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MESOP NEWS  : KISSINGER PRO TRUMP!

Kissinger: “I believe Trump has the possibility of going down in history as a very considerable president.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/henry-kissinger-donald-trump-232785

 

MESOP NEWS TODAYS MOSUL  MAP

#Mosul map: White: #IS. Pink: Clashes areas. Green: liberated. #Iraq-i flag: Under full control of ISF. Source: MoD.   20 Dec 2016 – http://www.mesop.de/?p=81258

 

 

MESOP NEWS : PKK-DIRECTOR ARRESTED IN BELGIUM

Ricardo Gutiérrez @Molenews1

News director of pro-Kurdish #ANF @MaximeAzadi has been arrested in Belgium by Interpol on request of #Turkey!!! Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81267

 

 

MESOP TODAYS BOOK RECOMMENDATION  – PUBLICATION RELEASE

THE LINES THAT BIND – 100 Years of Sykes-Picot – Andrew J. Tabler, Editor  – Fabrice Balanche – Michael Knights and more

POLICY FOCUS 151 • DECEMBER 2016

A century after diplomats Mark Sykes of Britain and Francois Georges-Picot of France drew up a secret agreement to divide the Ottoman lands of the Middle East, a look at the modern map indicates the resulting states have largely stood the test of time — at least thus far. Most of these states are now under considerable demographic, economic, and political stress, which has led some analysts to predict eventual collapse for at least some of them. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81271

 

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY JERUSALEM POST

Analysis: How will Putin react to ambassador’s assassination in Turkey?

20 Dec 2016 ——– It does not seem that the shooting will derail efforts to stabilize Syria. On Tuesday, talks are scheduled to begin in Moscow among Russia, Iran and Turkey, as well as others, on a possible diplomatic ending to the ongoing war in Syria.

The interests of these three countries are greater than an isolated incident, even the murder of an ambassador. Erdogan’s interests in Syria are also limited in their scope – he wants to ensure that a Kurdish entity will not be established along his country’s border. Putin’s interests are different. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81273

 

MESOP NEWS  TODAYS OPINION : Why Russia and Iran Are Abetting the Syrian Government

Harold Rhode – Jerusalem Center for public affairs – 20 Dec 2016 – The Syrian government, Russia, and Iran (SRI) are trying the change the demographic makeup of Syria.  They aim to depopulate Syria of the Arab Sunnis, which, before the Arab Spring was the largest religio-ethnic group in Syria. They mostly inhabited a very fertile strip of land between Aleppo in the north, down to Damascus, and then southward to the Jordanian border. Those Arab Sunnis who did not leave are being forced to move to Idlib and Raqqa, near the Turkish border.¹

Examining SRI’s military campaign and its policy towards the refugees they have created suggests this SRI strategy.  The groups and places which the Russians have been attacking are the traditional strongholds of the Sunni Arab population – as of late Aleppo – the largest city in Syria. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81279

 

MESOP TODAYS SPOT : SYRIA WILL LIKELY SUFFER AS RUSSIA SEEKS VENGEANCE FOR AMBASSADOR’S MURDER

By Anna Borshchevskaya –  New York Daily News – December 19, 2016

Far from sparking World War III, the Ankara assassination will probably spur a Russian escalation against ‘terrorists’ in Syria and exacerbate internal divisions in Turkey.

Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov died Monday after a gunman fatally wounded him during a speech at a photo exhibition in Ankara. The gunman shouted in Turkish: “Don’t forget Aleppo! Don’t forget Syria! As long as our brothers are not safe, you will not enjoy safety.” Karlov’s murder comes a day before a major Syria meeting in Moscow with Russian, Turkish, and Iranian officials.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81287

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP INSIGHT:Tehran Maneuvers With Russia Over Syria

December 20 – Preparing for the next stage in Syria’s 69-month conflict, Iran is staking out its position with Russia and Turkey. Iranian media gave no detail of the discussion but put out Rouhani’s declaration, “It is very important that the Syrian people feel they are not alone in the fight against terrorists.” The President also juxtaposed his concern for humanitarian assistance — despite Iran’s involvement in Russian-regime sieges — with the supposed “disregard for the innocent people” by Western countries. The accounts declared that Putin “also stressed the importance of dispatching humanitarian aid to Syrians, saying the international community, including Iran and Russia, is obligated to protect and support the defenseless Syrian people across the country”. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81261

 

MESOP FOCUS : Russia-Iran-Turkey Confer in Moscow Today

December 20 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – ORIGINAL ENTRY: Foreign and defense ministers of Russia, Iran, and Turkey will confer on Tuesday over the future of Syria.

