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MESOP HEADLINE : Left-liberal conspiracy theory of the highly educated !
Opinions – If Obama is a Muslim, is Trump a Russian spy?
By Kathleen Parker Opinion – Washington Post – 9 Jan 2017 – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81907
MESOP NEWS TODAYS CRITICAL COMMENTARY : DECONSTRUCT THE DECONSTRUCTORS – THE LIBERAL ELITISTS
They are virtuous. They know best. They are the chosen ones. They have only a token belief in democracy. They expect and intend to prevail. What explains the idiocy of the liberal elite? It’s their education – Getting to the point where you can’t imagine voting for Brexit or Trump takes years of hard, misguided study – By James Bartholomew – 7 January 2017 – THE SPECTATOR –
Enough! Enough! For months, the so-called liberal elite has been writing articles, having radio and TV discussions, giving sermons (literally) and making speeches in which it has struggled to understand those strange creatures: ordinary people.
What is the pathology of liberal eliteness? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81934
MESOP TODAY : NOW WALL STREET JOURNAL ADVICES TRUMP – Syrian Kurds Deserve a Seat at the Negotiating Table
Staurt Rollo writes that President-elect Trump should arm the Syrian Kurds and fight for thei… wsj.com Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81941
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP UPDATE SYRIA : THE “NONE-CEASEFIRE” – Pro-Assad Forces Renew Attacks Near Damascus
January 09 – eaworldview – Scott Lucas – Continuing to break a national ceasefire, pro-Assad forces have renewed their four-week offensive to overrun Wadi Barada, northwest of Damascus. Regime and Hezbollah forces had limited their attacks on Saturdayamid discussions for access by Russian technicians to the water pumping facilities damaged by the pro-Assad assault. Wadi Barada’s al-Fija springs provide more than 60% of Damascus’s water. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81913
MESOP FOCUS : ASSAD NOW GOING WITH IRAN CONTRA RUSSIA/TURKEY BROKERED CEASEFIRE & NEGOTIATIONS
Assad Says Ready to Discuss Everything, Vows to Take Back All Syria
Posted 2017-01-09 08:51 GMT – (Reuters) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his government is ready to negotiate on “everything” in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan but it was not yet clear who would represent the opposition and no date had been set.Assad also said a ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia, his most powerful ally, was being violated and the army would recapture all of Syria including a rebel-held area near Damascus where a vital water supply had been bombed out of service. He made the remarks in comments to French media that were published by the Syrian state news agency SANA. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81928
MESOP INSIDER : PKK JACOBINES – STALINISTIC INDOCTRINATION / UNDER OBAMA’S UMBRELLA
TEACHING APO ONLY – Why Some Arabs in Syria Are Getting Lessons in Kurdish Politics
GULFNEWS – 2017-01-09 06:58 GMT – In a former high school classroom in this northeastern Syrian town, about 250 Arab recruits for the US-backed war against the Daesh were being prepped by Kurdish instructors to receive military training from American troops. Most of the recruits were from villages surrounding the Daesh’s self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa, and the expectation is that they will be deployed to the battle for the predominantly Arab city, which is now the main target of the US military effort in Syria. – But first, said the instructors, the recruits must learn and embrace the ideology of Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish leader jailed in Turkey whose group is branded a terrorist organisation both by Washington and Ankara. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81926
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP NEWS : THE KURDISH INDEPENDENCE DEBATE GOES ON / Commentary by Vager Saadullah
“While Kurdish independence from Iraq remains fraught with risk for the United States, on another level an independent KRG would present opportunities for Washington in a dramatically changed Middle East. At the very least, it would provide Washington with an alternative partner to Baghdad and Ankara, both of which have proven to be reluctant or uneven allies in the conflict with the Islamic State. The Kurds would welcome additional American investment in the development of Kurdistan’s oil and gas resources, which would be free from the threat of sanctions from Baghdad. Independence would also deepen U.S. ties with a society that generally welcomes a relationship with the United States, in a region where few hold Washington in high regard. The KRG’s independence might make Iraq more politically manageable as well.” www.mesop.de
MESOP NEWS OUTLOOK SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ) – KURDISH INDEPENCE – SUPPORTED BY TRUMP & ERDOGAN ?
