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06.10.2026 - 16:32 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

About the West Asia War

(June 12, 2026)

On November 30, 2023, the „New York Times“ reported, that the Netanyahu government knew of Hamas‘ attack plan a year before. The relevant document was „circulated widely among Israeli military and intelligence leaders“. Did you ask around in your country what your state or commercial spy agencies knew of this?

The state of Israel is in bed with every „western“ spy agency (look it up). So, either all of your state spies, at least in the „Western World“, but also in the vast majority of Arab monarchies, knew of this, are collaborators in this very normal massacre of October 7th and need to be abolished, or they did not know, therefore are worthless and need to be abolished. All it takes is a simple question. A win-win question to get a grip on the spies, one of the most important part of the global war machine. Did you ask that question? Did anybody?

06.10.2026 - 16:21 [ The Jerusalem Post / X ]

Poll: A majority of Israelis view the events of October 7, 2023, as central to their choice in the upcoming 2026 Knesset elections, data from a September IDI poll showed.

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06.10.2026 - 15:25 [ El Pais ]

‘The truth is Cuba has already fallen’: the United States’ strategy to subdue the island

(October 2, 2026)

“The president says anything and Marco Rubio finds himself in a very difficult position to react to what he says,” says Andy Gómez, the former director of the Cuban and Cuban American Studies Institute at the University of Miami, who helped shape a policy proposal for U.S.-Cuba relations in the Obama era. “The scene is like a soap opera, a soap opera lived every day in Miami and in Cuba. There is a major global problem with the war with Iran, for which no solution is in sight; so Cuba has had to wait.”

06.10.2026 - 15:05 [ Common Dreams ]

We Are All Living at the Mercy of Donald Trump’s Brain

(August 18, 2026)

And in truth, whatever happens as far as Iran is concerned (or for that matter Greenland) by the time this piece appears, who among us won’t have long known that, with such a president, we simply couldn’t be in a stranger, more happenstantial, less predictable universe? For all I (we) know, by the time it comes out or anytime thereafter, “our” president could be doing more or less anything, including, say, kidnapping the first secretary of the communist party and leader of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez. After all, if he could do so for Venezuela’s leader, why not Cuba’s?

The truth is that Donald Trump’s brain, returned to the White House by 49.8% of American voters in 2024, should make us all anxious (even them). At any moment, any thought might enter it and the next thing you know… well, unfortunately, you already do know that, whatever it might be, we’re not likely to know until it smacks us all in the face!

06.10.2026 - 14:57 [ Los Angeles Times ]

Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally

Trump said he wanted to “see a tremendous victory” in the November election, “’cause it verifies all the things we did. And again, remember, with the war it’s just artificial, it’s a little bit high.”

“It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe,” he continued. “They can take out a city, let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”

The crowd cheered.

05.10.2026 - 20:34 [ Amnesty International USA / X ]

Nearly 240 dead in this illegal campaign of extrajudicial killings, i.e., murder at sea. Where is Congress to stop the horror?

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05.10.2026 - 20:32 [ Common Dreams ]

‘More Performative Killing at Sea’: Another Trump Boat Strike Leaves 4 Dead

Citing a federal memo that it aims to keep concealed from the public, the Trump administration claims to be at war with drug cartels and that the killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean are justified. Legal experts and human rights advocates argue the bombings are at least war crimes, if not outright murder.

Sunday’s strike was the administration’s first confirmed boat bombing since Ben Saul, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, said last month that even if the targeted vessels were engaged in drug trafficking, there are no “international legal rights to unilaterally use military force” to counter cartels.

04.10.2026 - 14:51 [ CBS News ]

U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba

(Septemnber 26, 2026)

Washington — The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military‘s Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.

Though the message makes no reference to Cuba, the request is for continued military planning aimed at Cuba, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

04.10.2026 - 14:46 [ PeoplesWorld.org ]

New reports show deadly side of U.S. policies against Cuba

(September 30, 2026)

Recent comprehensive reports provide information about the origins, substance, methods, objectives, and impact of U.S. measures against Cuba, the economic blockade, in particular.

Two of them appear with support from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and Cuba’s Foreign Ministry produced two more. Finally, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council on Sept. 8 heard Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan’s report on “Unilateral Coercive Measures.”

