Friday, August 21, 2009

Yet Another Contested Election

It's the only kind we hear about any more.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday the Afghanistan election appeared to have been a success, despite what he said were the efforts of Taliban militants to disrupt it.

The election was a test for Obama's new strategy aimed at reversing Taliban gains. U.S. combat casualties have risen amid a U.S. troop buildup, and opinion polls have shown weakening American public support for the war.

  Salon

Okay, a successful election, but who’s the winner?

President Hamid Karzai's campaign and chief rival Abdullah Abdullah both said on Friday they had won Afghanistan's election, but Washington's chief envoy warned candidates not to declare victory prematurely.

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Election officials said no confirmed results had been released.

  TPM



....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.


UPDATE: Success, you say?


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