Chris Hedges

Iran, 10-2-26

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HedgeLinks to an interview from Chris Hedges’ YouTube channel, and to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for Iran 9-28-26.) — MCM

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FROM c. SEPT. 29  Iran has destroyed U.S. bases in the Gulf (w/ John Mearsheimer). Hedges and University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer discuss the damage Iran’s use of cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones has inflicted on U.S. military bases; shifting alliances resulting from the war; and what the future may hold. Click HERE for nine-minute video.

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FROM OCT. 1  Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes, by Konstantin Toropin, Michelle L. Price and Aamer Madhani | AP  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM OCT. 1  Iran readies harder retaliation if attacked as diplomacy faces long odds, by Parisa Hafesi | Reuters  DUBAI — Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, while continuing a diplomatic push that Iranian officials privately see as unlikely to succeed. READ MORE . . .

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Ho ho ho !

Want to know how the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry and Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth have been doing in their joint effort to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31, 2018? Click HERE to find out, or to chip in.

The two groups have united in the drive for a Special Grand Jury investigation of as-yet-unprosecuted federal crimes in the destruction and mass murders of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center.

Meanwhile, to find out why The New York Times or The Washington Post or The Associated Press aren’t on top of this (and a lot of other matters), click HERE for Caitlin Johnstone’s explanation and HERE for Christopher Hedges’*.

The short answer is, they’re not free to be.

And scroll down for info about the Lawyers’ Committee and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York’s response to the Committee’s two petitions for a Special Grand Jury investigation.

Merry Christmas!

— Bruce and Mark

* Hedges mentions but does not link to Seymour Hersh’s report several years ago in The London Review of Books entitled “The Killing of Osama bin Laden.” Find it HERE.