See: The October Lull in Afghanistan
And NOTHING SINCE!!!
The WAR MUST be OVER!!!!
Otherwise, it would BE IN MY MSM NEWSPAPER EVERY MORNING, right?
Oh, wait, it was:
"UN critical of Afghan, NATO response to attack; Secretary general praises heroism of security officers" by Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | October 31, 2009
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations demanded to know yesterday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with UN staff in Kabul.
This is my guess: "Al-CIA-Duh" Invades Afghanistan
Oh, I guess it is Taliban now.
Afghan authorities denied that they were slow to respond, and a spokesman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said the Afghans did not ask the international force for support....
????????
FLASHBACK:
"Taliban attack on UN house leads to panic and heroics; 11 dead in Kabul after residential hotel is stormed" by Robert H. Reid and Heidi Vogt, Associated Press | October 29, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - The attack began shortly before 6 a.m....
About a mile away from the guest house, one rocket struck the “outer limit’’ of the presidential palace but caused no casualties, presidential spokesman Humayun Hamidzada said. Two more rockets slammed into the grounds of the expensive Serena Hotel, a favorite of foreigners.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the attacks as “an inhuman act’’ and called on the army and police to strengthen security around international facilities. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility in a telephone call to the AP, saying three militants carried out the assault. The Interior Ministry said all were killed....
He call you or you call him?
Related: CIA Assassins Lend a Helping Hand in Afghanistan
Couldn't get a trace, huh?
The mayhem also showed how vulnerable foreigners are in Afghanistan, even in Kabul, which has been relatively secure after eight years of war. The visibly shaken chief of the United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, told reporters the attack “will not deter the UN from continuing all its work’’ in the country.
“We will not be deterred from this noble mission,’’ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in New York. But the attacks underscored the risks facing UN and Afghan officials in organizing a runoff election....
Who gives a shit about some rigged election between two U.S. puppets?!
NOT ME!!!!
The deadly assault pointed to one of the deficiencies in plans for protecting sensitive targets in Kabul.
And CUI BONO?
Afghan authorities are the designated first responders in attacks against civilians in the capital, and the better-equipped and better-trained NATO force is supposed to intervene only if asked by the Afghans.
Pfft!
Although the guest house was full of UN employees, the building itself was a privately owned Afghan business.
A NON-OFFICIAL COVER for WHAT, U.N.?
Ban spoke first at a town hall meeting at UN headquarters where hundreds of staff members stood in silent tribute to the staff members killed in the attack ....
This is carrying the CHARACTERISTICS of a FALSE-FLAG OPERATION more and more!
The Taliban view the balloting as a Western plot.....
Well, when THEY JUST SAW THEM TRY and VALIDATE a RIGGED ELECTION, WHAT ELSE are they supposed to think -- never mind the ACTUAL INVASION and OCCUPATION of a crock full o' LIES!!!!
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Yeah, NO REPORTED VIOLENCE for DAYS but PLENTY of POLITICAL BS -- what I lovingly call S*** FOOLEYS!!!
ENJOY, readers!!!!!
"Afghan rival to announce withdrawal from runoff; Move would damage Karzai’s credibility" by Dexter Filkins and Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times | November 1, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai, plans to announce today his decision to withdraw from the Nov. 7 Afghan runoff election, handing a new five-year term to Karzai but potentially damaging the government’s credibility, according to Western diplomats here and people close to Abdullah. But Abdullah seemed to be keeping his options open....
American and other Western diplomats said they were worried that a defiant statement by Abdullah could lead to violence and undermine Karzai’s legitimacy, and they were urging him to bow out gracefully.... The election deadlock, now in its ninth week, has highlighted the Afghan state’s fragility, as well as showing deep and growing divisions among Afghans. And it has, like so many other recent events here, posed a worsening problem for American and other Western leaders, who have found themselves stuck with a leader who has lost the support of large numbers of Afghans and whose government is widely regarded as corrupt. An Obama administration official said yesterday that the White House had not spoken to Abdullah and that it had no immediate plans to do so.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, traveling in Abu Dhabi, gave the administration’s only comment. “We see that happen in our own country where, for whatever combination of reasons, one of the candidates decides not to go forward,’’ she said. “I don’t think it has anything to do with the legitimacy of the election. It’s a personal choice which may or may not be made.’’
