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The Independent Election Commission and the Electoral Complaints Commission will use a sampling instead of an investigation to determine voter fraud; more than 20 percent of the 5.5 million ballots are thought to be tainted. The Pentagon is urging General McChrystal to delay a request for more troops. Two ISAF soldiers and “several insurgents” were killed on International Peace Day.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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