9/11 WARNINGS ABOUT THE PILOTS TRAINING
#Israel: “Do not train the Saudi pilots, they will turn against you!”
and #Russia: ” Do not send your Saudi pilots to #Chechnya, they will turn against you!”The September 11 attacks shifted this dynamic by significantly modifying how both nations trained their pilots, and altering the structural military relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia.
The role of the numbers of the well trained pilots in the military competition between Israel and Saudi Arabia: How 9/11 affected this balance? – Google Search google.com/search?q=The+role…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Oct 9, 2026
Day: October 9, 2026
NEW: US and Taiwanese authorities have indicted multiple individuals for illegally reselling US-manufactured semiconductors to the People’s Republic of China (PRC); in some cases routing chips through Southeast Asia to get around US export restrictions. The PRC likely seeks to acquire US semiconductors to further PRC artificial intelligence (AI) development and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) modernization. (1/2)
Other Key Takeaway:
The PRC interfered with a Philippine medical evacuation at Second Thomas Shoal. The PRC is likely no longer abiding by a 2024 provisional agreement with the Philippines to allow resupply missions to the shoal and is trying to make Philippine positions in the South China Sea increasingly untenable.
🔴 The Omani co-pilot detained in the flydubai incident had a “premeditated terrorist plot” to seize control of the plane and use it to launch a suicide attack targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, the United Arab Emirates’ Attorney General Counselor Hamad Saif al-Shamsi says
🔴 Signs of the 29-year-old suspect’s drift toward extremism and terrorism first emerged in 2017, while he was studying in Australia, the attorney general says
🔴 The suspect was employed by Oman Air from 2020 to 2024, joined Royal Air Maroc in early 2025 and worked there for several months, before moving to Flydubai in January 2026, al-Shamsi says
🔴 The suspect had met the professional and security requirements for employment in flydubai, but none of the procedures revealed any indications of his extremist views or his intention to carry out a terrorist plot, the investigation added
🔴 The suspect had used two previous flights to Tel Aviv to familiarize himself with the flight route and the airport, according to the investigation
🔴 Three killed in two attacks on Riyadh airport, operations return to normal: GACA
🔴 Yemeni forces complete control over Bab al-Mandeb, Perim Island
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