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From the Editors EIR Founder and Contributing Editor: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Editorial Board: Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Antony Papert, Gerald From the Editors Rose, Dennis Small, Edward Spannaus, Nancy Spannaus, Jeffrey Steinberg, William Wertz Editor: Nancy Spannaus Associate Editors: Ronald Kokinda, Susan Welsh ur Feature, on the 20-year history of the Schiller Institute, Managing Editor: John Sigerson O Science Editor: Marjorie Mazel Hecht founded by Helga Zepp-LaRouche in 1984, will be most especially Technology Editor: Marsha Freeman instructive to the young people who are now joining the LaRouche Special Projects: Mark Burdman Book Editor: Katherine Notley movement, fascinated by the high plane of ideas upon which the Photo Editor: Stuart Lewis LaRouches operate—by contrast with the pervasive banality of the Circulation Manager: Stanley Ezrol culture around us. Most of these youth were not yet born, when the INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORS: dramatic events of the early 1980s, described by Mrs. LaRouche in Counterintelligence: Jeffrey Steinberg, Michele Steinberg her article on page 6, were unfolding. Through her personal story of Economics: Marcia Merry Baker, Lothar Komp why she founded the organization; the excerpts we publish of her History: Anton Chaitkin speech to the Institute’s founding conference; and a timeline of the Ibero-America: Dennis Small Law: Edward Spannaus Institute’s activities, the reader will be amazed at the depth and Russia and Eastern Europe: breadth, the international scope and beauty, of the work that has been Rachel Douglas United States: Debra Freeman done, and is still being done. Always, Mrs. LaRouche has stressed INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS: that without beauty, as Schiller understood it, there can be no solution Bogota´: Javier Almario to the political-economic crises that are now upon us. Berlin: Rainer Apel Caracas: David Ramonet In this context, we at EIR mourn the passing of Mark Burdman, Copenhagen: Poul Rasmussen our Editor for Special Projects. That designation is most appropriate, Houston: Harley Schlanger Lima: Sara Maduen˜o as Mark’s life’s work was to do the unexpected. He never fit himself Melbourne: Robert Barwick into any “niche,” but creatively sought new ways to intervene in Mexico City: Rube´n Cota Meza New Delhi: Ramtanu Maitra world events; to smoke out the enemies of LaRouche—and Schiller; Paris: Christine Bierre even to organize within the “heart of the oligarchical beast,” the Rome: Paolo Raimondi United Nations, N.Y.C.: Leni Rubinstein British establishment. His work, as an American living in Germany, Washington, D.C.: William Jones embodied the mission of the Schiller Institute: to place trans-Atlantic Wiesbaden: Go¨ran Haglund relations on a Schillerian foundation, and to bring them to bear to EIR (ISSN 0273-6314) is published weekly (50 issues), develop Eurasia. by EIR News Service Inc., 217 4th Street, S.E., Washington, DC 20003. (202) 543-8002. (703) 777- This week’s issue brings you a rich assortment of interviews on 9451, or toll-free, 888-EIR-3258. World Wide Web site: http://www.larouchepub.com the Iraq crisis, and the Cheneyacs who brought it on. Included are e-mail: [email protected] responses to Lyndon LaRouche’s “LaRouche Doctrine” proposal for European Headquarters: Executive Intelligence Review Nachrichtenagentur GmbH, Postfach 2308, peace in Southwest Asia. D-65013 Wiesbaden, Bahnstrasse 9-A, D-65205, Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany The shifts that are taking place in East Asia, reported in Interna- Tel: 49-611-73650. Homepage: http://www.eirna.com tional, are very much along the lines that the Schiller Institute has E-mail: [email protected] long been working for, including the idea of the Eurasian Land- Executive Directors: Anno Hellenbroich, Michael Liebig In Denmark: EIR, Post Box 2613, 2100 Copenhagen ØE, Bridge. On the other hand, events in continental Europe (see Econom- Tel. 35-43 60 40 ics) and the United States (see National), show the crisis that is un- In Mexico: EIR, Serapio Rendo´n No. 70 Int. 28, Col. San Rafael, Del. Cuauhte´moc. Me´xico, DF 06470. Tels: 55-66- folding there, because those nations did not heed LaRouche’s warn- 0963, 55-46-2597, 55-46-0931, 55-46-0933 y 55-46-2400. Copyright 2004 EIR News Service. All rights reserved. ings. The time to change history, is now. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission strictly prohibited. Postmaster: Send all address changes to EIR, P.O. Box 17390, Washington, D.C. 20041-0390. EIRContents National 24 Cheney’s Lawyer Addington Penned Key Cover Torture Memo This Week EIR’s investigations confirm Newsweek’s expose´, and provide additional intelligence on the role of The Third Schiller David Addington, the General Institute conference, Counsel to Vice President Dick in Northern Cheney. Virginia, Nov. 24, 1984. 27 Abu Ghraib MP’s Lawyer Targets DoD Chiefs An interview with Paul Bergrin. 