For today, links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 9-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

Israel cracks down even further on incoming aid to Gaza. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR Israel is increasing restrictions on aid to Gaza, as aid organizations call on the country to flood Gaza with food and medicine to avert further catastrophe. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON 9-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

NEWER Lebanon says five dead in Israeli strikes on east. From AFP. Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country’s east today killed at least five people, after the Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah positions. READ MORE . . .

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Hezbollah readies ‘large-scale’ reconstruction plan for Lebanon: report. From the Cradle. Hezbollah is preparing to launch its own reconstruction program to rebuild parts of Lebanon which were destroyed by Israel last year, according to a report released by Al-Akhbar newspaper on Sunday. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, Tass, and Anadolu Ajansi; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE 9-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, LEBANON and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Ukraine shows diplomats damage after Russia’s largest aerial attack since invasion, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Senior Ukrainian officials led 60 foreign diplomats on a tour of damaged government offices in the heart of Kyiv today, a day after Russia’s largest aerial attack on Ukraine since . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia attacks Ukraine with over 800 drones in largest attack since war began. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and A Martínez | NPR  Russia launched its largest airstrike on Ukraine’s capital Sunday, killing at least four people and damaging a building in the heavily protected government sector for the first time. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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EU envoy heads to Washington for talks on Russia sanctions. From AFP.  EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan will lead a delegation to Washington on Monday for talks aimed at tightening coordination with the United States on measures against Russia. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. urges Europe to stop buying Russian oil, gas in exchange for tougher Moscow sanctions, by Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent  European countries must halt imports of Russian oil and gas if they expect Washington to escalate sanctions against Moscow, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has told the Financial Times. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine to receive ‘Afghan’ version of U.S. M1117 armored vehicles. From Kyiv Post. The War Zone military issues website said on Sept. 2 that the U.S. Army Contracting Command had announced a three-year, sole-source contract to Textron to produce 65 units of the Mobile Strike Force Vehicle and a year’s supply of spare parts using Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds. READ MORE . . .

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Kiev loses some 1,340 troops along engagement line in past day — Russia’s top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,340 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said today in a statement. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine war sees deadliest escalation in years: UN rights chief, by Necva Tastan Sevinc | Anadolu Ajansi  ISTANBUL — Russia’s war in Ukraine has reached one of its deadliest phases since the early months of the war that started in February 2022, the UN human rights chief said day, noting that July was . . . READ MORE . . .

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A rumination on the credibility of the news media on what happened 24 years ago this week — and directly related events, with a few links. (9/11 TRUTH 9-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, LEBANON and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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‘9/11’ and the media

By Mark Channing Miller

A year and a couple of weeks ago Seymour Hersh began one of his weekly Substack reports this way:

“The last week of August is usually a slow one in my business. Whether at the New York Times or the New Yorker, as an investigative reporter I stayed the hell . . .”

On 52 weeks of every year for the last 24 years Hersh, perhaps the best-known U.S. “investigative” reporter alive, stays the hell away from questioning the veracity of the official government accounts of the mass murders of Sept. 11, 2001.

His business, the news business, depends on staying in business, keeping advertisers and readers and the government on your side — keeping the lights on, staying alive.

Hersh is mainstream, although as such he did write and in 2015 have published by the London Review of Books a report titled “The Killing of Osama bin Laden,” four years after the Navy Seals operation, questioning Obama administration lies about it.

Accomplished reporters who eschew any questioning of the official —and impossible — 9/11 accounts in their work include Chris Hedges, Glenn Greenwald, Joe Lauria, Robert Scheer, and Whitney Webb, all of whom portray themselves and are seen as outside of the “mainstream.” I think of them as of, or on, the left politically.

One well-known reporter and commentator who bills himself as politically conservative is Tucker Carlson.

Carlson may be one of only two journalists participating in this week’s three-day live-streamed pow-pow in Washington, D.C., “Turning the Tide: 9/11 Justice 2025,” previewed HERE. The other is longtime Montreal reporter Craig Smith, currently of his podcasts Truth and Shadows and Thought Crimes and Misdemeanors. To get a taste of his bent, see “Pursuing Truth in an Increasingly Fake World,” his January 2024 chat with his current colleague Andy Steele of AE911Truth.

Reporting is Hersh’s business. How he does it is his business. How the New York Times and the New Yorker or any newspaper or broadcast news operation do it is their business.

How their readers and viewers and listeners read and view and listen is another thing.

