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Volume 31, Number 24, June 18, 2004

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A Personal Reflection:
I Remember Ronald Reagan

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. briefly recounts the genesis of his Strategic Defense Initiative, and the rare quality of decision with which President Reagan announced it.

The Power of Ideas:
SDI Changed the World

Counterintelligence Editor Jeffrey Steinberg's 1993 review of the planning and launching, on March 23, 1983, of the policy shift that brought the Soviet Union to collapse.

The Soviets' Fatal Reaction to
Reagan and LaRouche

Eastern Europe Editor Rachel Douglas described in detail, in a 1993 presentation, why after the SDI announcement, in LaRouche's words, "Moscow regards me with a curious sort of fascination, and . . . considers everything I say on policy matters to be influential, and very credible."

Strategic Studies

The Algeria Paradox:
Will Bush or Kerry Learn a
Lesson from Charles de Gaulle?

The clearest exemplar of a modern national leader who was capable of realizing when not to "stay the course," and acting forcefully on that decision, was French President Charles de Gaulle, who ended France's bloody attempt to keep colonial control over Algeria. Pierre Beaudry reports the details of de Gaulle's choice to admit, publicly, a national mistake—and thereby save France from right-wing coup and national disaster.

Science & Technology

In Africa, DDT Makes a
Comeback To Save Lives

Spurred by the dramatic and life-saving results in a few African nations that persisted in using DDT, a larger group of nations, now malaria-ravaged, want to use the banned pesticide. Marjorie Mazel Hecht reports.

National News

`Super-Watergate' Hits Bush and Cheney

The Watergate-type pattern is striking—and the overall process is clear to those familiar with the fight that LaRouche and his associates have been waging against the neo-conservatives in the Administration, and against Vice President Dick Cheney in particular, for the past two years. Now, the Abu Ghraib torture scandal has put the issue of war crimes on the table.

LaRouche Challenges Kerry
To Show Some Guts

Will the "presumptive" Democratic nominee back the embattled House senior Democrats on Abu Ghraib?

House Democrats' Letter to the President

Rumsfeld Hits a Buzzsaw in Singapore

Close Asian allies charge United States anti-terror policy spreads terrorism.

Bush-Cheney Presidency:
Worse Than Watergate

Ed Spannaus reviews John Dean's new book on George W. Bush's Secret Presidency.

LaRouche Youth Movement
Pokes at Soros's Dems

Unravelling Ravelston:
RICO and Richard Perle

Congressional Closeup

International News

Sharon's Generals Plan a
New Six-Day War with Egypt

A signal piece by Israeli military commentator Amir Oren, and several military and intelligence sources, warn that shifts in U.S.-Israel military point to Israeli Defense Forces' preparations to confront Egypt, in much the same way the 1967 war was triggered.

`Project Daniel' Is Issued by
Israel's Dr. Strangeloves

Unchanging Afghanistan:
Whither Karzai?

`To Be Ethical and Still Succeed'

In the conclusion of a two-part interview, Maxim Ghilan discusses Israel's peace movement and his mission for it.

Australia Is in the Middle of the
Iraq Torture Scandal

The Italicus Train Bombing:
Was Aldo Moro the Target?

A guest counterintelligence commentary by Italian author and journalist Paolo Cucchiarelli.

Malaysia, China: Ties of Centuries Celebrated

International Intelligence

Financial Vultures Try To
Topple Argentina's Kirchner

Argentina's "final offer" to bond creditors is being met with serious destabilization attacks sponsored by international "vulture funds."

Oil Gets Germans
To Rediscover Nuclear Power

IMF Caused Killer Flood in Hispaniola

Business Briefs

Editorial

Who Benefits From Chaos?

Book Reviews

President McKinley Made a Victim
of Character Assassination

William McKinley, by Kevin Phillips

Bush-Cheney Presidency:
Worse Than Watergate

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, by John W. Dean

Interview

Maxim Ghilan

Maxim Ghilan is a writer, journalist, and poet, editor of Israel and Palestine Strategic Update, and founder of the International Jewish Peace Union.