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MESOP TODAYS FIRST QUESTION :  BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS

Why the Maldives Is Sending Terrorists to Syria and Iraq  –  Maldives has sent more terrorists per capita than any other country in the world to fight wit… More http://www.mesop.de/?p=79698

 

MESOP EXCLUSIV : WESTERN FELLOW TRAVELLERS PRO ASSAD MEET IN DAMASCUS

Watch pics etc.   1 Nov 2016  – http://www.mesop.de/?p=79700

 

MESOP TODAYS KURDISH QUOTATION  ON TRUMP vs: HILLARY: Diliman Abdulkader  “Why Trump!”

  • Diliman Abdulkader is a Masters student at the School of International Service, American University in Washington DC. He is studying Peace and Conflict Resolution, with a focus on Global Kurdish Studies. He is also a research associate at the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET).

So why Trump? He simply offers everything Clinton does not; the exact opposite. Although his policy towards the Kurds are not clear, there still lies a bit of optimism, anything is better than the status quo. In the past he’s mentioned that the Kurds “have been horribly mistreated”. He has also stated that “he’s a big fan of the Kurdish forces” who have made the most positive impact on the ground against IS. Trump is also against the Iran deal, stating that it is “one of the worst deals [he’s] ever seen”. A Kurd would say that there is no such thing as “moderate” rebels in Iraq or Syria, today they may be terrorists, tomorrow they are considered allies. This has been the root cause of the rise of violence in the region, going in without a decisive military strategy. Donald Trump understands that the United States should distance itself from training rebels it does not know or control. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79688

 

MESOP “CHRISTIANOPHOBIA” – “KILL THE CHRISTIAN !” –  Assyrian Man in Iraq Gunned Down for Selling Alcohol

http://m.clarionproject.org –  2016-10-31  – Nizar Elias Musa, an Assyrian restaurant owner in Basra, Iraq, was gunned down for selling alcohol.A Christian man in Iraq was murdered apparently for selling alcohol. On October 22, the Iraqi parliament passed a law banning the import, sale and production of all alcoholic beverages. Read all www.mesop.de

 

 

MESOP TODAYS OPINION : BY ALI BAYRAMOGLU (AL MONITOR)

Deciphering Ankara’s Middle East policy / Let’s take Mosul for Turkey

31 Oct 2016 – “No issue in the Middle East can be discussed without Turkey.” So spoke Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in March 2013 as he boasted how the Justice and Development Party (AKP) had transformed Turkey from a country that “sought help from others 10 years ago” to a country that leads “an active foreign policy” and sees “the whole world” as the domain of its diplomacy.  – More recently, on Oct. 22, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan grumbled about how the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, which led to the creation of modern Turkey on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, “shrank our lands to 780,000 square kilometers [480,000 square miles] from 2.5 million square kilometers [1.5 million square miles] in 1914.” Things had to change, according to Erdogan.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79667

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : BY MUSTAFA AKYOL (AL MONITOR)

How Turkey’s AKP undid its legacy on ‘Kurdish question’

1 Nov 2016 – With the arrest of the co-mayors of Diyarbakir, Turkey’s pivotal Kurdish city, on Oct. 25, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) took another step in its latter-day strategy on the “Kurdish question”: to kill all terrorists and arrest all their political supporters. A strategy, in other words, that almost all Turkish governments have pursued, more or less, since the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923 — leaving behind thousands of casualties, with no end in sight.

Yet there is a major irony in this AKP strategy, because it was none other than the AKP and the intelligentsia who told us, for years, that this “security-focused solution” to the Kurdish question was a dead end. It was also they who tried a fundamentally different approach: reforms for all Kurds and negotiations with the Kurdish militants. It is interesting how they ended up reverting back to the concepts of the “Old Turkey” that they had criticized for years. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79680

 

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP BACKGROUNDER : THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOSUL CAMPAIGN – 29 – 1 Nov 2016

By Emily Anagnostos &the ISW Iraq Team

The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reached Mosul’s eastern city limits on October 31 to begin the initial push into the city. Meanwhile, Iraqi Shi’a militias, including Iranian proxies and U.S.-designated terrorist groups, opened up a western axis on October 29 with the intention to retake Tel Afar, west of Mosul.

