Shaha Ali Riza, an Arab feminist who is the acting manager for External Relations and Outreach for the Middle East and North Africa Region at the World Bank.
Shaha Ali Riza is a very attractive and intelligent Muslim whom brought quality of life to Paul Wolfowitz in his capacity as Presidential appointee by George Walker Bush. I always found that appointment a bit odd. One has to wonder how well Ms. ali Riza might also know Chalibi.
Iran used Chalabi to dupe U.S., report says
By Knut Royce
Newsday
WASHINGTON — The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that for years Iran has used a U.S.-funded arm of Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress to funnel disinformation to the United States and to collect highly sensitive American secrets, according to intelligence sources.
"Iranian intelligence has been manipulating the United States through Chalabi by furnishing through his Information Collection Program (ICP) information to provoke the United Sates into getting rid of Saddam Hussein," said an intelligence source who was briefed on the conclusions of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
The ICP also "kept the Iranians informed about what we were doing" by passing classified U.S. documents and other sensitive information, he said. The ICP has received millions of dollars from the U.S. government over several years.
Quite a club. This 'type' of covert activity also lends credibility to the argument by so called incompetents like Bush and Cheney for invasion into Iran. See, the Iranians were 'leaked' secrets of highly classified information that no doubt would provide the ability to assemble nuclear weapons. This was a mistake by the administration, of course, but after all such trusted expatriots with high level security clearance were never expected to betray their USA president whom believed in them. So, therefore, to legitimately pursue Halliburton's Oil War into Iran there has to be a reason PROVIDED. Wallah. We already know Halliburton has been operating in Iran. It's illegal, but, with friends in high places who really cares. So, the new Halliburton offices are in Dubai. How appropriate. Terrorist headquarters to leak even more sensitive information for even more illegal oil wars.
Iraqi expatriots were paid lots and lots of money for their loyalty to Bush's administration while Bush and Cheney plotted a war for profit; only to find out there was a method to much of what they did including 'bedding' the Under Secretary of Defense to gain USA military secrets.
Not bad, Wolfy, not bad at all. I have to admit as a Muslim, feminist or not, Ms. ali Riza has hurt her cause in the Arab World. One has to wonder her sincerity.
When is Bush and Cheney going to be impeached? Perhaps sometime before the Taliban invade Manhattan. This 'relationship' is one sided for Mr. Wolfowitz but is multifaceted in the implications to the breech of National Security that accompanies it. Wolfowitz needs to be fired and sent home to his family to make amends to his wife and children.
Bank Staff Asks Wolfowitz to Resign
The Government Accountability Project, a watchdog group, estimated Riza's salary at $193,590 as a result of the job transfer and pay raises. The group says she was paid by the World Bank and remains on the bank's payroll. The World Bank would not comment on Riza's compensation, citing confidentiality concerns.
But Wolfowitz, a married father of three, is said to be so blinded by his relationship with Riza, that influential members of the World Bank believe she played a key role in influencing the Pentagon official to launch the 2003 Iraq war. As his trusted confident, she is said to be one of most influential Muslims in Washington.
What they are said to share is a passion to establish democracy in the Middle East.
Riza, in her mid-fifties, was born in Tunis and grew up in Saudi Arabia. Her childhood is said to have done much to shape her commitment to democracy, equal rights and civil liberties in the Arab world based on her first hand experiences.
She brought those beliefs with her when she joined the World Bank in 1997.
Riza studied at the London School of Economics in the 1970s before taking a master’s degree at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, where she met her former husband, Turkish Cypriot Bulent Ali Riza, from whom she is now divorced.
After they moved to America, Riza worked for the Iraq Foundation, set up by expatriates to overthrow Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War. She subsequently joined the National Endowment for Democracy, created by President Ronald Reagan to promote American ideals.
It was this time that Riza, a British citizen eight years younger than Wolfowitz’s wife — started to meet with Wolfowitz about reforming the Middle East. They allegedly began dating two years ago.
The World Bank will find itself under scrutiny in a way that might disable it's policies if Wolfowitz is allowed to stay while apologizing for placing a paramour in a position for his sexual convenience and love interest without using appropriate channels.
Typical.
Typical.
Typical.
The Neocons of Bush are always above the rules, except when they apply to you.
Wolfowitz acted without approval, World Bank says
The board of directors of the World Bank said today that it had found that Paul Wolfowitz, the President of the bank, had agreed his girlfriend Shaha Riza's promotion without a review by an ethics committee or the chairman of the board.
The revelation contradicts earlier statements from Mr Wolfowitz's own office. Ms Riza's promotion came soon after he joined the institution in 2005.
Adjourning its meeting, the board said: “The executive directors will move expeditiously to reach a conclusion on possible actions to take.
It added: “In their consideration of the matter the executive directors will focus on all relevant governance implications for the bank.”
But of course, Wolfy believes in sexual health on a global scale.
World Bank under fire over Aids policy
By Eoin Callan and Krishna Guha in Washington
Published: April 12 2007 21:24
Last updated: April 12 2007 21:24
The embattled leadership of the World Bank faced fresh questions on Thursday about the role of the executive in apparent changes to Bank policy on promoting contraception to combat the spread of Aids.
The Government Accountability Project accused Juan José Daboub, the bank’s managing director, of “attempting to radically alter a long-standing health strategy at the World Bank”.
Paul Wolfowitz, president of the Bank, ruled out any change to bank policy on reproductive health, as he faced calls for his resignation over his role in securing a large pay rise and promotion for a Bank official with whom he was romantically involved.
“I want to make it clear personally, I think reproductive health is absolutely crucial,” he said.
Staff contacted by the Financial Times said officials were ordered last month by Mr Daboub to remove all references to family planning from a proposal to fund efforts to combat the disease and fight poverty in Madagascar.
Mr Daboub instructed subordinates to strike the references from a funding package requested by the country, staff claimed in interviews and in an internal document obtained by the FT.
There was no explanation provided in the documents for the change and Mr Daboub’s office did not reply to requests for clarification.
The staff said there was a widespread perception within the bank that the emphasis on contraception in preventing disease was being altered following the appointment of the managing director, a former member of the ruling conservative party in El Salvador.
An internal bank email dated March 8 headed “MD clearance” said the managing director had made a request “to take out all references to family planning” from a country assistance proposal for Madagascar.
The email added that the request “creates a potential problem” because upcoming proposals would also include “family planning measures in response to the government’s strong request for help in this area”.
Three bank employees confirmed the authenticity of the document, while one recipient said they could not recall the details of the email, which was shared with the Government Accountability Project.
Beatrice Edwards, a member of the non-profit group, said: “José Daboub is attempting to radically alter a long standing health strategy at the World Bank with dangerous consequences for poor women who need family planning services.”
When the USA disarms it's war machine while returning to diplomatic channels to solve National Security issues, these 'incentives' to create war scenarios will be gone.
