1. The Haitian military have shown no willingness to compromise and Washington now wants U N authorization to use military power to enforce sanctions against them. 2. American officials said there were indications of dissatisfaction in the lower ranks of the Haitian military. 3. Administration officials are confident that the American-led invasion force can quickly crush any resistance from the Haitian military. 4. Almost every major business and industry in Port-au-Prince shut down, and the ones that remained open had to pay bribes to highly placed officers in the Haitian military. 5. But a crowd of several hundred people hooted down the recruits when they recognized them as veterans of the repressive Haitian military that had served in the northern city. 6. But American intelligence analysts here and in Haiti predict that the Haitian military will try to bluff America right to the end. 7. But for the bishops of Haiti, the thought of Aristide back in power is nearly as alarming as to the Haitian military. 8. But that is viewed as unworkable, not only because it is clearly unacceptable to Washington but also because it has run into opposition within the Haitian military. 9. But there are also indications of disagreement over much more significant issues, like how to go about reforming the Haitian military. 10. But this caution kept soldiers from the necessary jobs of disarming and arresting members of the Haitian military and a brutal paramilitary group known as Fraph. |