The Russian foreign minister noted that the head of state repeated several times that Moscow is not going to attack several times | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for remembering Russian leader Vladimir Putin's words that if Europe attacks Russia, the war will be "completely different and very short."

■  President Vladimir Putin: Don’t expand NATO eastward (09/06/26)

■  Iran seizes ‘most modern’ US submarine drone (VIDEO) (RT)
■  Iran shoots down US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz (Press TV)

Tehran warned tanker crews near Bahrain and Kuwait to leave their vessels immediately, as missiles were launched toward US bases in the region | Iran has begun retaliating after US forces struck Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island, with ballistic missiles launched toward US military facilities in the region and the IRGC warning tanker crews near Bahrain and Kuwait to leave their vessels immediately. The IRGC Navy issued an “urgent warning” late Tuesday, telling tanker crews around the docks and anchorages of both Gulf states to immediately abandon their ships.

■  IRGC Targeted US Fighter Jets at Base in Jordan (Sputnik)

Anne-Françoise Hivert | Jenny Andersson, historian: 'We are seeing a remodeling of Sweden's image, aligning with a clearly neoconservative axis' | As Sweden prepares for its parliamentary elections on September 13, the expert in social democracy discusses the societal changes that have shaped Sweden since the 1990s. ■ Jenny Andersson is a professor of the history of ideas and sciences at Uppsala University in Sweden. Since 2020, she has led a program titled "Neoliberalism in the Nordics," which brings together researchers from eight universities in the region. She holds a doctorate in economic history, is a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research, and is affiliated with the Center for European Studies at Sciences Po in Paris. ■ A few days before Sweden's parliamentary elections on September 13, she discussed the main issues affecting Swedish society, from social inequalities to questions around migration. ■ How did Sweden get to this point? We need to go back to the 1990s and the severe crisis that hit Sweden. Some see it as the last major crisis of structural industrial capitalism, while others consider it one of the first contemporary financial crises. In any case, it triggered a profound shift in the Nordics, particularly in Sweden. [...]

Finian Cunningham | The Leipzig false-flag event is a desperate attempt to cover up and gaslight the public into perceiving Russia as a threat. | European news headlines have been dominated by Germany’s accusation that Russia carried out a drone attack on Leipzig airport. The accusation is unprecedented and provocative. Moscow furiously rejected the claim and pointed out that Berlin had provided no evidence. ■ European leaders are in a state of alarm, claiming that their countries are under attack. The Leipzig incident is just the latest in a long list of other such alleged incursions by Russia. The alleged attack on August 4 failed because of a faulty detonator, the German government claimed. Nevertheless, a joint press conference last week by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul unleashed a storm of condemnations across Europe denouncing Russia for “hybrid warfare” and “state terrorism”.

✅ Germany’s airport terror plot: a flight of fancy leading Europe to war (Strategic Culture Foundation Editorial)
✅ The Leipzig Incident Has All The Hallmarks Of A False Flag (Andrew Korybko)

Haaretz says the Israeli PM received a direct warning from the UAE just ahead of the assault | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was personally warned that Hamas was preparing a major attack days before October 7, 2023, but did not relay the information to Israel’s top security chiefs, Haaretz reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed called Netanyahu roughly ten days before the assault and told him that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation that could cause bloodshed and destabilize the region. Netanyahu reportedly played down the threat, saying he believed Hamas was more likely to act in the West Bank and that Israel was prepared. His office has rejected the report as an “absolute lie,” insisting no such call took place.

■  Новые факты об "израильском 11 сентября" — 7 октября 2023 года (Елена Панина) → New details regarding the "Israeli 9/11"—October 7, 2023 | An investigative report has appeared in the Israeli press claiming that, approximately ten days before October 7, 2023, UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed warned Benjamin Netanyahu about a major operation being prepared by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He urged Netanyahu to take precautionary measures, emphasizing that a major confrontation could destabilize the region and harm the Abraham Accords.

● However, the report states that Netanyahu replied that he believed Hamas intended to act in the West Bank and assured the UAE president that Israel was prepared. Consequently, the Israeli Prime Minister downplayed the threat and did not inform his country's security chiefs.

● Moreover, Mohamed bin Zayed discussed this warning with CIA Director William Burns, telling him that he had tried to convey to Netanyahu that "something was about to blow up."

● The Prime Minister's Office denies that the conversation with bin Zayed took place: "Prime Minister Netanyahu did not speak with the UAE president during the period in question, nor did he receive any warning from him." Meanwhile, former Shin Bet (internal security service) chief Ronen Bar and former IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said they had not been informed of the warning bin Zayed conveyed. The then-director of Mossad, David Barnea, was also not informed.

● This investigation confirms the version of events we presented as early as December 1, 2023. It is not without reason that Tel Aviv itself dubbed October 7, 2023, "Israel’s 9/11."

● In all likelihood, Israeli authorities simply allowed the October attack to happen—intending to subsequently exploit it to advance their own interests regarding a "final solution to the Palestinian question," both in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank. They also aimed to decisively deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon and inflict a strategic defeat on Iran.

● It is worth noting that events are unfolding roughly along these lines. However, Israel has yet to achieve any of these planned objectives fully. (Google + Grammarly)

[Editor's Comment:] The Israeli state and military were behind both 9/11, 2001 and October 7, 2023. The Israel-controlled U.S. cooperated actively in carrying out 9/11 twenty five years ago, but Israel was in the driver's seat. Jewish interests control the U.S. fully. This terrible "event" was to start the so-called "war on terror." October 7 was to start the next phase, the one meant to carry out the genocide of all the Palestinians, and to conquer more territory in the Middle East, with a view to realizing their sick "Greater Israel" plan. — No "let it happen" at all. Israel did it. All of it.

A Trump post showed the country, along with Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Greenland, covered in red, white and blue, and labeled “United States of America. | Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Donald Trump posted a map showing the country and other areas in the colors of the American flag, which Icelandic officials Tuesday described as “an insult” and “completely inappropriate.” ● Iceland’s prime minister, Kristrun Frostadottir, called the post “ridiculous” in comments to reporters.

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