Russia and Iran have been essential backers of President Assad since the uprising began in March 2011, while Turkey has supported the Syrian opposition and rebels. Relations between Moscow and Ankara were at breaking point in November 2015, after Turkish jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81263

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP UPDATE : MUSINGS ON IRAQ – Mosul Campaign Day 63, Dec 18, 2016

On December 18 the Iraqi forces (ISF) were still trying to capturethe Wahda area of east Mosul. Since December 14 elements of the 9thand Golden Division along with police units have been attempting to recapture the Salam Hospital in the Wahda neighborhood. Overall operations in the city have slowed in preparation for a second phase. Islamic State resistance, dealing with the civilian population caught in the middle of the fighting, and heavy losses have also hindered the pace of the campaign. Part of the new push will be reinforcements to the eastern section of the city known as the Left Bank. A new army brigade for example is being sent to support the 9thDivision.

The United States is also shifting its tacticsto help the ISF. U.S. air strikes are trying to hit roads along the lines of advance by the Iraqi forces to try to hamper car bombs. The Americans are also targeting car bomb factories. A drawback to this policy is the fact that the ISF is travelling through the city in columns made up of HUMVEES and tanks so cratering roads may impede them as well. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81269

 

NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)

MESOP NEWS INSIDER : Turkey, Russia Promise Cooperation Over Ambassador Assassination

“= Dec 2016 – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey and Russia would work together (AP) to investigate the assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov by an off-duty Turkish police officer. Cavusoglu called the shooting a “heinous terror attack” in comments made during a visit with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, which was previously scheduled for a discussion of the Syrian crisis. The U.S. embassy in Ankara was closed (Al Jazeera) Tuesday after a separate gunman fired shots outside the entrance hours after the assassination.

Watch Al Jazeera & AP Links http://www.mesop.de/?p=81277

 

MESOP NEWS TODAYS ANALYSIS : Turkey blames usual suspects for murder of Russian ambassador – By Barın Kayaoğlu is an assistant professor of world history at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani.

Barın Kayaoğlu  – December 20, 2016 – What we know so far about the episode is as follows: Karlov habitually liked to blend in with local folks and therefore seldom traveled with a large security team. Thus, he was at grave risk when he attended a Russia-themed photo exhibit at an art gallery across the street from the US Embassy in Ankara’s upper-class district of Cankaya. Altintas, 22, who was serving with a riot police squad in the Turkish capital, was able to enter the gallery with a pistol because he had his official ID card. Karlov reportedly had no bodyguards inside the venue. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81289

 

THE GERMAN CHAPTER

MESOP CULTUR : EINEM TAG WIE DIESEM BLÄHEN  SICH DIE SCHWADRONIERDEN   SELBSTDARSTELLER IM DUTZEND BILLIGER

„An einem Tag wie diesem“

Nach einem Vorfall wie in Berlin will man verstehen, was unverständlich bleibt. Und man will wissen, was noch nicht bekannt ist. Wichtig ist: Geduld. –   An einem Tag wie diesem ist jeder überfordert. Man will verstehen, was unverständlich bleibt.

Von Yassin Musharbash, Amman – DIE ZEIT  20 Dez 2016

 

 

MESOP CULTUR : DIE SPRÜCHEKLOPFER SIND JETZT ALLE VON DER LEINE !

„Majid Sattar: – Das Vakuum westlicher Führung  – Die Tragödie von Aleppo und die Kosten der Nicht-Intervention! –  …… Heute ist der Westen in erbärmlicher Verfassung „….. FAZ 20 Dec 2016

….. Majid Sattar ! 65 Monate lang hat er  jegliche westliche Intervention in Syrien in seitenlang zurückgewiesen, nun die verlogene Wende.

