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#1 2009-10-19 3:05 pm
- ShnickyShnack
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That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
A smurfload of votes have been voided following accusations of widespread fraud
The rulings dropped Karzai's votes to 48 percent of the total, below the 50 percent threshold needed for him to avoid a runoff with his top challenger, according to calculations by independent election monitors.
It was unclear, however, whether the Afghan-led Independent Election Commission would accept the findings of the fraud panel and announce a runoff. Karzai's spokesman said it was too soon to make a judgment based on the figures released by the panel.
That could mean a further delay in forming a new government that the U.S. believes is needed to help combat the growing Taliban insurgency. A protracted crisis could also lead to political unrest.
An independent calculation by an election monitoring group, Democracy International, showed Karzai with 48.3 percent, or about 2.1 million votes, after more than 995,000 of his votes were thrown out for fraud.
Overall, about 1.3 million votes of the more than 5 million ballots cast were voided. Abdullah lost more than 201,000 votes, but his percentage rose to 31.5 percent from 27.8 percent previously.
Oh dear.
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#2 2009-10-19 3:32 pm
- bedstuy
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#3 2009-10-19 4:19 pm
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
ACORN !
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.
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#4 2009-10-19 7:07 pm
Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
JakeTheTall wrote:
ACORN !
Sometimes you feel like a nut ...
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#5 2009-10-20 8:57 am
- ShnickyShnack
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
A runoff election has been ordered
A lot of people were really, really hoping it wouldn't come to this ...
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#6 2009-10-20 9:35 am
- bedstuy
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
I bet the Iranian leadership is laughing riotously at the US puppet government.
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#7 2009-10-20 9:51 am
- Tallgeese
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
ShnickyShnack wrote:
A runoff election has been ordered
A lot of people were really, really hoping it wouldn't come to this ...
It's a good sign.
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#8 2009-10-20 10:19 am
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
Wow! Can we have those here, too?
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#9 2009-10-20 11:07 am
- [Tycho?]
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
Election on Nov 7th? I didn't think it would be so soon. NATO and US forces in Afghanistan were preparing (or at least claimed to be making preparations) for secure elections months in advance the first time. Considering what a smurf-show these elections have been, I've got to think rebel groups are going to try even harder to disrupt this new set of elections. Should be interesting.
I could bore you with a philosophical tirade about freedom and tyranny, or try and explain to you what new horizons are suddenly open to me, but I doubt you would understand and if you did it might frighten you. That amuses me.
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#10 2009-10-20 11:22 am
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
The weather could keep a lot of the rural people from voting.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#11 2009-10-20 12:17 pm
- ShnickyShnack
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
Tallgeese wrote:
ShnickyShnack wrote:
A runoff election has been ordered
A lot of people were really, really hoping it wouldn't come to this ...It's a good sign.
What if a guy we don't like gets in?
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#12 2009-10-20 12:21 pm
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
Who cares what Canadia likes?
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#13 2009-10-20 12:30 pm
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
bedstuy wrote:
I bet the Iranian leadership is laughing riotously at the US puppet government.
The Iranians would probably like any leadership that can control sunni insurgencies. The Iranians might start to dump Baluchis over the border into Afghanistan if the Afghan leadership and NATO can't control the border. Disgruntled Iranian Baluchis is a group ripe for Taliban-inspired tactics.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#14 2009-10-20 9:55 pm
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Re: That Afghan election? Bit of a situation there, I'm afraid.
Do we like Carzad?
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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