Two online programs this Friday evening and Saturday should especially interest people who reject the dominant government/media accounts of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The events are being pulled together by the two groups best known for calling attention to the falsity of those accounts and demanding justice. Both are free, but donations from attendees are requested. Participants’ names are listed alphabetically below. — MCM

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‘Forbidden Truth: 9/11 Science at 21 Years.’ This symposium in three parts is sponsored by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. It is scheduled to run from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday EDT. It features as speakers AE911Truth CEO Roland Angle, filmmaker Dylan Avery, British 9/11 family member Matthew Campbell, civil engineer Jonathan Cole, and fire protection engineers Scott Grainger and Brian Thompson. Click HERE for more detailed information.

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9/11 Symposium 2022: Exciting Legal Develpments. Presented by the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry and free of charge to those who attend, it begins Saturday at 4 p.m. EDT and features as speakers author/attorney Charlotte Dennett, architect Richard Gage, firefighter Christopher Gioa, attorney Mick Harrison, author Barbara Honegger, firefighter Erik Lawyer, attorney Danny Sheehan. MC is Kristina Borjesson. The event is dedicated to David Ray Griffin, the most prolific author of books on the terror attacks. Click HERE for more detailed information.

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A skeptical public. In a survey conducted last year — between Sept. 4 and 6, 2021 — Pulse Opinion Research contacted 1,153 Americans with questions about their views of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Click HERE and HERE for abbreviated results of the poll.

Presented in this entry are links to reports from National Public Radio and teleSUR; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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On Independence Day, Brazil’s president plans to flaunt his military ties. Reported by A Martínez and John Otis | NPR  President Bolsonaro is urging supporters to take to the streets for Independence Day. This may be a precursor to more verbal attacks on democratic institutions ahead of next month’s elections. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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New York to charge former White House adviser Steve Bannon. From teleSUR. The New York State Attorney’s Office will file charges against far-right Steve Bannon, who was a White House adviser during the administration of President Donald Trump (2017-2021). He would be accused of fraud due to his involvement in the “We Build the Wall,” an initiative that sought to raise funds for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Bannon holds that New York authorities plan to “file false charges” against him . . . READ MORE . . .

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What’s next for Chile after voters rejected a new constitution. Reported by ARI Shapiro, Miguel Macias and Christopher Intagliata | NPR  Ari Shapiro speaks with Antonia Laborde, a reporter for the Spanish newspaper El País in Santiago de Chile after voters in the country rejected a new constitution. Now the country must consider a new path forward. Click HERE to listen and read.

 

For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, teleSUR, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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Shelling resumes near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks, by Yuras Karmanau | AP  KYIV — Russia resumed shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a local official said today, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed for the warring sides to carve out a safe zone there to prevent a catastrophe. The city of Nikopol, on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear plant, was fired on with rockets and heavy artillery, regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said. The report could not independently verified. READ MORE . . .

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U.N. calls for demilitarized zone around nuclear plant in Ukraine. Reported by Geoff Brumfiel and Michele Kelemen | NPR   The United Nations is calling for a demilitarized zone around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.

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The IAEA says it’s worried about the stability of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Reported by A Martínez and Frank Langfitt | NPR The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog says it’s concerned about the stability of the plant in Ukraine under Russian control. The IAEA called for a security protection zone to prevent a nuclear accident. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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The U.N. calls for an end to the fighting around a nuclear facility in Ukraine. Rachel Martin of NPR talks to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield about the fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, and the next steps in order to try to secure the plant. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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Putin casts doubt over Ukraine grain deal and gas supplies to Europe, by Patel Polityuk | Reuters * Putin accuses Kyiv and West of flouting grain deal * Says wants to discuss changing terms of deal * Threatens to cut energy exports if Europe caps prices | KYIV — President Vladimir Putin said today he wanted to discuss reopening a U.N.-brokered deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain via the Black Sea, and he threatened to halt all energy supplies to Europe if Brussels caps the price of Russian gas. In a combative speech to an economic forum in Russia’s Far East region, Putin made little reference to his invasion of Ukraine, but said in answer to a question that Russia would not lose the war and had strengthened its sovereignty and . . . READ MORE . . .

