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MESOP STARTER : WORLD’S LEADING FAKE PRODUCER VLADIMIR P. ON ATLANTIC COUNCIL REPORT
#Russia’s response to the @AtlanticCouncil’s #BreakingAleppo report is simply laughable. “Propaganda fakes” are the #Kremlin’s specialism!
WATCH DOCUMENT : http://www.mesop.de/?p=82899
MESOP TODAYS SHORT CUTS & RELEVANT TWEETS
MESOP NEWS PAPERS SYRIA RECONSTRUCTION
Interesting paper by @samer_abboud on Syria’s factionalized economic elites and their roles in war & reconstruction.
The Economics of War and Peace in Syria
Much is made of the sectarian and ethnic factions in Syria’s civil war, but far less attentio… tcf.org
https://tcf.org/content/report/economics-war-peace-syria/
MESOP MIGRANT FEATURE GERMANY – WITH COMPLIMENTS TO MADAM ANGELA MERKEL : “HI ANGIE YOU CAN TALK DIRECTLY ABOUT LIBYA & MIGRATION WITH ME – YOUR VLADIMIR P.”
AFTER SYRIA, PUTIN’S NEXT MOVE COULD BE LIBYA
By Anna Borshchevskaya, opinion contributor – 02/13/17 – Anna Borshchevskaya is the Ira Weiner fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
President Trump has consistently suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be a strong ally in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). But while most eyes are on Syria in this regard, Libya is another place to watch closely in the coming weeks.
Putin increasingly supports Libya’s Gen. Khalifa Haftar, who controls Libya’s oil-rich east but wants more. Haftar pursues an anti-Islamist agenda and looks to Putin to help secure his leadership in Libya at the expense of the U.N.-backed civilian government in Libya. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82890
MESOP TODAYS SPECIAL : National Security – The Political Assassination of Michael Flynn
Feb 14, 2017 10:09 AM EST – By – Eli Lake – BLOOMBERG – If we are to believe the Trump White House, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn just resigned because he lied about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the vice president. As White House senior counselor Kellyanne Conway told NBC’s “Today Show” on Tuesday: “Misleading the vice president really was the key here.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82892
MESOP NEWS TOP OF THE AGENDA : Netanyahu, Trump Meet as White House Signals Policy Shift / Click for CFR – New York Times & Financial Times Commentaries below – Read all sources – http://www.mesop.de/?p=82908
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS – FRESH PUTIN TROOPS TO SYRIA – Russia Sends More Military Police to Syria
Al-Masdar News – 2017-02-15 – Moscow has deployed another military police battalion to Syria.
The battalion was sent from the Russian republic of Ingushetia in order to boost security of military personnel during operations in the war-torn country, according to Ingushetia leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said on Monday. According to Yevkurov, servicemen will focus on protecting personnel of the Russian air group and the Center for Syrian reconciliation.It is the second battalion of the Russian Military Police deployed to Syria.In December 2016, Russian military police servicemen were sent to the city of Aleppo to maintain order on the territories liberated from militant groups. www.mesop.de
MESOP NEWS Oops — Did Russia Just Reveal 20,000 Personnel in Syria?
February 15 – 07:42 2017 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Tender for medals gives clue to total number of Russians involved in Syrian conflict since September 2015
Russia’s Defense Ministry appears to have accidentally revealed that more than 20,000 personnel have been involved in operations inside Syria since Moscow’s intervention in September 2015. The Ministry announced a 45.3 million ruble ($792,000) tender on Tuesday for medals, insignia, and letterhead cards. Among the awards are 20,000 medals for “Participant of the Military Operation in Syria” and 50 medals “For the Liberation of Palmyra” and “For the Clearance of Palmyra”. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=82919
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP FOCUS : Kurds Oppose Dividing Kirkuk into Four Electoral Districts – The idea is proposed by a Shi’ite MP from Maliki’s coalition
Leyla Hemid – 15 February 2017 – BasNews – ERBIL— Kurds are against a proposal for dividing Kirkuk province into four electoral districts, based on the religious and ethnic orientation of Kirkuk residences, Iraqi media reported. According to the reports the idea has been proposed by Jasim Mohamed Jaafar, a lawmaker from the Shi’ite State of Law Coalition, led by the Iraqi VP Nouri al-Maliki. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=82915
MESOP NEWS Articles & Op-Eds – Memo to Trump: Iraq Is Too Big to Fail – Michael Knights – Foreign Policy – February 13, 2017
Actions like the travel ban on Iraqis could have the unintended effect of derailing the U.S. alliance with Baghdad — an outcome that would benefit Iran, the Islamic State, and no one else.The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency have been a political roller coaster for Iraq. On Jan. 21, the newly minted commander in chief raised his oft-repeated mantra that the United States might have offset the costs of the Iraq War by somehow seizing Iraqi oil. Six days later, he signed an executive order banning Iraqi nationals from entering the United States for 90 days and Iraqi refugees from entering for 120 days. The banned persons initially included thousands of translators and other Iraqis who risked their lives by serving alongside U.S. troops in Iraq.
