Afghan president Karzai accuses UN over election fraud

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

"There was fraud in the presidential and provincial election, with no doubt there was massive fraud," Mr Karzai said.

"This wasn't fraud by Afghans but the fraud of foreigners, the fraud of Galbraith, or (head of the EU's observers Philippe) Morillon, and the votes of the Afghan nation were in the control of an embassy."

Mr Galbraith, a former US diplomat, was dismissed last year after alleging that the UN was not doing enough to combat fraud in the election.
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"At first I thought it was an April Fool's joke but I realised I don't have that kind of warm, personal relationship with President Karzai that he would do that," he said.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8598843.stm

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Wow, the guy has got a nerve.

[Bragi]

1. Puppet bites ass of puppeteer!

Seriously, this is the piece of shit that U.S troops are dying for.

Related to this, I see the Chinese are coming to the nuclear security summit in Washington later this month.

Maybe anti-war demonstrators should show up to ask the Chinese to cut off the funds they are loaning to the U.S that make this travesty possible.

CHINA: STOP THE LOANS! END OUR WARS!

[LuckyLib]

2. Hamid, you just might be getting on our last nerve. It's time to bring those troops home.

[Robb]

3. Tick, tock, Karzai.

I've got bets to win, and you've gotta be out by summer. Keep it up. :D

[Flaneur]

7. You've said similar things repeatedly. One question:

Who is going to replace him? Those nice gentlemen from the Northern Alliance? And how are they going to achieve peace with their Pashtun compatriots? Okay, several questions.

[Robb]

8. Omar Zakhilwal, Mohammad Hanif Atmar or Abdul Raheem Wardak.

All moderates, all in the current cabinet, all favored by the Obama administration and all Pashtun.

[robinblue]

4. Afghan President Harshly Rebukes West and U.N.

Source: nytimes



April 1, 2010
Afghan President Harshly Rebukes West and U.N.
By ALISSA J. RUBIN

KABUL, Afghanistan — Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, delivered an extraordinarily harsh criticism Thursday of the Western governments fighting in his country, the United Nations and the Anglo-American press, accusing them them of perpetrating the fraud that denied him an outright victory in last summer’s presidential elections.

He said they risked being seen as invaders rather than saviors of the country after eight years of war against the Taliban.

In a 50-minute speech given at the Independent High Election Commission, which oversaw the presidential election, and later broadcast on national television, Mr. Karzai used nationalist rhetoric and accusations of conspiracy against him and his country just two days after President Barack Obama had come for his first visit as president.

The speech seemed more a measure of Mr. Karzai’s mood in the wake of Mr. Obama’s visit, in which Mr. Obama rebuked the Afghan’s president for his failure to reform election rules and crack down on corruption. At points in the speech, Mr. Karzai used inflammatory language about the West.

“There is no doubt that the fraud was very widespread, but this fraud was not committed by Afghans, it was committed by foreigners. This fraud was committed by Galbraith, this fraud was committed by Morillon and this fraud was committed by embassies,” said Mr. Karzai. He was referring to Peter Galbraith, the deputy United Nations special representative to Afghanistan at the time of the election and the person who helped reveal the fraud, and Philippe Morillon, the chief election observer for the European Union.

Later in the speech he accused the Western coalition fighting here to shore up his government of being on the verge of becoming invaders—a term usually used by insurgents when they refer the American, British and other NATO troops. And, if they came to be seen as that they would be encouraging the insurgency, he said. ................


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/asia/02afghan.html

[tinymontgomery]

5. So we can bring everyone home now right

I mean he doesn't need our protection anymore.

[Knight Hawk]

6. A trustworthy friend?

So let me get this straight.Obama has barely left this place and meeting with Karzai and this is what the man says.As someone who has been in combat in foreign countries ,let me say it one more time.Leave Iraq and Afghanistan in the next 90 days COMPLETELY.Also take a hard look at other countries including South Korea.Come home and take care of each other,Americans first period.............