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Western countries cling to the old world order: Putin. From teleSUR. Western countries are trying to preserve the old world order despite irreversible transformations happening in the system of international relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today during the plenary session of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia. “Western countries are trying to maintain yesterday’s world order, which is only beneficial to them, to force everyone to live according to the notorious . . . READ MORE . . .

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Erdogan: West is staging ‘provocations’ against Russia. From AFP. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses the West of staging “provocations” against Russia that have forced it to cut energy supplies to Europe. Erdogan has maintained good working relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin while trying to stay neutral in the conflict and supplying Ukraine with weapons and combat drones. He tells . . . READ MORE . . .

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European energy prices soar after Russia cuts off a natural gas pipeline to Germany. Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR  It’s a move seen as retaliation by the Kremlin for western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The energy crisis is not limited to Europe as other countries are also feeling the impact. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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Russia ready to turn on Nord Stream 2 – Putin. From Tass. VLADIVOSTOK — Russia is ready to start pumping gas through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today at the Eastern Economic Forum. “We are not  . . . READ MORE . . .

First, linked from Popular Resistance, two former war correspondents discuss reporting on the war and how norms of war coverage have changed in the last half-century. Then, reports from National Public Radio, Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, and Agence France-Presse. Others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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Ukraine and the crisis of media censorship. From The Real News / Popular Resistance Chris Hedges and Patrick Lawrence see the press in the United States and most of Europe as overseeing “a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world. It openly discredits or censoris anything that counters the dominant narrative about Ukraine, however factual. . . . How did this happen?” Click HERE to watch their half-hour conversation and read a transcript.

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How blowing up a dam in Ukraine flooded a village but stopped Russian forces. Reported by Elissa Nadworny | NPR  A community in Ukraine blew up a dam and flooded their village to stop the Russian army’s advance into the capital Kyiv. Six months later, they’re still pumping water out of their houses. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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Ukrainians prep for winter. If Russia hits heating systems, cities will freeze. Reported by Tim Mak | NPR  The temperatures in the Ukrainian capital have been in the 70s lately. But as summer wanes, residents are already preparing for a harsh winter ahead. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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War has decimated tourism in Ukraine, but people are still determined to travel. Reported by Ashley Westerman | NPR  The Carpathian Mountains are a wildly popular domestic getaway spot for Ukrainians in the summer. But Russia’s invasion has deeply affected the tourism industry there this year. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Putin approves new foreign policy doctrine based on ‘Russian World’. From Reuters. LONDON — President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a “Russian World”, a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers. The 31-page “humanitarian policy”, published more than six months into the war in Ukraine, says Russia should “protect, safeguard and advance the traditions and ideals of the Russian World”. While presented as a kind of soft power strategy, it enshrines . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.S.: Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea, by Aamer Madhani | AP  WASHINGTON — The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded U.S. intelligence finding. A U.S. official, who spoke . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian troops perform multiple launch of Iskander-M missiles at Vostok 2022 drills. From Tass. SERGEYEVSKY TRAINING GROUND/Primorye Krai, Russia — The Russian military destroyed a command post of a notional enemy using a multiple launch of Iskander-M tactical missile systems during the final stage of the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) strategic command and staff exercise at the Sergeyevsky training ground in the Primorsky Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said today.”In order to achieve . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin attends military exercises involving Chinese forces: Kremlin. From AFP. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended large-scale military exercises today involving China and several other Russia-friendly countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told local news agencies. Putin was meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and military chief of staff Valery Gerasimov at the Sergeevski military range and could . . . READ MORE . . .

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Next Sunday will mark 21 years since the event designed to permanently terrorize Americans and to a lesser extent the whole world. In the essay beginning below, two members of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth write of the importance of getting to the bottom (to the extent possible) of what happened, how, and why; and of de-anesthesizing millions still under the spell of official accounts of the terror attacks. NOTE: For those who missed it, HERE is a link to an interview that focuses on TV networks’ critical role from the outset in perpetuating near-universal zombielike numbness. — MCM

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Why 9/11 still matters — according to 900 activists who wrote to us

By Andy Steele and Susan Clay

Twenty-one years have passed since what seemed like a mundane Tuesday morning exploded violently into the world-changing event known as 9/11.

