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Poll Stations Close in Historic Afghan Elections With No Major Taliban Attacks
REUTERS ^
Posted on 10/09/2004 4:58:57 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
Oct. 9, 2004 — KABUL (Reuters) - Poll stations officially closed in Afghanistan's historic presidential election on Saturday with no reports of any major attacks by Taliban militants who had vowed to sabotage the process.
The stations closed at 4 p.m. but people already in line will be allowed to vote, officials said.
The election has been jolted by a boycott of 15 of the 18 candidates in the fray, who alleged irregularities in the conduct of the poll. Election authorities said the complaints did not justify halting the voting.
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: afghanelection; afghanistan; napalminthemorning; voting; wot
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Visions of Miami come Nov 2nd?
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posted on
10/09/2004 4:58:57 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
To: All
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:00:17 AM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
(Just 25 more days until November 2nd.)
To: Happy2BMe
Hallelujah! Thanks to God (and the 82nd, among others) for a safe election day. LET FREEDOM RING!
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:02:02 AM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: Happy2BMe
Follow the same principle that will be followed in Iraq. If a district is too full of risks from terrorists, then that district does not participate in the election and all who support them get left out of the process. Similarly, in Afghanistan, candidates who boycot the election have effectively conceded their own election to the opposition. After all, how can you vote for someone who refuses to run.
To: Happy2BMe
Visions of Iraq in january
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:04:22 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
To: Happy2BMe
KABUL (Reuters) - Poll stations officially closed in Afghanistan's historic presidential election on Saturday with no reports of any major attacks There must not be any AFL-CIO goons residing in Afghanistan.
To: Happy2BMe
This, added to the Aussie result, is a very good thing for all the administration efforts.
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:05:50 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: Happy2BMe
Those are brave people, those Afghans who turned out to vote. God bless them.
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:06:15 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: johniegrad
When Ireland was partitioned in 1922, Catholic politicians boycotted the political process as a "protest" What they accomplished was Protestant control and a missing 'official' Catholic voice for two entire generations.
Boycott = abdication.
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:14:41 AM PDT
by
maica
To: maica
To: Happy2BMe
To quote a famous gentleman who first planted the flag of liberty on a forsaken landscape:
"One giant leap for mankind."
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:18:39 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(John Kerry: The" you're rubber and I'm glue" candidate.)
To: Coop
or, in this case, let freedom rise!
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:20:31 AM PDT
by
dep
(No, we don't have editors. We ARE editors.)
To: Happy2BMe
Great news! I hope these pictures get out to the mainstream masses.
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:21:19 AM PDT
by
Jackknife
(.......Land of the Free,because of the Brave.)
To: Happy2BMe
Afghanistan!!! LET FREEDOM RING! Thank God!!! Afghanistan is FREE and Mr. Howard is re-elected in Australia! It's a beautiful Day!
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:25:16 AM PDT
by
Woogit
To: Happy2BMe
To: Woogit
Afghanistan!!! LET FREEDOM RING! Thank God!!! Afghanistan is FREE and Mr. Howard is re-elected in Australia! It's a beautiful Day!
Hallelujah! It is truly a beautiful day. Liberty's century is dawning around the world.
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:33:29 AM PDT
by
JustaCowgirl
(Terrorists will "global test" us right off the planet)
To: Happy2BMe
Congratulations on a safe and FREE election in Afghanistan for what I've heard is the FIRST TIME in human history!
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:34:16 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Why are we in Iraq? Just point the whiners here: http://www.massgraves.info)
To: Happy2BMe
The election has been jolted by a boycott of 15 of the 18 candidates in the fray, who alleged irregularities in the conduct of the poll. Now why couldn't the DemonRATs follow the example of the 15, since they're complaining about the tactics they invented and use? :-)
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:37:04 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(John F'em Ke(rr)y - I am for & against a lot of things, but I was always for higher taxes.)
To: Happy2BMe
What absolutely terrific news.
Our soldiers did a great job making sure the vote went forward.
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:41:10 AM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Peach
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posted on
10/09/2004 5:44:02 AM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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