AFGHANISTAN: from the front

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The Nov 7 election was cancelled.

Karzai, and Abdullah, should consider legalizing poppies. The farmers are really skilled farmers - what happens after that is another *mule* story - BUT there is a good market for medicinal opiates.

It would make the Taliban happy too - to export it. That is, if they're still anti-drug. *****http://www.poppyformedicine.net/*****

I do NOT like Karzai's deadline 2047 < OK I'm exaggerating. Make it quick, buddy. Figure out the army, police NOW!! [A U.N.-backed probe found that nearly a third of votes for Karzai in the August 20 election were fake.]

Afghan Prez Pinky-Swears: No More Corruption
Nathan Hodge - November 19, 2009
During his first full term, Karzai presided over a country that slipped to second place on Transparency International’s roster of the world’s most corrupt places.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/

Karzai's brother on CIA payroll: report
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 11:31 PM ET
Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the president of Afghanistan, gets regular payments from the CIA and has for much of the past eight years, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/1...arzai-cia.html