Are Conditions Ripening for Iraqi Kurdish State? – Author: Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies – January 5, 2017 – Council on Foreign Relations
The failure of Iraq, breakdown of Syria, and changes in Turkey have created opportunities for Kurds in all three countries. They are not quite the regional kingmakers that some Kurds have boasted they might become, but Kurdish political and military power is now a growing factor in Middle East geopolitics. This has produced not only unique challenges, but also new possibilities for U.S. policy in the region. As President-Elect Donald J. Trump shapes his administration and officials look at the Middle East beyond the battles against the so-called Islamic State in Mosul and Raqqa, they will have to come to terms with the Kurds, some of whom are intent on using their new clout and political developments around them to push for a sovereign Kurdistan. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81915
MESOP NEWS : HACKING EVERYWHERE / KURDISH OIL & REX TILLERSON – Hacked emails reveal details of Exxon’s Kurdistan activity
Disappointing exploration results drove Exxon to relinquish half of its Kurdistan portfolio, according to private correspondence with Turkey’s energy leaders published by Wikileaks.
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson (left) meets with KRG President Massud Barzani (fourth from right) and other senior Kurdish officials in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2013.
By Ben Van Heuvelen of Iraq Oil Report – Published Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
Five years and $1.1 billion after making a politically tumultuous decision to invest in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, ExxonMobil’s oil exploration has yielded only modest results.Internal memos and correspondence from both Exxon and its joint-venture partner, the state-run Turkish Energy Company (TEC), provide new insight into the American super-major’s operations in Kurdistan and its recent decision to exit three of its six contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Read all + watch pics http://www.mesop.de/?p=81920
MESOP NEWS ”OPEN QUESTIONS” : YEZIDI GIRLS CAPTURED BY PKK AND BROUGHT TO KANDIL & SYRIA ?
PKK Striving to Open Battle Front inside Kurdistan: Iraqi MP – A Kurdish official also accuses PKK of adducting 600 Yezidi girls
Leyla Hemid – 09/01/2017 – ERBIL — With its refusal to leave the Yezidi town of Sinjar, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is trying to declare war against the Kurdistan Region, said a Yezidi MP while another Kurdish official accused the party of abducting Yezidi girls to employ them as new recruits. MP Majid Shingali told BasNews on Monday that several foreign and international organizations have declined to contribute to the reconstruction of Sinjar as they fear to enter the town due to the interventions by the PKK guerrillas.These NGOs work in places where the situation is stable in terms of politics and security, Shingali added. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81932
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP NEWS “POOR MAHMOUD” : Turkey seeking to fight Kurds with Kurds: Mahmoud Osman
Iranian backed Kurds Press – 9 Jan 2017 – Kurdish prominent politician Mahmoud Osman believes the Saturday visit of Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to Kurdistan Region and meeting the high-level official of the region is to fight Kurds with Kurds.
……. While he prefers to fight Kurds with Iran via Bagdad ! www.mesop.de
MESOP INSIDER: RADICALISATION IN TURKEY’’S SOCIAL NETWORKS (SNN) – By Moshe Dayan Center
TURKEY : LAND OF THE MARTYRS
In this article from the December 2016 issue of Beehive: Middle East Social Media, Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak investigates the radicalization of discourse on Turkish SNS after the terrorist attacks in Istanbul and Kayseri.
Author: Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak – BeeHive – Aftermath of Kayseri bombing, December 2016
Since the attack in Diyarbakır last June, Turkey has faced an unprecedented wave of terrorism that so far, has resulted in the deaths of 421 civilians.[1] This wave erupted as the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) collapsed and Ankara’s military cooperation with the anti-ISIS Western coalition forces began. During this period, Turkish cities have become easy targets for attacks, resulting in civilian and security force fatalities. In December, two murderous attacks, one in Istanbul and the other in Kayseri, captured public attention on social networking sites (SNS), revealing the nationalist discourse of various segments of Turkish society. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81924
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP NEWS – DEBKA FILE ISRAEL INTEL : Why Trump & US intel clash over Russia / COLD WAR PITCH
9 Jan 2017 – America’s intelligence chiefs may have been singing their swan’s song Thursday and Friday (Jan. 5-6) when they hurled allegations of election-meddling “ordered at the highest Kremlin level” against Russia at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington. The committee’s chair John McCain picked up the ball and declared that Russian hacking was “an act of war,” after hearing grim testimony from the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and the National Security Agency head Adm. Michael Rogers. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81936
MESOP CULTURE : SUBMISSION CULTURE IN LBGT TIMES: ANTI-WHITE & Anti-Enlightenment RASCISM AT SOAS – “We have to face the world only from African – Asia & Middle East” / All important thoughts come from outside Europe
- PLATO & KANT BANNED UNDER APARTHEID (PRESTIGIOUS SOAS LONDON) –
University students demand philosophers such as Plato and Kant are removed from syllabus because they are white – SOAS’s student union is insisting that ‘the majority of philosophers on our courses’ should be from Africa and Asia – – 8 January 2017 • The Telegraph UK
They are said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. Camilla Turner, Education Editor .
