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Published: Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006
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Volume 5, Issue Number 40
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This Week You Need To Know:
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In This Matter of Dynamics
What's Wrong With Congress
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
September 30, 2006
During the recent weeks, the break in the U.S. economy which I had forecast as likely, had already struck the world system. This change was expressed as a phase-shift, sharply down, in not only the U.S. economy, but the world economy generally. The Amaranth case, but, more importantly, sharp downshifts in the already ongoing real-estate collapse, were only acknowledged markers of a broader pattern. At this moment, in the higher echelons of trans-Atlantic ruling circles, desperation tactics, going beyond the scope of early "plunge-protection team" operations, are in motion.
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There are no signs of any action from relevant powers, inside or outside the U.S.A. itself, which could actually reverse, or even halt the collapse now in progress. All that is being attempted are efforts to delay the popular perception of the reality of the situation. It is this state of affairs which drives the U.S. side of the trans-Atlantic Anglo-Dutch Liberal financier interests to the state of desperation in which a massive U.S. aerial attack on Iran is an immediate prospect for a time as early as a short week or weeks before the U.S. mid-term election, during this present October.
More and more of the U.S. population has the smell of the foregoing situation in their nose. They do not see the particular danger, as much as they sense the ominous change in the political-economic weather. One thing which really scares a growing portion of the thinking part of the lower eighty percentile of family-income brackets, and others, right now, is the dread of the smell the population is getting from the U.S. Congress, the smell of the leadership of the Senate's Democratic fraction, in particular....
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This Week's News Updates:
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Recent LaRouche Webcasts*
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| "A World-Historical Moment" - From Berlin |
Sept. 6, 2006 |
| "Rohatyn as Satan" |
July 20, 2006 |
| "Emergency Actions Required by Congress" |
June 9, 2006 |
| "The Greatest Economic Crisis in Modern History" |
Apr. 27, 2006 |
| "Make a Platonic Revolution to Save Our Civilization" |
Feb. 23, 2006 |
"Rebuild a Looted U.S. Economy"
video: Baltimore: from Industrial Powerhouse to Death Zones |
Jan. 11, 2006 |
"The Tasks Before Us in the Post-Cheney Era"
Videos: US Dams, US Nuclear Plants |
Nov. 16, 2005 |
| "Rediscovering America: The Lessons of LaRouche's Famous Oct. 12, 1988 Forecast" |
Oct. 12, 2005 |
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Sept. 16, 2005 |
Emergency Webcast,
"Pulling This Nation Together Now!"
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Sept. 3, 2005
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"LaRouche Addresses Urgent Changes in Economic and Monetary Policy"
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Short video (WMA format)
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June 16, 2005
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April 7, 2005
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This Week in
American History
October 1 marked the 60th anniversary of the judgment at the Nuremberg Tribunal, the first of the trials of Nazi war criminals, which have defined for the ensuing period the nature of crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. Ironically, as pointed out by law professor David Luban in an article on the blog balkanization on Sept. 23, this anniversary occurs at virtually the same time that the Congress of the United States has ratified the evisceration of those principles, and those of the Geneva Conventions.
In arguing for the Cheney-Bush Administration's policies of torture and Presidential prerogative, as enshrined in the "compromise" military detainee legislation passed by the Congress last week, its adherents have been at pains to emphasize that the U.S. must assert its national interests, as against so-called international law. Yet. up until this vote, it was actually U.S. standards of conduct—established by President Abraham Lincoln's Lieber Code during the U.S. Civil War, and the insistence of U.S. Nuremberg Prosecutor Robert Jackson, especially—that defined the standards of international law in the area of war.
No one was more eloquent in asserting the Nuremberg principles than Justice Jackson, who insisted that the standards established thereby must apply not just to the "little people" who commit them, but to those men of great power who conspired to have those crimes carried out by their underlings. In his opening address to the Tribunal, which opened in November of 1945, he made this ringing charge:
"The real complaining party at your bar is Civilization.... The refuge of the defendants can only be their hope that International Law will lag so far behind the moral sense of mankind that conduct which is crime in the moral sense must be regarded as innocent in law. Civilization asks whether law is so laggard as to be utterly helpless to deal with crimes of this magnitude by criminals of this order of importance...."
Clearly, the Bush Administration would have opposed Justice Jackson's view, as well as the vote by the United Nations General Assembly on April 12, 1950, to enshrine the Nuremberg Principles in international law. The United States not only supported that vote, but championed it.
We include here the Principles of the Nuremberg Tribunal, in full:
Principle I
Any person who commits an act which constitute a crime under international law is responsible therefor and liable to punishment.
Principle II
The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.
Principle III
The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible Government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.
Principle IV
The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.
Principle V
Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trail on the facts and law.
Principle VI
The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:
a. Crimes against peace:
i. Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements, or assurances...
Full article on separate page...
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InDepth Coverage
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Feature:
TO READ IN PREPARATION
Like JFK's Manned Moon Landing!
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
September 27, 2006
The publication of Dr. Jonathan Tennenbaum's 'The Isotope Economy,' in this Vol. 33, No. 40 edition of the Executive Intelligence Review, is intended to assist governments of Eurasia and others in their preparations for the discussions to occur in oncoming Washington-Berlin international webcast of October 31. Although many statesmen and other relevant influentials may not be specialists in the relevant areas of nuclear physics, the policy outlined by Dr.Tennenbaumis one which must be put on the international agenda for immediate adoption and action.
