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MESOP TODAYS RESULTATIONS – AFTER DABIQ (SYRIA) /!KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP!
FSA and TSK have captured Dabiq from ISIS, Apocalypse postponed.
Mustafa Akyol @AkyolinEnglish – Liberating #Dabiq is a major victory against #ISIS: “Turkish-backed Syrian rebels recapture town of Dabiq from Isis”
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels recapture town of Dabiq from Isis / THE GUARDIAN 16 Oct 2016
Site was important to Islamic State because of prophecy that it would be scene of final battle between Muslims and non-believers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/16/turkish-opposition-fighters-syria-dabiq-islamic-state
MESOP : DABIQ CLEARED ! – STATEMENT US ARMYOIR Spokesman @OIRSpox 2h2 hours ago – 16 Oct 2016 – Dabiq joins the #greenbloboffreedom on our maps. Congrats to #Turkey & partner forces; #Deash remain on the back foot, losing terrain daily – More via www.mesop.de
Liz Sly @LizSly 1h1 hour ago
The Apocalypse is off for now: ISIS flees from Dabiq without a fight. A good omen for Mosul, due to begin any minute https://www.washingtonpost.com/instart-auth-talkback/world/middle_east/apocalypse-postponed-isis-flees-the-village-where-it-prophesied-doomsday-battle/2016/10/16/752f4654-93b3-11e6-9cae-2a3574e296a6_story.html …
“After Dabiq, Al Bab will be the next big question” says Ilhan Tanir @WashingtonPoint on BBC World. #Syria
MESOP MOSUL NEWS TODAY : avatar Kirk H. Sowell
@UticaRisk – Sadr and Ameri are conducting a joint press conference! – http://www.alsharqiyatv.com/
MESOP : FOREVER SHAME ON SO CALLED WESTERN PEACE MOVEMENTS / GREENS / SOCIALISTS & LBGTQI PEOPLE
If they really wanted to Stop the War in Syria, they’d target Russia. My column https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/14/stop-the-war-syria-target-russia-aleppo?CMP=share_btn_tw … #Aleppo
MESOP EXTRA : … UNDER BORIS JOHNSON’S GUIDANCE / RELEVANT BLOW CONTRA PUTIN – CORRAGEOUS ! !
British Bank Abruptly Drops Russian Network RT’s Accounts – New York Times
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and KIMIKO DE FREYTAS-TAMURA – 18 Oct 2016 – The state-financed network, also known as Russia Today, suggested that NatWest’s decision hindered its freedom of speech, though critics consider RT a Kremlin mouthpiece. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79217
MESOP : THREE CHEERS FOR BORIS JOHNSON (UK)
@BorisJohnson Why dont you talk about the slaughter of Kurds by the Turkish regime & it destroying Kurdish cities you hypocrite.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
Hosted #Syria likeminded group in London today to discuss options. #Assad supporters must show mercy & bring this slaughter to an end – More via www.mesop.de
MESOP SAMPLER : THE ASSAD – PUTIN WAR CRIMES LAST 25 DAYS by SNHR
17 Oct 2016 – Detailed Account of the Russian-Syrian Attacks on the Neighborhoods of Eastern Aleppo after 25 Days of the Second Cessation of Hostilities Statement – The Security Council has to Prevent a Second Rwandan Genocide in Syria – the Russian-Syrian Attacks – SNHR has released the report: “Detailed Account of the Russian-Syrian Attacks on the Neighborhoods of Eastern Aleppo after 25 Days of the Second Cessation of Hostilities Statement” – Read full text http://www.mesop.de/?p=79185
MESOP TODAYS OPINIION BY MICHAEL KNIGHTS – THE LIBERATION OF MOSUL WILL GO BETTER THAN YOU THINK
By Michael Knights – Foreign Policy – October 17, 2016 – But kicking out the Islamic State and keeping the peace are two very different things, so longer-term coalition support will be needed.
The liberation of Mosul is as close as one can find to a certainty in warfare. The Islamic State has perhaps 2,000 to 3,000 fighters to defend a 12-square-mile metropolis, as around 54,000 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga barrel down on them.
