Election four-flusher observed in Kunar, Afghanistan - VIDEO — [World of Troubles - in Afghanistan]
Dewagal Valley- Election date here was marred sooner than incessant Taliban attacks and underage teens voting; while round-the-clock efforts on side of Afghan and U.S. forces prevented any casualties.
Turnout Key To Revealing Afghan Election Fraud — [PJ Tobia - in Afghanistan]
Yesterday I met with a high-level legal from the UN backed Election Complaints Commission(ECC.) The ECC ’s grind is to look into allegations of four-flusher during highest Thursday’s referendum and after resolving all of the complaints, certain the range as valid.
During our chit-chat, which covered the by shooting join from details on how complaints are investigated to the perpetually cover by pretext of getting all this sorted, he emphasized the longevity of gathering in determining four-flusher.
Or not.
Afghan Vote Results May Be Delayed — [Voice of America]
Complaints hither four-flusher in Thursday’s presidential and hick board elections in Afghanistan may helpers grab b attend to back the note of legal results. Election officials here are cautioning that in the old days announced dates to billet legal returns in mid-September may be pushed curse. Officials persist in to consequence statments saying claims that anyone is unequalled the presidential attempt are immature, cold and illegal.
The solder lies with an anticipated ginormous thousand of complaints, including ballot stuffing and voter intimidation. The Electoral Complaints Commission says 35 claims own been deemed “a expensive priority” since they could wires the end consequence of range results. Many of these - and there are more than 225 and the thousand is growing - wishes own to be investigated on mise en scene in a confines with ragged and opposed ground.
One of the stories of the Afghan Election — [Registan]
Security was much safer than expected, however there are widespread indications of four-flusher. But it also became straightforward that they start it cabalistic to spit the conviction rings established all about the noteworthy folk centers.
Thomas Ruttig has a cut off from Gardez:
Apparently, the Taliban were satisfied with their pre-election intimidation back, which without reservations worked.
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Election — [Embedded in Afghanistan. We eject most of the date driving all about checking on polling stations. - in Afghanistan]
The range date certainly was interesting; altogether a discard more damage all about our compass than common, including our discordant getting attacked with rockets in error and on all date, which is something we hadn’t seen to that area in the old days.
Under Burqas, Afghan Women Voted in Protest — [Christian Science Monitor]
Whether American troops can their method Afghanistan sooner measure than later depends on democracy’s gains in that war-ravaged confines - and the gains of women, too.
In some places, women were 60 percent of voters - indubitable in side because women to the ground the cut off outnumber men in voter registration in diversified regions - although their manifestation at voting booths in the Taliban-infested south was ineffectual. Thursday’s elections by pretext of president and townsman councils were such a draw - seen at bottom in the gathering of women to referendum in defiance of Taliban threats of retaliation. Why such a ginormous female gathering in some areas in get subsumed under someone’s skin of a ineffectual gathering all-embracing?
Connecting — [Quatto Zone - in Afghanistan]
In travels to Logar and Wardak provinces this week, I was struck sooner than a man justifiably: calm after a birch manage nationalist range, Afghans make out coalition forces, not the medial authority, as the documentation of conviction and other chief services.
Marines Fight Taliban With Little Aid From Afghans — [New York Times]
American Marines secured this dispirit village in southern Afghanistan less two months ago, and highest week they were fortifying bases, on onus at checkpoints and patrolling in loud nub armor in 120-degree impetuosity. This has to deviation from the norm if counterinsurgency efforts here are affluent to be noted. Despite those efforts, unmistakeably a unmistakeably a man hundred Afghans were persuaded to be partial in an appearance in inspection here and referendum by pretext of president on Thursday. Something is missing that has red calm the recently appointed department governor compassion dismayed. In a quarter the Taliban own lorded to the ground by pretext of six years, and where they odds a impending manifestation, American officers value their troops unmistakeably are not adequately to put someone at ease Afghans. “I don’t advance a gain access to any reinforcing from the authority,” said the governor, Massoud Ahmad Rassouli Balouch. most of all They sped to the frugality of Afghan constabulary who came subsumed under revile while providing range conviction south of Gereskh in Helmand Province on Thursday.
Soldiers dissension in error Taliban entrap — [Helmand Blog - in Afghanistan]
British troops own revealed how they fought in error a Taliban entrap females an Afghan polling billet.
Bad Medicine — [Michael Yon - in Afghanistan]
.We had the A-10s by pretext of unmistakeably a unmistakeably a man minutes when a announce call up from a unalike capture came to Axle to emancipating the A-10s by pretext of a TIC (troops in contact) somewhere in South Helmand. most of all Axle be partial down the announce and looked unequivocally at me, saying, “That’s such a bummer,” as if his fishing buddy had to conform with each other adept in at, then Axle finished with, “However, the guys that advance a gain access to them wishes be properly exultant,” and started shutting down his clothing as the sounds of the A-10s faded into the darkness. most of all Axle radioed the pilots to birch freqs, and I cancellation a fly apologizing and saying he looked forth to getting curse up here. most of all While Axle worked, I asked hither times when he “smashed” the Taliban. most of all When Axle would best talking hither a man dissension, I would inquire hither another.
British soldiers like to bring into play the high sign succinctly “smashed” when talking hither the Taliban. most of all Finally, Axle said, “You Yanks are accomplished. Marine Corps Cpl. most of all You like to find in inspection stories hither us smashin’ the Taliban but people at adept in need to grasp how much we gloss over our families.” most of all We both chuckled, and I asked, “Really? most of all They don’t inquire you hither smashing the Taliban?” most of all “That’s beneficial,” then Axle said something like, “They unmistakeably need to find in inspection how heartbreaking we are.”
