The US and Canada hyped up a December conference in New York where 18 countries pledged troops and resources for Haiti's Gang Suppression Force after the place kept getting wrecked by violent gangs. Chad apparently offered 1,500 soldiers, while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka threw in combat units, and Kenya already has 700 cops deployed on the ground dealing with the chaos.
The whole operation is supposed to hit 5,500 personnel with help from African and South Asian nations stepping up since Haiti's transitional government wants to run actual elections for the first time in almost ten years. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé said the international backup shows everyone gets how bad the security crisis has gotten, and the force needs to restore state authority before the country can stabilize.
The whole operation is supposed to hit 5,500 personnel with help from African and South Asian nations stepping up since Haiti's transitional government wants to run actual elections for the first time in almost ten years. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé said the international backup shows everyone gets how bad the security crisis has gotten, and the force needs to restore state authority before the country can stabilize.
