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OPINION: Afghan Elections Deserve Our Attention
SF Gate ^ | 9/28/05 | Cinnamon Stillwell

Posted on 09/28/2005 8:29:36 AM PDT by SF Republican

Something remarkable happened in Afghanistan this month. The war-torn country held its first parliamentary election in 35 years and 12.5 million people, men and women, were registered to vote.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanelections
I have been disappointed but not surprised by the lack of coverage of this event.
1 posted on 09/28/2005 8:29:38 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: SF Republican

The lack of coverage is odd, because it's Bush's fault!!!


2 posted on 09/28/2005 8:31:04 AM PDT by evolved_rage (Democrats want Hell on Earth too....)
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To: SF Republican

My brother (Army) is there and he was at one of the polling stations. He and his buds took a lot of very cool pictures. I'd post them here but don't know how.


3 posted on 09/28/2005 2:38:29 PM PDT by Zhangliqun (Hating Bush does not count as a strategy for defeating Islamic terrorism.)
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