(26 Feb 2004)
1. Wide shot of truck in the port
2. Pan from boat to docks
3. Men unloading sacks of rice from boat to truck
4. Pan from truck to boat
5. Policemen in full combat gear sitting by
6. Exterior shot of hospital with pick up truck with armed police
7. Close up shot of policeman with helmet on top of car
8. Mid shot of people standing at door of hospital room
9. Body of dead youth Junior Etienne
10. Close up shot of body''''''''s bloody hands
11. Wide shot of Winter Etienne (no relation) with journalists
12. SOUNDBITE: (French) Winter Etienne, rebel leader
"We are not sure if he was a member of Lavalas (political party of Aristide), or what. It appears he was killed in some sort of confrontation, but what is important is that we are doing whatever possible to make sure our patrols on the streets avoid this kind of incident, because we need these houses to make reparations to the victims of the regime."
13. Mid shot of group of rebels standing
14. Various of Guy Philippe, rebel leader, at the computer
15. Various of rebels in full combat gear getting in a car
STORYLINE:
Wednesday was mainly quiet in Cap Haitien, Haiti''''''''s second city, which fell to anti-government rebels on Sunday.
Some sacks of rice were unloaded at the port during the morning, but food supplies were still critically low.
On Tuesday night a young man, Junior Etienne, was killed and his house was burnt to the ground.
The circumstances of his death were still unclear on Wednesday.
The rebels, who have named themselves the Haitian National Revolutionary Liberation Front, claim that killing and burning houses is not their policy.
Winter Etienne, one of the rebel leaders, said houses were needed to give as reparations to victims of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide''''''''s regime.
The rebel high command spent most of the day in meetings at a local hotel, and around the city there was a strong rebel presence.
Rebel leader Guy Philippe said his troops were ready to attack the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, but wanted to "give a chance to peace" and would wait and see if President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned.
Philippe told The Associated Press that the rebels were also reserving judgement on proposals to end international peacekeepers to Haiti.
"If they do not attack the Haitian people, we won''''''''t attack them," he said. "If they come to help us to remove Mr. Aristide, they will be welcome."
Philippe estimated his rebel force had grown from a couple of hundred to 5,000 with new recruits and more ex-soldiers joining the three-week-old popular uprising to oust Aristide, and said they were ready to fight.
Philippe has given various deadlines for his threatened attack on the city, most recently this coming Sunday, his 36th birthday.
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