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Published: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004
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An EIR Special Report
This week's Special Report in EIW InDepth is an eight-part feature which presents some of the most damning evidence against Vice President Dick Cheneyevidence that should lead to his impeachment from office, or his voluntary or involuntary retirement.
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The momentum for a full investigation of the pre-war Iraq fakery reached new heights by Feb. 1, with even President Bush, under massive national pressure, reported to be moving to create an "Independent Commission" in an effort to control the damage. As Lyndon LaRouche stated in his Jan. 30 Philippines radio interview, "I'm the one that uncorked on Cheney and got this thing to the point that other people are jumping on the case now." LaRouche's intervention has defined the Democratic Primary election campaigns.
Here is EIR's news account which details how, while Cheney's attempted "charm offensive" took him on European tour, he became the target back in the U.S.
"...Dick Cheney's days as Vice President appear to be numbered, even as, on his tour of Western Europe, he tried to "soften his image" as the Bush Administration's leading war hawk..."
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LaRouche interviewed in St. Louis
Democratic Presidential pre-candidate Lyndon LaRouche was interviewed by KMOX Radio in St. Louis, on Jan. 27. LaRouche's name appears on ballot in the Democratic primary in Missouri Feb. 3.
LaRouche interviewed in Wilmington, Delaware
LaRouche was interviewed on WJBR Radio, Wilmington, Del., Jan. 30. Delaware's Presidential primary takes place Feb. 3, and LaRouche in on the ballot.
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The Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement

LaRouche to West Coast Cadre School:
Only Man Can Discover Universal Principles
Here are Lyndon LaRouche's opening remarks to a LaRouche Youth Movement cadre school on Jan. 24, and a selection of questions and answers from the two-hour discussion that followed.
LaRouche Speaks to the Philippines
Lyndon LaRouche gave a half-hour radio interview and cadre school combined in the Philippines today, hosted by the Philippines LaRouche Society and the Philippines LaRouche Youth Movement and broadcast on the nightly radio talk show hosted by LaRouche Society leader Antonio "Butch" Valdes on DZAR-1026 Angel Radio Manila.
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February 2 - February 8, 1779
George Rogers Clark Captures Vincennes
"I know the case is desperate, but Sir, we must either quit the country or attack Mr. Hamilton. Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted. Perhaps we may be fortunate." So wrote George Rogers Clark from the Illinois Country to Gov. Patrick Henry of Virginia. Two days later, on Feb. 6, 1779, Clark led a small force of 170 men, half of them French, toward British Lt. Gov. Henry Hamilton's fort at Vincennes on the Wabash River.
Hamilton was known as the "Hair Buyer," due to his zealous enforcement of the British policy of paying bounties to the Indians for the delivery of American scalps or prisoners to Detroit. The main targets of these British-allied Indians were the Kentucky "stations," where small numbers of pioneers had placed themselves between the western British outposts and the vulnerable American frontiers further east. As long as the Kentuckians held out, the Ohio Valley Indians refused to attack across the mountains, for if they left their villages unprotected, the Kentuckians could destroy their corn crops. Knowing this, Hamilton had sent out 15 war parties from Detroit by July 1777, all of them headed for the 121 fighting men left in Kentucky.
George Rogers Clark, born in Virginia in 1752, had settled in Kentucky as a young man, and was determined to act "for the good of the country." First, he succeeded in having Kentucky given legal status as a new county of Virginia. Then, he proposed a secret plan to Gov. Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and George Wythe. As the American Revolution raged in the East, Clark would recruit a small force and capture the British-controlled French towns in the Illinois Country, ceded to Britain after the French defeat in the French and Indian War. This would put the Americans on the Mississippi River, flanking the British headquarters at Detroit from the West.
On June 24, 1778, Clark and 170 men pushed off from their training base on Corn Island in the Ohio River, shot the rapids at the Falls of the Ohio (now Louisville), and double-manned the oars, day and night, until they reached the Tennessee River. From there, they marched overland into the Illinois Country, in order to avoid the British patrols which had been watching the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers. In short order, Clark's men captured the French villages of Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Prairie du Rocher, and Saint Phillips, and a delegation was sent eastward to secure Vincennes. Clark brought with him the news that the Americans were now allied with France, and many of the French inhabitants rallied to his cause. Clark also embarked on a series of diplomatic meetings with representatives of the Midwest Indian tribes, whom he asked to remain neutral in the conflict between America and Britain.
