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Another left-wing conspiracy theory.

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Administration Denies Forcing Aristide Out

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and military and diplomatic officials on Monday denied allegations Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was kidnapped by U.S. forces eager for him to resign and be spirited into exile.

With U.S. military forces already on the ground in the Caribbean nation and more on the way, chief presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said, "It's nonsense, and conspiracy theories do nothing to help the Haitian people move forward to a better more free, more prosperous future."

An African-American activist, Randall Robinson, said Aristide told him on the phone Monday that he had been kidnapped at gunpoint by American soldiers and ousted in a U.S. coup d'etat. Aristide said he was being held prisoner at the Renaissance Palace in Bangui, Central African Republic, Robinson said.

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., told CNN that when he spoke with Aristide on Monday morning, the exiled Haitian leader told him that the international community had let him down - "that he was kidnapped, that he resigned under pressure, that he was taken to a Central African country."

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., told CNN she talked on the phone with Aristide's wife, Mildred, who said that Aristide was "forced to leave his home." Waters said an U.S. Embassy official told Aristide that he "had to go now - that if he didn't go he would be killed and a lot of Haitians would be killed."

Powell said flatly, "He was not kidnapped. We did not force him on the airplane. He went on the plane willingly."