9/11, truth, 9-6-26

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Draft of an email I’ll send to the organizers of Checkpoint 25, the 10-hour online teleconference on YouTube on Sept. 5 put together by Exposing 9/11, via its host (of C-25) and founder (of E-9/11), journalist Craig McKee, at one of his Substack addresses. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE and IRAN, and for 9/11 TRUTH 9-5-26.) — MCM

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Hello Craig, Andy and Cheryl,

Congratulations! Checkpoint 25 is a breath of fresh air from Canada, upstate New York, and wherever you are, Cheryl.

A huge accomplishment. From the start, each segment is captivating and nourishing — thanks to knowledgeable guests undaunted by walls of ignorance and indifference enforced by powers that be, and thanks to flawless production.

I’m guessing Checkpoint 25 will be a raging success once internet visitors can take in its parts one by one and then forward links to others.

Two production-related things: For me, the viewers’ “top chat” remarks were a plus (I usually never look at them and only occasionally did yesterday); it would be good to keep them if you can in the repackaged posts of Checkpoint 25. Same for the New Horizons Middle School cartoons.

All for now,

Mark

Ukraine, 9-6-26

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Links to three reports: from Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH and IRAN, and down for IRAN 9-5-26.) — MCM

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U.S. peace push fails to achieve deal after Witkoff, Kushner’s first visit to Kyiv, by Martin Fornusek | Kyiv Post  President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks today with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. They arrived in Kyiv for . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner hold talks in Ukraine after meeting with Putin, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held “encouraging” talks in Kyiv today in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push to end more than 4½ years of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Iran, 9-6-26

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Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Informed Comment and Truthdig; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11 TRUTH and UKRAINE, and down for IRAN 9-5-26.) — MCM

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Iran claims a strike on a U.S. ship in the Strait of Hormuz but the U.S. denies it, by Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel | AP  CAIRO — Iran said today it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the U.S. military dismissed as a “total lie.” The purported attack came . . . Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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In war crime, Trump sinks civilian Iranian tanker, disables 2 others, by Juan Cole | Informed Comment  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Trump administration continues to fire on civilian Iranian targets in a campaign that has intensified in the first week of September after a relatively quiet August, returning the two countries to a dangerous active war footing. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Aug. 5 report from NPR.

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FROM SEPT. 3  The war on Iran: Six months of epic failure, by Joe Cirincione | Truthdig / Informed Comment  We are in the seventh month of a war Donald Trump began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking Trump World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “Mission Accomplished” on his own Truth Social site. READ MORE . . .

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Iran, 9-5-26

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First, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE, ALL OF IT and 9/11 TRUTH, and for IRAN 9-4-26.) — MCM

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U.S. military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy ships were targeted with missiles, by Amir Vahdat, Toqa Ezzidin and Cara Anna | AP    CAIRO — U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, the American military said Saturday, warning that it would “if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.”  Click HERE for report including photos and video. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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How the U.S. focus on Iran is fueling a more aggressive Putin. Reported by Charles Maynes and Scott Simon | NPR  Trump’s top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. With the U.S. distracted by Iran, is Putin becoming increasingly emboldened? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Ukraine, 9-5-26

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First, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, ALL OF IT and 9/11 TRUTH so far, and down for UKRAINE 9-4-26.) — MCM

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Putin orders a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as U.S. envoys visit Russia and Ukraine. From AP. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said today, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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How the U.S. focus on Iran is fueling a more aggressive Putin. Reported by Charles Maynes and Scott Simon | NPR  Trump’s top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. With the U.S. distracted by Iran, is Putin becoming increasingly emboldened? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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TO BE CONTINUED

All of it, 9-5-26

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A link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for All OF IT 8-29-26.) — MCM

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On the line: Wildland firefighter Justin Brown on battling a historic fire season. Scott Simon of NPR talks with Brown about the challenges in tackling today’s blazes. The wildfire season in the western U.S. is one of the worst on record. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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9/11 truth, 9-5-26

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Links to a report from National Public Radio and to an advisory from Exposing 9/11; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and down for 9/11 TRUTH 9-4-26.) — MCM

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9/11 1st responder shares his story with family. Reported by Annmarie Fertoli | NPR  A captain with the New York City Fire Department 25 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, tells his daughter for the first time what he experienced that day. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Exposing 9/11 Presents: Checkpoint 25. From the organizers. The “conference” described a few days ago days ago on this blog began today at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. Pacific). Tune in, HERE. Visitors can livestream anytime for the next ten or so hours. With luck, video of the whole thing will be accessible later for posterity. 

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Ukraine, 9-4-26

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First, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s IRAN and 9/11 TRUTH so far, and for UKRAINE 8-29-26.) — MCM

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Russian drone strikes Ukraine security service headquarters as U.S. talks on the war are expected, by Samya Kullab | AP   KYIV — A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in central Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today, ahead of diplomatic talks with U.S. officials on ending the war. Click HERE for report including video and photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. 

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Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s capital, by  

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Iran, 9-4-26

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For now, links to a commentary from Judging Freedom via Consortium News, and to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH so far, and down for IRAN 9-3-26.) — MCM

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War in the twilight, by Andrew P. Napolitano | Judging Freedom / Consortium News  The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 3  Trump in talks to declare war on Iran ‘over’ amid mass troop deployment to West Africa. From the Cradle. U.S. President Donald Trump is having discussions with his senior aides about “whether to declare the Iran war over,” according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

 

TO BE CONTINUED

9/11 truth, 9-4-26

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(Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE and IRAN so far, and for 9/11 TRUTH 9-2-26. Click HERE for 9/11 TRUTH 7-31-26.) — MCM

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This is a notice of a double book review I hope to complete of two books about the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and much more. Brief descriptions of them are accessible by clicking on their titles.

The first, chronologically, is Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America’s War on Terror, by U.S. Sen. Bob Graham (1936-2024) with Jeff Nussbaum. Published by Random House in 2004, I learned of it while reading the other book I’ll review. I’m only through its introduction, which is good.

The second is The Big Bamboozle: 9/11 and the War on Terror, by Philip Marshall (c. 1958-2013). It was self-published in 2012 by the author, self-described on page 4 as “a veteran airline captain and former government ‘special activities’ contract pilot [and author of] three books on Top Secret America, a group presently conducting business as the United States Intelligence Community.” A few chapters are HERE. The book in its entirety is HERE. I last referred to the book and its author HERE.

Intelligence Matters is one of 10 books Marshall recommends in Appendix 1.

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