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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Brumar89 who wrote (58889)3/9/2005 11:23:23 PM
From: sea_biscuitRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 81568
 
The elections in Afghanistan were of no consequence. As if the US would allow someone other than their puppet to win. That is why the warlords didn't even bother. They know how far Karzai's writ runs -- probably a few zipcodes in Kabul and a few in Kandahar at the most.

As for Iraq, the election euphoria has died down and we are left with this (and this is for just one day) :

03/09/05 DoD Identifies Army Casualties

03/09/05 AP: Iraq Soldiers May Be Among 41 Bodies Found

03/09/05 UPI: Iraq violence continues unabated

03/09/05 SpokesmanReview: Spokane prison contractor survives Baghdad blast

03/09/05 AP: 30 Americans Among Those Injured By Truck Blast

03/09/05 AFP: Two Sudanese taken hostage by Islamic Army in Iraq

03/09/05 KUNA: US soldier killed by roadside bomb north of Baghdad

03/09/05 Reuters: Iraqi minister survives assassination attempt

03/09/05 Reuters: U.S. Bullets Found in Body Armor of Dead Bulgarian

03/09/05 UPI: Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction

03/09/05 NYTimes: Violence Continues to Ripple Through Iraq

03/09/05 AFP: Two Dead Four Wounded after Explosion near Basra

03/09/05 CENTCOM: SOLDIER DIES IN IED ATTACK

03/09/05 BBC: Father 'stressed' after Iraq duty

03/09/05 KUNA: military breaking into University campus in Baghdad

03/09/05 AFP: Suicide car bomb explodes near US military base in Iraq

03/09/05 Press & Sun-Bulletin: Port Crane soldier injured by Iraqi insurgents

03/09/05 AP: Army sergeant from Fountain City killed in Iraq

03/09/05 AP: Police Find 35 of Corpses in Iraq (Update)

03/09/05 AP: Suicide Truck Bomb Kills Three in Baghdad

03/09/05 fayettevillenc: VA Medical Center expects caseload to rise

03/09/05 BBC: Baghdad rocked by 'suicide blast'

03/08/05 NDTV: Two killed in Ramadi clashes

03/08/05 ClickOnDetroit: Southfield Soldier Killed In Explosion In Iraq

03/08/05 WorldNow: Elite Nevada Security Company Loses Two Employees In Iraq

03/08/05 AFP: Attack on fuel pipeline south of Baghdad

03/08/05 AP: Friendly fire in Iraq takes toll on coalition