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MESOP NEWS TODAYS HEADLINE : THE ANTI-KURDISH AXIS “PKK & PUK & TEHRAN”

With PUK’s Consent, PKK Deploys 350 Guerrillas to Kirkuk / PKK PROVOKES WAR BETWEEN KURDS

KIRKUK — Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has recently stationed hundreds of guerrillas across Kirkuk province, northern Iraq. Read more : http://www.mesop.de/?p=83724

 

MESOP NEWS TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP NEWS : KURDISH VOTES IN UPCOMING REFERENDUM ELECTION  / POLLS

15 March 2017 – In other interesting poll stats from YORSAM: any drop in Kurd support 4 HDP doesn’t translate into support 4 AKP

New poll from YORSAM on Kurd votes in #Turkey referendum: in southeast about 34% will vote yes

YORSAM referandum araştırmasının sonuçlarını açıkladı YORSAM Başkanı Doç. Dr. Yılmaz Demirhan: “Avrupa’nın tutumu ‘Evet’ oranını 3-4 puan arttıracak” “Güneydoğu’da ‘Evet’ oranı yüzde 34,4” “HDP’nin Güneydoğu’daki oyları düşüşte” “HDP’li seçmenin yüzde 15’i tutuklamalara tepkisiz”DİYARBAKIR -… www.mesop.de

 

MESOP TODAYS OUTLOOK : Politicized Forces and the Issue of an Independent Kurdish State

Hawre Hasan Hama-  Also available in العربية –  March 14, 2017 – FIKRA FORUM

Iraqi Kurdistan has been an autonomous region since 1992. It emerged as a quasi-state after the establishment of the no-fly zone in northern Iraq by the United States – along with the United Kingdom and France – which put an end to Saddam Hussein’s murderous attacks on the Kurds. Since then, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been predominantly ruled by two major parties; the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Mustafa Barzani, established the former in 1946 while Jalal Talabani founded the PUK in 1975 when he split from Barzani’s KDP. Although the two parties have fought the Iraqi regime in the 1980s, they also fought one another in the mid-1990s, before settling into a peaceful power-sharing arrangement. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=83686

 

 

MESOP NEWS : READ CHARLES LISTER IN FOREIGN POLICY

Al Qaeda is swallowing the Syrian opposition, writes @Charles_Lister atfp.co/2mKkZYx

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/15/al-qaeda-is-swallowing-the-syrian-opposition/?utm_content=bufferef502&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

MESOP TODAYS ANALYSIS : ‘Iran Diplomacy’ Following Tripartite U.S.-Russia-Turkey Military Chiefs of Staff Meeting: ‘If You Aren’t Sitting At The Table, You Are Being Eaten At The Table’

March 15, 2017 MEMRI  No. 1303 – By: Yigal Carmon and A. Savyon and Anna Mahjar-Barducci* *Y. Carmon is President of MEMRI; A. Savyon is Director of MEMRI’s Iranian Media Project; Anna Mahjar Barducci, journalist and author, is Director of the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project.

On March 7, 2017, the chiefs of staff of the U.S., Russian, and Turkish militaries met in Antalya, Turkey to discuss security problems in Syria and Iraq. Conspicuous in its absence at the meeting was any Iranian representation whatsoever. According to a Russian Defense Ministry report, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Gen. Hulusi Akar, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces Gen. Joseph Dunford were at the Antalya meeting.[1]   http://www.mesop.de/?p=83688

 

MESOP NEWS TODAYS SPECIAL : THE HAWALA NETWORKS

Hawala Networks: The Paperless Trail of Terrorist Financing | Bennett Seftel, The Cipher Brief
Perhaps one of the most mystifying aspects of terrorist financing is the ability for terrorist organizations to direct capital from one location to another without the use of institutionalized banking systems. To accomplish this objective, terrorist groups turn to hawala networks as a means of moving funds undetected.

Expert Commentary

U.S. Efforts to Combat Illicit Financial Networks | Celina Realuyo, Former Director, U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Finance Programs
“Trust and the extensive use of connections, such as family relationships or regional affiliations, distinguish hawalas from other remittance systems. Unlike traditional banking, hawalas make minimal (often no) use of any sort of negotiable instrument. Money transfers take place based on communications between members of a network of hawaladars or hawala dealers.”

Minimizing Abuse of Hawalas | John Cassara, Former Special Agent, U.S. Treasury Department
There is no regulatory “solution” for hawala networks and our adversaries understand this.  Osama bin Laden once referred to taking advantage of “cracks inside the Western financial system.”  
The hawala system isn’t a crack, it’s a canyon.

