Ownthink
18th September 2005, 17:46
Originally posted by
[email protected] 18 2005, 12:23 PM
Does anybody have any descriptive, reliable information about the United States government being involved in foreign elections.
I was just reading the news and I saw something about the current President of Afghanistan. I thought it was funny how it just so happened the US backed candidate won that election.
I remember hearing about secret militias intimadating people and what not but I need concrete information.
Anybody willing to point me in the right direction?
"When the Taliban emerged onto the political scene in the 1990s, Karzai was initially among their supporters."
"In 2001, following the September 11 terrorist attack, Karzai worked with the United States to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan and muster support for a new government."
"Karzai was a candiate in the October 9, 2004 Presidential Elections. Despite a perceived lack of national support he won 21 of the 34 provinces, defeating his 22 opponents and became the first democratically elected leader of Afghanistan."
"Other contributing factors to his win may have included his endorsement by US President George W. Bush's administration, the brief one month campaign season, and the paucity of news coverage in the country about his opponents. Although his campaigning was limited due to fears of violence, elections passed without significant incident."
"Controversy erupted due to the failure of indelible ink to prevent voter fraud. Following investigation by the UN, the national election commission on November 3rd declared Karzai winner, without runoff, with 55.4% of the vote. This represented 4.3 million of the total 8.1 million votes cast."
"Several sources, most notably the film Fahrenheit 9/11, have reported that Karzai once worked as a consultant for the oil company Unocal. Spokesmen for both Unocal and Karzai have denied any such relationship, although they could not speak for all companies involved in the consortium. [1] [2] The claim appears to have originated in the December 9, 2001 issue of the French newspaper Le Monde. It was also stated by the Christian Science Monitor [3]. Some have suggested that Karzai was confused with U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai
Make your own decision.