showdown in the Gulf SOCIALIST OUTIOOK Culi But in the viral Golf region, en pro-letaeli lobby in the Lanited States see sways waportent dumunate the region have to be Thronghout the Gulfin both like Suade Aralan, Kuwair and given to this attack Israel has stitt of the growing stength of The vlews uf Israel and the taken into accoont Chintries auntie minority she sus tiere Tualmentalion promotcul be the majority suras popchion throughout tor course of thr itportant but od supplies to: protestern, but as scated thinking in the Middle Basr surity of the reactionary: component of Us Strategir Been selling arms to Tram countrics, the views and the advanced capitalist Arbsheikiim. which Baharun ate liercely ba strongsuige of the kind of Issure Iran wat. While the us hussy nerally scen Iraqis Tray is scrongly distiked he Middle Fast, for the sumpte power. rael as not want to Gult wat since the earle 19803. reactor in Iraq Naturally they Iran as a thical to is mterests by Terach, the closest Ls alls in Thric is no doubt thar Laited the shite fondamentalise of uncondinional sappon to thr Israeli plumes overtlew Saudi see the Iracus sacronions and erboldened, Five vrars agn Arabin to attack had destroy periods of uncertamts in L's piles trande Tran and the operational assistance moo There hove beca maar in thir region, ir has beli fearcd the outcome of the capachy be an Arab sace. and ibe Tracian mullets: development ofa diodear reason that ir is an Arab Scares intelligence mod caston about RINg spurious. The tanker war' har many nations attacked by both by the Iranians: But somchow, with Iran smacks of an anempr to cover the Reagan tracks and Morrover, the tanker war was Reagan took the decision to: blame for the Tragi attack. Bur Irag and Iran. For thrce cars United States acts as il it were Jusc over a year ago the White been going on for three years, the Tired Stares did nothing. by the Rcagan administration. using an coacet missile - met confrontation was a conscious and deliberate political choice House is noc soll on terrorism out by far the majority of the only Tran that were attacking: result of the attack on the USs Poindexter, were caught with powertol airforce has carriod attacks, including arcacks on started by the Iraqis, whose selling arms to the Iranians: Stark. This us warship was diplumatic overtures lo and with hundreds of vessels of House, in the form odOllie scandal. The confrontation western ships. And yet the send the escort ships as a shut up by an Iragi fighrer American navy is entirely strange mists of Reagan's This led to the Irangare in us propaganda and the amagination, Iran got the their parts down making shuw Lhat, no, the White the deciston to go lor North and Admiral
UPFRONT revolution a breathing space: a The Nicaraguans hope thar implementing rhe accord ten that it would supply 100,000 ycar, Peru has agrocd lo sell assistance: the Sovier Union more tons of petroleum this Cuba will sell 40,000 tons. annonced un 7 September pursuing a diplomatic war, Nicaragua 5,000 tons and the accord will allow the isolation, They are now chance to overcome its cronenuc and political cither El Salvador or moying far fasrer on support for "irregular' forces in American countries and duc to. Begin, But whar does his plan should socialists and solidarity Rica has joined a long line of PRESIDENT Arlas of Costa presidents of the five Central powers to cease any military November, calls lor "external makers" that includes Henry peace- represent and whar attitude be fully implemented by 7 Kissinger and Menachen activists tuke cowards it? The Guatemala peace accord, signed by the Nobel prize winning
Nicaragua has litted the ban zones, declared at annesty for chemseives in, escablished over 100 local peace commissions, (beuded by arch reactionary unilateral ceaselire in throc Cardinal Obando v Brava) Catelica' (the voice of the un lie bourgoois daily La recunciliation commission and repealed decrece 760 Prasc, re-opened Radio established rhe national hicrarchy), declared a conservative cathalic: all contras who turn. which allows for the Guarcmala. Nicaraguan coffee harvest peace in contra killings of coffee Central has been damaged by A coffee picker - the Arias plan: pickers atlempted to derail the accord, Tis other provisions include: reductions in araraments and politically; the lifting of states of mergency and the holding even before it was signed. On guerrilla forees being denied troop levels, a full amnesty; Nicaragua, El Salvador and committees being scr up in Guatemala: freedom of the press: the right to organisc Thc US administration countries; negotiation of the use of neighbouring narional reconciliation nf free clecrions. the region. Chuch Ci-latenR.H
refuser ro release the torturers, murderers and ramists used by the tour thousand guardsmen. the revolution. In whar seems for the release from prison of and contras imprisoned since those outside the country for a popular move domestically catholic hierarchy has called compromises however. The government to terrorise the the Sandinistas have so far confiscation of property of They have refused some workers and peasants of more than six months Somoza and the US petrol and so forth, The coffee of young people into the army. America? Deen Jelt tntarmed because of Seventy-five chuusand suldiers the danger of attack and both industry and agriculture have have to be led and paid every harvesr hax heen damaged by suffered through the dralng Torernarionally, Nicaragua pickers, oudying arcas have isolated West Germany, contra killings of coffrer has become increasingly of ensuring aid to the contrus. 5 August Reagan presented an their non-compliance as a way: alternarive plan calling on the the contras and for an end ro Soviet aid to Nicaragua. The Us kuew thai the Sandinistas pussed with strong bipartian Sandinisras to negotiare with asked Congress for a lurther would tever agree lo such a "humanitarian" aid has been proposal and wanted to use Sinee the Arias plan was signed, a bill granting the. support, and Reagan has contras $3.5 million in reprin arr chemscives uuerly fundamentalism in the Gult muvements. Bul the fornes maries in These countrics expenenced with Arah opposed tu the Iranimi nationalism and orber progressive secular Succadists white exponents of his reactonarv. battle ar
attempring to use the accord as and the URNG in Guatemala. with thr FMLN in El Salvador Jeginacy to all governments secking to cut off outside aid, forces, it coates the contras In Guatemala the civilian URNG had previously called URNG guerrilla forces: The Jour times for negotiations, in power in the region, By and to discredit 'irregular' a cover for the continuing campaign to wipe out the president, Cerezo, is Thr accord grants they once had. Nicaragua has Already, the Arias plan has the gap lefr by the suspension France, Spain and Iraly have the USSR was reluctant to fill The Soviet Union too bad through its inability to repay swindling in Nicaragua and of Mexican and Venezuelan purasitism, speculation and ended the aid pingrammes been tightening the screws. Lastia recentlv wrote of lost che option of' credit the interest on loans. resulted in economis oil shipments. chaos — inlation in running at the largeet amount so far. The un basic loodstufis, toorhpaste. rationing has been introduced die Arias plan as a victory Ir aim is to support the contras Nicaragua's economy is in Nicaraguans have wolcomer $270 million in contra aid — maximum concessiuns frutn more than 700 per cent and while denying legitimacy to legitimises the government white soying to ubtain For their parr, the the Sandinistas The contras OCAL151 OUTLOOK ig 4 November/December 1987 delendine the emirs and sheiks intervention, literalle gunbont reactionars, must anderstand tham whar is happening an the defend the self-determination of tran against DS aggression. British and French navies get diplomacy vimed ar covering Khomicini, socialises shorld who rule the Gult, Despite up the Frangace aflair and and demand that thar (Ts, Gull'iran exercise in the understandine that rhe Khomeini regine ix crudest imperialist oul of the gulf
capital, Manila, and five other an inflationary 18 per cent rise Central America, not allowing The strike was provoked by argue lor a clear line against the movement to be divided August followed a transport imperialist intervention in strike that paralysed the on the question of thr Guatemala accord • GILL LEE Aquino on