Insurgents fire rockets to disrupt Afghan election

[Turborama]

Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan – A rocket slammed into the Afghan capital and three others struck the eastern city of Jalalabad on Saturday — apparent warnings from insurgents trying to scare people from voting in the nation's parliamentary elections, officials said.

No casualties were reported in the attacks just hours before polling centers were to open across Afghanistan, where 2,500 candidates are vying for 249 seats in the parliament.

The elections — the first since a fraud-ridden presidential poll a year ago — are seen both as a test of the Afghan government's commitment to rooting out corruption and as a measure of the strength of the insurgency.

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Afghan police officer Mohammad Abrahim in Kabul said one rocket landed around 4 a.m. in the yard of Afghanistan's state-owned television station, a couple of blocks from the presidential palace, NATO headquarters and the U.S. Embassy. In Nangarhar province, three rockets were fired at a military base on the eastern edge of Jalalabad, according to Ahmedzia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100918/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

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Interactive map of electoral violence in Afghanistan: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/201091791450529265.html

[Drale]

1. I dont want to be the negitive nacy

but how long before the tea party turns violent like this, when they are beat horribly in the elections?

[proteus_lives]

2. Really?

:rofl:

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[proteus_lives]

12. I'm laughing at the comparison.

[The abyss]

3. And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Perhaps they want their country back?!?

Just maybe – kinda sorta?

They wouldn’t be pissed off or anything like that – now would they?

[Turborama]

4. Yeah, the Taliban want "their" country back from the other citizens who don't want the Taliban back

n/t

[The abyss]

6. Wait a minute – Where is Waldo?

I thought the western powers invaded Afghanistan in order to take out “Osama bin laden”?

Taliban, Osama, Tora Bora….,

[Turborama]

9. Seems like you're stuck in 2001. Time for a little catch up....

Timeline That Clearly Shows How Bushco Redirected US Forces - and Subsequently Everyone's Attention - from Afghanistan to Iraq
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=afghanwar_tmln&afghanwar_tmln_us_invasion__occupation=afghanwar_tmln_us_redirection_of_forces_to_iraq

Timeline From 2001 Onwards That Clearly Shows How Subsequent Empty Promises of Economic Redevelopment Led us to the SNAFU in Afghanistan President Obama Was Left to Deal With
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=afghanwar_tmln&afghanwar_tmln_us_invasion__occupation=afghanwar_tmln_economic_reconstruction

[Alamuti Lotus]

7. back from those "other citizens"--i.e.: American citizens, English citizens, Dutch citizens, etc..

[Turborama]

8. I was thinking more of these citizens...

The ones who the Taliban are trying to stop participating in Afghanistan's nascent democracy...

Taliban attacks target Afghan polls: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/201091884642674322.html

Abductions hit Afghan poll build-up: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/09/201091791342186339.html


Voters must choose from more than 2,500 candidates (including 400
women) standing for election in the lower house of parliament (AFP)

[boppers]

5. The warlords want it back. The religious courts want it back.

The moderates want it back. The socialists want it back. The democratics want it back.

40 years of civil war with outside players getting involved really fucks a country up.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. Sounds eerily familiar...