Volume 23, Number 16, April 12, 1996
Strategic Studies
The British Monarchy Rapes Transcaucasus, Again
by Linda de Hoyos
Since the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union, the British monarchy has roused its long-standing “sleeper” and other regional intelligence assets throughout the Islamic world and Transcaucasia, for the incitement of the bloodiest conflict ongoing in the world today.
‘Great Game’ Case Files
Karl Marx; Anglo-American support of Afghan war vs. Soviet Union; the Golden Crescent; arming both sides of the Iran-Iraq war; the Olof Palme and Uwe Barschel murders.
I. Caucasus—Gateway to Central Asia
David Urquhart’s Holy War
by Joseph Brewda and Linda de Hoyos
General Thomson’s Little War
by Joseph Brewda and Linda de Hoyos
Nagorno-Karabakh: ‘Apple of Discord’
by Joseph Brewda and Linda de Hoyos
The Caucasus: New ‘Afghansi’ Hotbed
by Joseph Brewda and Linda de Hoyos
Jokhar Dudayev, the strongman of “independent Chechnya,” led Air Force operations during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, and today he is leading a secessionist armed force against the Russian military.
UNPO Plays Key Role in Transcaucasus Blowup
by Mark Burdman
A Rogue’s Gallery
II. The ‘Imperial Turkey’ Set-Up
David Urquhart’s Ottoman Legions
by Joseph Brewda
The Neo-Ottoman Trap for Turkey
by Joseph Brewda
Pan-Turks Target China’s Xinjiang
by Joseph Brewda
III. The Afghan Theater
London’s 19th-Century Afghansi
by Joseph Brewda
Why the Afghanistan War Does Not End
by Susan B. Maitra and Ramtanu Maitra
Originators of the Afghansi
IV. Central Asia
Development or Free Trade?
The case for the Eurasian Land-Bridge
The ‘Great Game’ and the Pipeline Wars
by William Engdahl
Dope, Inc.’s Afghan Harvest
by Ramtanu Maitra
Economics
Merger Mania: Bankrupt on the British Model
by John Hoefle
Thanks to modern accounting tricks, regulatory collusion, and lies, two bankrupt banks, Chemical and Chase Manhattan, have combined to create the “fourth-healthiest” bank in the world. Very clever—but it was announced on April Fool’s Day.
Zedillo puts Mexico on IMF path to suicide
by Carlos Cota Meza and Carlos Méndez
The line from Wall Street was delivered by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary Lawrence Summers in Cancun on March 17, and swallowed whole by the Mexican government: a halt to all productive investment.
Currency Rates
Business Briefs
Departments
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Elections force SPD to face reality.
Editorial
The ADL Is Evil.
International
Sudan Resists UN Plans for ‘One-World’ Government
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
The outcome of the tug-of-war between the UN Security Council and the republic of Sudan could reverberate not only throughout Africa, but in the developing sector as a whole. Muriel Mirak Weissbach reports.
International Intelligence
National
Labor, Democrats Accelerate Revolt versus Gingrich Lunacy
by Anton Chaitkin
The political mobilization of the Democratic ranks was stimulated by Lyndon LaRouche’s March 2 national television address on “National Economic Security” and his double-digit vote results in the March 5 Democratic Presidential primaries.
LaRouche Wins Delegate in Louisiana Primary
by Debra Hanania-Freeman
DNC chairman Fowler’s mandate to state parties to “disregard” any vote for LaRouche is based on scurrilous and flagrant lies.
Whitewater’s Starr Runs Coverup for Bush
by Edward Spannaus
Cardinal O’Connor Speaks Out against the Death Penalty
Congressional Closeup
by Carl Osgood
National News
Correction
Correction
The photo on p.10 of EIR’s April 5 issue was not Parti Québecois leader Lucien Bouchard, as identified, but Rep. John McHugh of New York. Mr. Bouchard is shown here.
