9/11 truth, 7-17-26

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Here is more detail in outline form about the 2018 book 9/11 Unmasked: An International Review Panel Investigaation, by David Ray Griffin and Elizabeth Woodworth. (Scroll down today’s WEST BANK, SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN, and for 9/11 TRUTH 7-16-26.) — MCM

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The fifty-nine chapters are arranged into nine groups.

The third group is titled “The Attack on the Pentagon.”

Its brief introduction begins with the words “Although the ‘9/11 attacks’ include an attack on the Pentagon as well as the World Trade Center, far less attention has been devoted to the Pentagon.”

Its four chapters are titled  * The Claim That Hani Hanjour Piloted AA 77 into the Pentaon. * The Claim That the Attack on the Pentagon Could Not Have Been Prevented: First Version. * The Claim That the Attack on the Pentagon Could Not Have Been Prevented: Second Version. * The Claim That a Domestic Airplane Attack on the Pentagon Was Not Expected.

West Bank, 7-17-26

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Here is a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up and down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN, and for WEST  BANK 7-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY  16  Palestine lists 12 new sites on tentative UNESCO heritage list to counter Israeli erasure. From the Cradle. The Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Thursday registered 12 sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List in a bid to bolster international protection for heritage sites against an escalating Israeli campaign of cultural erasure. READ MORE . . .

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Syria, 7-17-26

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Here is a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, WEST BANK, LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN, and down for SYRIA 7-9-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 16  Israeli war chief tells Pentagon that occupation forces will remain in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday that Israel will continue to occupy territory it has seized in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, rejecting calls to withdraw. READ MORE . . .

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Lebanon, 7-17-26

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Here is a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down today’s 9/11 TRUTH, WEST BANK, SYRIA, GAZA and IRAN, and down for LEBANON 7-16-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 16  Israeli war chief tells Pentagon that occupation forces will remain in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday that Israel will continue to occupy territory it has seized in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, rejecting calls to withdraw. READ MORE . . .

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Gaza, 7-17-26

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Here are links to reports from Middle East Monitor and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, WEST BANK, SYRIA, LEBANON and IRAN, and down for GAZA 7-16-26.) — MCM

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Israel continues killing Gaza children as ‘matter of routine’: Haaretz. From Middle East Monitor. The Israeli daily reported today that 274 children in Gaza have been killed since the Oct. 10, 2025, ceasefire took effect. The newspaper said the figure means an average of one child killed each day during the ceasefire. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 16  Israeli war chief tells Pentagon that occupation forces will remain in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz informed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday that Israel will continue to occupy territory it has seized in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip, rejecting calls to withdraw. READ MORE . . .

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Iran, 7-17-26

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Here are links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye, to a discussion from NPR, and to a commentary from the Cradle; other published material (or at least headlines) is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, WEST BANK, SYRIA, LEBANON and GAZA, and down for IRAN 7-16-26.) — MCM

   

U.S., Iran each attack infrastructure in risky escalation, by Jana Choukeir and Eman Abouhassira | Reuters  DUBAI — The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran today and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for AP report with video and photos. Click HERE for most of same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from NPR.

   

Iran hits U.S positions in Syria, Jordan, Oman. From the Cradle. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps today announced its latest retaliatory strikes on Washington’s assets in the region — targeting sites in Syria, Jordan, Oman, and Kuwait. READ MORE . . .

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IRGC says it hit U.S. special operations unit in Syria as bombs fall on Iran for sixth straight day. From Middle East Eye. Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched an attack on a U.S. special operations command centre at al-Tanf in Syria today, as the U.S. bombed Iran for a sixth consecutive night. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. blocks SSL security certificates for Iran’s Fars News Agency. From the Cradle. The act, revealed by the news agency today, cuts the country’s most visited news outlet off from browser-trusted encryption. Without valid certificates, visitors to the site face security warnings and restricted access, while Fars content has been removed from Google search results. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 16  The war with Iran enters a new phase. How long will it last? Greg Myre, Tom Bowman and Mary Louise Kelly of NPR consider the latest on the war with Iran and whether there’s any way out. Click HERE to listen and read.

   

FROM JULY 15  How the Strait of Hormuz is testing the Iran-Oman alliance, by Fereshteh Sadeghi | The Cradle  Iran and Oman have been allies for decades, with ties predating the Islamic Republic. That continuity is now under strain. READ MORE . . .

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9/11 truth, 7-16-26

NOTE: Nobody reads this blog. But . . .

Here is some more detail in outline form about how the 2018 book 9/11 Unmasked: An International Review Panel Investigaation, by David Ray Griffin and Elizabeth Woodworth, is put together. (Scroll down for today’s GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and IRAN, and for 9/11 TRUTH 7-15-26.) — MCM

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The fifty-nine chapters are arranged into nine groups.

The second group is titled “The Destruction of WTC 7.”

Its two-page introduction begins with the words “World Trade Center 7 was a forty-seven-story steel-framed building that was like the Twin Towers in two fundamental ways.”

Its eight chapters are titled as follows:  * The Claim That WTC 7 Collapsed from Fire Alone. * The Claim in NIST’s Draft Report That WTC 7 Did Not Come Down in Free Fall. * The Claim in NIST’s Final Report That WTC 7 Came Down in Free Fall Without Explosives. * The Assumption That NIST’s Computer Simulation of the Fall of WTC 7 Matched the Observed Collapse. * The Assumption That NIST’s Analysis of the Collapse Initiation of WTC 7 Is Valid. * The Claim That No Steel Was Recovered from WTC 7. * The Claim Foreknowledge of WTC’s Fall Was Based on Witness Observations. * The Claim That a Massive Explosion in WTC 7 Reported by Michael Hess and Barry Jennings Was Caused by the North Tower Collapse.

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Gaza, 7-16-26

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Here is a link to an article from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name, (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, LEBANON, UKRAINE and IRAN, and for GAZA 7-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 15  This is the real Gaza plan, by Ramzy Baroud | Middle East Monitor  Here is the bottom line: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of leaving Gaza, either before Israel’s general elections — likely to be held in October — or after. Conceding an inch . . . READ MORE . . .

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Lebanon, 7-16-26

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Here are links to reports from Middle East Eye and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, UKRAINE and IRAN, and down for LEBANON 7-15-26.) — MCM

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Lebanon’s Mitri says divisive Israel framework still lacks government approval, by Daniel Hilton and Adam ChamseddineThe IsraelLebanon framework is not workable in its current form and cannot become a binding agreement without approval from the Lebanese government, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. claims ‘progress’ in latest round of Lebanon-Israel talks. From the Cradle. Lebanese and Israeli representatives concluded on Wednesday the sixth round of direct, U.S.-brokered talks in Rome — as reports indicated “progress” on a framework allegedly aimed at securing initial Israeli troop “withdrawals” from south Lebanon. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine, 7-16-26

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Here are links to five reports: from the Moscow Times, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Modern Diplomacy; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and IRAN, and down for UKRAINE 7-13-26.) — MCM

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At least 3 killed in Ukrainian attacks across Russia. From the Moscow Times. Regional authorities this morning reported the overnight attacks in the central Yaroslavl region and the western Bryansk region. Meanwhile two people were reported to have been killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv. READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian drone attack killed chief engineer at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia says. From Reuters. The chief engineer at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was killed by a Ukrainian drone near the station, the head of Russia‘s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky fires Ukraine’s tech-savvy defense minister in government reshuffle. Reported by | NPR  KYIV — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the country’s popular defense minister, who pushed for innovation in the battlefield through the use of drones and turned the tables on Russia. Mykhailo Fedorov served as Ukraine’s defense minister for six months.