Iran

Media, 9-9-26

A link to an interview from National Public Radio; other segments are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s 9/11 TRUTH. GAZA and WEST BANK, and down for MEDIA 9-3-26.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 8  Book examines America’s war on terror from Bush to Trump.  of NPR speaks with Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst, about his latest book, All The Presidents’ Wars, a history of the United States’ war on terror across four presidential administrations. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Iran, 9-6-26

Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Informed Comment and Truthdig; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11 TRUTH and UKRAINE, and down for IRAN 9-5-26.) — MCM

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Iran claims a strike on a U.S. ship in the Strait of Hormuz but the U.S. denies it, by Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel | AP  CAIRO — Iran said today it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the U.S. military dismissed as a “total lie.” The purported attack came . . . Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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In war crime, Trump sinks civilian Iranian tanker, disables 2 others, by Juan Cole | Informed Comment  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Trump administration continues to fire on civilian Iranian targets in a campaign that has intensified in the first week of September after a relatively quiet August, returning the two countries to a dangerous active war footing. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Aug. 5 report from NPR.

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FROM SEPT. 3  The war on Iran: Six months of epic failure, by Joe Cirincione | Truthdig / Informed Comment  We are in the seventh month of a war Donald Trump began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking Trump World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “Mission Accomplished” on his own Truth Social site. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine, 9-5-26

First, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, ALL OF IT and 9/11 TRUTH so far, and down for UKRAINE 9-4-26.) — MCM

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Putin orders a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as U.S. envoys visit Russia and Ukraine. From AP. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said today, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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How the U.S. focus on Iran is fueling a more aggressive Putin. Reported by Charles Maynes and Scott Simon | NPR  Trump’s top envoys head to Moscow and Kyiv as Putin steps up round the clock bombing of Ukraine. With the U.S. distracted by Iran, is Putin becoming increasingly emboldened? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Iran, 9-4-26

For now, links to a commentary from Judging Freedom via Consortium News, and to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH so far, and down for IRAN 9-3-26.) — MCM

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War in the twilight, by Andrew P. Napolitano | Judging Freedom / Consortium News  The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 3  Trump in talks to declare war on Iran ‘over’ amid mass troop deployment to West Africa. From the Cradle. U.S. President Donald Trump is having discussions with his senior aides about “whether to declare the Iran war over,” according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

 

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Iran, 9-4-26

First, a link to a commentary from Judging Freedom via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11 TRUTH so far, and down for IRAN 9-3-26.) — MCM

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War in the twilight, by Andrew P. Napolitano | Judging Freedom / Consortium News  The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military power, the dangers of presidential overreach and the enduring wisdom of the Constitution’s separation of powers. It was unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal, strategically incoherent and — by the standards by which wars must be judged — a geopolitical failure. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED