Suspected Haitian gang members exchange fire with Marines protecting U.S. Embassy

[rangerrebew]

Suspected Haitian gang members exchange fire with Marines protecting U.S. Embassy
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A group of suspected Haitian gang members fired this week on American forces protecting the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, a spokesman said Saturday, in an incident that highlighted the tense security situation in the Caribbean nation.

Capt. Steven J. Keenan, a spokesman for the U.S. Marines, wrote in an email that the shooting, which came to light this weekend, happened Thursday, adding that the Marines returned fire. No Marines were hurt in the attack.
 
Haitian police were not immediately available to comment on the exchange of fire.

Gangs control the vast majority of Haiti’s capital, where they extort from businesses and fight for territory with heavy weaponry.

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[rangerrebew]

Apparently, it's the same kind of activity democrats want for America.

[Fishrrman]

Question:
Why even bother with having a U.S. embassy in Haiti...?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Marines were probably like "sweet... fresh meat!".

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Question:
Why even bother with having a U.S. embassy in Haiti...?

Good point.

The days of SOS Hillary Clinton needing it to launder Clinton Foundation money there are likely behind us (maybe).

[verga]

Question:
Why even bother with having a U.S. embassy in Haiti...?

Vergette and I used to sponsor a child there. Then I talked to a friend of mine that had been on several mission trips. There was a scheduling SNAFU on one of the trips and he had to stay about a week longer than he had intended. When the group that replaced his arrived the residents gave the impression that they had not received any recent aid. I had been working on a project to get goats donated to them to use as a milk source. They turned it down. I had also looked into setting up a program for them to get Telkes solar stills to desalinate the water for them. I was told that they would break them. Yeah we no longer donate to them.