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MESOP NEWS SCANDAL : “JUPITER” MACRON DEALS WITH IRANIAN MULLAHS
France’s Total to Sign Iranian Gas Deal
Iran plans to sign on Monday a $4.8 billion deal with France’s Total and China’s National Petroleum Corp. to develop natural gas fields, the first such foreign investment (Bloomberg) since international sanctions on Iran were relaxed last year. Full text http://www.mesop.de/?p=87237
MESOP TODAYS HEADLINE : JUPITER ZEUS NAPOLEON „MACRON“ SAVES IRANIAN R EGIME
Iran Daily: Tehran Celebrates Multi-Billion Gas Deal with France’s Total
by Scott Lucas – 4 July 2017 – Iran is hailing the breakthrough of a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with French energy giant Total. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87241
MESOP NEWS : THE CANADIAN MACRON
Americans can’t get enough of Trudeau — but his Canadian approval ratings are tumbling – Veronika Bondarenko, Business Insider – 1.07.2017, 15:15 412
Trudeaumania has officially engulfed the US, but as Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary it’s worth noting that the Canadian prime minister’s approval ratings have tumbled to their lowest since he took office 20 months ago.Full text http://www.businessinsider.de/justin-trudeau-approval-ratings-low-americans-love-hot-prime-minister-2017-6?r=US&IR=T
MESOP NEWS TODAYS STRATEGIC COMMENTARY : BY LOS ANGELES TIMES
‘The closer we get, the more complex it gets.’ White House struggles on strategy as Islamic State nears defeat in Iraq and Syria
By Tracy Wilkinson, W.J. Hennigan and Michael A. Memoli 4 July 2017 – With American-backed ground forces poised to recapture Mosul in Iraq and Raqqah in Syria, Islamic State’s de facto capitals, U.S. commanders are confident they soon will vanquish the militant group from its self-declared caliphate after three years of fighting. But the White House has yet to define strategy for the next step in the struggle to restore stability in the region, including key decisions about safe zones, reconstruction, nascent governance, easing sectarian tensions and commitment of U.S. troops. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87243
MESOP NEWS “HARD TALK” : McGURK IN ANKARA / ERDOGAN PHONES TRUMP
2 July 2017 – MESOP – US envoy Brett McGurk visits Ankara
The US envoy for the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS), Brett McGurk, arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish officials.
The visit comes amid Turkey’s frustrations with a decision by Washington to arm Syrian Kurdish militia in the fight against IS.McGurk will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and military officers, a Turkish official, who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity, said. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87215
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS INSIGHT: ISRAEL’S RELATIONS WITH THE SYRIAN REBELS: AN ASSESSMENT / July 3, 2017 By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Editor’s Note: A number of articles have been published in recent weeks on the subject of Israel’s relations with the Syrian Arab rebels in the area east of Quneitra Crossing. Some of these articles have suffered from an absence of on the ground knowledge and sourcing. The Rubin Center is therefore proud to present this MERIA special report from Rubin Center Fellow Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, which represents the most in-depth and serious study on this important issue to have appeared until now. –Dr. Jonathan Spyer (Editor, MERIA) Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87247
MESOP NEWS “DECISION SYRIA” : IT’S ALL NOW IN PUTIN’S HANDS
US to UN: Fate of Assad and Syria Now in Russia’s Hands – Donald Trump is likely to have his first face-to-face encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.
By Scott Lucas – 4 July 2017 – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that the fate of Syria and Bashar al-Assad is now in the hands of Russia.During a private meeting last week at the State Department, Tillerson said the Trump administration’s priority is limited to defeating the Islamic State, according to “three diplomatic sources familiar with the exchange“. A State Department official would not comment on the discussion but insisted that the U.S. remains “committed to the Geneva process”: [It is a] credible political process that can resolve the question of Syria’s future. Ultimately, this process, in our view, will lead to a resolution of Assad’s status. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87250
MESOP NEWS REPORT – 13,000+ Killed by Torture Since 2011- By Syrian Network for Human Rights
3 July 2017 – The Syrian Network for Human Rights has issued a report detailing the killing of 13,029 people by torture since Syria’s uprising began in March 2011. Almost all of the deaths — 12,090, including 161 children and 41 women — were in the prisons of the Assad regime. The Islamic State and rebels were each blamed for 30 killed; Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) for 17; and Kurdish factions for 26.
The SNHR, which has monitored casualties and destruction since the start of the uprising, sets out individual cases of killings and testimonies by survivors. It says 106,727 people are still in detention, 87% of them in regime prisons and “unofficial” detention centers. There are “one or two” deaths each day from torture. In addition, there has been an increase in 2017 in killings by torture by other parties, with the figure now at two to three each week. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87221
MESOP NEWS INSIGHT : Does the US have answer for Turkish threats against Syrian Kurds? / Heather Nauert / Col. Dillon / Metin Gurcan & other sources
Turkish military actions against US-allied Syrian Kurdish forces could threaten to upend plans for unseating the Islamic State (IS) in Raqqa, Syria, and for what comes next. Turkey also seeks sway in Salafi-controlled Idlib; Hamas inches closer to Iran, Hezbollah. – BY FEHIM TASTEKIN – AL MONITOR – 2 July 2017
“Though pointing to Idlib as the next destination,” Fehim Tastekin reports, “Turkey’s field operations signal double objectives. First, Turkey wants its own troops in the de-conflicting, or ‘safe,’ zones determined during peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan. Second and more important to Turkey is to take advantage of the competition between rival coalitions west of the Euphrates. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87229
MESOP NEWS JUDGMENT : THE FINAL DESTRUCTION OF SEYMOUR HERSH
The OPCW Just Trashed Seymour Hersh’s Khan Sheikhoun Conspiracy Theory
July 4, 2017 – By Eliot Higgins – bellingcat – Seymour Hersh is not having a good couple of weeks. Since his latest article was published in Welt, he has come under criticism from various parties, not least Bellingcat, for his thinly-sourced piece on the April 4th, 2017 Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack that offers a narrative totally unlike those presented by not only the United States, but also Russia, France, Syria, and opposition groups operating on the ground in the aftermath of the attack. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87257
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP NEWS SIGNAL : Iranian continues low level war against Kurds in Iraq – 4 Wounded in Iranian Shelling on Iraqi Border Region
Asharq Al-Awsat – 4 July 2017 – Erbil- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps heavy artillery and rockets targeted on Monday wide regions of Iraqi Kurdistan, injuring four and displacing hundreds, as well as damaging agricultural lands. Farzang Ahmad, the local administrator of the Haji Omaran, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the “Iranian artillery continued on targeting a village in Haji Omaran until the evening, leading to the injury of a woman, who was among the region’s residents and working in the agriculture.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87252
MESOP TODAYS FLASH : IRANIAN REGIME BOMBS KURDS !
Iran shells Iraq’s Kurdistan region, targets Kurdish rebels
3 July 2017 – Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Iranian artillery has shelled the Balakayati area of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region on Monday morning and according to local officials, one person has been wounded. The shelling began at 5:00 O’ Clock Monday morning, and continuing, local media reported.The mayor of Choman Ahmed Qadir told Rudaw that shelling is by Iran and mainly targeted the villages of Kuna Re and Kifarstan.Some of the mountainside and farm areas caught fire as a result of the shelling.In June, three Kurdish Komala fighters killed in Iranian Kurdistan clashes with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in Sne. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87223
MESOP NEWS SLOGAN : “VOTE INDEPENDENCE – NOT PKK!”
Yezidi IDPs Should Be Allowed to Vote on Kurdistan’s Independence: Official
Basnews English – 03/07/2017 – 01:17SINJAR — The Yezidi Kurds of Sinjar region should be given the right to vote on Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum and decide their future, said a Yezidi official.“We hope the referendum will cover the entire Kurdish disputed areas and the Yezidis are allowed to vote as well,” said the head of Sinjar Council, Wais Naif, referring to the territories which are populated mainly by Kurds but are still under the administrative jurisdiction of Baghdad. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87231
MESOP FOCUS „ON IRAN’S ORDER CONTRA KURDISH INDEPENDENCE“ / AN ISRAELI PLOT!
Kurdistan Islamic parties shout down opposition to referendum at Iran conference in Mashad
By Rudaw 4 July 2017 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A shouting match broke out between representatives of Kurdistan Region Islamic parties and Iraqi Shiites when the subject of the planned independence referendum came up during a major conference in Iran. The verbal fight began when Iraqi Shiite representatives at the ninth annual Islamic TV and radios conference in the Iranian city of Mashhad described the September 25 vote as an “American and Israeli plot,” a Kurdish representative attending the conference told Rudaw. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=87239
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP NEWS CULTURE : THE NEW ERDOGAN ALPHABET
Erdogan’s “Language Revolution” Epitomizes His Anti-Western & Cultural Islamism
By Burak Bekdil July 4, 2017 BESA CENTER – TEL AVIV – ISRAEL – BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 518, July 4, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In deeply polarized Turkey, words are not just words. It has been part of Erdoğan’s campaign to make Turkey more Islamic and more Turkish. In his view, this entails ridding the Turkish language of “foreign” words – but foreign, to Erdoğan, does not include Arabic. Read all and watch graphic http://www.mesop.de/?p=87245
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
MESOP NEWS VORHERSAGE: „JUPITER ZEUS NAPOLEON“ MACRON VEREINBART DEN DAS IRANISCHE REGIME STRATEGISCH SICHERNDEN GAS-VERTRAG
Total und Iran unterzeichnen richtungweisenden Gas-Vertrag – News …
https://www.onvista.de › Indizes › CAC 40 › News zu CAC 40
vor 17 Stunden – Total und der Iran unterzeichneten am Montag den Vertrag zur … Montag den Vertrag zur Entwicklung des weltgrößten Gasfelds South Pars – www.mesop.de
MESOP GEZI PARK CULTURE : “EINE BESSERE KUNST IST MÖGLICH!” -Politische Kunst pro Gezi-Park / Die Funktions-Linke ist keine Schönheit
Die Künstlergruppe Zentrum für politische Schönheit braucht die mediale Aufmerksamkeit. – 03.07.2017, von Kolja Reichert
Was genau hat die Schüler-Flugblatt-Aktion in München mit Gezi-Park in Istanbul zu tun?
