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Violent Elections
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 09/19/2010 10:48:56

Good morning bloggees! Velveeta has been called in to work...... that's right..... WORK! And, at this unGodly hour! The sun has the sense not to wake up this early.

So, as you can imagine, it's open blog. Though I pulled this from HuffPo as a topic:

Despite Taliban rocket strikes and bombings, Afghans voted for a new parliament, the first election since a fraud-marred presidential ballot last year cast doubt on the legitimacy of the embattled government.

As officials tally votes over the next few days, the real test begins: Afghans will have to decide whether to accept the results as legitimate despite a modest turnout and early evidence of fraud.

The Taliban had pledged to disrupt the vote and launched attacks starting with a rocket fired into the capital before dawn Saturday. The insurgent group followed with a series of morning rocket strikes that hit major cities just as people were going to the polls – or weighing whether to risk it.

At least 11 civilians and three police officers were killed, accoring to the Interior Ministry. The governor of Kandahar province survived a bombing as he drove between voting sites. In all, there were 33 bomb explosions and 63 rocket attacks, said Interior Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi. He said 27 Taliban were killed Saturday.


Just when I think we should be out of Afghanistan, this makes me think I might be wrong. I dunno. But I just hate, hate, hate seeing all this violence. And, women back in burkas.
 

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