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The Islamic State’s internal security and intelligence division, the Emni, under the leadership of Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, is making a concerted effort to return foreign fighters from Syria to Germany, France, and Britain to carry out attacks, according to European intelligence obtained by the New York Times. Read more : http://www.mesop.de/?p=76656
MESOP NEWEST WESTERN LEFT OBSESSION – Flaws in the ‘Lone Wolf’ Analysis – Westerners are enthralled by the concept of the “lone wolf” terrorist – Click for picture : http://www.mesop.de/?p=76662
MESOP VIEW : A PLEA TO THE US GOVERNMENT
Stop trusting Putin on Syria – By Editorial Board – THE WASHINGTON POST
2 August 2016 – FOR MORE than a month, Secretary of State John F. Kerry has been pressing the regime of Vladimir Putin to accept what, for Moscow, would be a sweetheart deal on Syria. The United States would grant Russia’s long-standing request to carry out joint operations against Syrian rebels deemed to be terrorists, in exchange for another Kremlin promise to restrain bombing by the regime of Bashar al-Assad in some parts of the country. This cave-in to Mr. Putin would be so sweeping that some senior Obama administration officials have not concealed their doubts: In an interview with The Post’s David Ignatius, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. questioned whether Russia could be expected to deliver on any promise it made in Syria. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76644
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY NEW YORK TIMES – Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup
By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSUAUG. 2, 2016 – New York Times – ISTANBUL — A Turkish newspaper reported that an American academic and former State Department official had helped orchestrate a violent conspiracy to topple the Turkish government from a fancy hotel on an island in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul. The same newspaper, in a front-page headline, flat-out said the United States had tried to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the failed coup. – When another pro-government newspaper asked Turks in a recent poll conducted on Twitter which part of the United States government had supported the coup plotters, the C.I.A. came in first, with 69 percent, and the White House was a distant second, with 20 percent. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76642
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : A MARRIAGE PUTIN & ERDOGAN IS QUITE POSSIBLE
Could Russia Play Turkey Off Against the West? – By: Marc Pierini Wednesday, August 3, 2016 – CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT
In the wake of the failed putsch in Turkey on July 15 and the ensuing perplexities in Western military circles, questions have been asked about Ankara’s reliability in NATO and in the coalition against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. My question today is different: Will Russia’s long game of undermining the EU’s cohesion, the U.S. status as the major superpower, or the role of NATO find fertile ground in post-coup Turkey? One hypothesis is that Russia may go for a long-term game-changing move and lure Turkey away from the West as part of a broader geopolitical reconfiguration. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76646
“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” : THE GENERAL CLIMATE IN TURKEY TODAY – Arguments & Analysis
“Turkey & the West are Heading for a Breakup” (William Armstrong, War on the Rocks)
“Talking to locals where I live here in Istanbul, it seems to have already become accepted wisdom among many that the United States was behind the coup. Such sentiments might not have been voiced so boldly if Turkey’s Western allies had been less seemingly equivocal in their condemnation of it – or if Ankara had not so instinctively reached for anti-Western conspiracy theories in the aftermath. The Turkish government’s legitimization of conspiracy theories is certainly making foreign observers less sympathetic to Turkey’s predicament. Many Turks have also lashed out at media coverage in the West, which they believe has mirrored the failings of Western officials. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76660
MESOP INTEL REPORT : ISIS / EMNI DIRECTION GOING GERMANY “PRO ASYL” ! – How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers
A jailhouse interview with a German man who joined the Islamic State reveals the workings of a unit whose lieutenants are empowered to plan attacks around the world.
