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US, South Korea and Japan Begin Joint War Games

By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | September 7, 2026

… On Monday, North Korean Minister Kim Song-gi said Freedom Edge was pushing the situation to the brink. “US-led military demonstrations are being held one after another, without any break in time or space, as military cooperation between the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea evolves into a dangerous offensive alliance with nuclear elements.” He continued, “This reality poses a serious security threat, pushing instability on the Korean Peninsula and beyond to the brink.” … Read full article

‘Israel’ kills 5, including children, in attacks on Gaza

Al Mayadeen | September 7, 2026

Five Palestinians, including two children, have been killed since the early hours of Monday as Israeli attacks ravaged the Gaza Strip in continued violations of the so-called “ceasefire” agreement.

An Israeli strike targeted a civilian car near the Hamid intersection, west of Gaza City, killing Yusuf Aqila and his toddler daughter Wafaa.

Mohammad Atef Sukkar, 28, was also killed in a strike targeting an area near the American School in the vicinity of Al-Abbas in Gaza City.

In central Gaza, seven-year-old Saadi Ghaliya was killed, and others were injured after an Israeli shell struck Sakina School east of Deir al-Balah.

Meanwhile, 19-year-old Hassan Ali Saqallah succumbed to injuries sustained after being shot by Israeli occupation forces near Palestine Stadium in Gaza City. … Full article

Israeli Authorities Demolish Palestinian Home in Beit Hanina

IMEMC | September 7, 2026

Israeli occupation authorities demolished a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina, north of occupied Jerusalem, on Monday, as demolition orders placed additional families across the area at risk of displacement.

According to the Jerusalem Governorate, Israeli municipal bulldozers razed the home of the Abu Mayala family.

Local officials reported that Israeli authorities issued demolition notices targeting five more Palestinian homes north of Jerusalem, including one near the Jaba’ military roadblock. … Full article

Settlers kill Palestinian man near Qalqilya, wound two others

Al Mayadeen | September 7, 2026

A young Palestinian man was killed and two others wounded, one of them critically, when Israeli settlers attacked the village of Hajjah east of Qalqilya on Sunday evening.

Palestine’s Health Ministry said 20-year-old Omar Mohammed Tubasi died from a gunshot wound to the head sustained during the settler attack on the village.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated two people with live gunshot wounds, one to the head, later identified as Tubasi, and another to the chest, whose condition is critical.

A 17-year-old was also shot in the thigh. All of the wounded were transported to hospital. … Full article

Israeli army throws stun grenade at worshippers inside West Bank mosque

MEMO | September 7, 2026

The Israeli army on Sunday threw a stun grenade at worshippers inside a mosque near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, in the third attack on places of worship since the start of September.

Voice of Palestine radio said Israeli forces threw a stun grenade towards worshippers inside the Grand Mosque during a raid on Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem. … Full article

Israeli attack on Kfar Roumman leaves nine martyrs: Medics, children

Al Mayadeen | September 7, 2026

Israeli occupation strikes on Kfar Remman in southern Lebanon martyred nine people and wounded 13 others, including children, women, and medical personnel, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.

The ministry said an Israeli strike on a residential building in the town martyred eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 11 others, including four children, two women, and a paramedic from the Islamic Health Organization.

A separate Israeli strike on a vehicle in Kfar Remman martyred another paramedic and wounded two others. All three were members of the Al-Risala Scouts.

The Lebanese Health Ministry condemned the attacks, saying the latest toll provides further evidence of “Israel’s” “serious violations of international humanitarian law,” particularly its targeting of paramedics and children despite the protection afforded to them under international law during wartime. … Full article

Why Trump’s reckless ‘tanker for tanker’ gambit against Iran is also doomed to strategic failure

By Mohammad Molaei | Press TV | September 7, 2026

… Iran’s naval infrastructure is spread across its long coastline and numerous Persian Gulf islands, making it costly and time-consuming to degrade in any comprehensive way.

American forces, by contrast, are concentrated in a small number of bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE, bases that sit well within range of Iranian drones and missiles. … Full article

Yemeni forces carry out strikes on Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Jizan, report says

Press TV – September 7, 2026

The Yemeni armed forces have launched a new wave of strikes against oil installations operated by the Saudi state-owned Aramco petroleum and natural gas company in retaliation for the Riyadh regime’s ongoing aggression and blockade against their homeland, according to a report.

British daily newspaper Financial Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, reported that the energy infrastructure was hit on Monday and the damage was being assessed.

One source described the latest attack as similar in scale to last month’s strike, which temporarily knocked out some production at the refinery.

