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Source: Afghan election talks break down (Abdullah to boycott election?)
CNN ^ | October 30, 2009

Posted on 10/30/2009 3:41:59 PM PDT by nuconvert

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his election opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, have broken down, a Western source close to the Afghan leadership told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Friday.

According to the source, Abdullah will likely announce this weekend that he will boycott the runoff presidential election slated for November 7, a runoff that had been scheduled after intense diplomatic arm twisting by the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abdullah; afghanelection; afghanistan; karzai

1 posted on 10/30/2009 3:41:59 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Typical rat strategy brought to Afghanistan by none other then The liberals elite strategerist James Carville. You know Obama’s hands are all over this Republicans need to call for an investigation...

HEY OBAMA WHERE ARE THE TROOPS? MORE DIE EVERYDAY YOU DILLY DALLY>.... Tell that to the parents and widows of the fallen you fool.


2 posted on 10/30/2009 3:48:11 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (I will not be silenced so I guess I will see you in the gulag.)
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To: nuconvert
Here is the excuse Obama has been waiting for.

Wasn't this Abdullah getting help from Democratic political operatives? The Democrat party is beyond contempt if they are advising Abdullah to ruin the election.

3 posted on 10/30/2009 4:35:45 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama: Grasping at Straw Men _ Not a Public Option It's a government mandate.)
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To: Typical_Whitey

James Carville is Abdullah’s campaign advisor........

It’s going to deteriorate in Afghanistan. ....


4 posted on 10/30/2009 5:13:34 PM PDT by Freddd (CNN is not credible.)
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To: Mike Darancette

“Wasn’t this Abdullah getting help from Democratic political operatives?”

Yes


5 posted on 10/30/2009 5:15:34 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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