[extropy-chat] two views of the same event

spike spike66 at comcast.net
Wed Sep 21 03:55:54 UTC 2005


For spin doctoring the news, check this. 


>From the French wire AFP,

Afghanistan Proud After Largely Peaceful Vote:

...But officials said a high proportion of the nearly 12.5 million eligible
voters had cast their ballots, signaling another step on a difficult path to
democracy launched after the Taliban regime fell in 2001.

"The voting started relatively slowly but after the morning it has seriously
picked up all over Afghanistan," Peter Erben of the UN-Afghan Joint
Electoral Management Board told reporters.

"I believe a high number of Afghans have turned out to vote."



And from the New York Times,

Afghans Turn Out to Vote Despite Scattered Attacks:

...Five people died in attacks during the day and two police officers on the
eve of the election, the Interior Minister Ahmed Ali Jalali said at a news
briefing here this evening. In the country's south, a French soldier also
died and one was wounded in a roadside explosion early this morning. More
than a dozen violent incidents, including rocket attacks and small arms
fire, rattled the country overnight and this morning, said a Defense
Ministry spokesman, Gen. Zaher Azimi. Reports of voter intimidation and
tussling among the supporters of rival candidates came in from across the
country.

Election officials hailed today's poll as "extremely healthy" though early
assessments suggested that turnout was disappointingly low.





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