We not only export our "democracy" but also our twisted thinking.

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Afghan poll staff fired over fraud
Sunday 16 October 2005, 16:20 Makka Time, 13:20 GMT
About 680 ballot boxes have been excluded from the count

"A UN-backed election commission has dismissed about 50 of its staff for suspected fraud in last month's legislative polls, officials said, raising doubts about the legitimacy of Afghanistan's final formal step towards democracy.

About 680 ballot boxes, almost 3% of the total, have been taken out of the counting process because of suspicions they were stuffed, said Richard Atwood, chief of operations for the joint UN-Afghan election commission.

But he said, "the fraud that has occurred does not affect the integrity of the election" and ruled out a re-count."

Al-Jazeera