Afghan Govt ‘Completely Prepared’ to Secure Poll
Attacks, Threats Against Candidates on the Rise
Just days after a report by Human Rights Watch detailing what a poor job the Afghan government was doing in securing the nation ahead of Saturday’s parliamentary vote, the office of President Hamid Karzai came out to laud their preparedness.
“According to a joint plan with international forces, Afghan security forces are completely prepared to secure the election and polling centres,” the statement insisted, adding that Karzai had told security officials to use “everything at their disposal” to secure the vote.
But threats against candidates, particularly women, are on the rise, and at least one candidate has been killed in an attack. A number of election workers have also been slain, and even NATO troops have killed some, with a missile strike against an election convoy killing at least 10 and wounding a candidate.
US officials have downplayed expectations for the vote, predicting that it will be marred by much the same fraud we saw last year, that continues to leave the Karzai’s legitimacy very much in doubt. Karzai won a first round of voting on the basis of millions of phantom votes and won by default in the second round when his opponent gave up in protest over Karzai’s unwillingness to tackle corruption in the election commissions.
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Bruce Richardson
September 14th, 2010 at 5:49 am
During this troubling time in Afghanistan all interested parties must be cautious and alert to the possibility of "flase flag"operations. Vested interests, to wit, the "Military Industrial Complex" and the gangster element in Afghanistan have and are capable of mounting operations to appear the work of those they oppose, when in fact it is they themselves that mounted said operation.
As an example, Aisha, an Afghan woman who was horribly disfigured was said to have been a victim of Taliban atrocity, when it was revealed that they were not responsible. This horrible crime received enormous attention ih the U.S. mediaas an example of what may transpire if U.S. troops withdraw. Obviously, this outrageous propaganda will take its toll on factions within Afghanistan in the minds of the American populace and therefore provide additional support for continued warfare as the contractors smile all the way to the bank..