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For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, and Anadolu Ajansi; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 9-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN, WEST BANK, LEBANON, UKRAINE, and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli foreign minister calls for Hamas to surrender as military pounds Gaza. From Reuters. Israel today again called on Hamas to surrender, as the military carried out strikes on Gaza’s largest urban centre where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are seeking shelter. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli FM warns EU recognition of Palestine will push Tel Aviv toward ‘unilateral decisions.’ From the Cradle. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said today that European recognition of Palestinian statehood will push Tel Aviv into “unilateral decisions.” Emphasizing the importance of “dialogue” with EU states on regional issues, he stressed . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza death toll since dawn rises to 21. From Middle East Eye. At least 21 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, most in Gaza City according to medical sources cited by Al Jazeera. Click HERE for earlier report from Middle East Eye, and HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.

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FROM SEPT. 6  ‘Leave or die’ warnings trigger new Gaza City displacement. From Anadolu Ajansi. Streets across Gaza City filled Saturday with families fleeing south, some packed into cars, others on donkey carts, many walking with only bags and blankets. Their destination . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 5  Finland, China endorse international push for Palestinian state. From the Cradle. Finland and China said Friday they are joining the New York declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of a two-state solution, a proposal that emerged from a French-Saudi-sponsored conference at the UN in July. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to two reports: from the Cradle and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (YEMEN 8-30-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, WEST BANK, LEBANON, UKRAINE, and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Yemeni drone breaches defenses, strikes Israel’s Ramon Airport. From the Cradle. An explosive drone launched from Yemen breached Israel’s defenses and struck Ramon Airport in the southern Negev region on this afternoon — in the latest and most successful of recent Yemeni attacks. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from AP.

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For today, links to three reports from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 9-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  YEMEN, LEBANON, UKRAINE, GAZA, and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli FM warns EU recognition of Palestine will push Tel Aviv toward ‘unilateral decisions.’ From the Cradle. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said today that European recognition of Palestinian statehood will push Tel Aviv into “unilateral decisions.” Emphasizing the importance of “dialogue” with EU states on regional issues, he stressed . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 5  Dozens of settlers ‘armed with sticks and knives’ rampage through West Bank village. From the Cradle. Illegal Israeli settlers backed by occupation forces carried out violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on 5 September, as troops carried out arrests across the territory. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 5  Finland, China endorse international push for Palestinian state. From the Cradle. Finland and China said Friday they are joining the New York declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of a two-state solution, a proposal that emerged from a French-Saudi-sponsored conference at the UN in July. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to two reports and an article of commentary, all from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (LEBANON 9-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, YEMEN, WEST BANK, UKRAINE, and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 5  Hezbollah and allies withdraw from govt session on disarmament plan. From the Cradle. Hezbollah and its allies on Friday withdrew from a Cabinet session aimed at discussing the Lebanese army’s plan to disarm the resistance movement. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 4  Israel escalates deadly attacks on south Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israel has escalated its deadly attacks on southern Lebanon, carrying out a drone strike on Thursday morning following massive and destructive strikes on the town of Ansariya the night before. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 2  Lebanon’s U.S.-backed leaders are playing with resistance fire, by Tamjid Kobaissy | The Cradle  Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam rigidly adheres to Saudi directives, reducing the premiership to an executive outpost for Riyadh’s agenda. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 9-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, YEMEN, WEST BANK, LEBANON, and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Ukraine government building damaged in the largest Russian aerial attack since the war began, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Russia hit Ukraine’s capital with drone and missiles today, killing at least two people and leaving smoke rising from the roof of a key government building —attacking the country with 810 drones and decoys, Ukraine’s Air Force said. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from AFP, Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.

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Russian forces hit Ukraine’s military bases, industrial facility in Kiev. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces delivered a massive strive on Ukrainian drone production, storage and launch sites, air bases, the Kiev-67 industrial facility, and a logistics base in Kiev, the Russian defense ministry said in a statement. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to details about a forum next week on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center in New York City, at the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C., and in a field in rural Pennsylvania — and what to do about it. (9/11 TRUTH 9-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down.   GAZA, YEMEN, WEST BANK, LEBANON, and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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’Turning the Tide: 9/11 Justice 2025’

Three days of talks, discussion, and movement-building in the nation’s capital under the title of “Turning the Tide: 9/11 Justice 2025” will begin this coming Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 5 p.m., at the Quaker Friends Meeting of Washington, 2111 Decatur Place NW, Washington, D.C.

The live-streamed event is hosted by the International Center for 9/11 Justice with co-sponsors DC 9/11 Truth, the 9/11 WarRoom, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth, the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, and RichardGage911.

Twenty featured speakers include U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc.; former U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.; former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio; Lt. Col. Anthony Schaffer, U.S. Army (Ret.); and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou.

Program themes: “New Evidence” on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 5 to 10 p.m.; “Reflection & Action” on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 5 to 10 p.m.; and “Pentagon Discussion,” on Friday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Information about the schedule and attending, including virtually, is HERE. Suggested donation is $25, but lower sums are acceptable.

Websites of most of the co-sponsoring organizations are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. Bios of participants are online.

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