US Marine Colonel Dave Berger said his 200 troops would neither disarm rebels nor pro-Aristide militants, nor police the city.
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 US troops would go to Haiti for a "relatively short period." They would participate in an interim force, which could include as many as 5,000 troops from several countries, that would stay until a UN peacekeeping force arrived.
Amnesty International called for the arrest of rebel leaders Louis-Jodel Chamblain and Jean Pierre Baptiste, who escaped from jail. Both have been convicted of murder.
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