Haiti Uprising

People surround a young man who was fatally shot after he confronted one of the Resistance Front soliders 100 yards from the port entrance in Cap Haitien, Haiti, Feb. 24, 2004. The Resistance Front, which took Cap Haitien three days earlier, had just secured the town from looting.

President Jean-Bertrand Arisitide speaks during a ceremony to honor slain police at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 19, 2004. Aristide declared he was ready to die to defend his country, indicating he would not resign as demanded by political rivals and a bloody rebellion in the north.

Guy Philippe, one of the leaders of the new National Resistance Front To Liberate Haiti, is greeted by supporters during a rally in Gonaives, Haiti, Feb. 19, 2004. Philippe, who once headed the police force in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, is accused of planning a 2001 attack on Haiti's National Palace that killed 10. Philippe has returned to Haiti from exile, and was believed to have crossed over from the Dominican Republic just recently.

Haitians loot a burned government building, Feb. 25, 2004, in Port-de-Paix, Haiti.

A man who is a supporter of the Resistance Front, left, tells a woman to empty the contents of her bags, Feb. 23, 2004, in Cap Haitien in Haiti. Cap Haitien fell to the Resisitance Front on Feb. 21, and the rebels burned down a number of government officials' homes.

Youths push a car away from the burning police station of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2004. Rebels on had seized the government's last major bastion in the north, Cap-Haitien, shooting off celebratory rounds in the air as people looted and several torched buildings sent a pall of black smoke over the city.

A man holding a U.S. flag shouts anti-Aristide slogans as he participates in a rally of the new National Resistance Front To Liberate Haitiin Gonaives, Haiti, Feb. 19, 2004.

Armed opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide chant anti-government slogans in the streets of Gonaives, 62 miles north of the capital Port-au-Prince, Feb. 6, 2004, a day after an armed opposition group took control of Haiti's fourth-largest city in the biggest uprising yet aimed at the overthrow of Aristide. About 50 people had died since the wave of violence began.

Two people walk beside burning tires in front of the Public University during a protest against Haiti's President Jean- Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 4, 2004. Police fired tear gas and warning shots to break up a clash between government supporters and student protesters.

Students hold empty tear gas canisters thrown by riot police during a protest against Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 3, 2004. Riot police fired tear gas into the State University grounds to break up a crowd of some 100 students who built flaming-tire barricades and threw stones at officers and passing cars.

A student throws a rock at a police car during a protest against Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 3, 2004.

Armed opponents of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide patrol the streets of Gonaives, 62 miles north of the capital Port-au-Prince, Feb. 6, 2004. Hundreds of people looted a smoldering police station, a day after an armed opposition group took control of Haiti's fourth-largest city in the biggest uprising yet aimed at the overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Armed rebels take position in Gonaives, Haiti, some 62 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004. Rebels with the Gonaives Resistance Front took the city of 200,000 people after a five-hour gunbattle with police. At least seven people were killed and 20 wounded.

People carry away objects after looting shipping containers in the port of St. Marc, 55 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 8, 2004. Hundreds of people looted shipping containers, carrying away television sets and sacks of flour a day after armed government opponents drove police out of this western town in a widening uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Two boys play soccer on the roof of a house in the port city of Saint Marc, 45 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 10, 2004. After sporadic gun battles with rebels who oppose Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, police regained control of St. Marc.

People pass through a barricade at the entrance of Gonaives, Haiti, Feb. 11, 2004. Dozens of barricades blocked the road to northern Haiti at Gonaives, 60 miles north of Port-au-Prince, the capital.

Charles Camille looks at his burned house in Saint Marc, 55 miles north of Port-au-Prince, Feb. 11, 2004. Gunmen loyal to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide torched homes, killing two people in Saint Marc, according to witnesses.

People wait on line for gas at a station in Gonaives, Haiti, Feb. 11, 2004. Rebels controlled crowds fighting over dwindling gasoline supplies and quashed rumors that police were advancing in an attempt to retake the city.

People make their way through a barricade at the entrance to Gonaives, Haiti, Feb. 11, 2004. Dozens of barricades blocked the road to northern Haiti at Gonaives, 60 miles north of Port-au-Prince, the capital.

A woman walks past garbage near one of the most important markets in Port-au-Prince, Feb. 12, 2004. The World Food Program has warned of a looming humanitarian crisis in northern Haiti because food trucks cannot get through barricades blocking the main road from Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haitien at Gonaives. This is taking its toll on daily life in the capital.