Departing Wolfowitz Names New Iraq Director

[spindrifter]

Emad Mekay

WASHINGTON, May 21 (IPS) - The World Bank has just appointed a new country head for Iraq despite security and corruption concerns, according to a leaked document.

The news emerged just days after outgoing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz promised not make any major new appointments at the institution.

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A report issued in December by a seven-member panel of Bank experts who interviewed candidates for the job in Iraq said that after meeting (Simon)Stolp, "the panel left uncomfortable as to whether he could become a credible, substantive (as compared to procedural) representative of Bank with Iraqi and Donor counterparts, on account of his weak analytical background, and lack of knowledge about the Bank."

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A report issued in December by a seven-member panel of Bank experts who interviewed candidates for the job in Iraq said that after meeting Stolp, "the panel left uncomfortable as to whether he could become a credible, substantive (as compared to procedural) representative of Bank with Iraqi and Donor counterparts, on account of his weak analytical background, and lack of knowledge about the Bank."

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[acmavm]

1. His parting shot.

[flyarm]

2. and we should be surprised why???? well the new guy will probably get a

welcome wagon gift from the dems...and a kiss on the ass from rethugs in washington!

digusted tonight ..fly

[rpannier]

3. Hmmmm.I thought maybe he'd pick rummy or the guy elmer fudd shot in the face

Guess I was wrong

[rpannier]

4. self delete

dupe

[Solly Mack]

5. Simon Stolp - in charge of bringing electricity (back) to Iraq

Simon Stolp, Program Director, Electricity Sector Program, PCO Iraq, Australia
Iraq Struggles to Meet Electricity Needs
Simon honoured with international awards
In Iraq Chaos, Uphill Struggle to Bring Power

""We're getting the crisis back under control," said Simon Stolp, the program manager for electricity at the Project and Contracting Office, which is managing billions of dollars of Congressionally mandated reconstruction money. "There are a whole basket of positive things to be seen," he said.

The grid had been deteriorating under the pressure of sanctions and neglect ever since it was put back together after American bombers destroyed it in 1991, but Mr. Stolp said those problems were quickly becoming a thing of the past."

[Snarkoleptic]

6. How does someone who is being fired...

How does someone who is being fired (and has zero creditbility) have any say in who holds ANY position?
This is friggin' madness!

[terisan]

7. Last desperate attempt to get World Bank to fund Iraq disaster.

We need to get out, and without the oil. The europeans can do a more credible job healing Iraq and, being as greedy as we, will want the oil. We need to move on to alternative sources of energy.

[WiseButAngrySara]

8. How in the heck does he have the power to do this? ....n/t