FlyDubai

All of it, 10-5-26

For now, links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, and Time Magazine; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s SYRIA, YEMEN, GAZA, UKRAINE and IRAN so far, and down for ALL OF IT 10-4-26.) — MCM

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A look at what’s being said on the FlyDubai attack on an Israel-bound plane, by Melanie Lidman, Aamer Madhani and Samy Magdy | AP  JERUSALEM — The investigation into the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack last week has turned into a wide security and intelligence probe spanning from the Middle East to New Zealand as authorities try to figure out how the suspect, previously flagged for extremist views in Oman, was cleared to fly an Israel-bound flight. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and the Cradle. 

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FROM OCT. 4  U.S. Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack, by Konstantin Toropin | AP  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. Click HERE for report including brief video. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM OCT. 1  ‘What Trump Has Built’ interview transcript. From Time Magazine.  President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Time at the White House on Sept. 28. Click HERE for a transcript, a link to the article, and a link to Time’s fact check.

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TO BE CONTINUED

All of it, 10-4-26

For now, a link to a discussion from Consortium News and links to beginnings of two reports from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-3-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week — ‘Edge of the abyss,’ at 9 a.m.  Joe Lauria of CN and former CIA analyst Joe McGovern on * Putin’s warning against an attack on Kaliningrad * Trump’s Time interview * the curious FlyDubai incident * government “false flag” operations * U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt steams toward Gulf * advance UAE warning of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack * Israel’s Oct. 27 presidential election * high school students revolt in France * Kentucky death penalty and botched execution. Click HERE for video.

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FROM OCT. 3  Who are the mystery men who stepped in to keep the FlyDubai plane from crashing? From AP.  JERUSALEM — As of Saturday, three days after the uniformed crew members rushed to the cockpit to steady the Israel-bound plane carrying 182 people after a sickening plummet, they still haven’t been publicly identified. FlyDubai has called them only on-duty crew members traveling on the plane. It’s not clear . . . REGIASTER FOR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO READ WHOLE REPORT. Click HERE for same offer to read same AP report and others in Spanish for free.

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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France’s government, by John Leicester | AP  PARIS — A key question is whether violence on the margins of the demonstrations will worsen, blurring the lines between protest and rioting, and whether Macron’s government will ratchet up the already muscular response by police. REGISTER FOR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO READ WHOLE REPORT.

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TO BE CONTINUED

All of it, 10-3-26

Belatedly, in this second of only two entries for this date, links to a commentary from CraigMurray.org.uk via Consortium News, and to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. NOTE: Each item includes matters that will be unfamiliar even to readers who are British, so please read — and view — carefully. (Scroll down for ALL OF IT 9-29-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 2  Fatuous false flags, by Craig Murray | CraigMurray.org.uk  / Consortium News  Rather than abandoning the plainly nuts Fairford narrative, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his government are doubling down on the claim it is an Iranian terror plot. READ MORE . . .

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Ax-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot had been flagged over extremism concerns, by Samy Magdy, Sam Mednick and Cara Anna | AP  CAIRO — The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of an Israel-bound flight with an ax and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who had been barred from flying on his country’s airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM SEPT. 29  UK examines foreign state involvement in suspected airbase plot, releases suspects, by Toby Shepheard | Reuters  FAIRFORD, England — British police said on Monday they were investigating whether individuals acting for a foreign state were involved in an apparent plot to attack an airbase used by the United States but said five suspects they had arrested would be released on bail. READ MORE . . .