The ISF has concentrated on the northern and eastern axes of the Mosul operation and is making progress towards Mosul’s eastern city limits. The Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) reached the border of Mosul’s city limits on October 31, where it clashed with ISIS. The CTS is currently operating around Gogjali, a village bordering Mosul’s eastern limits. The CTS has not yet breached Mosul’s city limits, despite local reports. Meanwhile, units from the 9th Iraqi Army (IA) Division are advancing towards Mosul from the southeast, moving beyond Hamdaniya, which the ISF recaptured on October 22. The 16th IA Division is approaching the city from the north, composing part of the third axis working on breaching Mosul’s eastern side. The 16th IA Division also continues the offensive around Tel Kayyaf, which it reportedly stormed on October 31. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79684

 

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP ANALYSIS : “THE MOST DIRTY STORY” –  How the Left Betrayed the Syrian Uprising

Writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Evan Sandlin uses a review of Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami’s Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War to consider the Left’s betrayal of the Syrian uprising:

Despite the carnage, a number of Western leftists applauded Soviet actions, characterizing the new government as good-hearted reformers, dedicated to “deep-seated social reform”. The invasion was supported by members of the “old left”, such as the Communist Party USA, as well as by influential figures in the “new left” like Angela Davis, Daniel Lazare, and Fred Halliday. Read  the whole dirty story http://www.mesop.de/?p=79671

 

MESOP “USEFUL DOUBLE STANDARDS” – WHEN PUTIN BOMB’S TOGETHER  WITH ASSAD :  THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION  DID  IT !

UN Envoy, Amnesty Back Russia-Regime Line Over Rebels’ Aleppo Offensive

 

November 01 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Both UN envoy Staffan de Mistura and Amnesty International have supported the line of Russia and the Assad regime criticizing the rebel offensive in western Aleppo, Syria’s largest city. –   De Mistura said that he was “appalled and shocked” by rebel use of rockets during their offensive, which began Saturday in an effort to break the two-month Russian-regime siege of opposition areas:  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79678

 

 

MESOP SPECIAL : Dissent in the Islamic State: Abu al-Faruq al-Masri’s ‘Message on the Manhaj’

by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi –  Combating Terrorism Center (West Point)

October 31, 2016 –  No one can reasonably expect any jihadist organization to be a total monolith in outlook among members, and the Islamic State is no exception. The idea of dissent in the Islamic State is foremost associated with the issue of takfir (declaring people to be non-Muslims, even those who self-identify as Muslim). Indeed, the group’s application of this idea has been publicized both in propaganda as well as in leaked material. However, the Islamic State’s championing of takfir is not without its criticisms. Some critics are extreme, even going so far as to proclaim takfir on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Others are less virulent in their response and are reluctant to fight people they see as fellow Sunni Muslims, especially other jihadis in groups like Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra). This reluctance to fight flows in part from their hesitancy to accept the doctrine of takfir as espoused by the Islamic State. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79686

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP : UPDATE MOSUL TODAY – We Are Awaiting PM’s Order to Attack the Turkish Troops: Hashd Al-Shaabi / The Turkish presence on Iraqi soil is an invasion, Hashd al-Shaabi deputy commander says

Basnews English – 1 Nov 2016 – ERBIL — The Iraqi Shiite militia forces known as Hashd al-Shaabi said on Tuesday that they are awaiting for prime minister’s order to attack the Turkish troops stationed near Mosul. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79692

 

MESOP BACKGROUNDER: PUK VISIT IN TEHRAN / DECISIONS – PUK CARETAKER FOR THE MULLAHS

  1. Nov 2016 – Iran’s interests to be preserved in case of possible changes in the region’s geopolitics: PUK official

A senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) pointed in a Sunday meeting with Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei to the presence of millions of Kurds inside the region who cannot be ignored and stated that possible changes in the region’s geopolitics would preserve Iran’s interests and security, Mehr News Agency reported. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79694

 

MESOP NEAR EAST NEWS : THE PROPHET OF THE “OPEN SOCIETY” AGAINST ISRAEL – GEORGE SOROS

Open Society files legal brief arguing NGO should be treated as media organization – Jerusalem Post 1 Nov 2016

