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Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites (apnews.com)

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Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.

The Toussaint Louverture International Airport was closed when the attack occurred, with no planes operating and no passengers on site.

Associated Press journalists saw an armored truck on the tarmac shooting at gangs to try and prevent them from entering airport grounds as scores of employees and other workers fled from whizzing bullets.

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[–] Toes@ani.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At what point do you call it a civil war?

If the gangs are organized and powerful enough to almost push out the military. Seems like it's time to reconsider the terms being used.