Click for all links: http://www.mesop.de/?p=83710

 

 

MESOP NEWS TODAYS OPINION BY THE KAGAN’S (AEI)

A New Strategy Against ISIS & al Qaeda

The U.S. has been relying too heavily on Shiites and Kurds. It needs to cultivate Sunni Arab partners. –  By Frederick Kagan and  Kimberly Kagan – March 14, 2017 6:21 p.m. ET

The Trump administration is set to supersize President Obama’s strategy to defeat Islamic State, sending more American forces to the region and lifting restraints on direct participation in combat and when to use armed force. Yet any victory under the current approach will be ephemeral. Even if American proxies, backed by U.S. military forces, wrest Raqqa, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq, away from ISIS, success will be fleeting.The most important error is the near-exclusive focus on Islamic State at the expense of serious efforts against al Qaeda. Destroying ISIS is necessary but not sufficient. As the Obama administration turned its attention toward ISIS, al Qaeda learned from its failures. It has temporarily deprioritized spectacular attacks on the global stage and focused on embedding itself within Sunni communities in Syria, Yemen, North Africa and elsewhere to develop long-term strength and resilience. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=83732

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP NEWS “SCANDAL” : PYD/PKK(YPG) HAND OVER KURDISH VILLAGES TO BUTCHER ASSAD

YPG Hands over 4 More Villages to Syrian Regime Forces / The villages are Kurdish populated

Basnews English – 16/03/2017 –  MANBIJ — The Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Wednesday has handed over four other villages in western Manbij to the Syrian regime forces, a local source told BasNews.Villages of Boghaz, Milweran, sabweran and Kohiwki, all of which are Kurdish villages, were handed over to the border guards of Syrian regime.  Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=83726

 

 

MESOP NEWS “TRAITORS PUK/PKK” : ON TEHRAN’S ORDERS

PKK Sends Around 70 Guerrillas to Kirkuk and Makhmour  – The PKK guerrillas were deployed with PUK’s support

Basnews English  – 16/03/2017 – 12:07  – ERBIL — Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over the last two days has moved around 70 guerrillas from Raniya city, north of Sulaymaniyah province, to Kirkuk province.A confidential source told BasNews that PKK has deployed about 70 guerrillas to Kirkuk over the past two days. The source noted that a number of those guerrillas may have been sent to Makhmour, southeast of Erbil where PKK has established a military camp.The source revealed that the commander of the PKK force which has been sent to Kirkuk is Aveen Zilan who is from Turkey’s Kurdistan. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=83728

 

 

MESOP NEWS “BIG SURPRISE”: NOW PKK/PYD CONTROLLED SDF TROOPS CALL FOR SAFER ZONES IN SYRIA

Kurds call on Trump to establish safe zones in SDF-held territory in northern Syria

ARA News 16 March 2017 – Over 150,000 IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) have arrived in Manbij recently, said Shervan Derwish, Kurdish official spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), suggesting that the areas under SDF control could become safe zones.

This comes after the US President Donald Trump called for safe zones inside Syria to minimize the flow of Syrian refugees into Western countries.“During this month, over 150k IDPs reached Manbij area, coming from Deir Hafer and al-Khafsah, proving our area as a safe zone for Syrian civilians,” Darwish said. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=83730

 

EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)

MESOP NEWS : THE SHIA MULLAH & THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN DICTATOR

A free trade Zone Iran & Russia – Iran Daily: Tehran Hails Possibility of Russia Trade

March 16 – 2017 –by Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Iran has hailed the possibility of trade with Russia offering a path to economic recovery, amid ongoing challenges following implementation of the July 2015 nuclear deal.The Iranian Ambassador to Russia, Mohammad Sanai, proclaimed the “highest growth” in transactions in 2016, as the Russian Foreign Ministry published figures pointing to an 80% rise to more than $2 billion.“I believe this trend will be maintained in the next two or three years and bilateral trade volume will reach $10 billion,” Sanai said. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=83716

 

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP NEWS : TRUMP & KURDS & ASSYRIANS IN IRAQ

By Edwin Mora –Breitbart – 2017-03-16 03:42 GMT

A national security expert and professor at Liberty University tells Breitbart News that, during his recent visit to war-ravaged Iraq, he found many Christians and Muslim Kurds who “openly” expressed their support for U.S. President Donald Trump as a form of protest against radical Islam and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). “They see Trump as someone who is unconventional and therefore, won’t be bound by conventional limitations in fighting ISIS and the Iranian regime,” Ryan Mauro, a national security analyst at the Clarion Project and professor of counterterrorism at Liberty University, told Breitbart News. “The Kurds, the Kakai Kurdish minority, and the Christians directly and passionately asked me to relay a request to President Trump: for him to personally come visit with them and for the U.S. to provide political and military support. A safe zone for the persecute Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=83712

 

MESOP STRATEGIC: THE PKK CORRIDOR FROM ROUHANI TO ASSAD  / DIVIDING KURDISTAN

PKK Securing a Corridor Extending from Iran to Syria Through Iraq (CLICK BOTTOM LINK FOR MAP!)