Though Iraq’s parliament issued a nonbinding call to retaliate by banning American visitors, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi chose to take the high road. Refusing to bow to domestic political pressure, he ruled out a reciprocal travel ban in a speech on Jan. 31. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82921
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP NEWS OPINION : THE LAST ACTION TO COMFORT THE SHIA MULLAHS IN IRAN BY BARACK HUSSEIN O.
Former Obama Officials, Loyalists Waged Secret Campaign to Oust Flynn
Sources: Former Obama officials, loyalists planted series of stories to discredit Flynn, bolster Iran deal – BY: Adam Kredo – The Free Beacon – February 14, 2017 3:26 pm
The abrupt resignation Monday evening of White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is the culmination of a secret, months-long campaign by former Obama administration confidantes to handicap President Donald Trump’s national security apparatus and preserve the nuclear deal with Iran, according to multiple sources in and out of the White House who described to the Washington Free Beacon a behind-the-scenes effort by these officials to plant a series of damaging stories about Flynn in the national media. The effort, said to include former Obama administration adviser Ben Rhodes—the architect of a separate White House effort to create what he described as a pro-Iran echo chamber—included a small task force of Obama loyalists who deluged media outlets with stories aimed at eroding Flynn’s credibility, multiple sources revealed. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82911
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP RECEP’S PROMISE !? – Turkey will not stay in Syria: Erdogan
14 Febr 2017 – Turkish troops will not remain in Syria once the Islamic State (IS) is defeated and they will leave the lands to their “true owners,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
“Just like Jarablus, al-Rai, Dabiq were cleaned [of IS] and the locals returned, al-Bab will be cleared and the people of al-Bab will resettle there,” Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul on Feb. 12 before departing for an official trip to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82894
MESOP NEWS FOCUS: OPPORTUNIST PKK/PYD – FACING GENEVA TALKS THEY DISAGREE TACTICALLY WITH THEIR GREAT LEADER – TEACHED IN EVERY CLASS-ROOM IN WEST KURDISTAN SYRIA
MSD co-chair says PYD’s Ocalan ideology not same as being PKK
By Rudaw 5 hours ago 15 Febr 2017 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Ilham Ahmed, a co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD), disagreed that groups in Syria embracing Abdullah Ocalan’s ideology equates to belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an interview with the Washington Kurdish Institute. “When the people embrace Ocalan’s ideology, this does not mean that PYD [Democratic Union Party] is part of the PKK,” Ilham said in an interview published this week. “They are two different organizations, and each party has its own administrations and the decision-making bodies.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82923
MESOP NEWS SPECIAL : Trump and World Order / The Return of Self-Help
Foreign Affairs – 15 Febr 2017 – By By Stewart M. Patrick – Since the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, 13 successive U.S. presidents have agreed that the United States must assume the mantle of global leadership. Although foreign policy varied from president to president, all sent the clear message that the country stood for more than just its own well-being and that the world economy was not a zero-sum game.