One can easily summon nightmare scenarios that could unfold during the battle. What if 1 million people flee the city? What if the Islamic State blows all the bridges over the Tigris River and wrecks the electricity and water systems, creating a humanitarian crisis? What if the first contact between the liberating security forces and local anti-Islamic State “resistance fighters,” who may themselves have been fighting the government before 2014, is marred by violence? What if clashes erupt between Iraqi Army forces and Turkish or Kurdish forces trying to enter the city? And what about the risk of the Iranian-supported Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) inserting themselves into the urban fight and demolishing a neighboring town such as Tal Afar, the home of many Islamic State leaders and a large Sunni Turkmen population? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79232
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY AL MONITOR SEMIH IDIZ / METIN GURCAN / CENGIZ CANDAR + others
Erdogan not backing down on Turkish role in Mosul – Erdogan says Abadi “not at my level”
Iraqi Turkmen groups have escalated their calls for an independent province in the Tal Afar district west of Mosul, Wassim Bassem reports, in advance of the widely anticipated military campaign to remove Islamic State (IS) forces from the city.
The demand by some Turkmen groups coincides with similar calls by Christians and Yazidis for their own autonomous regions in Ninevah province. – Bassem reports, “All of these projects are based on religious or ethnic division, whether among Turkmens, Kurds, Arabs, Sunnis or Shiites. Some see these proposals as the solution to the sectarian, religious and ethnic diversity problems that have caused so much killing and displacement of minorities since the Islamic State (IS) took over the areas in June 2014. But others fear the proposals would further divide the country into regional fiefdoms, fending off peace and causing new conflicts for power and influence.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79199
MESOP Expert Commentary – One Battle, But “Six Campaigns”
October 16, 2016 | AMB James Jeffrey – The Newsletter – James Jeffrey – Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Turkey
The good news: all signs point to a final attack on ISIS in Mosul by Iraqi forces and the American-led coalition. This struggle has received much media attention, and even presidential campaign play, and for good reason. Both quantitatively (size of coalition forces, size of the city and population) and qualitatively (symbolic significance of Mosul, where ISIS leader al Baghdadi announced his Caliphate; complicated diplomatic, political, and humanitarian concerns impacting the battle), more is at play here than in earlier battles against ISIS. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79208
SOUTH KURDISTAN ((IRAQ)
MESOP “OFFICIAL STATEMENT” : Iraq Feature: Prime Minister Announces Start of Battle for Mosul
17 Oct 2016 – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of the long-awaited offensive against the Islamic State in the city of Mosul, its central position in Iraq. Al-Abadi said on State TV early Monday morning: We have been battling ISIS for more than two years. We started fighting Isis in the outskirts of Baghdad, and thank God we are now fighting them in the outskirts of Mosul, and God willing the decisive battle will be soon. Read full text http://www.mesop.de/?p=79191
MESOP EXCLUSIV : WATCH PICS OF „GOLDEN DIVISION“ TOURING EN ROUTE MOSUL
Pictures made near Erbil/Hewler: Video von der Golden Division auf der Fahrt nach Mossul, durch kurdisches Gebiet . die wohl besten Einheiten der irakischen Armee. Sie wurden stark vergößert und haben die Hauptlast in Ramadi und Fallujha getragen. hier wohl in der Nähe von Erbil evtl. gestern:
https://twitter.com/MoslawiInsi…/status/787535410914177024
Mohammed on Twitter – Watch PICS !
“Iraq’s “Golden Division” moving toward Mosul https://t.co/Gdt43Yn6H9 ” – twitter.com|Von Mohammed
Maybe. if 30% of Mossul is liberated tomorrow evening then it was true:
https://twitter.com/BeyondTheLe…/status/787812781361881088
Einführung in die Politik Mossul:
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/…/ResearchNote38…
Watch Pictures abozt MOSUL OFFENSIVE TODAY
https://twitter.com/warzerjaff/status/787806636333228033
More via: www.mesop.de
MESOP MOSUL REPORT : KURDISH PESHMERGA ON THE FOREFRONT – Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces take lead in Mosul battle
17 Oct AP / NYT / MESOP – HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Monday morning began advancing on a string of villages east of Mosul, the start of a long-awaited campaign to reclaim Iraq’s second-largest city from the Islamic State, which seized it more than two years ago, officials said. Watch all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79195
MESOP MOSUL : BARZANIS ANNOUNCEMENT – Kurdish forces pause offensive in Mosul, say Iraqi army will advance
KHAZER, Iraq,— 18 Oct 2016 – Iraq’s Kurdish Peshmerga forces say they are pausing in their advance on Mosul after capturing a handful of villages to the east from the Islamic State group as the Iraqi army presses ahead with the next stage of the operation to retake the IS-held city.
