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Titolo: Una terribile arma di distruzione di massa verra' usata contro Baghdad

Aiuto!   Gli Americani stanno per scatenare contro i civili Irakeni
un'arma molto piu' devastante di tutte le bombe e i missili piovuti su
Baghdad fino ad ora.
Un'arma che ha ucciso migliaia e migliaia di civili in paesi lontani
fra loro come Russia, Argentina e Zimbabwe:  IL FONDO
MONETARIO INTERNAZIONALE.
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IMF, World Bank to Assess Iraq's Needs
Mon Apr 14, 2:07 AM ET
By HARRY DUNPHY, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Fact finders from the International Monetary Fund (news -
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sites) and the World Bank (news - web sites) will go to Iraq (news -
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sites) to assess the hugely expensive costs of reconstruction as soon
as
it is safe to do so.
The finance ministers on the policy-setting committees of the IMF and
World Bank "made it very clear that this is what they had in mind,"
World
Bank President James Wolfensohn said Sunday, when weekend meetings of
the
two organizations ended.
The United States had pushed for teams from the two lending
organizations
to go to Iraq as a way of showing Iraqis they would benefit quickly
from
the end of President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s rule.
European countries, including some opposed to the U.S.-led invasion,
at
first blocked the assessment because it appeared to them the United
States
intended to dominate the reconstruction effort.
To resolve the issue, the United States agreed to a new Security
Council
resolution that would replace sanctions imposed on economic
transactions
with Iraq. Finance ministers left the wording of a new resolution to
their
diplomats.
The Bush administration is against giving the United Nations (news -
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sites) as big a role in running postwar Iraq as many European nations
want. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites)'s special
adviser on Iraq was on his way to Washington for talks with U.S.
officials.
Iraq's needs are expected to be massive, ranging from $20 billion per
year
for the first several years to $600 billion over a decade. The United
States also wants wealthy countries to forgive part of the huge debt
Iraq
owes them.
The administration, anxious about the rising American costs of war and
reconstruction, has promised Congress to involve other wealthy
countries
and international financial organizations in reconstruction.
"The U.N. has a vital role to play in the reconstruction of Iraq," the
White House said in a statement Saturday. "We will be talking to
Security
Council members, friends and allies about that role."
Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites), French President
Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, wrapping up
two
days of talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, made it clear they believe
the
United Nations should have the key role in rebuilding Iraq.
About 500 activists marched in downtown Washington on Sunday to
protest
the IMF-World Bank lending policies to poor countries. The march was
peaceful and much smaller in scope than previous protests.
Treasury Secretary John Snow told the World Bank's steering committee
on
Sunday it was critical that the bank send a team of economists along
with
the IMF to determine Iraq's most pressing needs. The bank is the
largest
provider of development loans to poor countries.
"The people of Iraq have waited long enough for the promise of aid and
assistance from the international community," Snow said.
Britain's international development secretary, Clare Short, said
countries
need to offer a "coherent and comprehensive response" if Iraqis are to
succeed "in their efforts to rehabilitate and reconstruct their
country."
There was no talk at the meetings about exact amounts of the aid to
come
from the 184-nation IMF and the World Bank. Nor was there discussion
about
when the United States might call for an international donors'
conference
to try to round up contributions from other wealthy nations.
Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said his country was aware
"we
have to do what Japan is required to do in the reconstruction of
postwar
Iraq."
The Japanese have pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid, but not a
specific amount for reconstruction. With Japan facing serious economic
troubles at home, its contribution would be far smaller than the $13
billion put up to defray U.S. costs in the 1991 Persian Gulf War (news
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web sites).
Social action groups lamented that the IMF-World Bank discussions were
dominated by Iraq, saying this diverted the meeting from making
progress
on the millennium development goals of cutting global poverty in half
and
getting all children into school by 2015.
"Rich countries are firing blanks in the war against poverty," said
Phil
Twyford, advocacy director of Oxfam International.

 MONETARIO INTERNAZIONALE.
Su questo siamo d'accordo, l'arma piu terribile.

 Su questo siamo d'accordo, l'arma piu terribile.
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IMF ensures Iraq institutes market based looting
BAGHDAD, Wednesday: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed
to monitor the Iraqi economy to ensure that the reintroduction of
looting into the economy conforms with free-market theory. The IMF
issued its initial report today citing optimism at the current
developments.
"The looting we are seeing is highly unregulated and favours the
strongest individuals in the market," reported IMF economist Saul
Kemp. "So, yes, we are very pleased."
The IMF gave particularly high points for the looting regimes
dedication to shrinking government, a major goal of the IMF.
"The infrastructure of the government is slowly been returned to
individuals," Kemp added, showing a slide of several utilities full of
tables and chairs looted from government offices. "This along with the
very physical shrinking of government achieved by the coalition forces
allows for growth, without the market failure normally attributable to
political distortions."
The IMF has however warned Iraqis that they must work to ensure that
their looting remains efficient.
"These looters have to open themselves up to foreign investment,"
insisted an IMF spokesman. "Your family based looter working with a
single donkey just can't compete on the global market these days. They
need capital to buy trucks and forklifts. That's when a looter can
really make some money."