U.S. Rescue of Ex-Haitian Officials Told
A super-secret U.S. commando team rescued a group of former Haitian officials from their violence-torn country, a newspaper reported Thursday.
The raid was conducted by SEAL Team 6, a naval counterterrorism squad, to rescue “a handful of former Haitian officials whose lives were in danger,” the San Diego Union-Tribune quoted unidentified Pentagon sources as saying.
Pentagon officials refused to confirm or deny the report.
The mission to Haiti, purportedly authorized by President Bush, occurred two months ago. Meanwhile, the United States has been forcing thousands of Haitian boat people to return to their homeland.
A senior Pentagon intelligence officer with access to a report on the mission described it as “no problems, big success,” with no casualties, the newspaper said. It wasn’t known where those rescued were taken.
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