MESOPOTAMIA KURDISTAN DAILY INDEPENDENT NEWSSERVICE
Mezopotamian Development Society (Registered) GERMANY
THE MOST REQUESTED DAILY & ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSSERVICE ON KURDISTAN FOR THE HIGHLY INVOLVED PEOPLE – email : mesop@online.de – Watch our website : www.mesop.de
WATCH MESOP NEWSSERVICE DAILY ON FACEBOOK VIA : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010720269863
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” – Op-Ed Contributor: Fethullah Gulen: I Condemn All Threats to Turkey’s Democracy
Turkey’s president has wrongly accused me of instigating a coup attempt. Now he is cracking down on all his enemies….
Published By – New York Times World – 2016.07.25. 22:22 – www.mesop.de
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : Implications of US Disengagement from the Middle East
By Prof. Efraim Inbar, July 26, 2016 – Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 122
The United States is retreating from the Middle East. The adverse implications of this policy shift are manifold, including: the acceleration of Tehran’s drive to regional hegemony, the palpable risk of regional nuclear proliferation following the JCPOA, the spread of jihadist Islam, and Russia’s growing penetration of the region. Manifest US weakness is also bound to have ripple effects far beyond the Middle East, as global players question the value of partnership with an irresolute Washington. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=76386
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” – A RETIRED US GENERAL IN TURKEY & THE COUP
Ryan Gingeras Retweeted Yeni Şafak
How an American general who retired in May, and recalled from command in March, organizes a coup in July is amazing.
Yeni Şafak @yenisafak – #YeniŞafakManşet İncirlik’teki TSK subaylarını fişleten ABD’li komutan Campbell, 15 Temmuz’un da organizatörü oldu. http://m.yenisafak.com/dunya/kalkismayi-yoneten-abdli-komutan-2499022 …
MESOP : ANOTHER WIKILEAKS DESASTER – Wikileaks – “KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP:” : How WikiLeaks “Put Millions of Women in Potential Danger”
Danny Gold @DGisSERIOUS 15h15 hours ago – Danny Gold Retweeted Zeynep Tufekci – Not getting enough attention is this other Wikileaks debacle -Danny Gold added, Full Documents http://www.mesop.de/?p=76376
MESOP : READ ALAN MAKOVSKY – Alan @alanmakovsky
Final blow to Ataturk’s army? Until now military controlled own education system, rejected Imam-Hatip grads. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-to-reshuffle-army-earlier-than-planned-after-coup-attempt.aspx?pageID=238&nID=101946&
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : TODAYS FETULLAH GUELEN INTERVIEW IN NEW YORK TIMES
26 July 2016 – MESOP – Gulen rejects coup allegations, saying he is against military intervention in politics
The US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen has denied the Turkish government’s allegation that he orchestrated the failed coup attempt in mid-July and claims that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using it as an excuse to give himself more power. “Not only does Mr. Erdogan’s suggestion run afoul of everything I believe in, it is also irresponsible and wrong,” Gulen wrote in an op-ed in the New York Times on Monday. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76382
MESOP : Arguments & Analysis
“Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations” (Amnesty International)
“Amnesty International spoke to lawyers, doctors and a person on duty in a detention facility about the conditions detainees were being held in. The organization heard multiple reports of detainees being held in unofficial locations such as sports centers and a stable. Some detainees, including at least three judges, were held in the corridors of courthouses. All of the interviewees wished to remain anonymous for security reasons. The organization heard extremely alarming accounts of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees, particularly at the Ankara Police Headquarters sports hall, Ankara Başkent sports hall and the riding club stables there. According to these accounts, police held detainees in stress positions, denied them food, water and medical treatment, verbally abused and threatened them and subjected them to beatings and torture, including rape and sexual assault.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76388
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : BYE BYE USA & BRUSSELS – I GO FOR PUTIN
Turkish President Erdoğan to visit Russia on Aug 9, says minister
ANKARA- Hurriyet “& July 2016 – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Russia on Aug. 9 for his first face to face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Moscow and Ankara started to mend ties damaged by the downing of a Russian jet last year, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=76380
TODAYS COMMENTARY : “KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP”: WEAK – WEAKER = EU BRUSSELS
IF TENSIONS INCREASE WITH THE WEST, ERDOGAN MIGHT FIND A FRIEND IN PUTIN – By Soner Cagaptay – Guardian – July 23, 2016
The post-coup fallout spells trouble for NATO, Europe, and the Turkish president’s foes.
