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Byline: Susannah A. Nesmith, Nancy San Martin and Martin Merzer
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Rebel leaders rolled triumphantly into Haiti's capital on Monday and, for once, jubilation supplanted violence.
Crowds of people applauded. Some shouted, "Gonaives, Gonaives," the birthplace of the rebellion that toppled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Others chanted "Aristide has left! Aristide has left!"
Meanwhile, U.S. Marines secured key sites around the city for a multinational force that's expected to include 5,000 troops.
"We don't want to see (Haitian) police ever again because they killed too many people," said Reynaldo Mayen of Port-au-Prince. "The best person in all of Haiti is named Guy Philippe."
Philippe, the most visible of the rebel leaders, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Triumphant rebels arrive in Haiti's capital.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)