CLG News wrote: > > > *Secret deal to keep Karzai in power > <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/secret-deal-to-keep-karzai-in-power-1768499.html>* > > 07 Aug 2009 With less than two weeks to go until national 'elections,' > the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, is trying to cut a secret deal > with one of his rivals to knock out his leading contender and ensure a > decisive victory to avoid the chaos that a tight result might unleash. > Afghanistan's second 'democratic polls' threaten to split the country > along sectarian lines... *Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy to > Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Karl Eikenberry, the US ambassador, are > understood to have discussed the proposal with [third candidate] > Ashraf Ghani late last month*. "It makes sense," a policy analyst with > close links to the US administration said... [Later, in the same > article:] US embassy officials have denied any involvement in > back-room deals. It doesn't matter. Even if he's sElected he isn't going to have the support of the people. His 'presidency' will still be nothing more than a puppet presidency, the Afghani people will still not be in control of their own country. There may even be an uprising against him, insha'allah.
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