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A Trust Deficit
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 6, 2009 at 4:53 pm +0000 · Leave a Comment
Jane Perlez of the New York Times has a fine analysis of the problems facing President Barack Obama’s ambitious new Pakistan-Afghanistan strategy. In short, the Pakistanis aren’t on board because they are too focused on India as enemy No. 1, they don’t like fighting fellow Muslims and they feel dissed by the U.S. And not without […]
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Voter Fraud in Afghanistan -- AfPax Launches
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 2, 2009 at 3:36 am +0000 · 3 Comments
My friend Eason Jordan’s new site has launched: AfPax Insider. And it’s got a doozy of a story on it. Kabul – Britney Spears is unwittingly providing the latest evidence that the coming presidential elections in Afghanistan are shaping up to be tainted by massive voter and vote-counting fraud. The “Oops!… I Did It Again” American pop star is among […]
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