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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Agent_McClone" |
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20 Aug 2003 08:47:58 PM |
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IMF and the World Bank 'to quit Iraq' |
(The greatest threat to all freedom loving countries are the fucking
International loan sharks and USrael carpet baggers. Now Iraq might have a
chance after all)
IMF and the World Bank 'to quit Iraq'
By Peter Spiegel in Washington, Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and news
agencies Published: August 20 2003 20:55 | Last Updated: August 20 2003
20:55
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are to pull their staff
out of Iraq after the devastating bomb attack on the UN headquarters in
Baghdad, a US official said on Wednesday.
Both organisations are key players in efforts by the US-led coalition
running Iraq to rebuild its shattered economy.
The institutions, which had sent assessment teams to Iraq to start the
process, are expected to lend billions of dollars to help kickstart the
country's banking system and get the economy functioning again.
The attack has sent shockwaves around the Middle East and Asia, further
disrupting US efforts to recruit more foreign peacekeepers, diplomats said
on Wednesday. Some countries that had been considering sending peacekeeping
troops to Iraq - such as India and Pakistan - might heighten their
reluctance after the bomb blast, analysts said.
Government leaders in several countries approached by the US to contribute
troops have sought a UN resolution authorising troop deployments. But some
US officials have speculated that such requests are delaying tactics, as
potential participants assess the security situation.
The US on Wednesday sought to play down the attack's impact on security in
Iraq. "The security problem now has got a terrorist dimension, which is
new, but the rest of the security is basically in better shape than it was
three months ago," said Paul Bremer, the US administrator.
"It is true that we're taking some casualties among the coalition forces,
but that's largely coming from a small group of bitter-enders," Mr Bremer
told CBS.
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, also sought to present a determined
front on Wednesday, saying the UN would continue its work in Iraq despite
the loss of several of its staff in the explosion, including Sergio Vieira
de Mello, its top representative there. "We will not be intimidated," he
said in Stockholm.
The bombing could have the most political impact on General Pervez
Musharraf, Pakistan's pro-US military ruler, who has decided to seek a
parliamentary vote on whether to send about 12,000 troops to Iraq.
Pakistani officials said the decision to refer the matter to parliament,
rather than simply order peacekeepers in, is a shift for Gen Musharraf, who
faces growing pressure to rebuff US requests.
However, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, remains committed to
pushing approval for a peacekeeping force of up to 30,000 troops through
parliament.
Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary who is travelling to the UN
headquarters in New York today, said the US and UK were "open-minded" about
a new resolution expanding the UN's mandate. US officials, however, have
indicated that they are not enthusiastic about handing security operations
over to the UN.
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| User: "Cal Page" |
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| Title: Re: IMF and the World Bank 'to quit Iraq' |
21 Aug 2003 11:26:20 AM |
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Iraq will be better off without these pirates.
Read "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy", by Greg Palast.
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