New York Times
by
CARLOTTA GALL, Alissa J. Rubin
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Nov. 1, 2009
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Abdullah Abdullah announced on Sunday that he would not participate in the Nov. 7 Afghan runoff election, effectively handing a new term to President Hamid Karzai.
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Posted by Fabrice Florin - via NewsRack (Afghanistan)
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This story accepts without question the Obama administration claim that the US military involvement in Afghanistan is primarily directed toward preventing al-Qaeda from re=establishing itself in that country. Al-Qaeda is a very small element of the insurgency.
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Karzai himself says putting in more US troops will not imrpove security. This is not mentioned in the article.