wired.com - 29 days ago
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This week’s deadly insurgent attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul — along with the attack on the Serena Hotel — seemed to have one very specific goal: To disrupt Afghanistan’s upcoming presidential runoff election, which is scheduled for Nov. 7.
After Afghan President Hamid ...
taylormarsh.com - 10/30/2009
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taylormarsh.com —
This post has been edited and updated with
reporting from the event. The event today, “Afghanistan: Basic...
Questions – Strategic Choices,” was organized by the Rand Corp., with Steve Clemons of NAF. As backdrop, ...
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Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
mudvillegazette.com - 30 days ago
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mudvillegazette.com —
( Part one here ) ***** As the
scheduled November 7 second round election date draws near,...
last minute efforts to replace the Karzai government in Afghanistan are moving into high gear. From London : Dr Abdullah Abdullah is meeting his main allies in Kabul today and tomorrow to ...
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Round two (part two)
mudvillegazette.com - 29 days ago
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mudvillegazette.com —
Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai's main rival for office
of President of Afghanistan, has withdrawn from the scheduled...
Novemvber 7 runoff election there, saying his demands for ensuring a fraud-free election had not been met. However, he stopped short of calling for his supporters to boycott the ...
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Abdullah Abduallah pulls out - should we?
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Tomgram: Afghanistan as a Bailout State
TomDispatch —
... the "winner" in an election in which, it seemed, more ballot boxes were stuffed than voters arrived at the polls. In its wake, and in the name of having an effective "democratic" partner in Afghanistan, the foreigners stepped in: Senator John Kerry, Richard Holbrooke, and other envoys appeared in Kabul or made telephone calls to whisper sweet somethings in ears and twist arms. The result was a second round of voting slated for November 7th and likely only to compound the initial injury. No matter the result -- and Abdullah Abdullah, ...
Too Big to Fail?
Antiwar.com Original —
... – was the “winner” in an election in which, it seemed, more ballot boxes were stuffed than voters arrived at the polls. In its wake, and in the name of having an effective “democratic” partner in Afghanistan, the foreigners stepped in: Sen. John Kerry, Richard Holbrooke, and other envoys appeared in Kabul or made telephone calls to whisper sweet somethings in ears and twist arms . The result was a second round of voting slated for Nov. 7 and likely only to compound the initial injury. No matter the result – and Abdullah Abdullah, ...
Too Big to Fail? Why All the President's Afghan Options Are Bad Ones
Commondreams.org Views —
... "winner" in an election in which, it seemed, more ballot boxes were stuffed than voters arrived at the polls. In its wake, and in the name of having an effective "democratic" partner in Afghanistan, the foreigners stepped in: Senator John Kerry, Richard Holbrooke, and other envoys appeared in Kabul or made telephone calls to whisper sweet somethings in ears and twist arms . The result was a second round of voting slated for November 7th and likely only to compound the initial injury. No matter the result -- and Abdullah Abdullah, ...
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