Aramco has not yet provided an official comment on the incident. … Full article

‘Utterly preposterous’: US trying to bill world for war it started, Iran FM spokesman says

Press TV – September 6, 2026

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei ​​​​​​has rejected Washington’s attempt to blame Tehran for disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States started an unlawful war and is now trying to send the world the bill.

In a post on X on Sunday, Baghaei said the strategic waterway was “wide open until 28 February, when the USrael attacked Iran.”

Washington, he said, “unleashed an unlawful and savage war on the region and disrupted the normal flow of commercial shipping; tankers are halted, trade is disrupted, and energy prices are rising.”

“The US is now trying to present the world with the bill for a disruption of its own making—and put Iran’s name on it,” Baghaei wrote. “In Washington’s narrative, a war started by the United States must somehow be recast as ‘the cost of Iran’s behavior to the world.’” … Full article

ECB set to hike rates as war on Iran drives up energy costs

Al Mayadeen | September 7, 2026

The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates again this week as renewed US aggression in West Asia pushes up energy costs and risks further stoking inflation.

Some of the heaviest attacks in weeks in the US war on Iran erupted in recent days, sending oil prices soaring and dimming hopes that energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz will return to normal anytime soon. Inflation in the 21-nation eurozone, which is heavily dependent on energy imports, hit a three-year high of 3.3% in August, substantially above the ECB’s 2% target.

With fears growing that prices will spiral even higher, the central bank is set to hike its benchmark rate for the second time this year when it meets Thursday. … Full article

Israel’s Rafael to produce missile parts at Volkswagen factory in Germany

The Cradle | September 7, 2026

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems plans to begin manufacturing parts for Israel’s Iron Dome missile systems at the Volkswagen factory in Osnabrueck, Germany, WirtschaftsWoche reported on 7 September.

According to the German business magazine, Volkswagen will sell the plant to a consortium which will include the German federal state of Lower Saxony and a Bavarian investment fund.

Volkswagen is streamlining its operations in Germany as industrial production in the country slows following the loss of cheap Russian natural gas after the start of the Russia–Ukraine war and the destruction of the Nord Stream Pipeline in 2022. … continue

After historic German election, will the AfD rule Saxony-Anhalt?

Remix News | September 7, 2026

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) just won the largest share of any party in a German state election in the party’s history. Despite the historic result, which has sent shockwaves through the German political establishment, lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund in Saxony-Anhalt still fell short of an absolute majority needed to govern.

That gap, three seats in an 83-member Saxony-Anhalt Landtag, is now the focal point of unfolding drama in the capital city of Magdeburg, where the future direction of the state, and perhaps even of the country, will be decided. AfD has a political mandate and a number of options that could produce dramatic results. Here are three possible scenarios. … continue

‘Russophobia a national sport’ – Polish party rallies against push to war

RT | September 7, 2026

Polish protesters have accused Warsaw of whipping up anti-Russian hostility and dragging the country toward war as the government continues to arm Ukraine and deepen confrontation with Moscow.

Supporters of the Confederation of the Polish Crown party marched through Gniezno on Sunday behind a banner reading “Poland for Peace,” carrying Polish and party flags.

“They’re trying to turn Russophobia into our national sport. But we won’t give in,” activist Marta Czech told the crowd, urging “prudence” as tensions with Russia continue to rise.

Another speaker, Lukasz Pakulski, accused the authorities of frightening Poles with talk of tanks, nuclear weapons, and a wider conflict. “They are pushing us into war,” he said, declaring that “Poles stand for peace.” … continue

US Placing Missiles in Europe to Cancel Strategic Stability Talks Prerequisites – Russian MFA

Sputnik – 07.09.2026

MOSCOW – The deployment of US ground‑based US intermediate-range and shorter-range missile systems in Europe, in particular in Norway, will nullify the prerequisites for a constructive dialogue with the United States on strategic stability, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.

“Steps such as the deployment of US ground‑based US intermediate-range and shorter-range missile systems in Europe, which threaten Russia, will, to put it mildly, nullify the prerequisites for a constructive conversation with the United States on strategic issues,” Zakharova said in a statement.

Russia views the deployment of systems in Norway capable of launching medium- and short-range missiles as yet another step in a series of highly destabilizing actions by NATO, the statement read.

“As part of Russia’s response measures, the locations where US systems are deployed and controlled, as well as the infrastructure supporting them, are becoming the focus of special attention from Russia’s strategic deterrence forces, which includes planning the combat use of the relevant strike assets in the event of an armed conflict,” Zakharova said.

The ministry added that favorable conditions for a substantive and productive dialogue with the United States on strategic stability had not been established now.

