Democratic Palestine : 2 (ص 31)
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‘Israel’ - the go-between
A closer examination of current Israeli-Zaire relations re-
veals distinct parallels to the Israeli role as imperialism’s surro-
gate and arms merchant in Latin America. The Reagan Admin-
istration is anxious to increase military aid to Zaire, but has run
into Congressional opposition due to Mobutu’s horrible hu-
man rights record. Also, the imperialists are wary of the cor-
rupt and near bankrupt state of Zaire’s economy (despite, or
rather because of, Mobutu’s having amassed a personal for-
tune that runs in the billions). Mobutu hoped that by reestab-
lishing relations with ‘Israel’, he could get the help of the
Zionist lobby in influencing the US Congress. The Zionist
lobby has complied, but even if their efforts don’t bear fruit,
‘Israel’ can serve as a conduit for US aid. “In view of the
Reagan Administration’s policy to increase military aid to
Zaire above the originally proposed $20 million, and of Mobu-
tu’s subsequent rejection of US aid, it would not be surprising
if covert CIA funding of Israeli arms sales and assistance to
Zaire are already in process” (Journal of Palestine Studies, No.
47, Spring 1983, p. 47).
In the coming issue of “Democratic Palestine’, we will con-
clude this study by examining Israeli relations with the bantu-
stans of South Africa.
Profiteers of Reagan’s Arms Build-up
The US General Electric Company
by Wieland Orth :
through which the US intends to attain
world domination.
The following study is reprinted by permission from “Panorama:
Artikel Kommentare’, the press agency of the German Democratic
Republic.
As to the US nuclear build-up, West-
ern media always mentions five com-
panies imperative to this. General Elect-
ric is on top of the tree, being in monop-
oly control over significant areas con-
cerned with nuclear energy sections,
First and foremost, the US General
Electric (GE) company extolls products
serving “human progress”, such as edu-
cational facilities, environmental control
mechanisms and medical devices for
fighting cancer. In so doing, the com-
pany wants to make the public believe
that it is “peace-loving”. If possible, they
camouflage the fact that they manufac-
ture a wide variety of armaments.
Wide-ranging production for
arms build-up
In reality GE has been one of the big
earners from the arms deals for many
years. It ranked fifth amongst the Pen-
tagon’s main contractors with an arms
production turnover of $2,200 million in
1980, and fourth with $3,000 million in
1981. The 1982 internal GE company
report stated, “Top-quality technology
has made General Electric one of the
leading US armament contractors;
many of its space products and aircraft
engines are of vital importance to na-
tional security. “National security” - its
managers, too, are good at paraphrasing
a relentless and unrestrained arms build-
up. On the one hand, this company has a
decisive influence on governmental pol-
icies. On the other hand, it benefits
enormously from Reagan’s policy of
confrontation, from involvement in the
development and production of the
first-strike weapons directed against the
Soviet Union, the other socialist coun-
tries and against the progressive third
world countries. Together with other
arms manufacturers, it creates the mil-
itary and technological prerequisites
needed to wage and win a nuclear war,
principally nuclear warheads and reac-
tors for warships and submarines, a
market which is shared between GE and
Westinghouse.
Pratt & Whitney (United Technolo-
gies) and GE are the leading US aircraft
suppliers. Thus the ultra-modern - هو جزء من
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