When Colonel Hamilton heard the news of the American successes, he quickly gathered a force in Detroit and marched for Vincennes. He was unhappy, however, that a part of his force consisted of French militia and volunteers. He complained that they were "ignorant Bigots and busy rebels," and declared that, "To enumerate the Vices of the Inhabitants would be to give a long catalogue, but to assert that they are not in possession of a single virtue, is no more than truth and justice require." He was more sure of his Indian allies, and many joined him, making a total force of around 600 men. Hamilton's army easily overwhelmed the token American force left in Vincennes, and the British Governor settled down to wait for spring, since the Wabash and Embarrass Rivers had flooded for miles around, making Vincennes virtually an island.
But Hamilton remained alert, and sent a party of Indians with a British officer to keep watch on the Ohio River. Other scouting parties were detached in an attempt to sever Clark's lines of communication with Kentucky and Virginia. Planning for his spring campaign, Hamilton suggested an early meeting with John Stuart, the British Indian agent in the South, at which they would coordinate their efforts to squeeze the Kentuckians in a vise. This done, Hamilton allowed much of his force to go home for the winter, leaving him with barely 100 men.
When news came of the fall of Vincennes, Clark met with his officers, and they agreed that their position would be critical by spring, when Colonel Hamilton would have such a force "that nothing in this quarter could withstand his arms; that Kentucky must immediately fall, and well if the desolation would end there." They resolved "to attack the enemy in their quarters," counting on the value of surprise, for Hamilton would not expect a winter attack across 180 miles of flooded country. But the Americans and French did cross the Wabash on Feb. 21, after having marched through miles of water-covered land, some of it up to their shoulders.
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Special Report:
Cheney's Crimes: Case for Impeachment Builds Momentum
by Jeffrey Steinberg
This special report presents some of the most damning evidence against the Vice Presidentevidence that should lead to his impeachment from office, or his voluntary or involuntary retirement.
- Investigations of Cheney Crimes Are Multiplying
A report, compiled by Edward Spannaus for EIR, of the status of probes under way, or pending, of the actions of Vice President Cheney and his immediate faction in government.
- The Case for Impeachment Of Vice President Cheney
The argument for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney was first published in EIR on Aug. 1, 2003.
- Iraq Is a Fuse, but Cheney Built the Bomb
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
This statement by LaRouche demanding Cheney's resignation was issued on Sept. 20, 2002 (EIR, Oct. 4, 2002).
- Chronology of Cheney's Pre-Iraq War Fakery
This outline was published in EIR, Aug. 1, 2003.
- Interview: Scott Ritter
One Inspector Knew the Truth About Iraq 'WMD'
A former U.S. Marine, Gulf War veteran, and UN Inspector in Iraq from 1991-97, Scott Ritter has been the most bold and the most truthfulof all the formerUNinspectors, insisting throughout the Iraq invasion buildup that under the harsh and rigorous inspections from 1991 to 1998 in Iraq, the Iraqi stockpiles of WMD had been destroyed, and its nuclear weapons program dismantled
- Cheney Invented Today's 'Bush Doctrine' in 1990
by Edward Spannaus and Jeff Steinberg
On Sept. 22, 2002, Lyndon LaRouche issued his first call for Vice President Dick Cheney to resign. What triggered LaRouche's dramatic call for Cheney to step down, was the accumulated evidence that Cheney and a small group of his long-time collaborators... have willfully lied to the American public, to Congress, and to the President himself, about the circumstances under which they have promoted the so-called 'war on terrorism,' the drive for a new war against Iraq, and the fraudulent and dangerous new National Security Strategy.
Economics:
Debt Explosion Will Kill, Not Save, the U.S. Economy
by Richard Freeman
During the past three years, the U.S. economy has apparently been prevented from sinking into unfathomable collapse, by incurring immense volumes of new debt. The Bush-Cheney Administration is wholly dependent on the debt-generation process, like an addict upon his cocaine; the debt bubble is the principal force holding up the American economy from far greater destruction.
U.S. States Have No Way Out But 'Super TVA'
by Paul Gallagher
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's Jan. 26 report of a $477 billion 'unified' Federal budget deficit in the now-ongoing Fiscal Year 2004while only part of the terrible storyis in itself a $100 billion jump in the deficit over that of FY 2003.
