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MESOP : NOW THE OTHER WAY ROUND …. / American Red Cross & the racist poster
The American Red Cross, under fire for waste and incompetence from Haiti to Sandy, and reporting a $159 million deficit, could hardly have picked a worse time for a new self-inflicted SNAFU. In a new swimming pool safety poster, almost all the naughty children are non-white. The “racist” poster has been withdrawn and the organisation apologised. – WATCH PHOTO PIC http://www.mesop.de/?p=75531
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
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MESOP : WAR CRIME President Assad “The solution is very near, not far from reach”
President Assad’s interview with SBS NEWS AUSTRALIA –
Watch life Interview http://www.mesop.de/?p=75566
MESOP TODAYS INDEPTH : WHY ISRAEL JOINS ERDOGAN’S TURKEY – ECONOMICAL & INTELLIGENCE INTERESTS
ISRAEL’S CALCULUS FOR RECONCILIATION WITH TURKEY – By David Makovsky
PolicyWatch 2640 – July 1, 2016 – THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE – While the agreement is unlikely to reset relations between two leaders who have profoundly different worldviews, it may catalyze economic and security initiatives that benefit mutual Israeli, Turkish, Palestinian, and U.S. interests.On June 29, the Israeli security cabinet approved a long-overdue deal restoring full diplomatic ties with Turkey by a vote of seven to three. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75546
MESOP TODAYS TOP ON THE AGENDA : Turkey Did Nothing About the Jihadists in Its Midst — Until It Was Too Late / A HISTORY & CHRONOLOGY OF JIHADISM IN TURKEY
For years, Ankara was focused on Assad instead of the jihadist networks operating on its soil. Now those cells are focused on destroying Turkey.
By Aaron Stein – FOREIGN POLICY – July 1, 2016 – The Islamic State has waged a yearlong military campaign in Turkey that includes suicide bombings, unguided rockets fired from Syria into Turkish border towns, and the assassination of Syrian journalists living there. Read full detailed report: http://www.mesop.de/?p=75550
MESOP TODAYS ANALYSIS : SHAPING U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION AGAINST JABHAT AL-NUSRA
By Fabrice Balanche and Andrew J. Tabler – Policy Alert – July 1, 2016 – THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE – Helping Russia target the jihadist group will only benefit the Assad regime unless Washington ensures that such efforts are carefully targeted, strictly conditioned, and accompanied by additional reinforcement of the moderate opposition. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75562
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
West cooperating secretly with Damascus against militants: Assad / RUMORS ABOUT GERMAN PARTICIPATION
1 July 2016 – REUTERS – Syrian President Bashar al Assad said in an interview to be broadcast on Friday that Western countries had sent security officials to help his government covertly in fighting Islamist militants involved in Syria’s war.Assad, in remarks to Australia’s SBS News channel that were carried by Syrian state media, said Western states – who are strongly opposed to his rule but also face the threat of Islamist attacks at home – were secretly cooperating with his government in counter-terrorism operations. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75533
MESOP INSIDERS : The head of Rojava’s interior committee Kanaan Barakat speaks to Al-Monitor about the achievements of the autonomous administration, the potential for an advance on Raqqa and relations with the Syrian regime.
Will Syrian Kurdish forces advance on Raqqa?
1 July 2016 – AMUDA, Syria — Interior Minister of Syria’s Jazeera canton Kanaan Barakat, who hails from the city of Girke Lege in Hasakah governorate 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Qamishli, worked as a lawyer until the proclamation of the democratic autonomous administration on Jan. 21, 2014, in northern and northeastern Syria, known as Rojava, the Kurdish region of Syria. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75535
MESOP : THE COMMANDED BLINDNESS OF THE CIA / US: Syrian Kurds & the PKK Are Not the Same
ARA News – 2016-07-02 – The US State Department said on Thursday that Washington makes a clear difference between Syrian Kurds and the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey (PKK). “And we’ve also been very clear that we view the PKK as a foreign terrorist organization, and as such, we work with Turkey on combating them,” US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75555
MESOP CHRONOLOGY – RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA 3. – 28. June – By Genevieve Casagrande (ISW)
Russia continues to pressure the U.S. and regional actors into closer cooperation through its military intervention in Syria. Russia ultimately seeks to supplant the U.S. as a security guarantor in the Middle East and has used its air campaign in Syria to galvanize its demands for greater coordination in the theater. Unidentified U.S. administration officials claimed that the White House issued a proposal for military partnership with Russia in Syria after several weeks of negotiations between the two countries. The deal reportedly calls for the U.S. to conduct a coordinated air campaign against ISIS and al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Jabhat al Nusra. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75557
