Briefest yet of the daily posts in this category since July _. (Scroll down for today’s GAZA, SYRIA, LEBANON, IRAN, UKRAINE and MEDIA, and for 9/11 TRUTH 7-8-26.) — MCM

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It helps to remind oneself in attempting to deal optimally with any situation — let alone the mass murders of Sept. 11, 2001 — that one proceeds through life having to depend upon incomplete information, misinformation, disinformation, misinterpretations of any of  these, delusions, etc.

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A link to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, SYRIA, LEBANON, IRAN, UKRAINE and MEDIA, and down for GAZA 7-7-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 8  Nine Gazans killed by Israeli fire in latest ceasefire violation. From Middle East Monitor. At least nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in the latest violation of an ongoing ceasefire agreement, medical sources said, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Links to three reports: from the Cradle and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, LEBANON, IRAN, UKRAINE and MEDIA so far, and down for SYRIA 7-1-26.) — MCM

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Trump to remove Syria from terror list after meeting with former Al-Qaeda chief. From the Cradle. The U.S. formally began the process of removing Syria from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism on Wednesday, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Turkiye for the NATO summit and meeting with Syrian self-appointed President Ahmad al-Sharaa. READ MORE . . .

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Russia eyes mid-July start for commercial logistics hub at Syrian port, by Feras Dalatey | Reuters  DUBAI — Russia hopes by mid-July to have a commercial logistics hub up and running in one of two berths at the naval base it leases in the Syrian port of Tartous, while keeping a military presence at the other, according to Syrian officials. READ MORE . . .

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Syria regains its voting rights at chemical weapons watchdog. From Reuters. AMSTERDAM — Member states of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons today handed back Syria’s voting rights, following what they described as “a significant change in circumstances” since the fall of the Assad regime. READ MORE . . .

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A link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, SYRIA, IRAN, UKRAINE and MEDIA, and down for LEBANON 7-8-26.) — MCM

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Israel wipes out villages in south Lebanon, says ‘no need for permission’ to maintain occupation. From the Cradle. Israeli violations and the destructive campaign to erase civilian infrastructure in south Lebanon have escalated in recent days, with more Lebanese homes being blown up by Tel Aviv’s occupation forces today — despite a so-called ceasefire. READ MORE . . .

For now, links to 12 reports: from the Cradle, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, SYRIA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and MEDIA, and down for IRAN 7-8-26.) — MCM

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NEWER  Iranian missiles hit U.S. base in Jordan as IRGC continues retaliatory ops. From the Cradle. Jordanian military forces announced during the afternoon the “interception” of several Iranian projectiles, coinciding with continued U.S. attacks on Iran and new rounds of retaliatory strikes by Tehran against Washington’s assets in Arab states. READ MORE . . .

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Links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, SYRIA, LEBANON, IRAN and MEDIA, and down for UKRAINE 7-8-26.) — MCM

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Putin likely to escalate Ukraine war, despite Trump peace push, sources say. From Reuters. President Vladimir Putin is rejecting calls to negotiate peace with Kyiv, according to three sources close to the Kremlin, with Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russia’s oil refineries and ports strengthening his resolve to keep fighting for now. READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian drones batter Russian oil facilities and set more oil tankers ablaze, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian drones hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to grant Kyiv a license to manufacture the Patriot air defense systems to protect its cities. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Links to a report and to a commentary: from the Cradle and ¡Do Not Panic! — the latter via ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, SYRIA, LEBANON, IRAN and UKRAINE, and down for MEDIA 7-8-26.) — MCM

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CPJ reviews removal of four Palestinian journalists killed by Israel from Gaza casualty database: report. From the Cradle. The Committee to Protect Journalists is reconsidering the removal of at least four Palestinian journalists and media workers from its Gaza casualty database following criticism that this may exclude Palestinians killed during Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Electronic Intifada reported on Tuesday. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 8  How the Guardian sells imperialism to progressives, by Nate Bear | ¡Do Not Panic! / ScheerPost  This morning the Guardian had a story about Israel’s ongoing efforts to illegally annex the West Bank. READ MORE . . .

