BREAKING: Afghan Elections Going to Hell...

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Saturday October 09, 2004 · 3:40 AM PDT

2004/10/09 · 03:40

This isn't good for Bush...didn't he just say in the debate last night that elections in Afghanistan were a sign that everything is going "great" and that we can look forward to elections in Iraq that will be great...

How will the White House spin the bazillionth foreign policy fiasco? Let's see...

From the AP...

Afghan opposition candidates boycott election, Won't Recognize Results
By DANIEL COONEY
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's first direct
presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it began
Saturday, when the 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid
Karzai said they would boycott the results, alleging fraud over the
ink meant to ensure people voted only once.
The boycott undermined hopes of Afghan voters who had braved
threats of Taliban violence and crammed polling stations throughout
this ethnically diverse nation. The election is seen as a crucial
step toward bringing peace and prosperity to a country of 25
million nearly ruined by more than two decades of war.
The opposition candidates, meeting at the house of Uzbek
candidate Abdul Satar Sirat, signed a petition saying they would
not recognize the results of the vote, saying mix-ups with the ink
used to mark voters' thumbs opened the way for widespread fraud.
"Today's election is not a legitimate election. It should be
stopped and we don't recognize the results," said Sirat, who is an
ex-aide to Afghanistan's last king.

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