Abdullah 'may quit Afghan poll, page 1

Abdullah 'may quit Afghan poll, page 1

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Topic started on 31-10-2009 @ 02:56 AM by plumranch

Abdullah 'may quit Afghan poll

Abdullah Abdullah, President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of Afghanistan's presidential election, is reportedly close to quitting

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reply posted on 31-10-2009 @ 02:56 AM by plumranch

Mr Abdullah called for the resignation of key election officials, cabinet ministers and provincial governors as a way to mitigate fraud and corruption.

"The fact is that the infrastructure of this fraud is still there. Almost 1.5 million votes were rigged. Nothing has changed," he told the BBC.

They are not happy in Pakistan!

news.bbc.co.uk
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reply posted on 31-10-2009 @ 03:02 AM by honkusbobo

IMO this is very convenient for Obama. Afghanistan's fraudulent election result that gave it to Karzhai was cited as problematic, even by the administration as to why we should still give a damn about protecting Kabul's hopeless and corrupt government. If Abdullah throws in the towel, Obama has one less excuse to keep the war machine turning.

reply posted on 31-10-2009 @ 03:18 AM by honkusbobo

Sorry, I meant that Obama will have one less excuse to NOT keep it going. Bump so the edit won't be missed.

reply posted on 31-10-2009 @ 12:00 PM by SchmokehSchmokeh

reply to post by plumranch

Was anyone aware that we have our own problem with vote fraud? OUR OWN elections have votes reversed for the other guy in 3 out of 3 of the last presidential elections.

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