Macron behind failed military mutiny – Niger

RT | September 7, 2026

Niger has accused French President Emmanuel Macron’s government of inciting and supporting a failed mutiny by soldiers in the capital, Niamey, late last month and threatened possible international legal proceedings.

The Council of Ministers made the allegation following a meeting chaired by Nigerien transitional leader Abdourahamane Tiani on Friday. It described the unrest as an operation with “international ramifications” sustained by a network of collaborators headed by the “French regime.”

The military-led government said “treacherous and renegade elements, promised the moon and the stars, were tasked with carrying out the unfulfilled ambitions of Macron and his cronies” to destabilize the country and undermine its efforts to assert sovereignty over its natural resources. It said “substantial documentation on this aggression has been compiled, and Niger reserves the right to initiate proceedings before international courts.” … Full article

Analysts warn of ‘colonization’ as US ‘saturates’ Australia with 110 bases

Press TV – September 7, 2026

The United States reportedly wields control over, or has access to, 110 military facilities belonging to Australia — a presence so extensive that analysts now describe it as a “saturation” and even a “colonization” of the Australian continent.

The Guardian, citing information gathered from the database of the Nautilus Institute, reported that the US military or US defense corporations have access to more than half of Australia’s military facilities. … continue

Babies Whose Mothers Drank Fluoridated Water During Pregnancy Scored Lower in Problem-Solving

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 3, 2026

Babies whose mothers drank fluoridated water during pregnancy at and slightly below concentrations currently recommended by U.S. public health agencies scored lower on tests that measure fluid cognition — the ability to think logically and solve problems in new situations.

Fluid cognition is considered the “cornerstone of human cognition, both during development and in adulthood.”

A new study led by Columbia University researchers found that prenatal fluoride exposure resulted in reduced fluid cognition at levels as low as 0.675 milligrams per liter (mg/L).

That’s slightly below the U.S. Public Health Service’s recommended concentration of 0.7 mg/L for fluoridated drinking water and far below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) maximum contaminant level of 4 mg/L and the World Health Organization’s guideline of 1.5 mg/L, according to the study.

The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and accepted for publication in the American Journal of Epidemiology, analyzed outcomes among 2,514 children born between 2006 and 2019 at 17 sites spanning 23 U.S. states that are part of the Environmental influences on Child Health Cohort (ECHO). … continue

Vaccination Data on Amish Children Screened for 2010 Autism Study Was Never Made Public

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 2, 2026

Controversy is swirling around a 2010 study on autism rates among the Amish, after President Donald Trump on Monday posted a graphic citing the study.

Trump’s post on Truth Social claimed, “No published case has explicitly documented an unvaccinated Amish child with autism.”

The social media post cited a study, conducted in 2008 and 2009 by researchers who screened 1,899 Amish children in Indiana and Ohio for autism. The researchers confirmed seven cases of autism among the children.

The study concluded that among the Amish children in the study, the autism rate was roughly 1 in 271 — far lower than the national rate, which at the time was estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as 1 in 91.

According to Trump’s post, the study authors collected vaccination histories for the children but “did not report any confirmed case” of autism as “completely unvaccinated.”

The post drew a mix of cheers and fact checks, according to health writer Sayer Ji.

Ji called Trump’s post “factually imperfect” but “genuinely important.” … continue

CNAS Wonk Proposes Bombing China’s Artificial Intelligence

Critics argue that an attack on China has the potential to start a nuclear war

By Kurt Nimmo | Another Day in the Empire | September 6, 2026

Jacob Stokes, a former White House official, has suggested taking military action against China to prevent it from winning the race for AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence. AGI is a hypothetical AI system that could learn, reason, adapt, and solve problems across a broad range of intellectual tasks at roughly human or greater capability.

Stokes served on the White House national-security staff under then–Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama administration. He is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the CNAS.

Center for a New American Security, established in 2007 by Michèle Flournoy, is associated with the Democratic Party. Flournoy held the position of deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy during President Bill Clinton’s administration and served as under secretary of defense for policy under President Barack Obama.

Previously, CNAS was led by CEO Victoria Nuland, who acted as undersecretary of state for political affairs from 2021 to 2024 within the Biden administration’s State Department. According to the Washington Post, CNAS is regarded as Washington’s primary think tank on military matters. … continue

Sunday: Invasions, Abductions, and Injuries Across West Bank

IMEMC | September 6, 2026

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian child in Qalqilia and a man in Jenin with live ammunition early Sunday as soldiers invaded communities across the occupied West Bank. The invasions included home break-ins, abductions, street closures, and military deployments in several cities, towns, and villages.

