Posted on 11/24/2004 11:03:34 PM PST by Destro
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Winner declared in Ukraine; opposition calls for national strike
By Peter Finn / The Washington Post
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's Central Elections Commission declared Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych the winner of the country's bitterly disputed presidential vote Wednesday, defying strong pressure from the United States and other Western countries. In response, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko called for a national strike starting Thursday.
Following the commission's ruling that Yanukovych won 49.46 percent of the vote to 46.61 percent for Yushchenko, rhetoric from both camps escalated, with each accusing the other of planning a coup. Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters remained in the streets, pressing their claim that Yanukovych stole the election. Smaller numbers of Yanukovych supporters also arrived in the city.
Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, one of Yuschenko's key strategists, said the opposition was "organizing citizens, stopping lessons at schools and universities, stopping work at enterprises, stopping transport ... and, thus, we'll force the authorities to think about what they are doing."
President Kuchma said that Yushchenko's supporters were trying to "carry out ... a coup d'etat," according to the Interfax News Agency. He told foreign governments to "refrain from interference in Ukraine's affairs."
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I didn't hear a peep from Blair.
right....this is about ukraine's election not the us election, i'm pretty sure we didnt have russian tanks in our streets to make sure the fraudulant vote gets passed.
What is our Defcon?
I am calling your bluff - link article that shows Russian tanks in the streets of a Ukranian city.
Since I've been reading the British press surrounding our election, I'm reluctant to take sides on this one. If one follows the NYT and reads many columnists, one might think that GWB was destroying not only America but the rest of the world and that he had "stolen" the election. Often these days, one even sees the word "election" surrounded by quotes. I don't know enough about Ukrainian politics to know what is right. I noted that the city of Donetsk is supporting the current leader and is not protesting. It is a major city.
6 posted on 11/24/2004 11:32:36 AM EST by Another Thought
Every time I think of orchestrated strikes, I think of Kosovo. And rightfully so.
Curious, just how the heck would the "entire free world" know one way or the other? Blackbird.
regarding #15 - not what you expected was it?
There is this very false equivalence going on here - aided and abetted by a Synchronicity with a nasty sense of humor. Is it completely impossible that exit polling - ridiculously skewed to represent 'Rat voters could be wrong here - but much more accurate in the Ukraine - where wholesale ballot stuffing was seen by all observers?
Facts matter.
In a year or two, you could buy your kid a computer too. Problem solved. ;)
It is very ironic indeed.
Someone posted this -- but I haven't seen it anywhere else, and it could just be propaganda to incite people.
New Confirmation: 2 Russian Planes landed in Kiev (KBP) carrying russian Special Forces..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1288077/posts
It wouldn't be the first time, the media makes things up, for a purpose.
You'll learn a lot from the first one. By the next one you'll be parenting in your sleep. Have a few more and get a lot of experience.
They screwed up - the lobby group for them in America posted the information - which was reposted on FreeRepublic. It is how powerful advocacy groups put out rumors - which then can serve as news feed.
Yes I think one post said there were 1000 Russian special forces in two planes. I thought it was the Moscow circus come to town with a substitute for the volkswagon, but I was wondering if you could tell me more about it. How big do planes come anyway?
That's not so strange, still it looks like too bad sides in many ways, but it's probably the case that the election was a fraud.
The Russians - thanks to the Ukrainians - have the biggest planes in the world. The AN-225 is bigger than our C-5B Galaxy - and they also have the AN-226 (not sure of these number designations) - which has 6 engines - and is commensurately bigger. That's another consideration - the Ukrainians have an awesome aerospace capability - which would be nice for us to have on our side.
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