With the destruction of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers that morning and Building 7 in the late afternoon, the daily life of Americans all at once darkened. Their feelings of invincibility were suddenly snuffed out.

Right after the cataclysmic event that took the lives of nearly 3,000 victims and devastated their families, Americans were dominated by the desire to avenge the crime they had witnessed either in person and on television. Fired up by 24/7 propaganda, they were gung-ho to go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, where still more innocent lives would be lost.

Eventually that desire to retaliate faded and life normalized into what is now referred to as “the post-9/11 world,” in which the freedoms enjoyed in the pre-9/11 world are a thing of the past.

Over the years, official explanations for why the three towers came down have been propped up by politicians, bureaucrats, the military brass, defense contractors, and the controlled news media. Together, these “leaders” and their lackeys have waged an ongoing campaign to convince a trusting public that arguments challenging the official explanation of 9/11 are heretical, that the laws of physics and common sense are conspiracy theories, and that anyone who raises questions about why three steel-framed high-rises fell — when all evidence indicates they shouldn’t have — should be shunned and censored.

Early on, a large portion of the world moved on with their lives and accepted the storyline shaped by TV talking heads and their officially sanctioned guests. These “experts” informed us that jet fuel and fire were the obvious causes of the Twin Towers’ collapse — and that flying debris led to the small fires that brought down Building 7.

But a few of us didn’t buy those nonsensical, scientifically impossible claims. Over the years, building professionals and scientists began their own investigations of the evidence and arrived, both individually and collectively, at the irrefutable conclusion that all three towers had to have been brought down by explosives and incendiaries planted in the WTC towers days before 9/11.

But how would this evidence of controlled demolition, which has been gradually amassed by these truth-seeking architects, engineers, and scientists, ever be made known to the world?

That’s where . . . READ MORE

Presented below are links to reports on Chile’s vote Sunday on a new constitution, from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio. NOTE: Readers can find two recent entries HERE and HERE, one on Ukraine and the other on how TV networks have treated the destruction of three World Trade Center skyscrapers on Sept. 11, 2001, beginning within minutes after the terror attacks began. — MCM

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Chile looks for way forward after rejecting new constitution, by Daniel Politi | AP  SANTIAGO — Chileans overwhelmingly rejected a progressive new constitution to replace its dictatorship-era charter, dealing a blow to youthful President Gabriel Boric, who must now hammer out deals to create another proposal or change the current one. Although rejection had been expected in Sunday’s plebiscite, the almost 24-point margin . . . READ MORE . . .

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Chile overwhelmingly rejects progressive new constitution. From Reuters. SANTIAGO — Chileans overwhelmingly voted against a proposed new constitution on Sunday, rejecting what would have been one of the world’s most progressive charters. While nearly 80% of Chileans voted to draft a new constitution in 2020, nearly 62% of voters rejected the new text with 99.74 percent of ballot boxes . . . READ MORE . . .

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Chile rejects its new constitution. Reported by John Otis | NPR  Chile has voted a resounding NO to a proposed constitution that would have put a focus on social issues and gender parity, enshrine rights for the indigenous population, and address climate change. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.

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First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Agenzia ANSA, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance and Global Research, links to reports that the Ukrainian government tried to hinder international inspectors from arriving at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. — MCM

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Kyiv claims battlefield gains as Russian gas shutdown hits European markets, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters * Ukraine releases picture of flag over Kherson province town * European markets hit hard by closure of Russian pipeline | KYIV — Ukraine made its boldest claim yet of success on the battlefield in its week-old counter-offensive against Russian forces in the south, while European markets reopened today in free-fall after Russia kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut. After days of declining to give details about their new offensive, Ukrainian officials posted an image online of three soldiers raising a flag over a town in Kherson province, a southern region occupied by Russia since the war’s early days. The image . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.S. ambassador to Russia leaves post as Ukraine war drags on, by Matthew Lee | AP  WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan,* ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service. His departure, which comes . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine plant’s last-working reactor switched off from grid due to shelling. From ANSA/AFP  KYIV — Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s last working reactor has been switched off from the grid after the facility was disconnected from its last remaining power line due to shelling, Ukraine’s power plants operator said today. “Power unit [reactor] No. 6 was shut down and disconnected from the grid” because of a fire that was “triggered because of shelling” according to an Energoatom statement.

