Calling Ann Marlowe at Kabul Saturday 15 re the pending election, re the martyr (shahid) op at the NATO (ISAF) HQ, re the darkening tones over Kabul. Also speaking to Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, re AfPakia week and the Coalition ops along the border and against the poppy fields, and also speaking to Michael Vlahos, John Hopkins, re the theory that the Saudis are seeking to buy off the Taliban and take control of Afghanistan through their Islamabad hireling Zardari and his Sind clan.