Volume 32, Number 47, December 9, 2005

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Yes, Dick, You Are a Liar  

by Jeffrey Steinberg

Vice President Dick Cheney spent the second half of November snarling at Administration critics who dared accuse him of lying the United States into a disastrous war with Iraq. The simple truth is: Cheney did lie, repeatedly, to bludgeon the U.S. Congress into approving an unnecessary and disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq. Jeffrey Steinberg surveys the evidence.

The Fat Lady Sings

CIA Director Tenet: No Saddam Link to Atta

Murtha: ‘Because They Say It, Doesn’t Make It So’

Economics

LaRouche Open Letter to Bill Ford: Reorganizing the U.S. Auto Industry  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Lyndon LaRouche responds to the Ford Motor Company chairman’s Nov. 22 speech to the National Press Club.

Follow-Up on Ford Letter: Auto and World Economic Revival  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

What Bill Ford Said, and EIR’s Analysis  

‘Third World’ Economy?

The U.S. Auto Industry Never Just Produced Cars

by Marsha Freeman

Hedge Fund Looting Is Fueling Hyperinflation

by Michael Billington

Bernanke Begins Warming Up the Hypercopters

by John Hoefle

Replacing Maastricht Depends on Germany

by Rainer Apel

Not the Austerity Coalition That Financiers Had Planned

by Elisabeth Hellenbroich and Hartmut Cramer

Interview with Horst Seehofer.

International

Kirchner Positions Himself To Do Battle with the IMF  

by Cynthia R. Rush

The Argentine President took the bold step of asking his Finance Minister, Roberto Lavagna, to resign.

What Is Behind the Neo-Con Offensive Against Syria?

by Jeffrey Steinberg

Interview with Dr. Imad Moustapha.

The Big Holes in the Mehlis Report

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

Peru’s Fujimori Could Upset the Apple Cart

by Sara Madueño

LaRouche to Chinese Daily: Humanity Depends on Eurasian Development  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

People’s Daily online ran a wide-ranging interview with the American statesman.

Cairo Meeting for Iraq Reconciliation

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

LaRouche on Iranian TV: Free the United States from the Grip of Imperialism and British Economics

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Conference Report: An ‘Axis for Peace’ Against the Neo-Cons

by Christine Bierre

Getting Cheney Out Is the Key to Peace

by Helga Zepp-LaRouche

Destroying Culture Destroys Nations

by Jacques Cheminade

National

DeLay’s Filthy Congressional Machine Is Under Legal Attack

Although the case against Tom DeLay himself, for illegally laundering campaign funds, continues to be held up, while the former House Majority Leader seeks to have it thrown out of court, the network upon which he, and his financial backers, have depended, is on its way to being dismantled.

It Didn’t Start with Joe McCarthy  

by Edward Spannaus

The witch-hunt that culminated in “McCarthyism” during the 1950s actually started with President Harry Truman, in the second half of the 1940s.

Revive the Spirit of FDR’s Foreign Policy

Interview with Erika Herbrig.

Interviews

Horst Seehofer

Germany’s new Minister of Consumer Protection, Food, and Agriculture is a member of the Bavarian-based Christian Social Union, and a deputy regional chairman of the party. He was Minister of Health in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Dr. Imad Moustapha

Dr. Moustapha, Ph.D., is the Ambassador of Syria to the United States.

Erika Herbrig

Frau Herbrig, now retired, worked for many years at the Potsdam Treaty Museum in Cecilienhof Palace, in Potsdam, Germany. There she became an ardent advocate of the policies of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died before the Potsdam conference took place.

Editorial

Bill Ford’s Message on Auto  

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