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| India-Pakistan |
| 'US may take action if polls are rigged' |
| 2008-01-10 |
| United States Senator Joseph Lieberman said on Wednesday that the US Congress might take action against Pakistan if elections are not held in a free, fair and impartial atmosphere, as President Pervez Musharraf assured the US delegation that the government was committed to holding free and peaceful elections. “The US Congress may take some action (if elections are rigged). That would be awful, as relations between US and Pakistan are very important (for both countries),” Lieberman told a press conference. He said rigged elections would increase political polarisations and divisions and increase the threat from Al Qaeda and other terrorist organisations. The US senator said he had received a “detailed and explicit” briefing by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani and Strategic Plans Division Director General Lieutenant General Khalid Kidwai. “I was impressed by the specific explanation I had about the system that is in place here,” AFP quoted Lieberman as telling reporters. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 ION, KOMMERSANT [Russia] > MOSCOW URGES PARTIES TO RESPOND TO ARAB PLAN FOR ELECTING LEBANON'S PRESIDENT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-10 22:14 |
| #13 ...and by "may" we mean "not a chance in hell". |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-01-10 16:04 |
| #12 What kind of action are we gonna take? Seriously? Unless Bin Laden wins I don't think the US will do more than give the new President of Pakistan a stern talking to, and then a ton of money to convince them to go after that rebellious religious nutty territory in Pakistans NorthWest. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-01-10 10:49 |
| #11 Diebold... google it! |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-10 09:50 |
| #10 Don't worry. They will be free and fair as the dhimocratic primaries. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-01-10 09:34 |
| #9 Joe shouldn't write checks his butt can't cash. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-01-10 09:17 |
| #8 I coulda been a contendah. Instead of a bum, which is what I am... |
| Posted by: Ned Lamont 2008-01-10 08:43 |
| #7 Yea, I thought this was about the democrat primaries. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2008-01-10 08:18 |
| #6 I'm more worried about our US elections being rigged. |
| Posted by: Captain Lewis 2008-01-10 08:12 |
| #5 oops. me three. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-10 06:08 |
| #4 me too. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-10 06:08 |
| #3 me too. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-10 06:08 |
| #2 I half expected this to be about Hillary vs Obama. With respect to Pakistan, free and fair elections would allow the PPP jiyalas (outraged and energized by the Bhutto assassination) to make inroads against both Islamists and Musharraf's PML-Q. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2008-01-10 04:45 |
| #1 gee, I sure hope there are decent candidates in Pakistan. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-01-10 01:08 |