Basnews English – 16/03/2017 – 14:48 – Kurdistan – ERBIL — Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), with support from a number of Kurdish parties, is working in coordination with the Shi’ite Hashd al-Shaabi militia to secure a route from Iran to northern Syria through Kurdistan Region in Iraq. PKK has been increasing the number of its forces in Kurdistan Region. Apart from its hundreds of forces in Kirkuk and Makhmour, PKK has sent dozens of additional guerrillas to Kirkuk and Makhmour with support of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). It has also deployed more guerrillas in Sinjar and other border areas.A confidential source revealed to BasNews that PKK’s main reason behind such moves is to secure a corridor between Iran and Syria which is extended through Kurdistan Region. Read all and watch MAP : http://www.mesop.de/?p=83718

 

MESOP NEWS : PKK PROVOKES WAR BETWEEN KURDS !  – PKK Deployments to Sinjar an “International Intervention”: Shi’ite Commander

Basnews English – 16 March 2017 – ERBIL — Commander of the Ansar al-Hussein brigade, an offshoot of the Iraqi Shi’ite militia Hashd al-Shaabi, has stated that the deployment of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas to Sinjar is an international intervention.“There is an immediate need for stoping the tensions which are created by the PKK military deployments to the region,” Adnan Hamid told BasNews. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=83722

 

 

THE GERMAN CHAPTER

MESOP CULTURE : LEO TROTZKI FORMULIERT DIE JAKOBINISCHE INAUGURALREDE DES POSTMODERN ENDGÜLTIG  VERWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FASCHISMUS

          Der Optimierer – Gleichmacher & Normierer  & Konditionierer dieser Zeit –

»Der Mensch wird endlich daran gehen, sich selbst zu harmonisieren. Er wird es sich zur Aufgabe machen, der Bewegung seiner eigenen Organe — bei der Arbeit, beim Gehen oder im Spiel — höchste Klarheit, Zweckmäßigkeit, Wirtschaftlichkeit und damit Schönheit zu verleihen. Er wird den Willen verspüren, die halbbewussten und später auch die unterbewussten Prozesse im eigenen Organismus: Atmung, Blutkreislauf, Verdauung und Befruchtung zu meistern [..1 Das Leben, selbst das rein physiologische, wird zu einem kollektivexperimentellen werden. Das Menschengeschlecht, der erstarrte homo sapiens, wird erneut radikal umgearbeitet und — unter seinen eigenen Händen — zum Objekt kompliziertester Methoden der künstlichen Auslese und des psychophysischen Trainings werden. Das liegt vollkommen auf der Linie seiner Entwicklung.«

          Am Ende dieser 1924 erstmals erschienenen Programmvision aus dem »Reich des totalitären Kitsches« (Milan Kundera) sieht Trotzki im dann herrschenden Welt(sowjet)staat einen ebenso religions- wie familienfreien »durchschnittliche [n] Menschentyp« erscheinen, der sich »bis zum Niveau des Aristoteles, Goethe und Marx« erheben werde, über »dieser Gebirgskette« aber würden »neue Gipfel aufragen«.

Aller eventuelle Rest wird entsorgt. Der Scientismus ist das Höhere Wesen.  Die Haupttendenz der antirassistischen Linken ist Selektion. www.mesop.de

 

MESOP NEWS : DIRK MAXEINER SCHREIBT  …….

Jetzt amtlich: Familien-Ministerium belohnt „Scholz & Friends“

Na also! Achse Leser wissen schon immer ein paar Wochen im Voraus Bescheid. Am 22. Februar meldeten wir, dass die Agentur „Scholz & Friends“ vom Bundes-Familienministerium mit einem fetten Etat für die Aktion „Demokratie leben! Aktiv gegen Rechtsextremismus, Gewalt und Menschenfeindlichkeit“ bedacht wurde. Man zierte sich darauf noch ein bisschen im Ministerium, warf Nebelkerzen und behauptete, es sei noch nichts entschieden. Entsprechende Nachfragen blieben unbeantwortet. Seit Anfang des Monats ist es amtlich.