In Qalqilia, a Palestinian child was shot in the thigh with live ammunition during an Israeli military invasion. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated the child before transferring him to a hospital.

During the invasion, soldiers broke into and searched several homes, particularly in the city’s Old City, causing property damage. Israeli forces also abducted Mohammad Al-Baz, Muath Abu Asab, Alaa Dweiri, and brothers Abdulrahman Khadraj and Abdulrazzaq Khadraj.

In Jenin, a 50-year-old Palestinian man was shot in the hand and leg with live ammunition in the Al-Jabriyat area. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews transported him to a hospital for treatment.

In Tulkarem, Israeli forces continued their invasion of Ramin, east of the city, breaking into homes and firing sound grenades and illumination flares.

In a separate incident, an Israeli military vehicle collided with a Palestinian vehicle in an eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem.

Israeli forces also invaded the eastern area of Nablus in the northern West Bank, deploying across several neighborhoods, closing streets, and breaking into and searching homes.

Separately, illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers invaded the village of Awarta, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Israeli soldiers also invaded the Burqa school, northwest of Nablus, on Sunday, the first day of the new school year.

In Huwwara, south of Nablus, Israeli soldiers invaded Huwwara Secondary School and demanded that the Palestinian flag be removed. … Full article

Israeli airstrike kills two civilians, including child, in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 6, 2026

Two Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were wounded in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, amid ongoing ceasefire violations in different areas.

According to media sources, two civilians, including a little girl, were killed and six others were injured in the evening after an Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian car in Gaza City.

Local sources said that Yousef Aqila and his daughter, Wafaa, were killed, while six others were injured, some critically, after an Israeli airstrike targeted his car near the Hamid junction in Gaza City’s an-Nasr neighborhood.

Earlier, an Israeli drone targeted citizens in the west of Gaza City, injuring a number of them.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched heavy machinegun fire and artillery strikes targeting Gaza City’s eastern al-Tuffah neighborhood.

Local sources also reported a violent explosion in eastern Gaza City as an Israeli airstrike hit the area, as well as strikes and gunfire in different areas of the Strip.

Eight Arab and Muslim states reject Israeli displacement plans for Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 6, 2026

GAZA – Eight Arab and Muslim countries have condemned remarks by far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Israel Katz on plans to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye and Qatar said in a joint statement released on Sunday that such Israeli plans violate international and humanitarian law and pose a direct threat to the Palestinian people’s legitimate and inalienable rights.

The ministers voiced rejection of any Israeli attempt to displace Palestinians from or within the occupied territory, warning against transforming extremist rhetoric on forced displacement into official state policy.

The ministers warned that the displacement of Gazans would destabilize the region and derail global peace efforts, undermining US president Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war, which clearly rejects forced population transfers.

The ministers stressed that Gaza is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories, calling for preserving the unity of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

They reiterated their countries’ support for a two-state solution establishing an independent Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 lines, with east Jerusalem as its capital.

They urged the international community and UN Security Council to oppose Israeli attempts to impose a new demographic or geographic reality in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel’s Game

By Dr Hassaan Bokhari | MEMO | September 6, 2026

A few days ago, a very interesting article appeared in the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. It was written by AJ Jaff, whose profile describes him as “a recognised expert in international security, crisis management, and geopolitical risk”. The “expert” began the article by acknowledging that the 6-month-long air war on Iran has failed to defeat Iran. Then, he provided some “out-of-the-box” ideas for the US to consider if it wants to “achieve its objectives” and win the war. According to him, the war will only be won when Iran’s institutional coherence is broken, resulting in its Balkanization.

I will discuss Mr Jaff’s “out of the box” ideas in a bit, but first, I want to analyse the “expert” himself a little. Two things quickly popped up. First is how he began his article. The first sentence is: “The Pentagon reportedly asked outside analysts this month for creative ideas on Iran.” The hyperlink in this sentence redirects the reader to another article in The Jerusalem Post that cites a CNN report saying that the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, has been privately looking for an off-ramp in the Iran War. How quaint! While the Pentagon is asking for ideas to wrap up the war, Mr Jaff, the expert, stepped up with ideas to escalate the war! It appears that Mr Jaff (and the Zionists) have very different ideas and even objectives than US Generals about the same war. No wonder Pete Hegseth (a committed Zionist) has been firing so many of them!

