Was the Afghan election that Hamid Karzai "won" on the up and up?

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3600742.stm

Afghan voting number puzzle

<snip>On 17 August, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan reported to the Security Council that the high rate of voter registration - more than 9.9m already enrolled - showed the political isolation of groups responsible for violence.

What he did not mention was that the number registered already exceeds the estimated total of eligible voters for the whole country.

Only a little arithmetic shows the figures are dubious. snip

The shortfall of women means the only way the 10m-plus figure for registered voters can be accurate is if every single male in the country has registered - at least once.

And that ignores an estimated one third of a million unregistered people in conflict-ridden parts of the south and south-east of Afghanistan.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Judging by the fact that Karzai used to work for Unocal, probably not.

[KamaAina]

2. The question is, Was the Ohio election that Bush** "won" on the up and up?

Inquiring minds want to know. I want to know!

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Mr. Unocal's election on the up and up? Not likely. n/t

[Gnostic]

4. Was the Afghan election that Hamid Karzai "won" on the up and up?

You mean his re-election bid for Mayor of Kabul?

[bullimiami]

5. for starters bushco controlled who could run.

the old king was going to run and probably win but something mysteriously caused him to pull out. among other curiosities.
then of course they that count the votes...

[Freedomfried]

6. Mickey Mouse could of won that Afghan election

at that time, with the US manipulation of the polls there.

[welshTerrier2]

7. let's see ... US military, oil pipeline, occupied country, elections ...

um, no ...

nothing that involves the oil industry's private security force, i.e. the US military, is ever on the up and up ... their job is to serve the greedy and procure oil ... they do it very well ...