Wolfowitz looks at opening World Bank Iraq office

[Judi Lynn]

Wolfowitz looks at opening World Bank Iraq office
By Lesley Wroughton
32 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is considering expanding bank operations in Iraq, which would put his agency at the center of rebuilding from a war he helped plan as the Pentagon's former No. 2 official.

Senior bank officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because no final decision had been made, said key donor countries including Britain, Japan, Germany and Denmark are pressuring Wolfowitz to establish a Baghdad office.

The development agency has not had a Iraq office since an August 19, 2003, bombing at U.N. headquarters in Iraq killed a bank employee. A consultant, with a staff of seven Iraqis, is paid by the World Bank looks after its affairs in Iraq.

No World Bank staff would be forced to accept an Iraq assignment, the officials said.

In recent weeks, Wolfowitz sent a fact-finding mission to Iraq, and he was now examining security matters and several reconstruction-related issues, officials said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060402/ts_nm/iraq_worldbank_dc

[OKNancy]

1. He should move the headquarters there

and man the Iraq office himself.

[seemslikeadream]

2. I'm socked I tell you socked!

[LynnTheDem]

"sovereign"

Uh huh.

[LynnTheDem]

3. dupe

God help America.

[DanCa]

4. It all comes down to money doesn't it

I bet Paul is happy that so many soldiers have died for his precious bank.

[FloridaPat]

5. Let me guess - now that Iraq has to pay it's own rebuilding -

which we are destroying more of everyday - the World Bank is going to lend them money for the rebuilding? And use the oil fields as collateral?

[allisonthegreat]

6. another day, another dumb idea,another war monger...,

I wish they would all burn in hell...(bush, kristol, rummy, & anyone i left out) . If there had been a reason for us to be in Iraq I would say sure open the bank. What are they going to do next start selling condo's?

[happydreams]

7. Oddly, I like this idea.

I just hope the fascist turd is in his office there when its blown up.

[DainBramaged]

8. Fuck the little comb sucker, he is a leech

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. He should cut the ribbon himself

I hear they've done some restoration work on the hotel he stayed in last time he was in Baghdad. Something about a mule-drawn missile launcher, if I recall...:rofl: