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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (47113)	10/21/2004 8:58:40 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

.Re: Very sad.. Islam has become a hostage to insane lunatics,,, "La tristesse durera toujours" (French: "The sadness will last forever").

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (47113)	10/21/2004 6:13:36 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50167

8.16 million Voted in Afghan 'freedom from Talebins' elections, no one but Bush administration was responsible for this freedom of a large segment of human beings, hallelujahs to Bush and his cohorts who helped freedom of man, In Jan. 40 millions Iraqis would be freed;;; will you join me to raise a vote of thank and gratitude to all those fallen soldiers who gave their lives to secure freedom for Afghanis they didn’t know, the sacrifices of these great warriors who fought for a just war shall be recorded by posterity in gold.; Karzai victory almost sealed, opposition awaits inquiry (Updated at 2000 PST) KABUL: With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan's presidential election counted and outright triumph virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention turned Thursday to when the winner can be declared and how the losers will react. Two high-profile opposition figures claim alleged fraud robbed them of victory, with both Karzai's chief rival and the sole woman candidate telling media in separate interviews that the vote was manipulated and that they would have won if it was "free and fair". The latest vote tally at 14:07pm (0937 GMT) showed Karzai on 2,661,709 votes or 58.7 percent of the estimated total, with 56.4 percent of the ballots counted. He kept his wide margin ahead of rival Yunus Qanooni, his former education minister and the favourite of the powerful anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, who currently has 17.4 percent. Based on the election commission's estimates of total votes cast, US-backed Karzai needs to win around 1.4 million more votes to attain the simple majority required to eliminate a second-round runoff. "A run-off looks very, very unlikely," said a Western election expert familiar with the process. While Karzai could reach that tally by Saturday, the winner will not be declared until next week at the earliest when all the estimated 8.16 million votes have been counted. "There will be no final official results before all the votes are counted," a Western election observer told media.