Wolfowitz Out? White House Opens Door for Wolfowitz Ouster

"Wolfowitz By JONATHAN KARL and JENNIFER PARKER May 15, 2007 Font Size E-mail Print World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is fighting for his job amid a conflict of interest controversy that centers around his personal relationship with his girlfriend -- a longtime World Bank...

Paul Wolfowitz's fatal weakness by Juan Cole

"The cronyism that may cost him his World Bank job is also what caused the Iraq debacle. By Juan Cole May. 14, 2007 | The executive board of the World Bank mulled a possible vote of no confidence in the leadership of its president, Paul Wolfowitz, this weekend. How did the...

Wolfowitz: It's Someone Else's Fault

Well, sure, how was World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz to know that the financial body which he helms has a policy against  handing outsized and unvetted raises to one's girlfriend?"World Bank president Paul...

The Next Crusade: Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank by John Cassidy, The New Y...

"The Selimiye Mosque, in Edirne, a city in northwest Turkey, is a magnificent stone edifice, with four minarets and an austere, octagonal-shaped body supporting a large dome. Built for Sultan Selim II in the sixteenth century, it has withstood numerous earthquakes and can...

Is Paul Wolfowitz' mistress a spy?

"Last night, I had dinner with a long-time national security systems analyst who has worked in the Department of Defense and now works for one of the larger private think tanks funded mostly by government. She recounted to me how managing and coordinating large purchasing and...

Wolfowitz's girlfriend problem by Sidney Blumenthal

"Wolfowitz's girlfriend problem Not only did the World Bank president find his companion Shaha Ali Riza a cushy job in the State Department, but she received a security clearance -- unprecedented for a foreign national. By Sidney Blumenthal"

Corporate Media Focuses on Wolfowitz's Girlfriend, Not his World-Class War Cr...

"Leave it to the corporate media to make a big deal out of Paul Wolfowitz’s shameless promotion of his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, while ignoring the larger story—the fait accompli fusion of neoliberal and neocon policies at the World Bank and the IMF."

Police: Mom's 110-mph run from cops ends in baby's death

ALVARADO, Texas (AP) -- A woman led police on a 25-mile high speed chase until she crashed into a concrete median, killing her 9-month-old daughter in the collision, authorities said.Alexxus Riza was thrown Friday night from the SUV, which rolled several times under an...

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