Posted on 04/08/2008 11:24:46 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Former US president Jimmy Carter met the leaders of Nepal's former Maoist rebels Tuesday, even though the group remains classified by Washington as a foreign "terrorist" organisation.
Carter, whose democracy and human rights organisation is monitoring this Thursday's landmark elections in the Himalayan nation, was given assurances by the Maoists that the polls would be peaceful.
"President Carter wanted to know about the election situation and expressed his concern over whether it will be free and fair," Baburam Bhattarai, the Maoists' second-in-command, told reporters after the meeting.
"We assured him that the elections will be held in a peaceful manner and we are committed to peaceful polls," Bhattarai said after the meeting between himself, Carter and Maoist leader Prachanda.
The run-up to the polls has been marred by violence by all political parties, but particularly the Maoists, the United Nations has said.
The Maoists -- who fought a decade-long guerrilla war aimed at toppling the monarchy -- signed a peace deal in late 2006, but remain on a US list of terrorist organisations.
The polls are a central plank of the peace deal, and will elect a body that is expected to abolish Nepal's monarchy as well as write a new constitution.
I guess Carter doesn’t think he’s done enough in the area of foreign diplomacy yet.
Heaven help us...
I swear the guy has never met a commie thug he doesn’t like.
Did Jimma bring him peanuts and Billy Beer?
Under doublethink evil is good.
It’s all just a act, a cover up. His alien sybiant is looking for a new host body. But because Jimmy eats so many peanuts, it must find a host body that has been genetically altered by excessive peanut eating or else it will die.
When are they going to pull this meddling communist’s passport?
“””despite US terror tag”””””
Like thats ever stopped him. He’s probably going to apologize and make sure we didn’t hurt his feelings by tagging him a terrorist.
Why don’t Jimma convert already.
Can't be done. He's working for the UN now as an "elder" advisor. It's not just the USA that he's screwing up now, it's the whole world! He's a now a leader of the new world government. Only the UN secretary general, that kook who says we should all submit to Islam, the sooner the better, can stop him.
There has to be a special place in hell reserved for this radical, left-wing, commie, pseudo-do-gooder and the rest of his ilk.
BREAKING NEWS ( Routers)
Former US President Carter , while on tour with Nepalese Maoists, was killed accidentally today. Apparently Carter paused too long for phoptographs close to the rear of an elephant, which defecated explosively, thereby blasting
Carter with fecal material travelling at supersonic speed.
Carter was pronounced DOA, at a rural medical center in Northeatern Nepal at the village of Hindurtush, by Dr.
Rabrindranath Thrashanaste.
Rumors that the elephant had been formerly a part of a USA traveling circus called the “Giuliani’s Three Ring Neoconservative Festivals Inc.” have not been substantiated.
Maoists deny having fed the elephant a special diet of Peanuts in the shell.
Yes, you can dream.
Where would we be without Jimmy, our savior?
Here’s your happy thought for the day: He, at some point will die. Then we will be rid of this tiresome boor, a little sweater wearing jerk.
LOL, thanks for the warning. I’ve eaten so many peanuts in my lifetime that I’m probably a prime candidate.
At this point, I rule nothing out with regard to what makes Carter tick.
When he’s toes up I guess. It shouldn’t be that much longer, although it will seem like an eternity.
I cursed him twice loudly sitting here.
This POS could do us some good harm.
Somebody at State (that’s you Condelezza!) needs to pull Jimmy Carter’s passport. This guy is a menace to US foreign policy.
I would urge them to shut down his think tank also, since it's foreign policy related.
It's against the law for anyone to act on behalf of the United States, and Carter has done that more than once, particularly with North Korea. He is out of line.
Remember the times when he went to foreign nations and certified the results when it was clear that there had been tampering, and the beneficiaries were bad elements?
Carter is a deluded fool.
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