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP : THE ACTUAL SITUATION OF ISIS – By By Caitlin Forrest & the ISW Research Team
Since the publication of ISW’s last sanctuary map on May 25th, 2016, ISIS militants lost control of the city of Fallujah but were able to launch spectacular attacks in Lebanon and on the Jordanian border. ISIS continues to lose territory in Iraq, and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are threatening its last major supply route from ar-Raqqa City to the Syrian-Turkish border. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) cleared the city of Fallujah with support from coalition airstrikes on June 26, 2016. The presence of Iranian proxy militias in Fallujah, however, will negatively affect government efforts toward Sunni reconciliation. Meanwhile, the ISF began to approach Shirqat, the last ISIS-held district in Salah al-Din Province, on June 18, 2016. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75559
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP INTEL : THE Mastermind of Istanbul Airport Attack Had Been Georgian Informant, Official Says
Akhmed Chatayev is blamed for planning the deadly attack in Turkey, and an official says he was on the government payroll before returning to jihad. – ODESSA, Ukraine — 2 July 2016 – THE DAILY BEAST – Sometimes the world of terror and counterterror is amazingly small. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75548
MESOP INSIDERS : PKK/PYD MEETS PUTIN’S MEN – Russian officials meet Syrian Kurdish blocs in Moscow after improvement of relations with Turkey
June 30th 2016/ARA News – The Russian Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, met both with the Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in separate meetings to discuss future peace talks in Geneva. The meetings come after the improvement of relations between Turkey and Russia. http://www.mesop.de/?p=75538
MESOP BACKGROUNDER : Emerging Threats and New Trends in Turkish Foreign Policy
June 29th 2016 /Centre for American Progress
Turkey’s foreign policy during most of the republican era was informed by the security imperatives of the Cold War and the crises that ensued from the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. These influences were coupled with the country’s republican elites crafting Turkey’s identity along the lines of strict secularism, militant nationalism, and a western orientation. http://www.mesop.de/?p=75540
MESOP OPINION : What airport attack means for Turkey’s Syria policy / By Fehim Tastekin (AL MONITOR)
1 July 2016 – Turkey has been the target of Islamic State (IS) bombing attacks seven times since the general election a year ago. But the IS attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on June 28 that killed 42 people and wounded 239 others needs closer attention for its target selection, timing and possible links to regional developments. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75542
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP : THE SYMBIOSIS OF TEHRAN & ISIS – Islamic State and Islamic Republic: Curses and Causality
June 30, 2016 – By Hassan Mneimneh – FIKRA FORUM
The “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)’s jihadist enemies have repeatedly accused the Islamic State of collusion with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The grounds for the accusation are seemingly multiple. ISIS operatives have been engaged in international deadly raids targeting a number of far-flung locales, yet so far Iran has been spared. An ISIS spokesman at one point claimed that avoiding attacks on Iran was at al-Qaeda leadership’s urging. But why would such a request continue to be honored long after the two terror organizations parted ways? And in whose interests is ISIS’s role as spoiler of the Syrian uprising against the regime? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75564
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP ANALYSIS : JEAN TECHAU / CARNEGIE THINK TANK – Türkei & Russland”Wir erleben einen diplomatischen Befreiungsschlag”
Die Wiederannäherung der Türkei an Russland sei ein diplomatischer Berfreiungsschlag, sagte der Direktor des Außenpolitik-Think-Tanks Carnegie Europe, Jan Techau, im DLF. Die Türkei versuche aus ihrer Isolation herauszukommen. Die Partnerschaft sei aber schon früher gepflegt worden.
Jan Techau im Gespräch mit Ann-Kathrin Büsker – 2. Juli 2016 – Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=75568
MESOP INDEPTH : Hass in der muslimischen Welt Der Terror hat sehr viel mit dem Islam zu tun / Von Ruud Koopmans / Eine stringente Argumentation
Auch das Attentat in Orlando sollte die Tat eines Einzeltäters sein, der die Religion nur zu seiner Rechtfertigung missbraucht – ein gängiges Erklärungsmuster. Wie glaubhaft ist es? Ein Gastbeitrag.
1 Juli 2016 – Wenn wir Barack Obama glauben dürfen, hat der Massenmord an 49 schwulen Männern und lesbischen Frauen in Orlando nichts mit dem Islam zu tun. In seiner Reaktion auf das Blutbad erwähnte der amerikanische Präsident das Wort „Islam“ kein einziges Mal. Stattdessen stufte er die Tat mit dem Begriff „homegrown terrorism“ als hausgemachtes Problem ein. Außerdem sei dies ein weiteres Beispiel von „Selbstradikalisierung“. Dieser Begriff, wie auch der des „einsamen Wolfes“ wird immer wieder gerne nach radikalislamischen Anschlägen benutzt und deutet sie als das Ergebnis des isolierten Werdegangs eines Individuums ohne jeden Bezug zur muslimischen Gemeinschaft. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=75544