Secondly, one is amused to see that in March, 10 days after the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, the same Mr Jaff was declaring a resounding victory and claiming that “the data tells a decisive and irreversible story” and “Iran’s missile fire rate has collapsed by 92 percent”! After reading that article now, most readers might laugh heartily and dismiss Mr Jaff, the “expert,” as an idiot. However, that would be an incorrect assessment. On the same day as Mr Jaff’s gaffe’s appearance in The Jerusalem Post, an article of mine elucidated the Israeli strategy as one giant bluff whose aim was to lure the USA into a destructive war in the Middle East by plunging it into a sunk cost fallacy. The Israeli plan was to lure the USA in with the dreams of an easy victory like the First Gulf War or the Maduro kidnapping, but it knew all along that those dreams would prove to be hollow, and their sole purpose was to bring the USA into the war. Then, in the next phase, with the dreams of victory proving illusory, the USA was to be baited with the sunk cost fallacy trap so that it would blunder into further escalation in pursuit of Israeli objectives. Mr Jaff’s seemingly absurd somersaults follow this pattern perfectly.

Now let’s turn our attention to Mr. Jaff’s “expert recommendations”. There are three of them:

  • The USA should “recognize the sovereign independence of the Iranian Kurdistan, Ahwaz, and Baluchistan people”.
  • To raise the one million troops required for a victorious ground invasion of Iran, the USA should launch an enlistment scheme based on debt forgiveness (estimated at 40,000 to 1,00,000 US Dollars per person) for 24-36 months of service per person.
  • The US should strike a deal with China that would involve softening the US stance on Taiwan and ensuring China that even after Iran’s destruction, China would continue to receive an uninterrupted supply of Iranian oil in exchange for China’s abandonment of Iran.

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Israel levels south Lebanon hospital, kills at least four within hours

The Cradle | September 6, 2026

Israel launched a brutal and deadly escalation against south Lebanon on 6 September, killing four people and injuring at least 20 while destroying a medical facility with its strikes.

Airstrikes hit areas including Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Arab Salim, and Kfar Rumman.

At least two were killed in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while another two were killed and six injured in Arab Salim, including two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in a statement.

In Nabatieh’s Rahibat neighborhood, eight were wounded, including a woman and a child. Meanwhile, four women were injured in Kfar Rumman, the ministry added.

Israel’s brutal attacks directly targeted and destroyed in its entirety the Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa. According to Lebanese media reports, no patients or medical staff were inside the hospital at the time of the attack.

A Lebanese Finance Ministry building was damaged in Israel’s latest wave of violence.

“With the renewed Israeli attacks on the city of Nabatieh, the ministry’s building in the city was damaged at dawn today as a result of shelling that targeted the area,” Lebanon’s Finance Ministry said in a statement.

Israel continued detonation operations on Sunday as well, blowing up more homes as part of its illegal campaign of ethnic cleansing, which has resulted in the destruction of tens of thousands of homes and civilian buildings.

The violent wave of deadly Israeli strikes came after Tel Aviv said Hezbollah launched drones at its occupation troops in south Lebanon. … Full article

Israel to hold large-scale military drill near Jordan border

MEMO | September 6, 2026

The Israeli army said Sunday it will launch a large-scale military exercise in the Red Sea city of Eilat and the Arava Valley along the Jordanian border on Monday to simulate a surprise attack, Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the army said the exercise will be led by its 80th Division, adding that increased movement of security forces, aircraft and naval vessels will be seen in the area starting Sunday.

The forces will train for “a range of scenarios,” including a surprise attack and infiltration into Israeli territory by air, sea and land, it said.

The army did not specify how long the exercise would last, saying only that drills would take place “over the coming days.” … Full article

“We Are Being Drawn Into a War We Don’t Want to Fight”: What Jordan’s Alliance with Washington Is Costing It

By Muhammad Hamid ad-Din – New Eastern Outlook – September 6, 2026

The growing public discontent with the presence of American troops in Jordan, fueled by the regional conflict and Iran’s strategy, is putting the country’s government in a serious crisis of trust, forcing the authorities to choose between a strategic alliance with the United States and the internal stability of the state.

Some 4,000 U.S. troops, bases used for strikes against Iran, Iranian missiles crossing Jordanian skies, and American soldiers killed on Jordanian ground—all raise an increasingly urgent question: has the strategic alliance with Washington become a threat to the very existence of the country? … continue

On deadly sectarianism pushed on Syria and elsewhere by NGOs and media

By Eva Karene Bartlett | September 6, 2026

I share this post from Basira Press because I agree with much of it, not every word or point, but much of it, especially the notes about how supposed human rights groups spew sectarian language in order to foster division, and to otherwise mislead an uninformed public… continue

Is America preparing a tactical nuke for Iran?

