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MESOP BACKGROUND FLASH : SECRET DOCUMENTS
“Similarly, a cache of documents belonging to one of the architects of IS that were obtained by German magazine Der Spiegel illustrates how a former Iraqi Baathist military officer designed in neat diagrams the structure of a future Islamic state divided into provincial councils dominated by intelligence and security services. The plan involved the provision of financial service and the operation of schools, day care centres, media and public transportation.” www.mesop.de
MESOP : THE JIHADIST ASYLUM SEEKER AS A MILITANT GLOBE-TROTTER
ARRAS, France: A Spanish official says the suspect in a shooting incident on an Amsterdam-Paris train had traveled to Syria. (Daily Star Beirut)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/Aug-22/312294-spanish-official-gunman-on-european-train-had-been-to-syria.ashx?utm_medium=email&utm_so
MESOP TODAYS MOST RELEVANT TWEETS
Wonder if people of kurdistan appreciate reading this first in English! Kurdish version to come soon!
KRG-MNR @MNRKurdistan
MNR Setting the Record Straight on Oil Export and Revenue 4 the People of Kurdistan to Judge for themselves http://mnr.krg.org/index.php/en/press-releases/474-mnr-setting-the-record-straight-on-oil-export-and-revenue-for-the-people-of-kurdistan-to-judge-for-themselves …
MESOP RECOMMENDATION : David Ignatius neatly packages America’s “Division 30” debacle in Syria | http://wapo.st/1JaR01g
#Assad strikes again: #Douma pummelled by barrel bombs today. One levelled a building containing 50+ civilians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLIvwzQ-X8g&feature=youtu.be …
41 PKK fighters killed over weekend: Turksih army – http://waarmedia.com/english/41-pkk-fighters-killed-over-weekend-turksih-army/ …
EXCLUSIVE: The Kurds’ Quest for a New Democracy http://kurdishquestion.com/index.php/insight-research/exclusive-the-kurds-quest-for-a-new-democracy.html … #TwitterKurds #Kurdistan #DemocraticModernity
The European Union will officially open the EU Delegation Liaison Office this evening in Erbil @KurdistanRegion.
UK foreign secretary Phil Hammond arrives in Tehran – a welcome by only 2 minor Tehran diplomats surounded by ordinary service personal – Watch pic http://www.mesop.de/?p=63806
MESOP : LEADING PUTIN
Now official: @mfa_russia confirms upcoming visits of #Saudi & Jordanian Kings to #Russia on Aug.25 by this re-tweet
Al Bawaba News @AlBawabaEnglish – Kings of Saudi Arabia and Jordan to visit #Russia http://bawa.ba/1J2QdiQ #Saudi #Jordan
MESOP : GERMAN KRAUTS STILL MAKING WAR – NOW UNDER THE PROPHET’S FLAG
Close to Hundred German Citizens Killed in Iraq and Syria – #BasNews http://www.basnews.com/en/news/2015/08/23/close-to-hundred-german-citizens-killed-in-iraq-and-syria/ … via @EnglishBasNews
MESOP : IT GOES ON & ON & ON – THE KRG PRESIDENCY OPERA / TODAYS NON-DEVELOPMENT
Vager Saadullah @Vagersedolla 1h1 hour ago – KRG presidency crisis: Gorran is asking 2 deputies for president so one of the deputies will be from Gorran, #kdp is rejecting this request
During 5 Kurdisan parties meeting, #kdp agreed to reduce the president’s authority but insists that the president should be elected directly
Second part of #KRG five main party has commenced. Most party representatives have purposefully switched of their phones.
Barzani Hussein @Barzani_HN 3h3 hours ago – Main deal breaker is difference in view vis-à-vis president election. Gorran bloc want parliamentary, KDP bloc want general election.
