A US general confirmed there were roughly 4,200 US troops in Haiti, largely in cutters patrolling offshore, and that by today there would be 12,000 US troops in the country.
US officials are citing contradictory reports of looting in Haiti to justify further US troop deployments.
The US military has taken control of Port-au-Prince airport as a key hub of its military buildup, blocking access by humanitarian flights.
Humanitarian flights from France, Brazil, and Italy were refused permission to land, and the Red Cross reported one of its planes was diverted to Santo Domingo, the capital of the neighboring Dominican Republic.
However, WFP officials confirmed that US control of Port-au-Prince airport was creating serious logistical problems for aid and rescue efforts.
There are 200 flights going in and out every day, which is an incredible amount for a country like Haiti. But most of those flights are for the United States military.
The US military intervention in Haiti is criminal in both form and content. Disguised as a humanitarian rescue operation, its main aim is to build up the necessary firepower to terrorize the masses into accepting a shocking lack of treatment without protest.
Even taken on its own terms, the US occupation of Haiti has not taken the opportunities available to it to treat wounded Haitians.
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