By Martin Jay | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 6, 2026

The escalation trap is getting worse for Trump and his cabal of sycophants, as what was once a discussion which was linked to existentialism – the nuclear option – is now being dialled down to any kind of military option. Just a bigger bomb. The more Trump loses, the more Iran hits U.S. assets and allies in the Middle East, the longer the straits remain closed, and the higher gasoline and diesel costs reach in the U.S. – the more the idea of a ‘tactical’ nuke dropped on Iran becomes normal and even preferred. … continue

Trump Slaughters Wedding Guests, Zelenskyy Threatens Airliners

By Kevin Barrett | September 6, 2026

When Zelenskyy threatened to shoot down civilian airliners last week, Putin called it “state terrorism.” Putin is right, of course. But the expression he used, “state terrorism,” is a repetitiously redundant pleonasm.

Virtually all terrorism is state terrorism. So appending the word state in front of the word terrorism isn’t really necessary. … continue

Climate Extremists Target, Attack Large-Scale Power Grid Infrastructure In Germany

By P Gosselin | No Tricks Zone | September 6, 2026

There’s been a series of coordinated sabotage incidents targeting the German power grid infrastructure over recent weeks and months. The media initially reacted by pointing the finger at Russian involvement, but the evidence is pointing to another source. … continue

IRGC: Missiles struck US carrier, destroyer in Gulf

Al Mayadeen | September 6, 2026

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its Aerospace Force fired ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer in Gulf waters, revealing that the two vessels were harassing Iranian shipping as part of Washington’s naval blockade.

In a statement numbered “Announcement No. 10,” the IRGC said the missiles damaged both warships and forced them to withdraw from the area out of fear of a follow-up strike.

The Guard Corps said Washington was compelled into an official admission that its vessels had come under attack, calling this proof of the enemy’s strategic defeat and a demonstration of its own offensive capability. … Full article

IRGC Navy strikes 3 tankers, 3 US vessels in response to US assault

Al Mayadeen | September 5, 2026

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy (IRGC-N) said Saturday it retaliated against Washington’s attacks on Iranian oil tankers by targeting three tankers transiting an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warned that attempts to circumvent its maritime restrictions would face military action.

The IRGC-N also announced that it struck three US vessels belonging to the “child-killing America” elsewhere.

The Iranian force said the retaliation followed attacks carried out earlier in the day by the US military against three crude oil tankers belonging to the Islamic Republic, marking another sharp escalation in Washington’s military and economic campaign against Iran.

Issuing a direct warning to vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf, the IRGC Navy urged commercial operators not to be “deceived by the US terrorist military” and cautioned all ships to strictly avoid crossing unauthorized waterways or face immediate targeting.

“Avoid crossing unauthorized waterways, or you will become targets,” it tersely warned.

The latest announcement signals a widening Iranian response as Washington intensifies attacks on the Islamic Republic’s commercial oil fleet while maintaining a naval blockade aimed at choking off the country’s energy exports.

The US military has independently acknowledged attacking three Iranian crude tankers on Saturday. CENTCOM claimed two were permanently disabled and a third was destroyed.

The IRGC announcement came alongside an even broader warning from Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which said continued US attacks, interference with Iranian shipping, and enforcement of the naval blockade would expose American warships to increasingly severe retaliation.

Lieutenant Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the HQ, warned that Iran’s Armed Forces were prepared to expand their operations should Washington persist in attempts to undermine Iranian maritime trade.

“We warn the terrorist US military that if it continues its hostile actions, creates insecurity, harasses Iranian vessels, and imposes a naval blockade on Iran, the strikes carried out by the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran against US warships in the region will be more severe than before and could also expand in scope,” the headquarters spokesperson said.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the tanker strikes, placing them within Washington’s wider naval blockade, economic warfare, and military aggression against the Islamic Republic.

“These illegal and aggressive actions, carried out in continuation of the US military aggression against Iran and as part of its naval blockade and economic war against our homeland, constitute a clear violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter, a war crime, and a clear threat to international peace and the security of commercial shipping,” the Ministry said. … Full article

US approves $5 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia as it renews aggression against Iran

Press TV | September 5, 2026

Washington has approved a potential $5 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia that would sharply expand the kingdom’s precision-strike capabilities as the United States escalates its war of aggression against Iran.

The deal includes more than 10,000 guidance kits designed to convert conventional bombs into extended-range, steerable precision weapons.

The State Department cleared the sale on Friday. The package also covers more than 10,000 general-purpose bombs requested by Riyadh, both 500-pound (230 kg) and 2,000-pound (900 kg) variants. … continue

Anti-War Activists Are Getting ‘Debanked’ In The UK

The UK’s decent into authoritarianism continues

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | September 5, 2026

The UK has been, for years, waging an all-out war on its own people, particularly on those who are anti-war and anti-Zionist.