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Russia’s duty is to help Donbass, says Putin. From Tass. PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia Russia’s duty is to help people living in Donbass, all attempts to peacefully resolve the situation ended in failure due to Kiev’s position, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a meeting with participants of an environmental forum taking place in Kamchatka. “It is our duty . . . READ MORE . . .

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Seeing parallels, doctors apply lessons from Syria to their work in Ukraine. Reported by Tim Mak | NPR  Doctors who have worked in two modern war zones — Syria and Ukraine — are seeing the same gruesome tactics and injuries brought about by Russian military action. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Ukraine tried to prevent IAEA inspection of nuclear power plant, by Moon of Alabama | Educate! Over night the Ukrainian military, from positions in Vyshetarasovka, Nikopol and Marganets, again shelled the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on the south side of the Kakhovka Dnieper reservoir. This was fallowed by an early morning attempt by Ukrainian forces to land a sabotage group near the village north east of the ZNPP. Some seven boats, two self-motorized barges and some 60 soldiers were involved in the suicidal . . . READ MORE . . .

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Why was Kiev so scared of the IAEA visiting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant? by Andrew Korybko | Global Research The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces successfully thwarted Kiev’s attempted seizure of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) ahead of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s representatives’ visit to that facility. The ministry concluded that “the provocation of the Kiev regime is aimed at derailing the arrival of the IAEA mission to the . . . READ MORE . . .

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* A biography of Ambassador John Sullivan is HERE.

How the TV networks hid the Twin Towers’ explosive demolition

In an interview on 9/11 Free Fall, Graeme MacQueen* and Andy Steele** discuss a new paper MacQueen has co-authored, “The Triumph of the Official Narrative: How the TV Networks Hid the Twin Towers’ Explosive Demolition on 9/11,” due out this week. Click HERE to listen.

“The Triumph of the Official Narrative” documents the key role TV news managers played in establishing the perception worldwide that Islamic hijackers destroyed the Towers by crashing two planes into them, igniting deadly office fires with their fuel.

The new paper, researched and written by MacQueen and Ted Walter,*** follows their first, “How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers’ Explosive Demolition on 9/11,” published in 2020. Click HERE to read it.

For that, the co-authors reviewed 70 hours of news coverage and found the “explosion hypothesis” to be dominant among reporters at the scene when the Twin Towers collapsed. (A third WTC skyscraper, Building 7, collapsed in late afternoon.

In their new paper, using the same 70 hours of news coverage, MacQueen and Walter examine how the official narrative — that two planes crashing into the Twin Towers commandeered by al Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden — quickly supplanted what journalists at the scene had been reporting.

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* MacQueen is the author of The 2001 Anthrax Deception: The Case for a Domestic Conspiracy (Clarity Press.) He received his Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from Harvard University and taught in the Religious Studies Department of McMaster University for 30 years. Founding director of the Centre for Peace Studies at the university, he helped develop the university’s B.A. program in Peace Studies, and oversaw the development of peace-building projects in Sri Lanka, Gaza, Croatia and Afghanistan. He was on the committee that organized the Toronto Hearings held in September 2011. He is co-editor of The Journal of 9/11 Studies.

** Steele hosts the weekly podcast program 9/11 Free Fall on No Lies Radio every Thursday at 7 p.m. PST. Click HERE for more on his background.

***  In his capacity as director of strategy at Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Walter has appeared numerous times on 9/11 Free Fall. He is author of Beyond Misinformation: What Science Says About the Destruction of World Trade Center Buildings 1, 2 and 7, published by AE911Truth. Click HERE for more.

First, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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Thousands take to streets in Prague, build pressure on Czech govt to control soaring energy prices. From Reuters. An estimated 70,000 people protested in Prague against the Czech government on Saturday, calling on the ruling coalition to do more to control soaring energy prices and voicing opposition to the European Union and NATO. Organisers of the demonstration from a number of far-right and fringe political groups, including the Communist party, said the central European nation should be neutral militarily and ensure direct contracts with gas suppliers, including Russia. Police estimates . . . READ MORE . . .

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IAEA says Ukraine nuclear plant cut from main power line. From AFP. VIENNA — The global atomic energy watchdog said on Saturday that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been disconnected from its last remaining main power line to the grid and is now relying on a reserve line. “Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again . . . READ MORE . . .

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Germany eyes using energy firms’ windfall profits to lower prices. From AFP. BERLIN — Germany would seek to skim off windfall profits from energy companies to slash household bills, the government said today, with the finance minister estimating the measure could potentially bring “double-digit billions” of euros in relief. “The partial skimming off of windfall profits creates financial headroom that should be used specifically to relieve the burden for consumers in Europe,” said the government in a policy paper. It added that it would push for the move to be implemented across the EU, before going ahead with the measure on its own.

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Russia says U.S. poised to relocate bio programs from Ukraine to other post-Soviet states. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Pentagon has plans to transfer programs of biological research from Ukraine to post-Soviet republics, Eastern European and Baltic states at the shortest possible time to move close to Russian borders, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, said on Saturday. “The Pentagon is poised to shortly relocate the programs unfinished in Ukraine to . . . READ MORE . . .

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First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. And last, via Consortium News, a link to Scott Ritter’s assessment of coverage of the war by Newsweek’s William Arkin (and by extension that of much Western media); the article itself links to three of Arkin’s pieces for Newsweek and to a regular podcast that features Ritter.  — MCM

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Ukraine’s nuclear plant goes offline amid fighting, by Yesica Fisch and Joanna Kozlowska | AP  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Ukraine’s and Europe’s largest nuclear plant has stopped supplying Ukrainian-held territories with electricity, Kremlin-backed authorities said today, as a team of inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog continued their mission at the site. The Russian-appointed city administration in Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia plant is located, blamed an alleged Ukrainian shelling attack this morning, which they said had destroyed a key power line. “The provision . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia, West step up energy war; Moscow accuses Ukraine of attacking nuclear plant, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters * Russia delays pipeline reopening in blow to Europe * G7 finance chiefs agree on Russian oil price cap * Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to capture nuclear plant | KYIV — Stepping up an energy war between Russia and the West, Moscow has announced it will keep its main gas pipeline to Germany shut and G7 countries said they planned a price cap on Russian oil exports. The standoff over Russian gas and oil exports is a fallout from President Vladimir Putin’s six-month invasion of Ukraine, underscoring the deep rift it has caused between Moscow and Western nations. Russia’s defence ministry meanwhile accused Ukrainian forces today of mounting . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.N. nuclear inspectors visit Russian-occupied region. Reported by Elissa Nadworny and Scott Simon | NPR  U.N. nuclear inspectors were finally able to access a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine this week. They say the plant faces grave risks, especially from shelling. Click HERE to listen and, sometime later, read.

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Erdogan praises Russia’s role in bringing IAEA team to Zaporozhye in phone talk with Putin. From Tass. MOSCOW — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin today highlighted Russia’s role in arranging a visit by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Kremlin press service said. READ MORE . . .

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Getting it Wrong on Ukraine, by Scott Ritter | Consortium News Six months into Russia’s “Special Military Operation,” fact-challenged reporting that constitutes Western media’s approach to covering the conflict in Ukraine has become apparent to any discerning audience. Less understood is why anyone would sacrifice their integrity to participate in such a travesty. The story of Newsweek’s William Arkin is a case in point. . . . [He] seems determined to cement himself in the annals of the Russian-Ukraine conflict as an unabashed Ukraine partisan and vehicle for Pentagon information warriors. Arkin’s narrative . . . READ MORE . . .