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This entry will be about as brief as yesterday’s in this category, for lack of time. (Scroll down for today’s MEDIA, IRAN, WEST BANK, LEBANON, and UKRAINE, and for (9/11 TRUTH 7-7-26.) — MCM

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Craig Unger

As far as I know, author and journalist Craig Unger is not known as a “9/11 truther.” His name appears in the MEDIA 7-8-26 just below, in a sentence about a 2025 article in the Milwaukee Independent citing his work alleging that Donald Trump has been a knowing, covert Russian asset over the years.

Readers are invited to research Unger as some of his many books may provide some clues to current events. One that could provide relevant context for the murderous events of Sept. 11, 2001, is House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties (2004).

One that may pertain, in spades, to the subject of today’s MEDIA entry (just below) is House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia (2018). I’ve just borrowed it from Pittsfield’s public library, the Berkshire Athenaeum.

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Questions, questions. An entry with some links. (Scroll up or down for today’s 9/11 TRUTH. IRAN, WEST BANK, LEBANON and UKRAINE, and for MEDIA 7-5-26.) — MCM

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Does this part fit in the puzzle? by Mark Channing Miller

“Is a puzzlement!” the king exclaims in song in Roger & Hammerstein’s “The King and I.”*

I write today concerning both a blast from the past (early 2025) and a blast from further past (the late 1980s). It initially came courtesy of Facebook and the Kyiv Post in February 2025. When I saw the Post’s headline then, I may not have even read the article, taking it for Ukrainian wartime propaganda. If I did read it, I didn’t link to it for this website as at the time it didn’t seem relevant to the war in Ukraine.

But the Kyiv Post article, by Stash Luczkiw, may explain the behavior on the world stage of one Donald J. Trump, a New York City businessman in the late 1980s — now Washington-based and also president of the United States in his second term.

Here it is:

FROM FEB. 22, 2026  ‘Trump recruited as Moscow asset,’ says ex-KGB spy chief, by Stash Luczkiw | Kyiv Post  U.S. President Donald Trump was groomed 37 years ago as a potential Soviet asset, according to Alnur Mussayev, the former head of Kazakhstan’s security services, who had been a KGB officer in Moscow at the time. READ MORE . . .

I’m putting together this post under “Media, 7-8-25,” although it concerns daily entries on this website it which I try to shed light on UKRAINE, IRAN, GAZA, LEBANON, WEST BANK, and (perhaps especially) ALL OF IT.

It belongs at least under MEDIA because Luczkiw is or was an editor for the Kyiv Post — a digital daily operating under martial law in Ukraine — and also because it has not received, to my knowledge, much treatment one way or another in major U.S. newspapers or broadcasting operations.

HERE, however, is a link to a March 2025 article in the Milwaukee Independent citing the work of journalist and author Craig Unger. (The Milwaukee Independent explains itself HERE; it is apparently considered so minor, though, that it has escaped Wikipedia’s attention.)

And HERE is an article from Information War Newsletter by Hase Fiero, which appeared the day before Luczkiw’s in the Kyiv Post. (I came across both the Independent’s article and Fiero’s only this afternoon.)

I did eventually post a link on this website months after it appeared, perhaps in the summer or fall of 2025, probably in a UKRAINE entry, because President Trump’s behavior seemed to square with it. Anyone with endless hours to spare can scroll down for it.

Where was the New York Times? Where was the Washington Post? Where are they and their ilk on a lot of things?

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* Thanks to whoever wrote the following. “In this powerful soliloquy, the King grapples with what he knows and does not know. Faced with teaching a son whose inherited beliefs are challenged by European ideas, he struggles to find a way to guide his son confidently toward the truth.”

Links to seven-plus reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s MEDIA, WEST BANK, LEBANON and UKRAINE, and down for IRAN 7-7-26.) — MCM

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