged Lavalas Family leaders to "break with the party's legacy of violence and criminality ," saying the interim government represented Haiti's best hope. Ravix said former soldiers . . in June. The rebels, who want to rein Prophet Muhammad. NadiaAbou THE ASSOCIATED including bombings, mortar and A suicide BAGHDAD, Iraq attack and roadside bombings killed six American soldiers, and Iraq's prime minister warned residents of insurgent bastion Fallujah on Wednesday to hand over terror mastermind or face Abu Musab military action. AZarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad group has claimed responsibility for beheading several foreign hostages and for car bombings throughout the country, and a videotape posted Wednesday on an Islamic Web site showed militants linked to beheading two Iraqis they accused of being intelligence officers. 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