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAUG. 3, 2016 – NEW YORK TIMES – BREMEN, Germany — Believing he was answering a holy call, Harry Sarfo left his home in the working-class city of Bremen last year and drove for four straight days to reach the territory controlled by the Islamic State in Syria. – He barely had time to settle in before members of the Islamic State’s secret service, wearing masks over their faces, came to inform him and his German friend that they no longer wanted Europeans to come to Syria. Where they were really needed was back home, to help carry out the group’s plan of waging terrorism across the globe. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76658
MESOP TODAYS TOP ON THE AGENDA : COMMENTARIES BY GUARDIAN / BBC / NEW YORK TIMES / ATLANTIC COUNCIL & OTHERS – 3 August 2016
Fighting in Aleppo Intensifies as Rebels Seek to Break Siege – Read all sources http://www.mesop.de/?p=76665
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : PUTIN – THE GASMAN – Dozens ill after suspected chlorine attack in Syria / FULL REPORT
Victims in Saraqeb, Idlib province, have breathing problems, and all are coughing and have bloodshot eyes, say doctors – Kareem Shaheen in Beirut – 3 August 2016 – THE GUARDIAN
More than two dozen people have been injured in a suspected chemical attack on a town in northern Syria, a doctor who treated the victims and aid workers said.The attack, using a gas cylinder laced with chlorine, targeted the town of Saraqeb in Idlib province, which is under opposition control, and near where a Russian helicopter was shot down on Monday.It came almost exactly a year after the UN security council adopted a resolution that set a 12 month-deadline to identify the perpetrators of chlorine attacks in Syria. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76640
MIDDLE EAST
„KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP“ BACKGROUNDER : NEW ISRAEL REGIONAL DIPLOMACY – NOW WITH WAHABI SAUDI ARABIA & ERDOGAN & PUTIN / MORE & MORE APART FROM THE WEST & UNITED STATES
Member of Saudi delegation: Israeli society wants peace / Jerusalem Post
“The Israeli society that I encountered embraces a culture of peace, has accomplishments it wants to (protect), wants coexistence, and wants peace,” says Abd al-Mujid al-Hakim.Abd al-Mujid al-Hakim, a member of the Saudi Arabian delegation that recently visited Israel and the Palestinian territories, told BBC Arabic on Friday that he believes Israeli society wants peace. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=76638
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP INSIDERS: Charges Filed Against U.S. Defense Officials in Turkey over Coup Allegations / Erdogan fires soccer Refeeres & Sportsmen
A Turkish lawyer filed a criminal complaint alleging that three U.S. defense officials — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel, and National Intelligence Director James Clapper — were involved in the failed July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. The complaint claims that U.S. officials conspired with and supported the coup plotters at Incirlik airbase, where fighter jets that supported the coup were based. The complaint will now proceed to Turkish prosecutors who will decide whether or not to take further action. Conspiracy theories about U.S. involvement in the coup have been reported in Turkish media and are widely believed among the Turkish public.
The post-coup purges in Turkey have now affected even the country’s soccer federation, which announced yesterday that it has fired 105 people, including “referees, linesmen and national and regional observers,” after an internal investigation about the coup – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76652
MESOP : THE URBAN SULTAN / FORT ERDOGAN – NEW TOWNS IN KURDISTAN
The Turkish parliament will vote to relocate the capitals of two majority-Kurdish provinces to more secure cities that have seen significant fighting in clashes with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) over the past year. The move is seen as an effort by Ankara to consolidate control of the country’s southeast. “This suppresses identities and is an act of revenge,” one pro-Kurdish politician tweeted. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=76654
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP FOCUS : Kurdish Bid to Merge Kirkuk Into Kurdistan Region Angers Baghdad
Rudaw – 2016-08-03 – A recent Kurdish attempt to integrate Kirkuk into the Kurdistan Region, by reaching out to several political parties in that region, has angered Baghdad. “We have come to Kirkuk to finish our project which we have been working on since last week. This project aims to make developments among the political parties with regards to the future of the city,” Nasraddin Sndi, the Kurdish minister for the KRG’s disputed areas, told Rudaw. Sndi went on to add that they “would like to hear their feedback on moving forward so that we could help restore Kirkuk [to the Kurdistan Region] as soon as possible.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=76650
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP: PUTIN – DER GASMAN !
Syrien-Krieg: Hubschrauber wirft Fässer mit Giftgas ab
t-online.de – 3 August 2016 – Nach dem Abschuss eines russischen Hubschraubers in Syrien sind nach Angaben eines einheimischen Rettungsdienstes in der Nähe des …
Krieg in Syrien: Fässer mit giftigem Gas abgeworfen? – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Syrien: Rettungskräfte berichten von Giftgasangriff in Sarakeb – ZEIT ONLINE
Syrien: Hubschrauber soll laut Bericht Giftgas abgeworfen haben – SPIEGEL ONLINE
MESOP TODAY – Belagerte Stadt in Syrien: Die Islamisten sind Aleppos letzte Hoffnung
Von Christoph Sydow – SPIEGEL ONLINE – 3 August 2016 – Während die USA und Europa zusehen, wie Hunderttausende Menschen in Aleppo ausgehungert werden, kommen Islamisten den Eingeschlossenen zu Hilfe. Angeführt werden sie von einer Terrormiliz. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=76648