Every day they prolong their thuggish rule brings the wanton and brazen murder of still more defenseless Haitian civilians.

United Nations peacekeepers stationed in Haiti since 2004 have drawn widespread resentment after reports emerged of the soldiers raping Haitian civilians.

Reports have emerged that some of the peacekeepers, there to provide security and humanitarian aid, have raped Haitian civilians.

Few marines or Haitian civilians expressed surprise that the shootout happened when it did.

The violence resulted in the killing of 17,000 to 35,000 Haitian civilians over a span of approximately five days.

The violence resulted in the killing of 20,000 ethnic Haitian civilians during approximately five days.

But the sanctions are also certain to compound the misery among Haitian civilians.

The group, known as by its English-language acronym of Fraph, has carried out much of the violence in recent years against Haitian civilians.

Outside military headquarters, curious Haitian civilians snapped photographs of the American soldiers and stared into the sky as Cobra helicopters flew overhead.

One difference is easy to understand: American soldiers will not tolerate lethal beatings of Haitian civilians by the junta's military police, a senior military official said today.