Barzani Hussein @Barzani_HN 3h3 hours ago – Does not look like today’s meeting will reach any conclusive decision today. #KRGPresidency
240 PKK members surrendered in one month: Turkish security forces – http://waarmedia.com/english/240-pkk-members-surrendered-in-one-month-turkish-security-forces/ …
MESOP : An old general law of history – all dictators are anti-smoking and against hedonism
ISTANBUL – Hurriyet – Erdoğan orders village heads to stop smoking, seizes cigarette packages – An official from the Turkish Presidency has shared images of cigarette boxes belonging to village heads (muhtars) who have reportedly quit smoking at the request of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, known as a fierce opponent of smokers. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63775
MESOP : IS accuses Syrian government of bombing their areas in Aleppo countryside (Al Bayan)
Watch Document http://www.mesop.de/?p=63784
MESOP TODAYS OPINION (II) : Thinking the Unthinkable: Coming to Grips with Islamic State
James Dorsey – Senior fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Huffington Post 23 Aug 2015)
It’s almost a year since a US-led coalition launched air strikes and increased support of Iraqi and Kurdish military forces in a bid to degrade and destroy the self-styled Islamic State; yet the jihadist group that has conquered a swath of Syria and Iraq has demonstrated resilience despite suffering significant losses. (…) Similarly, a cache of documents belonging to one of the architects of IS that were obtained by German magazine Der Spiegel illustrates how a former Iraqi Baathist military officer designed in neat diagrams the structure of a future Islamic state divided into provincial councils dominated by intelligence and security services. The plan involved the provision of financial service and the operation of schools, day care centres, media and public transportation. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63802
MESOP TODAYS OPINION BY VERDA ÖZER : OBAMA’S INCIRLIK DEAL
Critical codes of the İncirlik deal (Hurriyet 22 Aug 2015) – The details of the “İncirlik agreement” signed between Turkey and the United States are taking shape by the day.The U.S. presidential envoy to the anti-ISIL coalition and the deputy assistant secretary of state, Brett McGurk, who I had a tête-à-tête with last Saturday, gave critical messages about the agreement which I shared in this column. McGurk is one of the two American officials who has carried out the anti-ISIL negotiations between the two countries.Let’s keep on decoding his messages and the details of the İncirlik deal. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63771
MESOP SPECIAL : GERMANY – THE HEAVEN FOR JIHADIST ASYLUM SEEKERS – Germany’s Isis Importation Problem
By Emerson Vermaat – Frontpage Magazine – 2015-08-21 – In its annual report covering 2014, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), or the German domestic Security Service, recently reported that some 600 German Islamists traveled to Iraq or Syria. At least nine jihadists from Germany committed suicide attacks. These attacks had probably been ordered by the so-called “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” (ISIS, also known as ISIL). The first German suicide bomber was Robert Baum (Abu Uthman), a Muslim convert from the city of Solingen. He blew himself up in the Syrian Province of Homs in June 2014. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63777
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MORE WALLS ON THIS WORLD – Turkey Erects Concrete Wall Along Syria Border
By Eyaz Ciziri – ARA News – 2015-08-22 16:48 GMT – Cizre, Turkey — Turkey has started to construct a 45 kilometer-long concrete wall along its border with Syria’s war-torn territory, Turkish media sources reported on Friday.According to Dogan news agency, the Turkish authorities have already erected 12 kilometers of the concrete wall along the border of Hatay province with Syria.The Rihanli town in the southern Turkish province of Hatay has been by smugglers for years. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63793
MESOP SPECIAL: ERDGAN’S TRUCKS TO SYRIA – CHP files petition to investigate Erdoğan and ex-ministers in shock move
August 21, 2015 | BGNNews.com | Istanbul – In the midst of political turmoil and elections looming, Turkey’s main opposition, the CHP, moves in swiftly, filing six separate petitions, two surrounding President Erdoğan and four former ministers on allegations surrounding corruption and weapons to Syria. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63769
MESOP REPORT : Turkish gov’t moves to renew Syria motion
Nuray Babacan – ANKARA – Hurriyet – 22 Aug 2015 – The government has submitted a parliamentary motion extending its permission to launch military attacks in Iraq and Syria and allow foreign troops to launch attacks from Turkish soil as part of a bid to avoid potential problems if the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) joins an interim government with the Justice and Development Party (AKP).The motion submitted on Aug. 21 said there was an increased risk regarding the national security. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63773
MESOP : PKK DIALECTICAL CLEVERNESS – The Janus-faced Selahattin : On the orders of Kandil he orders PKK to be non-violent for to secure the Turkish voters for HDP
Turkey’s Kurdish leader renews his call on PKK to halt violence ‘without if or buts’
ISTANBUL,— The leader of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish political party on Saturday called on Kurdish militants to halt a month of violence against the security forces “without if or buts”.The comments were the clearest call yet from Selahattin Demirtas — the charismatic young leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) — for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to agree an unconditional ceasefire. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63795
MESOP BACKGROUNDER : Erdogan is continuing peace talks: expert
23 Aug 2015 – An expert and political analyst of Turkey affairs, Wahd al-Din Ince, told Kurdpress that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not halted peace talks between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Ankara and is continuing the talks in his own way, denying that ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would approach to National Movement Party (MHP).