Col. Khathar Sheikhan of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces says his troops achieved their objectives and “are just holding our positions” in the Khazer area on Tuesday. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79213
MESOP MOSUL REPORTS 1th DAY : Offensive on Mosul Claims Gains on First Day
October 18 – 2016 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – The offensive to reclaim Iraq’s second city Mosul from the Islamic State has claimed gains on its initial day.Iraqi Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani claimed that Iraqi forces and Kurdish peshmerga “liberated” 200 square km (72 square miles): “Today is a turning point in the war against terrorism. This is the first time that peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army have cooperated and fought in the same area.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79215
MESOP REPORT Germany: No Additional Arms for Kurds ‘For Time Being’
Deutsche Welle – 2016-10-18 – The defense ministry says it is not preparing additional weapon supplies to Kurdish peshmerga troops in northern Iraq. The Kurdish forces are involved in the newly-launched operation to retake the city of Mosul. – “We have not planned any additional deliveries at present,” a spokesman for Germany’s Defense Ministry spokesman said hours after the launch of the Iraqi offensive to retake the northern city of Mosul from the “Islamic State” (IS) group. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79219
MESOP Top News Mosul
Battle for Mosul Tests Obama Strategy to Shift Fight’s Burden From U.S.
By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT – 18 Oct New York Times Commentary
The administration’s counterterrorism doctrine aims to spread military responsibilities to regional partners rather than have the United States act alone. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79221
!KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP! – Iraq Situation Report: MOSUL & THE GENERAL OFFENSIVE CONTRA ISIS / UPDATE
October 12-18, 2016 – By Emily Anagnostos & the ISW Iraq Team
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced the launch of operations to retake Ninewa Province and Mosul from ISIS at dawn on October 17. PM Abadi named Deputy Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Abdul al-Amir Jarallah as commander of the operation. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Peshmerga began offensives on the Khazar-Gwer axis, southeast of Mosul, and moved north from the Qayyarah airbase, retaking several villages. ISIS offered minimal resistance to the joint forces’ advance and may elect to withdraw the bulk of its forces to Mosul to await the city offensive. Watch all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79223
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP FOCUS : Russia-Regime Continue Bombing Despite Talks (ALEPPO/GUERNICA)
By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – 17 Oct 2016 – Despite the resumption of international talks over Syria’s crisis, Russia and the Assad regime are continuing their bombing of civilians in and beyond Aleppo.Russian warplanes reportedly knocked out yet another medical facility, this time in Latamneh in northern Hama Province, and pro-Assad airstrikes targeted Aleppo districts such as al-Qaterji and Sheikh Fares on Sunday.The Local Coordination Committees documented 51 deaths in Aleppo Province yesterday, most of them from the Russian-regime airstrikes. Watch all events http://www.mesop.de/?p=79197
MESOP REPORT : PUTIN’S STRATEGIC WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT IN SYRIA
Russia Advances its IADS in Syria –By Chris Harmer & Kathleen Weinberger By (ISW)
Over the last year, Russia has built up an expeditionary Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) in Syria. Russia intends to use this IADS to push the potential cost of continued US coalition involvement in Syria past the threshold of acceptable risk. On 03 OCT the Russian military deployed the S-300 (NATO reporting name: SA-23) air defense system to the Syrian naval base in Tartus. Russian forces already operate the S-400 (NATO reporting name SA-21 Growler) long-range air defense system, which has a claimed range of 400km, as well as the S-200 (SA-5 Gammon), in Syria. Russia also operates a number of short-range air defense systems, including the Pantsir-S1 and Buk missile systems, as well as the naval version of the S-300 a Slava-class guided missile cruiser in the Mediterranean. In addition to the IADS, Syrian forces operate the Bastion coastal defense system out of Tartus. Watch all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79201
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP INSIDER : LAST ORDERS BY OBAMA – A FINAL ISRAEL/PALESTINE SOLUTION ?
