October 10, 2004

Afghanistan Election

Great photo at The Politburo Diktat: There is no story per se, just some links and the photo (it is of people lined up around several blocks standing in line to vote) The Commissar links to two stories and quotes from them: bq. Criminals in Afghanistan Stage Election Performance: Afghanistan's historic presidential election closed on Saturday without any of the feared large-scale violence, but the vote was thrown into turmoil when most candidates said a flawed process made the poll invalid. All 15 of President Hamid bq. Karzai's rivals said they were withdrawing from the election because systems to prevent illegal multiple voting had gone awry. The move effectively left Karzai, the favorite to win anyway, as the only candidate in the fray. bq. Election officials refused to halt the process, which appeared to have been embraced enthusiastically by most voters across the rugged Islamic nation despite fears of violence by Taliban militants. There is more -- go there now -- magic is happening in this country. Posted by DaveH at October 10, 2004 12:10 AM