But students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should be largely dropped from the curriculum because they are white. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=81930
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
MESOP NEWS SYRIEN : GRÜNE-EU & SOZIALDEMOKRATISCHE ABGEORDNETE BESUCHEN KRIEGSVERBRECHER ASSAD
Kritik an Reise von – EU-Abgeordneten nach Syrien
now. BRÜSSEL, 8. Januar. Das jüngste gemeinsame Treffen von Mitgliedern des russischen Föderationsrats und drei Europaabgeordneten mit dem syrischen Präsidenten Baschar al Assad stößt im EU-Parlament auf erhebliche Kritik. „Dies ist kontraproduktiv. Es dient einzig der russischen Propaganda und der Durchsetzung russischer politischer Interessen”, sagte der Vorsitzende des Auswärtigen Aus-schusses, Elmar Brok (CDU), dieser Zeitung. Drei EU-Abgeordnete, der lettische Sozialdemokrat Andrejs Mamikins, die estnische Liberale Yana Toom und der wie Brok zur Fraktion der Europäischen Volkspartei (EVP) zählende Abgeordnete Stefano Maullu, hatten kurz vor Jahresende mit einer Delegation des Föderationsrats den von den EU-Staaten geächteten und mit Russland verbündeten Präsidenten Assad ‘und zuvor den russischen Stützpunkt Hmeimim besucht. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=81909
MESOP NEWS : LIEBER MIT TÜRKEI ALS MIT IRAN PLUS PKK
Nordirak: Kurden vereinbaren Stärkung der Kooperation mit der Türkei
Von NEX24 – 9 Jan 2017 – Erbil (nex) – Die autonomen kurdischen Gebiete (KRG) sind bereit, die Kooperation mit der Türkei in allen Bereichen, insbesondere den Kampf gegen die Terrorbedrohung sowie die Wirtschafts- und Handelsbeziehungen, auszuweiten.
Dies teilte KRG-Präsident Masud Barzani auf einer gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz mit dem türkischen Ministerpräsidenten Binali Yildirim am heutigen Sonntag in Erbil mit. Volltext lesen http://www.mesop.de/?p=81905
MESOP NEWS „FREIFLOTTIERENDE WAHNWELTEN“ : MARIETTA SLOMKA ENTLARVT PUTIN – Werden die Bundestags-Wahlen abgesagt? / Von Henryk M. Broder
Neun Monate vor den kommenden Wahlen hat der Wahlkampf schon begonnen. Angela Merkel wurde bereits zur Kandidatin der CDU gesalbt, die SPD überlegt noch, ob sie mit Gabriel, Schulz oder Popeye ins Rennen gehen soll. Was vollkommen egal ist, denn am Ende der Schlammschlacht wird es sowieso wieder eine GroKo mit der Schutzpatronin der Flüchtlinge am Kopf der Tafel geben.
Es sei denn, es wird so etwas wie ein nationaler Notstand ausgerufen, in Folge dessen die Wahlen abgesagt oder verschoben werden. Klingt wie eine bekloppte Verschwörungstheorie – und ich hoffe sehr, es ist eine -, aber in diesen Tagen, da der Wahnsinn epidemisch wird und als Vernunft verkleidet daher kommt, ist nichts unmöglich. Wer hätte vor zwei Jahren auch nur daran gedacht, dass die Kanzlerin alle Einfallstore weit öffnen und die Grenzen der Republik für unkontrollierbar erklären würde? Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=81922