04.10.2026 - 12:45 [ ABC News ]

US Coast Guard says it seized ships with thousands of gallons of oil destined for Cuba

(October 2, 2026)

„The high seas are not a sanctuary for lawlessness,“ said Adm. Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard. „Dark fleet actors who employ deceptive tactics to engage in illicit activities will not evade justice. The Coast Guard is bringing every capability to bear to interdict these vessels and uphold international law.“

03.10.2026 - 21:15 [ Antiwar.com ]

Pentagon Announces Plan To Launch ‘Autonomous Warfare Command’ To Leverage ‘Super Intelligence’ In Warfare

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced plans to create a new four-star combatant command to leverage AI in warfare. During a “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Hegseth said the Autonomous Warfare Command (AUTOWARCOM) would be tasked with scaling “autonomous and robotic capabilities across the Joint Force in the fastest peacetime shift in modern military history.”

The Pentagon intends to launch AUTOWARCOM by October 2027, but it will need to secure Congressional approval to do so. If approved, AUTOWARCOM will become the military’s 12th combatant command. The last new command was US Space Command, launched in 2019 under the first Trump Administration.

02.10.2026 - 23:28 [ UPI.com ]

U.S. to send third aircraft carrier, more troops to Middle East

The carrier strike groups would include a combined nearly 20,000 troops, up to 150 fighter jets and many destroyers capable of launching and fending off missile attacks, The Post said. There are about 50,000 U.S. troops deployed in the Middle East, U.S. officials have said.

02.10.2026 - 23:21 [ Middle East Eye ]

US sends additional Patriot batteries to Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Report

The US sent one additional Patriot battery to Saudi Arabia to protect a key oil facility and another to Qatar to protect a natural gas facility, Axios reported Thursday.

The deployments are notable because Patriot batteries are in high demand worldwide, and the US has a limited supply. The US has just 33 batteries stationed at home and 27 batteries stationed overseas, according to the nonprofit Missile Defence Alliance.

01.10.2026 - 00:52 [ Common Dreams ]

Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Rationale for Hiding Memo on ‘Cold-Blooded Murder’ at Sea

A key memo from the Office of Legal Counsel at President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has underpinned the administration’s yearlong campaign of bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, and the White House has been adamant that the document should be kept secret.

But on Wednesday, Judge Paul Engelmayer in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected the administration’s rationale for keeping the memo hidden, saying that the Department of Defense and US Southern Command have adopted its contents as its “working law” while conducting 70 strikes on boats and killing at least 234 people who officials claimed, without evidence, were “narco-terrorists.”

29.09.2026 - 22:55 [ Shafaq.com ]

Italy ends twelve-year military presence in Iraq

The final group had stayed behind to recover and ship out logistical equipment, Crosetto said. Italian forces, along with those of other countries in the Global Coalition and NATO, left Iraq by the September 30 deadline agreed with the Iraqi government.

Crosetto said the withdrawal was „not an Italian decision,“ but part of a new phase agreed with Iraqi authorities and partner countries, in which Iraqi security forces take full responsibility for the country‘s security.

The Global Coalition‘s Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the US-led military campaign against ISIS, will continue to operate from other countries, according to the statement.

29.09.2026 - 22:31 [ Presseportal.de ]

Operatives Führungskommando der Bundeswehr: Einladung zum Bildtermin beim Rückkehrerappell der deutschen Kräfte aus ERBIL, Irak

Am Donnerstag, den 01. Oktober 2026, würdigen Staatssekretär Hilmer (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung), Generalleutnant Katz (Kommandierender General Luftwaffentruppenkommando) und die Bundeswehr die Rückkehr der letzten deutschen Kräfte aus Erbil mit einem feierlichen Appell in Wunstorf.

Medienvertreterinnen und Medienvertreter sind herzlich zu diesem Bildtermin eingeladen. Im Anschluss an die Veranstaltung wird seitens des Operativen Führungskommandos der Bundeswehr eine Pressemitteilung im Presseportal erfolgen.

29.09.2026 - 22:29 [ theCradle.co ]

US military withdraws from Iraq after two decades: Report

The US military has completely withdrawn from Iraq, DPA reported on 27 September, citing an Iraqi government official.

All US combat troops and logistical support forces have left the country, the official told the German news agency on Sunday.

29.09.2026 - 22:24 [ Al Jazeera ]

Iraqi Defence Ministry spokesman tells Al Jazeera US-led coalition forces are out of Iraq

A spokesman for Iraq’s Defence Ministry has told Al Jazeera that no US-led international coalition forces remain in Iraq, one day ahead of the coalition’s planned full withdrawal.

