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dbeach Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:27 PM
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"Board Approves Wolfowitz as World Bank Leader"
A Wolfowitz in sheeps clothing...The neo-con Trojan horse about to get dragged in..
waht happened to all that european resistance that was widely reported..as sheeple and intimidated as the USA...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17519-2005Mar31.html
Board Approves Wolfowitz as World Bank Leader
The board of the World Bank unanimously approved Paul D. Wolfowitz yesterday as the bank's next president, a move that for the first time will put a Bush administration appointee at the helm of the giant anti-poverty ins
In a statement after the board's action, Wolfowitz, 61, continued to stress his readiness to listen to a wide range of views. "Fortunately, I already know I will have a great deal of help from the many people who are deeply committed to the mission of the World Bank,"

hide your $$ going get worse...
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:31 PM
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1. This is why:
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,346951,00.html

'The informal agreement, combined with the fact that the US has the most say in the World Bank due to its ownership of more bank shares than any other nation, makes the eventual approval of the US nomination a forgone conclusion'
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:34 PM
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2. the worldbank is already corrupt and destructive.
nothing will change.
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