Acorn Goes to Afghanistan...Part Deaux

Sacked US diplomat says Afghan fraud even worse  Ω 

A US diplomat sacked by the United Nations after alleging fraud in Afghanistan's election said Monday that the extent of cheating was even greater than reported by a UN-backed watchdog.

The United Nations dismissed Peter Galbraith last month as the deputy UN special envoy to Afghanistan after he charged that as many as 30 percent of votes cast August 20 for incumbent President Hamid Karzai were fraudulent.
But after initial UN denials, a UN-backed watchdog on Monday threw out votes from 210 polling stations, raising pressure on the country's Independent Election Commission (IEC) to call a run-off.
Translation: You're right, but how dare you! The impudence! You have 10 minutes to clean out your desk before the blue helmets escort you from the building. Next time maybe you'll keep your mouth shut and stick to the script."

Hamid Karzai refuses to accept being stripped of Afghanistan election win  Ω 
A two-month investigation into allegations of widespread ballot-stuffing by supporters took his share of the vote from 55 per cent to 48 per cent, officials said.

Mr Karzai was said to be furious with the findings, --I'm shocked! while the Karzai-appointed election committee which must certify the final results also signaled it would not accept them either. --Even more shocked!

Senator John (Loser) Kerry, a close ally of Barack Obama, made an unscheduled visit to the Afghan capital yesterday to persuade Mr Karzai to accept the results of the inquiry. --Wait, they didn't send Al Gore?!