re: #317 albusteve
Yes, and more have been requested. I presume armed with M-16/M4 if American and with other standard issue if not. But back me up fighter pilot, that does not mean a lot of fire power in the streets right now. Some of those guys are probably on the airfield or similar location, those that are patrolling will be providing security to docs and bigwigs (Pres Clinton et al). A large number of those troops are fixing things, digging through rubble looking for bodies/survivors, repairing infrastructure, bringing in planes, etc. According to Gen Steel earlier, most of the security has been provided ths far by UN and local police. Maybe Haitians are capable of behaving like civilized people in a very trying time. I’m sure in the next few days, the thugs among them will start to show their true colors and those additional troops will come in handy!