Spoke to Ann Marlowe at Kabul on Sunday 23 to learn that the gross voter fraud in Karzai's favor is so massive and inept that the US is blinking and whining and looking for a remedy short of cancelling the election results. Karzai claims a 70% win over Dr. Abdullah's 23%, a result that is so out of line with pre-election polls and observations on the ground that no one seriously considers accepting the results. US envoy Richard Holbrooke is said to have warned Karzai that he must reduce his totals to under 50% and accept a second round. There will not be violence or demonstrations. This will be resolved in the Afghan way of compromise. However Karzai is now marked as a corrupt, greedy, reckless fool.