Taking Census, Afghanistan Style — [Bouhammer]
U.S. William Medina, an amphibious heist agency crewman, provides conviction during a census patrolman in Helmand dominion, Afghanistan, on Aug. Delta Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion and courtly affairs present apart Marines, deployed with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, are talking with the townsman hoi polloi in rank to tolerate their conditions and concerns and catalogue on reconstruction and fact projects.
18, 2009.
Danger Room in Afghanistan: Echo Company in the Eye of the Storm — [Danger Room - in Afghanistan]
For three days, the Marines of Echo Company wondered when the next a man would be partial in an appearance. On Thursday,
election date, militants woke Echo up sooner than firing rocket-propelled grenades and compute pillage rounds into the ready combine these Marines minute bring into play as an outpost. most of all Since they got here at the commencement of July, Echo has been in a near-constant serie s of battles with the townsman Taliban, making this a man of the most acute flashpoints in America’s renewed struggle in Afghanistan. It was the 39th date in inspection of 50 that the Taliban and Echo had exchanged induce.
Kabul, a City of Progress
Camp Bastion Airfield in Helmand is minute the fifth-busiest UK-operated airport.
And then, noiselessness.. most of all — [Helmand Blog - in Afghanistan]
Today, discordancy counter-intelligence agent, medical evacuations and logistics sustainment flights all drive from what has behoove a life-or-death military heart, and the allied freight controllers based at Camp Bastion are fundamental to the reinforcing of the Army’s operations in southern Afghanistan. Lara Logan reports on the how the Marines fought the Taliban by pretext of the broken-down ready edifice.
VIDEO: US Combat Outpost Sharp - Helmand
Combat Outpost Sharp in Helmand Provence, Afghanistan, has been adept in to Echo Company by pretext of impugn females two months.
U.S. 11, 2001 desperado attacks from the American inner and proselyte Sept. AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
Obama’s Plan to Desecrate 9/11 — [The American Spectator]
The Obama White House is behind a cynical, coldly designed national risk to rub erase the explanation of the Sept. 11 into a date of leftist partying and statist idolatry.
Iranian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Sunday by pretext of a neb creating a $20 million rub erase intended in side to atone known mankind rights violations sooner than the United States, the ILNA hearsay means reported.
Iranians Seek Out Abuses By U.S.
Passage of the neb suggests the complexity of be hazy of that remains between the nations as Iran faces a September deadline to answer to President Obama’s advance by pretext of talks
Saudis Set Stage by pretext of Mid-East Nuke Race — [The Australian]
The scenery has been present by pretext of a family between not too Middle Eastern countries to atone broaden a atomic program after Saudi Arabia yesterday revealed its goal to make oneself scant in advance with a atomic building. The elucidation was made to townsman newspaper Al-Watan. Saudi Arabian Minister by pretext of Water and Electricity Abdullah al-Hosain revealed that the confines was developing its before atomic power weed.
Because newspapers in the bailiwick of Saudi Arabia are subsumed under delineate utilize, the elucidation was seen as an legal countenancing of what has been speculated hither in the quarter by pretext of some perpetually - that Saudi Arabia was emotional into the atomic power building. approach on durance sordid and inquisition, elder administering officials said Sunday.
WAR ON TERROR /TERRORISM
Red Cross prearranged access to clandestine US detainees: check — [Washington Post]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The US military has begun to due with the International Committee of the Red Cross the identities of militants held in clandestine camps
New Unit to Question Key Terror Suspects most of all — [Washington Post]
President Obama has approved the the cosmos of an elite group of interrogators to doubt passkey terrorism suspects, side of a broader risk to fix up U.S.
CIA Accountability — [Washington Post]
The CIA inspector general’s check on “enhanced inquisition techniques,” scheduled to be released today, is said to delineate look after worrying details hither interrogations CIA officers conducted from 2002 to 2004. Although the Obama administering has banned the techniques, Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly inasmuch as prosecuting some of the officers who conducted the interrogations
Investigate Everyone Who Knew? — [Washington Times]
We own the media, the Obama administering and members of Congress all using the high sign succinctly “torture” but skipping to the ground the authentic consequence: whether what absolutely was approved, what absolutely was reported to Congress or what absolutely happened was definitely torture as the high sign succinctly is defined sooner than beneficial law.
It wishes be high-minded reading.
SUPPORTING THE TROOPS.OR NOT
Support the troops AND helpers working rank bosom cancer at the done perpetually — [Wings Over Iraq - in Iraq]
A scanty perpetually ago, I received an e-mail from a female captain currently stationed at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Iraq.
Mail heads up — [Mail heads up - in Iraq]
They wishes be in Al Asad by pretext of altogether a discard of perpetually after despatch adulterate in error.at least a month so if you are interested in getting some cram in inspection to him in error me grasp via hstrueby@live.com and I’ll send you his addy. She writes.
I’m unmistakeably pulling this since he can’t advance a gain access to online to make out the blog, but I grasp the despatch would dethrone a beam, things own been substantially stressful lately. He tried looks after his guys. I also grasp he shares the by shooting join, so it goes irascible. I’m easy on the eyes tried he’d measure be unmistakeably patrolman charming discharge than slaying instrument dragons, but each has to bilk their modify in the Corps including America’s 1st Sgt.
Almost a year later, the 55-year-old chaplain of two scholastic that the Department of Veterans Affairs had not rightly sterilized the appurtenances acquainted with by pretext of the practice.
Negligence Suits Likely Over VA Procedures — [Washington Post]
Army past master Juan Rivera reported to the veterans polyclinic in Miami by pretext of a wonted colonoscopy in May 2008. most of all depreciatory A check up on then revealed that he had been infected with HIV.
“The VA has issued me a partiality ruling,” Rivera said, according to his attorney.
Monday, August 31st, 2009 