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US to lead security force in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) Mar 05, 2004
 The US military will lead the interim international security force deployed in Haiti to restore order, the head of French forces, General Henri Clement-Bollet said.

The force made up of US, French, Canadian and Chilean troops is the advanced element of a UN peacekeeping force expected to be ready in two or three months.

The US military agreed to officially take command of the interim force at a meeting on Friday with French and other counterparts, the general said.

Canada said Friday it will send 450 troops to join the stablization force after President Jean Bertrand Aristide resigned and fled.

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