Dollar Collapse Begins A Drama for Eurasia
by Paul Gallagher
At one of his final town meetings in New Hampshire's Presidential primary, Sen. John Kerry gave a smile of acknowledgement when LaRouche Youth Movement leader Mike Reeves told him that the collapse of the U.S. dollar will bring down the world financial system and 'cut out the baby talk in this campaign.' Reeves was citing the repeated public alarms to this effect by former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in mid-January.
Israeli-Palestinian Team Releases 'Economic Road Map'
by Dean Andromidas
... there are people on both sides who can negotiate positive agreements. But peace is being blocked by the hardline policies of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his backers in Washington, the neo-conservatives led by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Building Bridges Across The Mediterranean
by Gail G. Billington
Five Muslim and five European nations, representing a combined population of 238 million people, held a first-of-its-kind summit in Tunisia in the first week of December 2003, to map out a strategy for overcoming differences in political and economic areas with the intent of turning the Mediterranean into 'a sea of peace.' The summit, hosted by Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, may be the first of its kind, but it has been in the making for over 20 years.
Synarchists Explode Bolivian Powderkeg
by Cynthia R. Rush
When Bolivia plunged into violent chaos last September and October, setting off a process that led to the ouster of oligarchical President Gonzalo Sa´nchez de Lozada, international media attributed the upheaval to popular anger over a government proposal to export the country's natural gas abroad through Chilean ports. The plan hit a raw nerve over Bolivia's loss of its Pacific coast to Chile in the 1879-81 War of the Pacific, the media asserted, and sparked the nationwide violence which ousted 'Goni,' as Sa´nchez de Lozada is known, sending him fleeing to Miami.
- Documentation: "Misery 'Has Reached Intolerable Limits.' " (see bottom of pdf file, p.15.)
International:
Iran's Election Crisis Flanks the One in Iraq
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Each Iranian election brings the simmering institutional conflict between the conservative Guardian Council (GC), and the reformist wing in Parliament with its supporters in the population, to the boiling point. With elections for the Majlis (Parliament) scheduled for Feb. 20, the crisis has assumed unprecedented contours, and could lead to significant changes in Iran's political landscape.
Blair Won't Escape Nemesis on Iraq, Economy
by Mark and Mary Burdman
The last week of January was one of the most politically fraught and dramatic weeks in modern British political history, and a decisive one for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. On Jan. 27, his government barely squeaked through a House of Commons vote on his pet project of having universities impose 'top-up fees'added tuition feeson students. The next day, Law Lord Hutton gave his long-awaited report on the death, on July 17, 2003, of top British weapons scientist Dr. David Kelly. Hutton exonerated Blair's government of all blame for the circumstances leading to Kelly's death.
Indonesia Rejects CNN 'Islamic Terror' Lies
by Mike Billington
U.S. media networks commonly portray nations in the Islamic world as breeding grounds for terrorism, asserting the most blatant lies without bothering to attempt proof or qualified sourcing. It was thus refreshing to see Indonesia respond to a recent CNN feature broadcast, 'Seeds of Terror,' narrated by Indonesia bureau chief Maria Ressa, under the direction of CNN documentation series host and news anchor, Aaron Brown.
Cheney's N. Korea Nuke Scandal Unravels
by Kathy Wolfe
Senator Richard Lugar's Foreign Affairs Committee on Jan. 20-21 heard testimony from Dr. Siegfried Hecker, former chief of Los Alamos nuclear laboratoryon his trip to North Korea Jan. 7-10which questions Bush Administration assertions that North Korea has a clandestine uranium weapons program.
Mussolini To Lead New Fascist Alliance
by Claudio Celani
In the context of the current international regrouping of synarchist parties, four Italian neo-fascist groups have formed a new alliance for the upcoming European Parliament elections. The recognized leader of the new coalition is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini ('Il Duce'), Alessandra Mussolini...
National:
LaRouche Turns Democrats' Sights on Cheney
by Nancy Spannaus
Perhaps the sharpest image of the phase-shift which has occurred in the Democratic Party since the California Recall election of October 2003, is the implosion of the Howard Dean campaign. A close second, is the manner in which all the 'major' candidatesJohn Kerry and Dean included and Democratic Senators have now begun to train their sights on Vice President Dick Cheney.
What Leadership for A Time of Crisis?
Here is the keynote of Lyndon LaRouche's Presidential web- cast campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, Jan. 25, 2004.
Campaign 2004: Where They Stand
Part 5 in a series on the Democratic Presidential contenders, "How To Reverse the Infrastructure Breakdown, and Restore the Economy."
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