4 The Vital Role of the Schiller Institute in 31 Nigeria Case To Make Shaping History Halliburton Next Enron? Without the energetic work and leadership of this unique institution, established 20 years ago by Helga Zepp- 33 Halliburton, KBR and the LaRouche, in spreading the concepts of the American Nigeria Slush Fund Revolution and the Weimar Classic, the world would be a much different, and worse place today. 34 Chairmen Hunter, Goss Block Probes of Torture 6 The Evolution of an Idea: 36 Cheney Cat’s-Paw, Porter The Schiller Institute Turns Twenty! Goss, As CIA Director? Helga Zepp-LaRouche traces the origins of the Schiller A guest commentary by Ray Institute, in her life-long love for the work of Friedrich McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Schiller, known as Germany’s poet of freedom. Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. 11 The Schiller Institute’s Founding: ‘Toward a New Age of Reason’ Zepp-LaRouche’s speech to the first international conference of the Schiller Institute, held July 3-4, 1984 in Arlington, Virginia. Correction: In “Project Daniel Is Issued by Israel’s Dr. 14 Declaration of the Inalienable Rights of Man Strangeloves,” EIR, June 18, 2004, the author wrongly characterized Judah Maccabeus as “the ancient 17 Principles of the Schiller Institute Israelite who launched a suicidal rebellion against the Hellenistic 18 1984-2004: Highlights of Schiller Institute’s occupation.” In fact, Judas Activities Maccabeus led a revolt against the Hellenistic, Seleucid King, Antiochus Epiphanes, who tried to force the Israelites to forsake their sacred laws, and their faith in God. Far from being suicidal, they achieved considerable success. www.larouchepub.com Volume 31, Number 28, July 16, 2004 Economics International Synarchy 38 Hartz IV: Failing SPD 46 Eurasia Powers Losing 60 The Nazi-Instigated Shocks Germany withPatience With Cheney’s National Synarchist Union Schachtian Cuts Korea Crisis of Mexico: What It Means The Social Democratic Party-led If the United States does not move for Today German government and party to negotiate a compromise with the Part 2 in a series by William F. leadership gave the go-ahead for a North Korean government soon, Wertz, Jr., takes up the shift that “reform” of labor market and social Eurasian nations “will find another occurred in the National Synarchist welfare legislation that represents method” to a separate peace, as they Union (UNS) after Pearl Harbor and the deepest cut since the founding “have lost patience to delay the Mexican declaration of war of the Federal Republic in 1949. negotiations until the U.S. against the Axis powers: An anti- Presidential elections,” a Novosti Roosevelt Anglo-American 40 Italy: Tremonti’s wire from Moscow paraphrased imperialist faction, acting through Resignation Dooms Russian Foreign Minister Sergei the Dulles-Buckley networks Berlusconi Lavrov. associated with Cardinal Spellman and Bishop Fulton Sheen of the 42 Against Malacca Piracy, S. 48 Time to Consolidate China- United States, moved in to control Thailand Violence: It’s India Relations the UNS. Time for the Kra Canal These two countries, contributing almost one-third of the world’s population, are moving forward Editorial jointly to work out an economic and Interviews financial system which would make 72 The New Threat of Fascism them stronger internally, and help Today 27 Paul Bergrin enable smaller and weaker Asian Bergin is the civilian attorney for countries. Sergeant Javal S. Davis, one of seven soldiers from the 372nd 50 French General Looks At Military Police Company who have U.S. Iraq Policy been charged by the U.S. Army An interview with Gen. Christian Photo and graphic credits: Cover, with abuse of prisoners at Abu Quesnot (ret.) Pages 9, 12, 16, 18, 23 (left), 23 Ghraib prison in Iraq. (Warfield), 61 (Carrasco), EIRNS/ 53 The Iraq Pre-Emptive War Stuart Lewis. Pages 5, 7, 20 (top), 50 Gen. Christian Quesnot Is an Evil Example EIRNS/Philip Ulanowsky. Pages 19 (ret.) An interview with Aziz Alkazaz. (top), 20 (center), 23 (Moscow), 43, General Quesnot was Chief of Staff 54, EIRNS. Page 19 (center), of French President Franc¸ois 58 Synarchists Declare Mexico EIRNS/Catalina Lopez. Pages 20 Mitterrand between April 1991 and ‘Ungovernable’ (center), 21 (top), EIRNS/Claudio September 1995. Today he is Rossi. Page 22 (top), EIRNS/ president of the Commission on Christopher Lewis. Page 22 National Defense Studies, and (center), EIRNS/George Gregory. editor of Revue De´fense National. Departments Page 28 (Rumsfeld), DoD/R.D. Ward. Page 28 (Cambone), DoD/ 53 Aziz Alkazaz 59 Australia Dossier Helene C. Stikkel. Page 41, An economist and a leading expertCovering for Fascist Laws. www.epp.ed.org. Pages 44, 45, on Iraq, working with the Deutsches EIRNS/Leo Scanlon. Page 53, Orient-Institut (German Institute for wdr.de/tv. Page 61 (Quijano), Middle East Studies) in Hamburg, EIRNS/Salvador Lozano. Page 65, Germany, Aziz Alkazaz was born in www.asambleadf.gob.mx. Page 68, Iraq.
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