Journalists like Richard Medhurst and Asa Winstanley have had their devices seized by UK “counterterrorism” authorities for their reporting on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, while thousands of peaceful activists have been arrested on terrorism charges for holding signs stating they support Palestine Action, a non-violent direct action group which was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government at the behest of the Zionist lobby.

The war on anti-war and anti-Zionist figures continues, with multiple anti-war figures recently losing their bank accounts within a short time period.

George Galloway, a former Labour MP, known for his staunch firebrand opposition to Zionism and empire, had his bank account closed without explanation, preventing him from receiving his parliamentary and old age pensions, which he paid into throughout his career. … continue

NEW: Vaccinated People Spread Measles. The CDC, the WHO, and Johns Hopkins Just Said So on the Record.

By Sayer Ji | September 3, 2026

A new peer-reviewed study by CDC, WHO, and Johns Hopkins leadership found that nearly 8 out of every 100 vaccinated people who catch measles pass it to someone else. Almost a third of them had received two doses. And the world has exactly one study, of 137 people, trying to measure how much the vaccine actually reduces onward spread. […]

Vaccinated people who catch measles usually don’t look like textbook measles patients. Their symptoms are milder. They often don’t have the full picture of fever, rash, cough, runny nose, and red eyes that doctors are trained to look for. In this paper, only about 1 in 3 vaccinated transmitters met the World Health Organization’s clinical definition of measles at all. Only 1 in 20 had the full classical presentation.

The authors interpret this as good news. Milder cases probably spread less virus. That is a fair reading. It also means most vaccinated cases will not trigger the isolation, contact tracing, or laboratory testing that would find them in the first place. The 70 transmitters the paper found are, by the authors’ own admission, likely an undercount. … Read full article

RFK Jr. Referred to DOJ Over Samoa Controversy

The Headline They Wanted — And the Coordinated Operation They Hoped You’d Never Notice

By Sayer Ji | August 30, 2026
  • The Guardian’s “RFK Jr. referred to DOJ” headline is real — but only because a single senator, Ron Wyden, publicly asked for a referral he knows the current Justice Department will not act on. Wyden’s stated timeline is post-midterm, contingent on Democrats retaking the Senate. This is not a prosecution. It is a campaign talking point.
  • The August 27, 2026 news event was manufactured. AP, The Guardian, The Washington Post, PBS, and the New Republic all ran variations of the same story within hours, coordinated by a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press FOIA lawsuit that has drip-fed five separate document tranches across seven months, each timed to a Kennedy vaccine-policy fight or a swing-state campaign appearance.

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New Adviser to RFK Jr. Investigating 2,500 COVID Vaccine Deaths in Military

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | September 4, 2026

A military doctor is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines caused the deaths of over 2,500 U.S. military service members, Politico reported Thursday.

Dr. Theresa Long, a longtime Army doctor board-certified in aerospace medicine, has been named senior medical military adviser to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to an Aug. 14 deposition obtained by Politico.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) are supporting the investigation.

Long’s deposition revealed that she is working with Kennedy and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to investigate 2,544 deaths that were reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The deaths remain unverified.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, military service members were subject to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. A year later, Congress passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, which required the military to rescind the mandate. The mandate was lifted in January 2023. … Full article

Israeli Strikes Kill 3, Wound 23 Across Southern and Eastern Lebanon

Al-Manar | September 5, 2026

Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages across southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least three civilians and wounded 23 others on Friday, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, in the latest violation of a fragile ceasefire that has failed to halt hostilities since November 2024.

The strikes targeted multiple towns in the Nabatieh district and the eastern Bekaa Valley, with Israeli warplanes, drones, and artillery batteries all involved in the attacks, reported Al-Manar’s correspondent on the ground.

In the Nabatieh district, artillery shelling and warplane strikes pounded the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while a separate drone strike hit the nearby town of Kfar Roummen, killing two people. Warplanes also struck al-Ramadiyeh and al-Kfour, both in the same district. Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces conducted controlled demolitions in al-Mansouri and on the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiya, according to local reports.

In the eastern Bekaa Valley, an airstrike targeted the town of Ain al-Tineh, adding to the widening geographic scope of the day’s violence.

The Health Ministry described the casualty figures as preliminary, warning they remain subject to revision as search-and-rescue operations continue and rubble is cleared. … Full article

Palestinian dies of injuries, another wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – September 5, 2026

GAZA – A Palestinian woman succumbed on Saturday to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli strike, while another citizen was wounded by Israeli gunfire amid ongoing ceasefire violations across the Gaza Strip.