28.09.2026 - 16:56 [ Middle East Eye ]

Iran denies involvement in suspected plot targeting UK airbase

The embassy said the claims were “unfounded and malicious” and criticised British individuals and media outlets for attempting to link Iran to the incident at RAF Fairford.

The embassy also threatened legal action to “safeguard the rights and interests of the country and its people” over what it described as misleading and damaging media reports.

28.09.2026 - 16:51 [ Associated Press ]

Netanyahu meets Emirati leader in a secret weekend trip to Abu Dhabi, and other Mideast developments

Benjamin Netanyahu traveled secretly to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend to ask its leader to deny reports he’d warned the Israeli prime minister about a looming Hamas threat ahead of the Palestinian militant group’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.

The meeting between Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan took place on Sunday, two people who were briefed on the Israeli leader’s trip confirmed on Monday.

28.09.2026 - 16:44 [ Israel.com ]

Mossad chief joined Netanyahu on secret UAE trip; talks focused on Iran

Mossad Director Roman Gofman travelled with Netanyahu to the UAE on Sunday, according to Israel Hayom. The paper said the delegation also included Shmuel Ben Ezra, who heads the National Security Council and serves as national security adviser, a senior official from the Shin Bet‘s VIP Protection Unit, and senior members of the prime minister‘s own team. The report does not say whether any of them sat in on the meeting with Mohammed bin Zayed.

28.09.2026 - 16:37 [ CNN ]

Netanyahu made a secret visit to the UAE on Sunday, source says

After initial reports of a warning from Bin Zayed, the UAE’s Foreign Ministry said earlier this month that it “does not comment on media stories or speculation regarding conversations between government leaders,” but it did not deny the call. “When necessary, all relevant intelligence has been and continues to be communicated between the relevant entities,” the statement said.

At the time, an Israeli source familiar with the matter said Netanyahu’s office tried to get the UAE to deny the report, but the UAE only agreed to issue a statement about intelligence sharing.

28.09.2026 - 12:48 [ theCanary.co ]

IN PICS: hundreds arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference

Hundreds of people have been arrested as the Defend our Juries group protested against the government’s ‘proscription‘ (terrorism ban) on anti-genocide group Palestine Action. While al-Qaeda subsidiary HTS in Syria has been de-proscribed and whitewashed by the UK and US, Palestine Action remains banned. The Crown Prosecution Service and judiciary continue to collude to try to ensure the longest and harshest possible sentences.

More than 3,000 people, mostly pensioners and disabled people, have been arrested for ‘terror’ offences for opposing the proscription. That total is climbing rapidly.

28.09.2026 - 12:37 [ BBC ]

Friendship with US is closest of any two nations, Streeting says amid Fairford investigation

Streeting begins by addressing the terror probe related to an incident at RAF Fairford yesterday.

He says he can‘t provide much further detail than that already reported – but talks up the strength of the UK-US alliance.

„Our friendship with America is the closest alliance of any two nations on Earth, and we will always stand together against those who hate our freedom and those who wish us harm,“ he says.

„What we saw yesterday from our security services, our armed forces and our police was just a small glimpse of the extraordinary work they do everyday.“

28.09.2026 - 12:34 [ BBC ]

Streeting addresses Labour conference

(11.15 UK time)

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has just begun his speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.

28.09.2026 - 12:26 [ theGuardian.com ]

Counter-terror police investigate Iran link over suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US

The suspected plot appears to have been foiled by chance when a member of the public spotted unusual behaviour late at night in the countryside from a group of men and called 999.

28.09.2026 - 12:20 [ Labour Partty ]

Annual Conference 2026

Annual Conference returns to Liverpool from Sunday 27 to Wednesday 30 September.

Experience inspiring speeches, an exciting programme of events, and a vibrant exhibition, all coming together to make every minute count. It‘s your opportunity to be part of democracy in action.

27.09.2026 - 15:48 [ Tagesschau,de ]

Wurde Israel von Ägypten vor Hamas-Überfall gewarnt?

Der neue Bericht beruft sich auf Regierungsvertreter in Israel, Ägypten und weiteren arabischen Ländern sowie auf Vertreter in den USA und Europa. The Atlantic schreibt, dass Ägyptens damaliger Geheimdienstchef Abbas Kamel Israel bereits elf Tage vor dem 7. Oktober vor einer drohenden Eskalation gewarnt habe. Kamel sei dafür eigens nach Israel geflogen. Sein Flugzeug habe sich 67 Minuten am Flughafen Ben Gurion aufgehalten.