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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (19052)4/12/2007 2:09:11 PM
From: Proud Deplorable  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
Are you serious or just yanking my chain?

I do NOT like Islam nor do I like Christianity nor do I like ANY religion.

To me, this is about Americans and Brits sticking their ugly noses in other peoples business like they did in Vietnam.

Islam never did one single thing to the USA to deserve an invasion.



To: Geoff Altman who wrote (19052)4/12/2007 10:50:25 PM
From: Mr. Palau  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
"World Bank chief under pressure to quit over pay scandal

Published: Thursday April 12, 2007

World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz Thursday confessed to errors over a pay scandal surrounding his girlfriend but still faced an open revolt from staff members agitating for his resignation.

The former deputy US defense secretary, one of the architects of the war in Iraq, refused to say if he might be forced out as the bank's 24-member executive board investigates the controversy.

But ahead of the bank's annual spring meeting this weekend, which threatens to be overshadowed by the dispute, he said: "I will accept any remedies they propose.

"I made a mistake, for which I am sorry," Wolfowitz told a news conference, as uproar deepened over an employment package worth nearly 200,000 dollars given by the World Bank to his Libyan-born partner, Shaha Riza.

The association representing the World Bank's 10,000 staff said the embattled Wolfowitz had "destroyed" the trust of employees and should quit.

"He must act honorably and resign," the de facto union said in a letter to staff, according to contents confirmed to AFP."