A petition calling for Paul Wolfowitz to be fired

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Dear friend,

I just joined in signing a petition calling for Paul Wolfowitz to be fired.
Please join me in signing:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/sack_wolfowitz

The petition will be sent to the global media and the World Bank board as soon
as we reach 50,000 signatures--and sent it again every time we add another
50,000.

The initiative was organized by Avaaz. More information can be found below.

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Dear friend,

Paul Wolfowitz -- President Bush's key architect of the Iraq war, now president
of the World Bank and self-styled fighter of corruption -- was just caught
red-handed in a corruption scandal of his own. He pushed a huge pay raise for
his girlfriend, and hid the facts from his organization and the world.

This is the last straw. He's got to go.

The World Bank's board, made up of our governments from around the world, is now
deciding whether Wolfowitz should keep his job. An immediate, massive, and
global outcry could make the difference. Our petition is three words long: "Sack
Paul Wolfowitz." Sign it here:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/sack_wolfowitz

When Paul Wolfowitz was a top official in President Bush's Department of
Defense, he was one of the Iraq war's biggest backers. When the war became
fiasco, instead of firing Wolfowitz, Bush gave him a promotion--to president of
the World Bank. At the Bank, he alienated his employees and the world with a
domineering, rigid, and unilateral style that, critics charged, undercut the
Bank's efforts to fight poverty.

His biggest focus was corruption. But now we've learned that he didn't practice
what he preached.

Wolfowitz's girlfriend was a senior World Bank employee. When he became
president, the Bank's ethics rules would not allow him to keep her on staff
under his supervision. So he transferred her to the US State Department--but
kept her on the Bank's payroll, and gave her a US$60,000 pay raise. Her salary
rose to US$193,590, higher than Condi Rice's. What's more, it appears that
Wolfowitz hid the evidence of what he'd done.

Fighting corruption is a key to ending poverty. But there can't be one standard
for the rich and powerful and a different one for everybody else.

The World Bank Staff Association and the Financial Times have both called for
him to resign. Now it's our turn to weigh in.

The 24-member board of the World Bank, which uncovered Wolfowitz's corruption
through a special investigation, is currently deliberating about his fate. Bush
has announced that he wants him to stay. Global public opinion could tip the
balance--which means it's all up to you.

Click here now to sign the petition, and then send this email to ten friends:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/sack_wolfowitz

Wolfowitz claimed the Iraq war would spread democracy, but it sparked a civil
war. He promised to fight corruption, but engaged in it himself.

He talks a lot about accountability. It's time to bring some accountability to
Paul Wolfowitz.

With hope,

Ben, Ricken, Hannah, Lee-Sean, Tom, and the rest of the Avaaz team

PS: Read the Financial Times editorial here:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/18b3bad0-e914-11db-a162-000b5df10621.html