The problem I have is with the headline. Aristide's statement may be disputed, but this is no rumor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/international/americas/01CND-ABDU.htmlAdministration Dismisses Rumors That U.S. Kidnapped Aristide
By DAVID STOUT
Published: March 1, 2004
The Bush administration ridiculed any suggestion today that former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti had been spirited out of his country under force by the United States military.
"That's nonsense," President Bush's chief spokesman, Scott McClellan, said at the White House. "Conspiracy theories do nothing to help the Haitian people move forward to a better, more free and more prosperous future."
Mr. McClellan and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were both asked about Mr. Aristide's departure. Asked at a Pentagon news briefing if Mr. Aristide had been "virtually kidnapped," Mr. Rumsfeld grinned broadly for several seconds. "I'm trying to pick the right words," he said in evident disdain for the premise behind the question.
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Representatives Charles Rangel of New York and Maxine Waters of California, both Democrats, along with the head of the TransAfrica advocacy group, Randall Robinson, said today that Mr. Aristide had told them that he was abducted and a victim of a coup led by the United States.
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