That is about to change. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82917
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
MESOP WENDUNGEN : MARCUS PRETZELL (AfD) „UNSERE ZUKUNFT IST ISRAEL!“
PILGERFAHRT DER RECHTSPOPULISTEN NACH ISRAEL / EUROPAS NATIONALISTISCHE PARTEIEN UND TEILE DES ISRAELISCHEN LIKUDS NÄHERN SICH – ÜBER TRUMP & DEN ISLAM
Von Jochen Stahnke – FAZ 14 Febr 2017
JERUSALEM, 13. Februar. Auf einmal fing Marcus Pretzell auf dem Treffen der europäischen Rechtspopulisten in Koblenz an, von Israel zu sprechen. Wir haben ein Problem mit dem politischen Islam, in Deutschland, in Europa”, rief der nordrhein-westfälische AfD-Landesvorsitzende Ende Januar in den Saal. „Es gibt ein Land, was schon Jahrzehnte längere Erfahrungen in dieser Frage hat — Israel ist unsere Zukunft, meine Damen und Herren!” Von Israel könne man lernen, wie man mit dem Islam umzugehen habe. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=82888
MESOP NEWS – ERDOGAN STATEMENT & SAUDI MONEY : TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA TO COOPERATE ON REBUILDING SYRIA
Date : 14.02.2017 – Source : Daily Sabah – As Turkish and Saudi leaders are set to meet today in Riyadh, regional issues, particularly Syria, and economic ties are expected be on the agenda. The leader of the Saudi business community suggests that the Syrian war will not last more than a year and the two countries will reconstruct Syria ::::: Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=82906
MESOP CULTURE „GOD SAVE DONALD TRUMP!“ – FINGER WEG VOM ARKANSAS RIVER
CHRISTO verzichtet auf einen gigantischen Eingriff in die Biosphäre eines Flusses + auf wahnsinnige Materialverschwendung.
Christos Colorado-Projekt Stellen Sie sich vor, Trump würde auftauchen!
Der Künstler Christo hat sein nächstes Großprojekt „Over The River“ abgesagt. Warum er lieber auf die Realisierung verzichtet, als Donald Trump eine Möglichkeit zu geben, sich mit dem Werk zu schmücken.
15.02.2017, von Kolja Reichert – FAZ – Teil einer Installation von Christo. Ein ähnliches Werk hätte im südlichen Colorado entstehen sollen, doch der Künstler entschied sich jetzt dagegen. Christo, für das Projekt „Over The River“ wollten Sie den Arkansas River in Colorado auf einer Strecke von sechzig Kilometern auf mehreren Abschnitten mit insgesamt elf Kilometern silbrigem Stoff überspannen. Jetzt haben Sie das Projekt abgesagt.
Warum? – http://www.mesop.de/?p=82902
MESOP CULTURE „VALENTINSTAG“: Die LIEBE ist wieder zurück ! – Oder: Wenn der Schwanz kitschig phantasiert!
…… Beachtlich ! : Nachdem gender-feminismus-dekonstruktions-theoretisch seit an die 15 Jahren Begriff wie Wort LIEBE in Grund und Boden argumentiert wurden: als romantisch-reaktionär-bürgerlich-konstruierte Angelegenheit, deren namentliche Nennung jeder korrekt lebende Mensch (ER/SIE) sich streng zu enthalten habe, zumal sie ja unglaublicherweise nicht nur ein Physicum sei (ficken!, Entspannung etc.), sondern ein romantizistisches Metaphysicum, das unter der Guillotine der repressiven Entsublimierung der Sexualität dringend zu entsorgen sei – tauchte sie kürzlich so ganz unbefangen wieder auf – und wird nun zuerst und allen voran von Schwulen erneut bewahrheitet, um im Übrigen demnächst den gesamten Mittleren Osten befreien zu können.
Etwa am Valentinstag (siehe unten): jenem im Westen absolut durchorganisierten Großverkaufs-Konsumtag der (Wikipedia) Blumen- und Süßwarenfabrikationen.
So sieht echter Fortschritt aus !
(WIKIPEDIA) Der Valentinstag am 14. Februar gilt in einigen Ländern als Tag der Liebenden. Das Brauchtum dieses Tages geht auf einen oder mehrere christliche Märtyrer namens Valentinus (in Frage kommen vor allem Valentin von Terni oder Valentin von Viterbo) zurück, die der Überlieferung zufolge das Martyrium durch Enthaupten erlitten haben. Der Gedenktag wurde von Papst Gelasius I. 469 für die ganze Kirche eingeführt, 1969 jedoch aus dem römischen Generalkalender gestrichen. Verbreitet gibt es jedoch um den Valentinstag herum Gottesdienste, in denen Ehepaare gesegnet werden.
An Bekanntheit gewann der Valentinstag im deutschen Sprachraum durch den Handel mit Blumen, besonders jedoch durch die intensive Werbung der Blumenhändler und Süßwarenfabrikanten. www.mesop.de