au-Prince, Haiti, Jan 19, SPA -- Two Jordanian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations in Haiti have been shot dead in a volatile district of the capital, Port-au-Prince. A third UN soldier, also from Jordan, was injured in the attack on a checkpoint in the Cite Soleil district. The deaths come a day after protesters demanded the UN take action against crime before the 7th February elections. Peacekeepers were sent to Haiti after President Jean Bertrand Aristide was ousted in 2004. Cite Soleil is a sprawling slum area of Port-au-Prince regarded as fiercely loyal to Aristide. The area is often blighted by violence and controlled by gangs loyal to the ousted president. The BBC's Simon Watts says the Jordanian troops in Haiti have one of the toughest assignments on a very tough mission.
