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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

White House calls for Belarus re-vote


I say to the White House stay in your own back yard, untill there are democratic and honest elections for President of the USA,

By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
Mon Mar 20, 2:51 PM ET

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Monday called for new elections in Belarus after independent observers said the re-election of hard-line incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was a farce.

A series of punitive measures will be discussed with the European Union, the State Department said. These could include widespread limits on financial assistance to the Minsk government.

The administration already has peppered hard-line Belarus with restrictions on travel to the United States of individuals suspected of human rights abuses and barred meetings between high-level U.S. and Belarus officials. >>>>cont

President Bush's spokesman, Scott McClellan, said "the United States does not accept the results of the election," which the White House said was the result of election fraud and human rights abuses.

Flying with President Bush to a speech in Cleveland, McClellan said the election was flawed by "a climate of fear."


"We applaud democrats in Belarus for their courage and peaceful stand to reclaim their freedom," McClellan said. "We support their call for a new election."

Whose elections do they remind you of hhhmmmmm

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