Well, now we have the elections in Afghanistan which restored US puppet Hamid Karzai (El Presidente from UNOCAL) to power an admitted fraud (with plenty of hard evidence to back it up) and I am waiting to see if ABCNNBCBS makes the same big deal out of that vote fraud.
Probably not, but let's at least rub their noses in it." -- Wake the Flock Up
"Laura King, Kal Eide
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F*** YOU, Globe! What are YOU HIDING NOW?
"U.N. official defends Afghanistan election despite widespread fraud" by Laura King, Los Angeles Times | October 12, 2009
Days before the outcome of Afghanistan's contentious presidential vote was expected to be announced, the head of the United Nations mission in the country acknowledged Sunday that widespread electoral fraud had occurred.
But the official, Kai Eide, strongly contested allegations by his former deputy that he had engaged in a cover-up of vote-rigging by supporters of President Hamid Karzai. He also expressed confidence that a partial recount, carried out by Afghan officials and now under review by a U.N.-backed body, would yield an acceptable result....
So much for any UN credibility at all.
Western powers, which had hoped that the Aug. 20 vote would provide a strong mandate to Afghanistan's central government and help galvanize a troubled war effort. Instead, wrangling over the results has heightened ethnic tensions and disillusioned many Afghans.
Yeah, elections will do that to you.
At his news conference, Eide offered his most detailed rebuttal yet of accusations put forth by veteran U.S. diplomat Peter W. Galbraith, his former deputy. Galbraith was fired by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last month after the extent of his dispute with Eide, a Norwegian, became embarrassingly public.
Acknowledging that he and Galbraith had clashed over so-called ghost polling stations, Eide said many Afghans would have been unable to vote if he had followed his deputy's call to close a number of stations where the security situation would prevent observers from being present.
He also denied he had covered up reports of ballot-stuffing and other forms of fraud, saying he had refused only to make public allegations that could not be independently corroborated.
The dispute has split the U.N. mission, which confirmed that four staffers who had worked for Galbraith resigned after he was fired. Eide's defense of himself and the electoral process, however, was accompanied by a pointed affirmation of support from Western envoys.
Ambassadors from the United States, Britain, Germany and France attended his news conference in a show of solidarity, together with the senior envoys of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Although the diplomats did not address reporters, their presence was clearly meant to underscore Western determination to salvage the credibility of the vote, in which Karzai is expected to emerge as the victor....
And EVEN THIS S*** PIECE was CENSORED!
On television news shows yesterday, US lawmakers disagreed on whether additional troops are needed. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee, said the US mission is in serious jeopardy and needs more troops to turn the tide against the increasingly potent Taliban.
Senator John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, said it would be "an error of historic proportions" if Obama decides against a significantly larger US presence.
Yeah, that's your WAR 'debate" in AmeriKa.
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"Official resigns Afghan panel; Cites interference in fraud inquiry" by Robert H. Reid, Associated Press | October 13, 2009
KABUL - Efforts to resolve Afghanistan’s fraud-marred presidential election suffered new setbacks yesterday when one of two Afghans on the commission looking into alleged cheating resigned over “foreign interference’’ and UN officials acknowledged that errors and miscommunication had plagued the investigation.
Allegations of widespread fraud in the Aug. 20 balloting threaten to scuttle the international strategy to combat the burgeoning Taliban insurgency at a time when public support for the war in the United States and Western Europe is waning.
The who insurgency?
The United States and its international partners are anxious for a UN-backed commission to wrap up its investigation into fraud charges and determine whether President Hamid Karzai won....
One of the two Afghans on the commission, Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai, said he was resigning because the three foreigners on the panel - one American, one Canadian, and one Dutch - were “making all decisions on their own.’’
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UN spokesman Aleem Siddique called the resignation “regrettable’’ but said the United Nations continues to trust that the group will produce a fair outcome. “We have full confidence in the ECC as the important work continues,’’ Siddique said, adding that the United Nations “stands by the work that they are doing on behalf of the Afghan people.’’
Oh, is THAT whose behalf they are working on?
An Afghan boy selling brooms waited for customers yesterday. In the background is an election poster in Kabul portraying second-place presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah. (AP Photo/ Musadeq Sadeq)
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