As you know Mr. Ince Turkey is bombing the bases of the PKK in Qandil Mountains in Kurdistan Region and in Turkey. What do you think the move? – Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63800
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : WATCH VIDEO WITH SIAMEND HAJO & EVA SAVELSBERG – KURDWATCH BERLIN – GERMANY
http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=153117
MESOP : WATCH PDK-SYRIA TV INTERVIEW (THE CRIMES OF PYD/PKK IN WEST KURDISTAN)
Berp.ragihandina Ş.P.K.S : jiyan Omer – Wezîrê Sûriyê : Di şerê Hesekê de hevrêziyeke baş di navbera me û PYDê de hebû https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvglVxU28Bc
MESOP REPORT : „KURDWATCH“ IN GERMANY – BERLIN
ALMANYA – Kurd Watch li ser binpêkirina mafên kurdan lêkolînan dike
Ji aliyê RÛDAW 23 demjimêr berê – Berlîn (Rûdaw) – Li Almanyayê saziyeke civakî ya sivîl bi navê Çavderiya Kurd (Kurd Watch) ji bo diyarkirina binpêkirinên mafên mirovahî yên ji aliyê Hikûmeta Sûriyê ve li dijî kurdan û pêkhateyan dixebite. Rêveber û karmendên projeya Çavderiya Kurd li Berlînê ne û li wê derê derbarê pirsgirêk û pêwîstiyên Kurdan de lêkolînan dikin û gelek caran jî ji bo lêkolînan pêwendiyan li gel kesên li Sûriye û Rojavayê Kurdistanê çêdikin. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63789
MESOP PORTRAIT : KURDWATCH BERLIN GERMANY – SIAMEND HAJO & EVA SAVELSBERG
Syrian Kurdish human rights group monitors fights to document violations
BERLIN – 23 Aug 2015 – Established in 2009, a Kurdish human rights group in Syrian Kurdistan says though its work started out monitoring the central Syrian government’s violations against Kurds, since the Islamic State group (IS) war they have also taken flack from their fellow Kurds for reporting on abuses committed by the newly autonomous Kurdish authorities in the area. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63798
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP : THE OTHER IRAQ / Art, business and hope are alive and well in the Iraq we don’t see
By Amir Taheri – August 23, 2015 | The New York Post – BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Fewer women are wearing the veil. Many men have replaced their Islamic beards with elegant suits. Girls who had dropped out of school for fear of terrorist and sectarian attacks are preparing to resume their education when the academic year starts next month. – The city is full of cars, including some flashy ones, and luxury shops are mushrooming everywhere as people insist they wish to live their lives “to the full.”There are concerts and fashion shows, even political satires.Sipping tea in a café Mutanabbi Street, in the historic quarter, a conversation with friends is briefly interrupted by a few dozen people carrying posters of Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamenei. Almost no one pays attention.“That, too, is part of life,” says Abu-Hussein, our driver. “Demonstrations, bomb blasts, news of atrocities; but life goes on.” Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63811
MESOP : The cosmopolitan jihadist – Nearly 100 German citizens who fought for ISIS were killed, the country’s interior minister said
Basnews | Edit – 23.08.2015 – BERLIN – Some 100 German citizens were killed while fighting alongside the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=63813