One of George Soros’s foundations has jumped into the legal battle between Breaking the Silence and the government which has been playing out since May before the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court, in which the NGO says it is fighting for its survival by not revealing its confidential sources. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79690

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER

MESOP FLASH : DEUTSCHE TORNADOS IM MOSUL EINSATZ ? – Deutsche Tornados bei Anti-ISIS-Einsatz in Kurdistan notgelandet

T.Wiegold 31. Oktober 2016  –  Im Einsatz gegen die islamistischen ISIS-Milizen in Syrien und Irak mussten zwei deutsche Tornado-Kampfjets am (heutigen) Montag nach einem technischen Defekt auf dem Flugplatz von Erbil in der Kurdenregion des Nordirak notlanden. Grund dafür war ein Problem bei der Luftbetankung einer der beiden Maschinen, teilte das Verteidigungsministerium mit. Beide Flugzeuge seien am Abend an ihren Stationierungsort Incirlik in der Türkei zurückgekehrt.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=79676

 

MESOP : DONALD TRUMP – THE TRUE FRIEND OF ISRAEL ? –  Trump schreibt Nachricht an G-tt

31 Oct 2016 – Wie der jüdische Informationsdienst JTA und der israelische Nachrichtensender Arutz Sheva berichten, hat der republikanische US-Präsidentschaftskandidat Donald Trump – einer weit verbreiteten Tradition folgend – einen “Brief an G-tt” geschrieben, einen Zettel, der in eine der Ritzen in der Kotel, der “Klagemauer”, in der israelischen Hauptstadt Jerusalem gesteckt . Read all  http://www.mesop.de/?p=79669

 

MESOP DOCUMENTS : Al-Qamischli, 29 Oktober 2016 – Generalsekretariat des Kurdischen Nationalrats in Syrien

KNR-Mitglieder erneut von PYD-Milizen entführt

  1. November 2016 by kurdishnational council – Am Freitag, den 28.Oktober 2016 gegen 13 Uhr Ortszeit entführte eine Gruppe von vermummten PYD-Mitgliedern in einem Auto Mohammad Amin Raschid, Lokalkomiteemitglied der Demokratischen Partei Kurdistan – Syrien (PDK-S) vor der Stadtbäckerei in al-Malikiya (Dêrik). Am selben Tag gegen 17 Uhr wurde Ahmad Schanke, ebenfalls Mitglied des Lokalkomitees der PDK-S, auf dem Rückweg von al Malikiya in das Dorf Tabka von einer Gruppe maskierter Personen am westlichen Kontrollpunkt der Stadt entführt. Beide Politiker wurden an einen unbekannten Ort gebracht und sind seitdem nicht mehr erreichbar. Wir machen die PYD für ihre Sicherheit und Unversehrtheit verantwortlich und fordern Informationen über ihren Verbleib. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=79696

MESOP NEU : HEIKO MAAS – EIN DEUTSCHER REALIST & ANTIRASSIST ! / KINDER WOLLEN KINDEREHE

Der Justizminister und die Kinderehen Ein generelles Verbot wäre inhuman /Tagesspiegel Berlin

Heiko Maas will schärfere Gesetze gegen Kinderehen. Vielen gehen die Reformen nicht weit genug. Doch unter Radikalität darf die Menschlichkeit nicht leiden. Ein Kommentar. von Malte Lehming 1 Nov 2016  http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/der-justizminister-und-die-kinderehen-ein-generelles-verbot-waere-inhuman/14762564.html

….. Passen Kinderehen nicht exakt in diese neue LGBTI Kultur ? á la „Der Lehrer lernt von uns, nicht wi von ihm “ oder – „Mama + Papa sind an allem schuld“ und daher Aufhebung aller familiären Bürgerlichkeit ? Retten die Kinder angeblich als einzig fähige Wesen nicht selbst den Planeten ? Während die Erwachsenen freiwillig infantilisieren?

Daher wohl Recht, den Unerfahrensten die weitreichendsten Entscheidungen anzuvertrauen, egal ob Planet oder Kinderehe. Kinder wissen alles  besser.

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