MESOP NEWS TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
MESOP NEWS : EASY DOING – NAME NEW NAMES !
28 Dev 2017 – US Amb insists State Dept stop referring to West Bank as Occupied Territory. State baulks & mater referred to Tump – US envoy said to ask State Department to stop calling West Bank ‘occupied’ – Washington reportedly refuses to change terminology, with Trump given final say – timesofisrael.com – Read all https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-envoy-said-to-ask-state-department-to-stop-calling-west-bank-occupied/
MESOP NEWS : THE NUMBERS OF THE REVENUE / OIL KURDISTAN
28 Dec 2017 – Thirteen months since KRG released any oil production, export or revenue data whatsoever. Over four years since they passed a budget. twitter.com/barzansadiq/st …
Barzan SadiqVerified account @BarzanSadiq – #KRG @PMBarzani: We will answer #Abadi claims over #KRG Oil revenues in numbers.
MESOP NEWS : FACING RUINS / WHO WILL PAY ?
Its all Kurdistan after all” twitter.com/rudawenglish/s…
28 Dec 2017 – Iran to an extent, yes, Russia no, another group like IS, no. Russia is in Iraq to make money, not spend it. The socio-political base which laid the groundwork for IS in 2012-2014 has been discredited & destroyed. twitter.com/ColinKahl/stat …
The war against ISIS has left Iraqi cities in ruins. With little US appetite for “nation-building,” some combination of ISIS 2.0, Iran, or Russia could fill the vacuum. Read all about https://twitter.com/ColinKahl/status/946379044962144256?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=918db22d3ddf43adb104c54b13e1415b&uid=2253272407&nid=244+285282312
Flight ban has no expiry date, says Iraqi official
28 Dec 2017 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The flight ban has no expiry date, but will be in place until lifte… rudaw.net More http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/281220174
MESOP NEWS INTEL SPECIAL : . The KGB Playbook for infiltrating the Middle East. Particularly relevant today:
28 Dec 2017 – In 1988, the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, looked at its mistakes in the Middle East – thedailybeast.com – More https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-kgb-playbook-for-infiltrating-the-middle-east