Es ist dies eine Zeit des Zerfalls, wo auch Madame Lagarde am selben Tag per Urteil in die Nähe Korruption geriert, wo sie diese ihrerseits in der Ukraine feststellte und schwer verurteilte.  Eine Kultur, wo nicht die Weihnachtsmärkte die Erosion beförderten und die Dekadenz Europas, sondern die Debatte um die 4. gendergerechte LBGT – Toilette.  www.mesop.de

 

 

MESOP NEU : DER ZUSTAND DES WESTENS IM ZERFALL DES “WEIHNACHTSMARKTS”

THEO SOMMER  LEBT – IM BESTEN JARGON NEUER GRAVITÄTISCHER SPREIZUNG

Heutige Stilblüte einer selbstbezüglichen Wichtigtuerei:

„Es sagt viel über den Zustand des Westens und auch seiner Feinde aus, wenn Weihnachstmärkte  zum Ziel von Anschlägen und damit einem Symbol werden.

Sei es drum, wenn es schon so schlimm ist, dann gilt es eben die Freiheit auf Weihnachtsmärkten zu verteidigen, denn Freiheit gehört überall verteidigt. Deshalb selbst zu glauben, Weihnachtsmärkte seien nun ein zeitgemäßes Symbol der Freiheit oder gar westlicher Kultur, scheint mir dagegen auch nur ein weiteres Zeichen jenes Verfalls, der erst möglich machte, was fast täglich geschieht und in Konsequenz nur immer mehr Menschen in den Irrsinn treibt. Irrsinn aber ist immer das Gegenteil von Freiheit.“

……. Die „Freiheit“ also muß um jeden Preis  auch auf Weihnachtsmärkten verteidigt werden, weil diese jedenfalls als Platitude „überall“ verteidigt werden muss, wobei aber zugleich alles gegen Weihnachtsmärkte spricht, jenem hier nun endlich exakt definierten Symbol  jahrhundertealtem „Verfalls westlicher Kultur“, was  überhaupt ja alles das erst möglich machte, was neuerdings nun „täglich geschieht“  und „die (!) Menschen“ alle miteinander in synchronen „Irrsinn“ treibt.

Nämlich das Reh ist die Frau vom Hirsch & Bambi das Kind von beiden! Manche Leute haben einmal besser gesoffen – als sie heute nur  irrsinnig oberflächlich denken + reden können.  (MESOP) www.mesop.de

 

MESOP KOMMENTAR : Attacke in Berlin – Offene Grenzen bewirken das Gegenteil von Offenheit

VON ALEXANDER MARGUIER am 20. Dezember 2016  / CICERO

Wenn ein Verbrechen vor der eigenen Haustür geschieht, fällt es schwer, cool zu bleiben, wie es jetzt von allen Seiten empfohlen wird. Die Ähnlichkeit des Berliner Attentats zu dem von Nizza lässt das Schlimmste befürchten  – Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=81275

 

 

MESOP INTEL : Das System hinter dem türkischen Spion in Deutschland

Von Daniel Herder – Hamburger Abendblatt – 20 Dec 2016

500 Agenten sollen in Deutschland für Nachrichtendienst MIT arbeiten. Vorwürfe von kurdischer Gemeinde

Hamburg. Nach der Festnahme eines türkischen Agenten, der Attentate auf kurdische Funktionäre in Bremen und Brüssel geplant haben soll, erhebt die kurdische Gemeinde schwere Vorwürfe. “Politische Morde sind in Deutschland möglich”, sagte Ali Ertan Toprak, Bundesvorsitzender der Kurdischen Gemeinde Deutschland. Es sei besorgniserregend, dass inzwischen auch Tötungskommandos auf türkische und kurdische Oppositionelle und Regimekritiker angesetzt seien. Die “türkische Stasi” liefere die Informationen für die “Killer,” die dann ans Werk gehen sollen, so Toprak weiter. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=81285