I can't believe Obama is letting her be his voice to the world.
I'm so embarrassed!
The concern among diplomats here yesterday was that Abdullah would denounce Karzai even as he bowed out of the race, possibly causing greater anger, and even violence, among his followers.
Yeah, WHAT ABOUT THAT, NYT?
American and Western diplomats were leaning on Abdullah to pull out with little rancor and to urge his supporters to accept the fact that Karzai would be president. Karzai’s supporters are hoping he will, too. Over the past month, as the evidence of vote stealing piled up, Karzai’s ministers carried on with extraordinary self-confidence, portraying the fraud, and the runoff itself, as a nuisance that, once overcome, would allow them to get on with their jobs....
Yup, all a S***-EATING GRIN of a GAME is POLITICS!
Pfffft!
Muhammad Ismail Yoon, a university professor close to Karzai, said Abdullah knew that if he went through with a second round, the Afghans would desert him. “No one invests in a loser in Afghanistan,’’ he said.
Except for the US MILITARY in this ROTTEN WAR!!!!!!!
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Also see: The Boston Globe's Invisible Ink: Karzai's Kin
Now, about that VIOLENCE!
KABUL - Western officials, who leaned heavily on Karzai to accept a runoff election after the tainted first round, are now pressing the president and Afghan electoral officials to find a legally acceptable way to cancel the runoff and declare Karzai the winner.
Abdullah quit six days before the vote after last-minute talks led by the United States and United Nations failed to produce a power-sharing agreement acceptable to Karzai, according to a Western diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations....
Pfft!
Yeah, right, KARZAI TOLD the GLOBALISTS what was acceptable!
I didn't know Karzai is Jewish.
Kerry Wants to Cut Deal With Taliban
AmeriKa Canning Karzai?
So I guess THIS was the DEAL, huh?
US officials yesterday sought to play down the importance of Abdullah’s withdrawal....
Sigh. So you have been reading unimportant shit, readers?
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Abdullah for running a “dignified and constructive campaign that drew the support of Afghan people across the nation. We hope that he will continue to stay engaged in the national dialogue and work on behalf of the security and prosperity of the people of Afghanistan.’’
American military officials emphasized that the command in Afghanistan and the Pentagon were working hard not to involve themselves in the politics - remaining neutral on who should be elected.
When they LIE by ROTE WTF are you supposed to do? Believe them?
So ALL the BIGWIGS putting pressure on these tools was BULLS*** -- along with the MSM coverage?
White House officials have debated whether to make the final decision on troop levels before or after the Afghan voting. If the election does not proceed, reasons for delay might seem flimsier.
“If anything, it will speed the debate up,’’ a Defense official said. “Karzai is the guy. . . . There is nothing we can do about it.’’
************************The election imbroglio has taken place as President Obama deliberates whether to deepen US involvement in the war, including deploying tens of thousands of additional troops. A weak and discredited government in Kabul would make it more difficult to persuade a disillusioned American public and Congress to up the ante on a life-and-death commitment.
They WORK US IN as much as the VIOLENCE, don't they?
And you can MAKE THAT LINK yourself!
Senior adviser David Axelrod said yesterday that the White House was weeks away from a decision on more troops....
Other military officials believe the White House has settled on a timetable for making decisions....
Translation: YOU are behind DECEIVED AGAIN, America!
Didn't we "vote" for "change?"
So WHAT ABOUT the ACTUAL WARS, MSM?
WHO DIED YESTERDAY!!!!!!!???
