Doctors Without Borders: Haiti Aid Planes refused landings

RussiaToday
January 19, 2010
France has accused the U.S. of occupying quake-devastated Haiti, saying Washington is hindering the relief effort with its troops surge. More foreign soldiers and police are being sent to the Island-nation, where looting and violence are on the rise, as people are still desperate for vital supplies - a week after the disaster. The French minister in charge of humanitarian relief, Alain Joyandet, has asked the UN to clarify America's role in Haiti. He says after US troops took charge of the main airport, they've been turning away aircraft carrying aid, in favour of military planes. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office tried to play down reports of the rift with the U.S, saying cooperation between the two countries was going well. But the charity Doctors without Borders backed Joyandet's call to the UN, adding that aid delays threaten lives.