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WARDEN MESSAGE

#18

June 3, 2005

U.S. Embassy personnel have been advised that effective immediately, all travel to and from the airport must be in lightly armored vehicles. Additionally, only the following roads, with qualifications, are approved for airport travel:

1. Delmas 105 (?Route Freres?)

2. Delmas 33 to Louverture

The following roads are off-limits for travel to the airport and should NOT be used:

1. La Saline (the ?Port Road?)

2. JJ Dessalines

3. Mais Gate

T Louverture Road (the ?Airport Road? or ?H. Selassie Road?) southwest of the airport (the road which, when leaving the airport going southwest, takes you by the globe) OR this road headed west PAST Delmas 33 (Past the end of the airfield and the Esso gas station at the second intersection after the airfield).

Americans are reminded of the potential for spontaneous demonstrations and violent confrontations between armed groups. Visitors and residents must remain vigilant due to the absence of an effective police force in much of Haiti; the potential for looting; the presence of intermittent roadblocks set by armed gangs or by the police; and the possibility of random violent crime, including kidnapping, car-jacking, and assault. Due to concerns for the safety of its personnel, the Department has ordered the departure from Haiti of all U.S. Embassy non-emergency employees and all family members of American embassy personnel. American citizens who remain in Haiti despite this warning are urged to consider departing.

The Department of State continues to monitor security conditions and will promptly disseminate information affecting the safety of Americans abroad through its consular information program. These documents are available on the Department's Internet website at www.travel.state.gov.

In case of an emergency, please contact the Embassy at 222-0200 or the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy located at 104, rue Oswald Durand, Port-au-Prince. The telephone numbers are (509) 223-7011, 223-6440, 223-6443, 223-6421, 223-6426, 223-6424, 223-6407, 223-7008; fax (509) 223-9665; email address acspap@state.gov.

[Lionheart]

Merci bcp pour l'info !

Je rentre bientôt en Haïti, cela va s'avérer utile.

Qui sait, je vais peut-être même avoir la vie sauve grâce à ça ?

C'est tout de même fichant que ce soit l'ambassade américaine qui doivent nous conseiller sur les routes à suivre en Haïti.

Je me demande combien de temps encore faudrait-il avant qu'un organisme haitien publie quelque chose relatif à la sécurité en Haïti.

Les Blancs ont montré la voie à suivre, empruntons-la.