- The Isotope Economy
by Dr. Jonathan Tennenbaum
Prologue
The subject of this essay is a crucial component of the economic mobilization which must be launched in the immediate future, if the world is to be saved from a physical and socio-political collapse of a severity comparable only, on a global scale, to what occurred in Europe in the period leading to the outbreak of the 'Black Death' of the 14th Century.
Strategic Overview:
IN THIS MATTER OF DYNAMICS
What's Wrong With Congress
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
September 30, 2006
During the recent weeks, the break in the U.S. economy which I had forecast as likely, had already struck the world system. This change was expressed as a phaseshift, sharply down, in not only the U.S. economy, but the world economy generally. The Amaranth case, but, more importantly, sharp downshifts in the already ongoing real-estate collapse, were only acknowledged markers of a broader pattern. At this moment, in the higher echelons of trans-Atlantic ruling circles, desperation tactics, going beyond the scope of early 'plunge-protection team' operations, are in motion.
National:
Is Desperate Cheney Scheming Nuclear Sneak Attack on Iran?
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Senior U.S. military and intelligence sources canvassed by EIR do not rule out the possibility of a White House-ordered 'Global Strike' unprovoked sneak attack against sites inside Iran before the Nov. 7 midterm U.S. elections. In fact, a number of particularly well-placed military and intelligence professionals identified the period from Oct. 4-18 as a possible window for just such a pre-election 'preventive strike.'
Bill Clinton Snares the Fox
Fox TV-News got a come-uppance it did not expect on Sept. 22, when its prime interviewer Chris Wallace held an interview with former President Bill Clinton.
Infrastructure Jobs Act Is Introduced in House
by Nancy Spannaus
Democratic Reps. William Lacy Clay (Mo.) and Major Owens (N.Y.), on Sept. 26, introduced a serious infrastructure employment initiative, unique in this 'do-nothing' Congress, and modelled on Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps. The new bill is the 'National Infrastructure Corps Act of 2006.' The Congressmen are circulating the bill for bipartisan sponsorship.
- Cheney-Addington Set Up Rendition Policy
Five days after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney publicly announced the outlaw regime that he was already instituting for U.S. military and intelligence operations. In an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Cheney declared that 'lawyers always have a role to play, but . . . this is war.' He elaborated in this chilling manner...
International:
Syria and Israel Wait for A Signal from Washington
by Dean Andromidas
It would only take a positive signal from the Bush Administration to get the Syrian and Israeli governments into a dialogue, if not serious peace negotiations. But, as leading circles in both U.S. political parties know, the state of mind at the White House under the mentally unfit George W. Bush is locked into Dick Cheney's fanatical obsession with war and regime change against the Arab nations identified in his neo-conservatives' war plan, 'Clean Break.'
Berlin-Washington Webcast
LaRouche E-Mail Dialogue Continues On Eurasian Peace, Development
On Sept. 6, Lyndon LaRouche held a webcast in Berlin, with a videoconference link to a Washington, D.C. audience, and many 'satellite' viewing sites around the world. LaRouche's speech and a portion of the conference dialogue appeared in EIR of Sept. 15, and papers and e-mails submitted by international dignitaries were featured in last week's issue. Here, we publish more e-mailed questions and comments, along with LaRouche's answers, as he makes his way through the hundreds of responses his webcast provoked. LaRouche's next Berlin-Washington webcast will be on Oct. 31 at 10:00 Eastern Standard Time.
A Child Of Two Augusts: Russian Central Banker Kozlov Assassinated
by Roman Bessonov
In June-July 2006, when the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the G-8 summit demonstrated a qualitative increase of Russia's economic and political weight, the defeated critics of the Russian leadership turned towards mysticism. They predicted new problems for the country in August. Why? Because August is known as a 'month of surprises.'
Economics:
It's Not the Homes, But the Bubble Loans That Won't Sell
by Richard Freeman
The era of 'exotic' or 'non-traditional' mortgage loans is coming to an end with a vengeance. On Sept. 26, the National Association of Realtors reported that in August, expressed on an annualized basis, total existing homes sales fell to 6.30 million units, compared to a 7.21-million rate in August 2005, a collapse of 12.1%.
CDC Call for Mass HIV Testing Echoes LaRouche 1980s Anti-AIDS Program
by Mary Jane Freeman
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines Sept. 21 for mass testing for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in the United States. Not a program for universal testing, the agency's plan is that HIV screening should be offered to everyone ages 13 to 64 in every hospital, doctor's office, and clinic—especially in pre-natal care for all pregnant women, to help in diagnosis and control of the AIDS epidemic (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). In a radical revision of previous guidelines, pre-test written consent forms and counselling are no longer required.
Documentation
LaRouche's Three-Point Battle Plan To Stop AIDS
Excerpted from a July 1991 pamphlet, 'LaRouche Was Right About AIDS,' issued by the LaRouche in '92 campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
A Matter of Survival
On Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, American statesman Lyndon LaRouche issued the following statement: 'The calamitous failure on Thursday, by the leadership of the Democratic Party fraction in the U.S. Senate, on the matter of the torture policy, although not the Democratic fraction as a whole, has occurred at a time when the issues foremost in the life-experience of the lower eighty percentile of the U.S. citizenry as a whole show that the popular trend going into the November mid-term elections is a policy directly opposite to that expressed over the period from the Alito confirmation to yesterday's Senate vote which has been, and is still required today.
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