In Haiti, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has called on the international community to help Haiti stop the fighting and to prevent a humanitarian crisis. He said '’I ask the international community to hurry up and prevent the flow of blood. I ask the international community to hurry up and augment the number of policemen. Hurry, hurry to stop the terrorists.'’ Hours after Aristide’s plea, his opponents rejected a U.S.-backed compromise that would have kept the democratically-elected Aristide to stay as president with reduced powers. His opponents say they will accept nothing but his resignation. Guy Philippe, who is seen as leading the opposition, said his men are preparing to attack the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. He said 'There is no `if.' I will succeed because the people will let us.” Philippe is a former Haitian police chief who had to flee Haiti in 2000 after he was discovered plotting a coup. He received training by US Special Forces in Ecuador during the 1991-1994 coup. On the international front, French officials invited members of Aristide’s government and the opposition to meet in Paris later this week. And the Miami Herald reports that the Rev. Al Sharpton plans to travel to Haiti as a mediator.