Volume 16, Number 14, March 31, 1989

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Departments

Andean Report

by Mark Sonnenblick

No Buyers for CAP’s Snake Oil.

Report from Bonn

by Rainer Apel

A Foot-in-the-Door for Satanism.

Panama Report

by Carlos Wesley

Delvalle’s Arrest Ordered.

Report from Rio

by Silvia Palacios

Sarney Rips “Fraud” in Amazon Grab.

Editorial

Secret Government Unravels.

Investigation

British Arms Trader: CIA Sanctioned Irangate Deals

The statement of Leslie Aspin, which demonstrates that the arms sales for which his brother has been jailed, had the approval of the United States government.

Science & Technology

Laser Fusion Can Meet Defense and Energy Needs

by Charles B. Stevens

In the first part of a two-part report, shows that this unlimited source of cheap energy is on the immediate horizon. Now Congress must act.

AIDS Update

Soviets Admit AIDS Peril Is Like ‘Bomb’

by Rachel Douglas

A ‘Final Solution’ for AIDS Victims?

by Jutta Dinkermann

Economics

Brady Plan Already Dead, as the Debt Bomb Ticks

by Peter Rush

One would have to thoroughly comb the history of the 20th century to find any parallel to the policy miasma now surrounding the issue of the foreign debt of Ibero-America.

Drought in U.S. Grain Belt Deepens; Contingency Planting Now Required

by Marcia Merry

Score One for Reason in Denmark

by Poul Rasmussen

A government panel introduces what the environmentalists fear the most: scientific rigor.

Currency Rates

Bangladesh Faces Economic Challenge

by Susan Maitra

Soviets Admit AIDS Peril Is Like ‘Bomb’

by Rachel Douglas

The Kremlin’s health minister used almost the exact words of Lyndon LaRouche to describe the threat.

A ‘Final Solution’ for AIDS Victims?

by Jutta Dinkermann

A conference of “health specialists” in Germany was devoted to “saving costs”—and the Hippocratic Oath be damned.

Eastern Strike a ‘Dereg’ Disaster

by William Jones and Nicholas F. Benton

Agriculture

by Suzanne Rose

USDA: Farming Poisons People.

Business Briefs

Feature

Is Bush Courting a Middle East War and New Oil Crisis?

by Webster G. Tarpley

A worldwide pattern of events suggests that such a move may be in the works—and if so, it can be safely assumed that Henry Kissinger, the schemer behind the 1973 Yom Kippur War, is in the thick of things.

The Curious Case of Pamella Bordes

by Mark Burdman

The high-priced call girl now appears to have been working for Libyan intelligence and compromising British security—another goad for an American military adventure.

Rushdie Affair Is Part of Anglo-Soviet ‘New Yalta’ Deal

by Scott Thompson

It appears that the circles of Victor Rothschild are playing the “Great Game” once again, this time handing the Middle East to Russia.

International

Sino-Soviet Summit To Open ‘New Order’ in Asia?

by Linda de Hoyos

As Gorbachov prepares to visit Beijing in May, U.S. allies must face the increasing withdrawal and irrelevance of the United States in the region.

Instability Marks Countdown to Argentine Elections Next May

by Cynthia R. Rush

Can France Find an Ally? The Dilemma of Paris Strategists

by Laurent Murawiec

The French elite have mounted a series of initiatives directed at Bonn. Whether it will amount to a strategy is another matter.

Commonwealth Head Sonny Ramphal Calls for ‘a Stronger Tyranny’

by Mark Burdman

Mexican Oil Workers Resist Witchhunt

by Carlos Cota Meza

The government is finding it difficult to fabricate charges that will stick against the jailed “La Quina,” leader of the union.

Kissinger Still Killing, Ten Years after Bhutto’s Death

by Katherine Notley

The Biennale of Non-Art in Venice

by Fausto Tapergi

International Intelligence

National

LaRouche: Jury Foreman Was In Secret Government

by Herbert Quinde and Steven Meyer

Buster Horton, who stampeded the jury to convictions of LaRouche and his associates, was part of the apparatus that ran the interagency “Get LaRouche” task force.

Kissinger Associates: Conflict Continues

by Jeffrey Steinberg

After the Eagleburger confirmation.

Truth Shakes Rigged Virginia ‘LaRouche’ Trial, as Defendant Ascher Takes Stand

Her testimony exposed the jury to the history of financial warfare against LaRouche and his associates.

Eye on Washington

by Nicholas F. Benton

Italian Senator Wants LaRouche Free.

Congressional Closeup

by William Jones

National News

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