Beschreibt man die Aktionen des Zentrums für Politische Schönheit nach den Spielregeln jener Institutionen, die für sie bezahlen, nämlich öffentlich geförderter Kultureinrichtungen wie der Berlin Biennale oder jetzt der Münchner Kammerspiele, welche zum 75. Jahrestag der Briefaktion der Geschwister Scholl einen Schülerwettbewerb zum Verfassen von Flugblättern gegen Diktaturen ausriefen, dann ließe sich mit der Nüchternheit der Kunst- oder Theaterkritik notieren, das Material dieser Künstler bestehe in erster Linie in medialer Aufmerksamkeit. Und in zweiter im Gewissen der staatsbürgerlichen Öffentlichkeit, verkörpert in staatlichen Hoheitszeichen und den Gesichtern real existierender Politiker. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=87233
MESOP NEWS DJIHAD CULTURE : FRAUEN–ERZIEHEN DJIHADISTEN
Muttersöhnchen – von Peter Sichrovsky (Schlaglichter – Wien)
Die Erziehung zu Versagern in muslimischen Familien
3 Juli 2017 – Nancy Kobrin, eine Psychoanalytikerin, die Polizeieinheiten in den USA trainiert, beschrieb schon 2010 in ihrem Buch The Banality of Suicide Bombers, dass theologische und ökonomische Erklärungsversuche über Gründe und Ursachen des Verhaltens von islamischen Terroristen und Selbstmordattentätern keine Erklärungen bieten. Interpretationen religiöser Schriften in Bezug auf Dschihad seien willkürlich und gäben keinen eindeutigen Hinweis. Ebenso sei die ökonomische Begründung nicht zielführend, da die meisten Attentäter aus finanziell abgesicherten Familien kämen und einen Schulabschluss hätten. – Sie sieht das Problem in der ‚muslemischen Mutter’, die ihre Söhne nie erwachsen werden lässt. Der islamische Selbstmord-Terrorismus sei die Fortsetzung der häuslichen Gewalt, die allerdings von den Frauen ausginge und eine Verlängerung der gestörten Mutter-Sohn-Beziehung sei. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=87235
MESOP NEWS : „KLARER FALL!“ – Juncker bezeichnet EU-Parlament als „lächerlich“
Nur wenige Abgeordnete des EU-Parlaments haben sich die Rede des maltesischen Ministerpräsidenten angehört – Der EU-Kommissionspräsident kritisiert das Parlament scharf. Mehr 49 FAZ 4 Juli 2017
…. Genau auf der Grundlage dieser Erkenntnis wollen Juncker & Macron ja die besser kontrollierbaren nationalen Haushalte durch einen einzigen EU Haushalt austauschen: der dann von einem solchen Parlament durchgewunken wird. www.mesop.de
MESOP CULTURE : „GOTT SCHÜTZE DONALD TRUMP!“ / DEUTSCHER PRIME JOURNALISMUS FÜHLT SICH BEDROHT / DJV SEIT 5 JAHREN KEINE PRESSEERKLÄRUNG IN SACHEN PUTIN
DJV an Trump:”Schluss mit der Hetze gegen Journalisten”
- Juli 2017 – Das Verhalten von US-Präsident Trump gegenüber den Medien löst auch in Deutschland Besorgnis aus.
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband forderte Trump auf, – Zitat – Schluss mit der Hetze gegen Journalisten zu machen. Der DJV-Bundesvorsitzende Überall erklärte, heute knüpfe Trump sich CNN vor, morgen vielleicht die USA-Korrespondenten von ARD und ZDF. Es sei nicht hinnehmbar, dass ausgerechnet das Staatsoberhaupt der USA das in der amerikanischen Verfassung festgeschriebene Grundrecht der Pressefreiheit mit Füßen trete.
….. Verbietet Trump die Washington Post oder die NYT ? Nein, er sagt diesen und CNN nur jeden Tag, daß er sie nicht mag, und die Genannten äußern sich genauso .
Damit ist für die Deutschen Prime-Journalisten (die sich in miserablem deutsch äußern) die Pressefreiheit akut bedroht, nicht bei Putin, der Zeitungen einfach nur verbietet und Journalisten ins Lager schickt.