October 12, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, decided by an eminent panel of brown nosing illuminati in February 2009, less than a month after his inauguration, has been unfairly criticised by spoilsports and racists, determined to diss the US and generally keep a good man down. What will they say when it is revealed that has also [...]
September 14, 2009 – 1:57 pm
A credible, inclusive and secure election was intended to deliver a government with sufficient legitimacy to win back the trust of the population and to work with the US and NATO to restore Afghan Sovereignty. Instead, the Afghan population in general, and the youth and political activists in particular, now believe that a deeply flawed [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Culture, Global security, Insurgency, democracy
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Also tagged Afghan election fraud, Ashraf Ghani, Bank of Ghazanhar, Bashardost, Clare Lockhart, Dostum, government of national unity, Hamid Karzai transitiona government, Institute of State Effectiveness, Insurgency, interest free loan of $2 million to Karzai, Karzai declares assets of $1000, Karzai-Abdullah coalition, popular Afghan insurgency, Richard Holbrooke, Taliban
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August 25, 2009 – 9:08 pm
“If Karzai’s warlord cronies have over-egged the firnee and their boy romps home with an incredible margin, Iran-style riots are almost inevitable. On the other hand, if he narrowly wins, it will be more difficult for the opposition forces to cry foul. Given that he achieved only 54 per cent in 2004, the ‘ideal’ result [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Afghanistan, Asia, Global security, Human rights, Insurgency, Law and order, United Nations, War on Terror, citizens' rights, civil rights, democracy
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Also tagged afghanistan elections karzai lead narrows, Hamid Karzai, Karzai and abdullah to settle election with a pro wrestling bout, karzai campaign financed with 2 million dollar interest free loan, thus magazine proposes jeb bush as afghan election monitor
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August 23, 2009 – 11:54 am
While resisting the temptation to say ‘we told you so’ (Thus passim) – it is glaringly evident that, as predicted, the Afghan elections were neither free nor fair. Except that by an extraordinary contortion of logic and semantics, the EU monitors have declared that they were ‘generally fair but not free.’ Well, thanks for putting [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Afghanistan, Global security, Insurgency, Intifada, Policy, Political spin, US Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, citizens' rights, civil rights, democracy, miscarriage of justice
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Also tagged Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan elections neither free nor fair says Thus Magazine, EU election monitors, Hamid Karzai, John J Kelly, Muhammad Qasim Fahim, neither warlord will secure more than 50% of a turnout well below 50% of the population in the first place, Pashtun, Takik, UNAMA, warlords
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August 18, 2009 – 2:23 pm
This morning, with two days to go, the BBC uncovered evidence of massive Afghan election fraud. Why are we not surprised? Leaving aside the fact that Thus reported this ‘possibility’ back in April, and again yesterday (see previous post) there have been several telltale signs that the promoters of Democracy Inc. are prepared to turn [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Afghanistan, Global security, Insurgency, Law and order, Politics, US Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, democracy
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Also tagged Afghan election, Afghan insurgency, Ashar Ghani, by John J Kelly, Dostum, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, Iran election fraud, John J Kelly, massive election fraud uncovered by BBC, Obama, Obama's war of necessity, Taliban, UNAMA
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August 17, 2009 – 4:32 pm
Whatever it is, it isn’t a free and fair Afghan election. At least the media are finally admitting it (Thus passim) even if the reason is largely the upsurge in military casualties. Saturday’s lethal car bomb outside NATO headquarters in Kabul was a cynical signal from the Taliban that they can more or less get [...]
By John Kelly
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Posted in Afghanistan, Politics, War on Terror
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Also tagged Afghan elections likely to be a deadly farce, Ashraf Ghani, by John J Kelly, civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, India, Insurgency, Karzai family interests, managed democracy, NATO, Northern Alliance, Operation Enduring Freedom, Pakistan, pashtuns, Tajik, Taliban, UN, UNAMA, United Nations, War on Terror
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