Volume 15, Number 9, February 26, 1988

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Departments

Middle East Report

by Thierry Lalevée

Turkey: Target of Narco-Terrorism.

Mother Russia

by Luba George

German Bishops Will Attend Jubilee.

Report from Bonn

by Rainer Apel

Depression and Irregular Warfare.

Report from Rio

by Lorenzo Carrasco

Sabotaging the Constitution.

Andean Report

by Valerie Rush

Deal-Making with the Mob Spreads.

Editorial

A Political Solution in the Middle East.

Economics

Reagan’s Last Budget Sent to U.S. Congress

by Christopher White

Those who think that the agreement will postpone the economic day of reckoning until after the November elections, have some painful lessons to learn.

Behind De Benedetti: Asset Strippers Push Perestroika on Western Europe

by William Engdahl

It is not an accident that the financiers around the Olivetti chairman are part of a secretive “Roundtable” deeply involved in deal-making with Gorbachov.

Malthusian Bankers Write Off Africa

by Mark Burdman

Currency Rates

García Defends Peru’s Economic Gains from Bankers’ Panic

by Mark Sonnenblick

Business Briefs

Science & Technology

Planetary Exploration Celebrates 25th Year

by Marsha Freeman

Though planned U.S. missions to Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are years behind schedule, scientists met in December at George Washington University to review the first quarter century of planetary exploration.

Russians Admit Advanced Work on Radio Frequency Weapons

Feature

Creativity and Secondary Curriculum

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Part II of “Creativity and Curriculum in the Emerging Age of Nonlinear Physics,” by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. The frontiers of science and technology are all focused upon nonlinear processes; this defines the proper approach to education today.

International

Israeli Crazies Activate ‘Terror Against Terror’

“These bastards would do anything to sabotage the chance for peace,” said one Israeli source, referring to the faction around Ariel Sharon. The timing of the latest explosion of terrorism coincides with the arrest of Soviet spy Shabtai Kalmanowich. Could Sharon and Rafi Eytan explain why?

Gorbachov Plays Hardball in Afghanistan

by Ramtanu Maitra

The recent troop withdrawal proposal is no white flag, writes Ramtanu Maitra from New Delhi. It is a calculated move to put Pakistan to the wall.

Congress Party Takes Over the Left ‘Fortress’ in Northeast India

by Ramtanu Maitra and Susan Maitra

Imperial Games Follow Thai Ceasefire

by Linda de Hoyos

Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas: Can He Fulfill His Father’s Legacy?

by Hugo López Ochoa

An unpredictable factor in Mexico’s 1988 presidential race.

Soviets, OSI Push ‘Nazi War Criminals’ Hoax in Britain

by Mark Burdman

Colombian Church Battles over Drugs

by Valerie Rush

Italian Crisis: A Test for Europe

by Paolo Raimondi

International Intelligence

National

LaRouche Warns of Tragedy after New Hampshire Fraud

It was outright police-state methods and thievery which delivered the vote to George Bush and Michael Dukakis in the presidential primary. LaRouche concludes: all the more reason to campaign for the “miracle” that could save this republic, at the eleventh hour.

LaRouche Tour in Southwest, Calls for Building a Federal-State Partnership

by Mel Klenetsky

The candidate addressed both houses of the Oklahoma legislature, and press conferences in Dallas and Houston.

The LaRouche Trial: Charge U.S. Is Using Grand Jury Illegally

Eye on Washington

by Nicholas F. Benton

Congress Gets Earful on U.S. Banks and Drugs.

Congressional Closeup

by William Jones

National News

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