According to media sources, Latifa Jabr died from injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike on al‑Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza three months ago. Her death follows that of her husband, Saqr Abu Karim, who was killed in the same attack,

Earlier, the Palestinian Information Center reporter said that a civilian was wounded when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire towards the as-Sudaniya area of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army launched shooting attacks in different areas of central Gaza and Gaza City, with no reported casualties.

Israeli artillery also shelled eastern sectors of Gaza City, while gunboats targeted the Khan Yunis coastline with intensive gunfire.

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s sewage system triggers algal bloom, shutting down Israeli desalination plants

The Cradle | September 5, 2026

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s water and sewage infrastructure has backfired into a domestic water emergency, with five of Israel’s six desalination plants supplying over 80 percent of Israeli drinking water shut down after an enormous algal bloom choked the coastline, Haaretz reported on 3 September.

Scientists cite two aggravating factors behind the algae – elevated sea temperatures and nutrient loads from Gaza’s sewage – which has poured untreated into the Mediterranean since Israeli bombardment deliberately destroyed the besieged enclave’s sanitation network.

The algae originated as microalgae in the Nile Delta and traveled east on sea currents, according to the satellite imagery firm Satalize, which recorded dense chlorophyll readings in the water as far north as Tel Aviv and lighter traces up to Caesarea.

With flow through the national supply lines weakening, the Israel Water Authority ordered local councils to curb consumption for farming, gardening, and other public use, while the Israeli government completely shut off external water supplies to Gaza.

The self-inflicted blowback comes after nearly three years of Israeli bombardment left close to 90 percent of Gaza’s water and sanitation infrastructure damaged or destroyed throughout the genocide in the strip, including desalination units, wells, reservoirs, and distribution networks. … continue

German sponsorship of Zionist settlements exposed

By Kit Klarenberg | Al Mayadeen | September 5, 2026

Exploiting academic institutions as a cover, between 2017 – 2021 the German government surreptitiously funnelled millions into a highly discriminatory project facilitating expansion of Zionist settlements in the occupied West Bank. Under its auspices, public money and knowledge production were committed to an inherently unlawful, immoral enterprise in flagrant breach of Berlin’s international legal obligations, and domestic restrictions on academic research efforts. The unknown scandal is just one component of how, in plain sight, Germany covertly assists Zionist settlement expansion, and Palestine’s total erasure.

These are the shocking findings of a collaborative investigation by a cluster of German student Palestine solidarity organisations, including Not In Our Name, and Academic Opposition. Their report is a groundbreaking effort, critically examining German state-sponsored water research in conjunction with Zionist entity institutions. It’s a silent conspiracy vast in scope, involving multiple state and quasi-state entities in Berlin and Tel Aviv financing academic research in seemingly innocuous fields, which directly abets Zionist ethnic cleansing and land seizure in the West Bank and beyond. … continue

How Britain built a war network around Russia

The UK is spinning a web of influence designed to survive any Ukraine peace deal

By Oleg Yanovsky | RT | September 5, 2026

Last week, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced in Kiev that defense manufacturer MBDA had been authorized to disclose information concerning the British components of the SCALP missile, the French version of the long-range Storm Shadow, to Ukraine.

Officially, the decision concerns documentation required to organize local assembly, but in practice, it could facilitate the transfer of blueprints, components, assembly kits or finished missiles.

Moscow regards this technology transfer as the UK crossing a red line, as London hasn’t even attempted to shift responsibility onto intermediaries and the decision was publicly authorized by the prime minister. Britain has therefore assumed direct responsibility for the resulting escalation and deepened its involvement in military operations against Russia. … continue

The dangerous European illusion about a war with Russia

By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | September 4, 2026

The Leipzig incident exposed something more troubling than the incident itself: the confidence with which German and European authorities seem to approach the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia.

While German and European authorities go public, in what looks like a ridiculously rehearsed performance, accusing Russia of “hybrid attacks,” it seems clear to any attentive observer that Europeans are completely disconnected from reality.

The central question lies elsewhere: what would happen if Russia actually decided to attack Germany?

The answer would probably be very different from what Europeans seem to imagine. … continue

JD Vance Falsely Claims the US Does Not Murder Civilians

By Kurt Nimmo | Another Day in the Empire | September 5, 2026

Vice President JD Vance is doing a poor job of paving over the war crimes of the Trump administration. On September 1, he declared Iran is lying about the US bombing of a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, southern Iran, that killed five, including a child, and injured at least 60 people. “What I can say with 100% confidence is that unlike the IRGC, the United States never targets civilians in combat,” Vance said, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary. “We never will do that. We never have done that.”

Since World War II, civilians have accounted for approximately 60–75% of deaths in major wars involving the United States. … continue