The recent failed coup attempt in Turkey has not only thrown the country into chaos, but could derail the very fundamentals of the country’s foreign policy relations with the US and Europe. In its aftermath, there could be grave consequences for European-US co-operation with Ankara to combat the Islamic State in Syria; more generally, Turkish-European Union ties, including the efforts to work together to stem the flow of Syrian refugees, are now threatened. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76353
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : An insane cleansing by Stalinist pattern – Turkey fears Gulen-Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK alliance
Aawsat – 26 Juli 2016 – ANKARA,— Ankara-While the repercussions of the coup attempt in Turkey are still effective, the General Security warned on Sunday that Fethullah Gulen’s organization, which is accused of standing behind the July 15 events, could spread chaos in the country through members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). – A circular issued by the General Security’s directorate and distributed to the country’s 81 provinces said that members from the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), which has infiltrated the army, was planning to attack the Imrali Island Prison where PKK’s Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan is jailed for life since 1999. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=76370
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP:” : How WikiLeaks “Put Millions of Women in Potential Danger”
By Scott Lucas – eaworldview –Last week, WikiLeaks claimed another victory against authority through the publication of about 300,000 e-mails from Turkey.
The site said the “Erdogan e-mails” were confirmation of the corruption within the Turkish government, which had just foiled a coup attempt. Western media reports, as well as the former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden, echoed the narrative. However, leading social media analyst Zeynep Tufekci saw something far different when she looked at the documents: “An unaccountable group effectively doxed [published the personal information of] millions of women and members of a political party targeted by [the] coup.”WikiLeaks has not taken this well. It has labelled Tufekci — a prominent critic of the Turkish Government’s restrictions on the media — a lackey of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76374
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP”: PUTIN’S ‘SPUTNIK’ NEWS DECLARES TRIUMPH
Russian, US Positions on Defining Terrorist Groups in Syria Narrowing
Sputnik News – 2016-07-26 – Russian, US positions on defining terrorist groups in Syria are narrowing, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian parliament’s upper house, said. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76378
MESOP : PUTIN & KERRY INVITED MISTURA – NOT MISTURA PUTIN & KERRY
UN Syria envoy, US, Russian officials to hold talks Tuesday – De Mistura will meet top US, Russian officials in Geneva in bid to revive flagging peace talks in war-torn Syria.
Middle East Online – 25 July 2016 – GENEVA – UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura will hold talks Tuesday with top US and Russian officials in Geneva in a bid to revive flagging peace talks, his office said.US mission spokesman Paul Patin said that the State Department’s special envoy for Syria Michael Ratney will be at the meeting, while Russia’s Ria-Novosti news agency said Moscow will be represented by deputy foreign minister Gennady Gatilov. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76361
MESOP “THE KERRY/LAVROV TWINS”: Kerry & Lavrov Renew Talks on US Plan for Cooperation
by Scott Lucas – 26 July 2016 – eaworldview – US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov renewed talks on Tuesday about an American plan for US-Russian military cooperation inside Syria. The two men met on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asian nations in Laos, 11 days after they spent eight hours in Moscow on the US plan — endorsed by President Obama — for intelligence sharing and cooperation on airstrikes against the Islamic State and the jihadists of Jabhat al-Nusra. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76368
SOUTH KURDISTAN IRAQ
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : ACTUAL SITUATION REPORT IRAQ / UPDATE
By Emily Anagnostos and the ISW Iraq Team (26 July 2016)
ISIS detonated a Suicide Vest (SVEST) in Kadhimiyah in northwestern Baghdad on July 24, and a Suicide Vehicle Borne-IED (SVBIED) at a checkpoint in Khalis, in Diyala Province, on July 25 in order to distract from anti-ISIS operations and undermine the Iraqi state. The spectacular attacks undermine the narrative that recapturing Fallujah would increase security for Baghdad. The attack at an entrance of Kadhimiyah, the seat of a major Shi’a shrine, also demonstrates ISIS’s continued capability to infiltrate secured areas of Baghdad, despite increased security after the Karrada attack on July 3. ISIS last carried out a successful attack in Kadhimiyah on May 11 at a checkpoint. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) cannot allocate additional manpower to Baghdad without detracting from ongoing operations in northern and western Iraq. Successful ISIS attacks will likely increase in Baghdad and its environs as the ISF contests remaining ISIS terrain in northern and western Iraq. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76366
MESOP “NICHT NUR ANSBACH – MALI!” / DIE AUSWEITUNG DER KAMPFZONE – GLOAB HANDELN IST LOKAL HANDELN
- Terror in Somalia Bundeswehr entgeht Anschlag am Flughafen von Mogadischu
Vor dem Flughafen der somalischen Hauptstadt Mogadischu hat es zwei schwere Explosionen gegeben. Deutsche Soldaten, die in der Nähe ihre Unterkünfte haben, kamen offenbar nicht zu schaden. Mehr : FAZ 26 Juli 2016
- TRAINING FÜR DIE NIEDERLAGE
ISLAMISTEN ÜBERRENNEN GUT AUSGEBILDETE MALISCHE TRUPPEN- GESCHULT VON DER BUNDESWEHR (FAZ 26 Juli 2016)
“BETTER KNOW WITH MESOP” : DIE AUSWEITUNG DER KAMPFZONE / NEUESTE NEWS
Normandie Polizei tötet Geiselnehmer in französischer Kirche
Zwei Bewaffnete haben in einer Kirche in der Normandie Geiseln genommen. Unter ihnen Pfarrer und Ordensschwestern. Die Polizei hat die Geiselnehmer getötet.