Does Obama really have a November surprise planned for Israel & the Palestinians?
Dan Arbell Monday, October 17, 2016 – MARKAZ / BROOKINGS – Recent statements by White House and State Department spokesmen—strongly condemning an Israeli decision to advance plans for a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank (which Israel insists is an enlargement of an existing settlement)—have once again stirred a debate in Israel about the Obama administration’s intentions after the U.S election. Will it seek to leave a legacy for future Israeli-Palestinian talks? – Conventional wisdom among Israeli politicians, officials, and pundits in recent months has been “yes.” No longer shackled by political considerations after the November election, the thinking goes, the lame-duck administration would be able to pursue initiatives that the Israeli government fears—aimed at securing the longevity of the two-state solution in an environment in which peace is unreachable at present. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79225
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP INSIDER: Iraq requests participation of Iran’s Soleimani in Mosul campaign: report
A “high-level source” in the Tehran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces spoke with Al-Akhbar on the Mosul offensive against ISIS. – BEIRUT NOWMEDIA 17 Oct 2016 – – The Iraqi government has allegedly asked General Qassem Soleimani to take part in the newly-announced offensive on Mosul, according to a Lebanese daily supportive of Hezbollah. – A “high-level source” in the Tehran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces spoke with Al-Akhbar on the Mosul campaign against ISIS, which kicked off in the early hours of October 17 following months of preparation.
Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79227
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP FULL AMNESTY REPORT IRAK : Flüchtenden aus IS-kontrollierten Gebieten drohen im Irak Folter, Verschwindenlassen & Tod
Ein aktueller Amnesty-Bericht dokumentiert, dass paramilitärische Milizen und Regierungstruppen im Irak schwere Menschenrechtsverstöße und sogar Kriegsverbrechen begangen haben. Tausende Zivilpersonen, die aus Gebieten unter der Kontrolle der bewaffneten Gruppe „Islamischer Staat“ (IS) fliehen konnten, sind Opfer von Folter, willkürlicher Inhaftierung, Verschwindenlassen und außergerichtlichen Hinrichtungen geworden.
BERLIN, 17.10.2016 – Der neue Bericht “Punished for Daesh’s crimes: Displaced Iraqis abused by militias and government forces bringt schockierende Gewalttaten gegen Zivilpersonen ans Licht, die aus IS-kontrollierten Gebieten fliehen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=79210
“DEUTSCHE HERZEN/DEUTSCHE HELDEN” (KARL MAY) / Post heroism in the post truth society – minima moralia Halap (Aleppo)
Noch nie gaben sich die meinungsbildenden Schichten der deutschen Gesellschaft moralisch so gut wie heute: entschieden gegen jeglichen Rassismus auch noch den allerletzten blöden Witz verfolgend – Diskriminierungen jeder nur erdenklichen Art rechtlich streng ahnend – ebenso Laktose- wie Barrierefrei ihre herkömmliche Phylogenese, ihre Kultur und Ästhetik bis über die Antike hinaus nicht nur verleugnend, sondern im Chor verachtend, vom offenbarenden Christentum ganz zu schweigen, dessen Stifter allerdings niemandem so sehr mißtraute wie den hoffährtigen Gutmenschen –
Diese Menschen also, denen selbst in Anbetracht des veritablen Menschheitsverbrechens in Aleppo nichts Besseres einfällt, als den Kampf für den diversen Toilettensitz konsequent fortzusetzen, gegenüber Mördern aber, zu Putin etwa: die „Gesprächsfäden auf keinen Fall“ abreissen lassen wollen – diese selbstgefällig narzisstischen, transitorischen Wesen der gleichnamigen LBGTI Societies unterscheiden sich nur per Camouflage von ihren mörderischen Vorgängern. Mal für den „Totalen Krieg“ – nun 1 : 1 für den „Totalen Frieden“. Im Ergebnis gleichermaßen: Mord ! Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=79234