Unter „Kampagne zur Bewerbung der Marke ‚Demokratie leben!’, Referenznummer der Bekanntmachung: 322853-2016-DE“, wird veröffentlicht, dass die „Scholz & Friends Berlin GmbH“ der glückliche Gewinner ist. Überraschung!

Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=83693

 

MESOP CULTURE : SPD MAAS & SCHWESIG ERFINDEN „STAATSFEINDLICHE HETZE“ á la DDR

Der Kampf um die Meinungsfreiheit beginnt – Von Nikolaus Steinhöfel

Ich freue mich schon auf den Gesetzesentwurf von Justizminister Maas (SPD), der die Forderungen seines Parteikollegen Oppermann und von CDU-Fraktionschef Kauder umsetzen und Plattformen wie Facebook „empfindliche Bußgelder bis zu € 500.000,00“ androhen soll, wenn „fake news“ nicht „binnen 24 Stunden gelöscht“ würden. Die einstweilige Anordnung des Verfassungsgerichts gegen diesen Rechtsunsinn liegt auf dem Tisch, bevor das Frühstücksei gekocht ist. (…)

„Wer vorsätzlich eine unwahre oder gröblich entstellte Behauptung tatsächlicher Art aufstellt oder verbreitet, die geeignet ist, das Wohl der Bundesrepublik oder eines Landes oder das Ansehen der Bundesregierung oder einer Landesregierung oder der hinter diesen Regierungen stehenden Parteien oder Verbänden schwer zu schädigen, wird…bestraft.“

Dieses Gesetz stammt aus der Nazizeit, vom 20. Dezember 1934, bekannt unter dem Begriff Heimtückegesetz.  Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=83697

 

 

MESOP REMEMBERING : HALABJA KURDISTAN IRAK – MÄRZ 1988 / 5000 MENSCHEN ENDEN QUALVOLL AN GIFTGAS AUS DEUTSCHLAND

In den achtziger Jahren verdiente die deutsche Industrie gut an der Aufrüstung des Irak. Um das Geschäft wieder aufnehmen zu können, fordert ihr Lobbyverband BDI politische Unterstützung.

von Hans Branscheidt

Die westdeutschen Techniker und ihre geschäftsführenden Auftraggeber, die selber gar nicht bestreiten, hier aktiv geworden zu sein, wollen dennoch nicht bemerkt haben, dass sie an einer militärischen Anlage arbeiteten. »Sie waren zu Dutzenden hier«, bemerkte Haschim, »und ich war 1984 einer der Zuständigen für ihre Abschirmung.« Der deutschsprachige Haschim erinnerte sich genau an »Herrn Michael Fraenzel, den Bagdader Büroleiter der Firma Kolb / Pilot Plant«, und er ist mit sichtlichem Vergnügen imstande, den südhessischen Dialekt von Ewald G. aus Großwallstadt nachzuahmen, der für die Firma Hammer aus Kleinostheim bei Aschaffenburg hier beschäftigt war. Volltextlesen http://www.mesop.de/?p=83703

 

MESOP CULTURE : RECHTE WIE LINKE GLEICHSCHALTUNGSLUST / ÜBER DIE HISTORISCHE UNFÄHIGKEIT DER KULTURLINKEN

ULRICH SCHACHT / DER GHOSTWRITER

Wie viel Richard-Rorty- Kritik am linksliberalen Establishment steckt in Donald Trumps Inauguralrede?

Jede Herrschaftsorthodoxie »fortschrittlichen« Charakters erklärt sich die von ihr kontrollierte Welt, ihre Territorien, Institutionen, Produktionsweisen, Kommunikationstechniken, Medien, Militär und Polizeioperationen, nicht nur herrschaftslogisch als besonders zivilisiert. Sie verklärt sie notwendig auch im Sinne einer Legitimitätsaura höherer Wertigkeit, wonach das Endziel der geschichtlichen Bewegung, als deren kongeniale Ausdrucksgestalt sie umfassend Geltung beansprucht, der jeweiligen Gegenwart dieser Herrschaft einen überhistorischen Sinn verleiht. Dieser macht sie schon jetzt, im Hier und Heute, unkündbar durch die Geschichte selbst und deshalb auch unkündbar durch jede mögliche alternative Wählermehrheit, die das eigene Gesellschafts-, d. h. Macht-Bild, infrage stellt. Herrschaftsorthodoxien dieser Art sind ihrem Selbstverständnis nach nicht temporär gültige Politikalternativen innerhalb in demokratischen Verfahren alternierender Gesellschaftsvarianten, sondern genuine Verbündete eines universellen Prozesses.  Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=83701