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MESOP TODAYS HEADLINE : WHEN KURDS FIGHT FOR LIBERTY – “DEATH TO ISAREL & AMERICA!
Vager Saadullah @VagerSaadulla 5m5 minutes ago – Vager Saadullah Retweeted Rising Sun
When Iranians were burying their soldiers (killed by PDKI #Pershmerga) they yelled: Death to America,Death to Israel – www.mesop.de
MESOP : WATCH AUTHENTIC DOCUMENT OF US DIPLOMATS CONTRA OBAMA
State Department Draft Dissent Memo on Syria
In a draft version of a dissent memo filed with the State Department’s senior leadership, dozens of diplomats and other mid-level officials called for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. The document was provided to The Times by a State Department official on condition that the names of the signers not be published. Read Document : http://www.mesop.de/?p=75148
MESOP : WATCH AUTHENTIC DOCUMENT OF US DIPLOMATS CONTRA OBAMA
State Department Draft Dissent Memo on Syria
In a draft version of a dissent memo filed with the State Department’s senior leadership, dozens of diplomats and other mid-level officials called for military strikes against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. The document was provided to The Times by a State Department official on condition that the names of the signers not be published. Read Document : http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/17/world/middleeast/document-state-dept-syria.html
MESOP TODAYS DEBATE : OBAMA ALL ALONE !? / KERRY’S “MILD TONE”!
John Kerry Is Said to Side With Diplomats’ Critical Memo on Syria
By MARK LANDLER JUNE 17, 2016 – THE NEW YORK TIMES – WASHINGTON — For a cabinet member whose department had just erupted into open disagreement with the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry’s reaction to a critical memo on Syria policy signed by 51 diplomats was remarkably mellow. “It’s an important statement,” he told reporters in Copenhagen on Friday, “and I respect the process very, very much.” – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75150
MESOP EXCLUSIVE: The ethical failure – Why I resigned from the UN /
- Why Anders Kompass recently resigned from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, where he ended a 17-year career as the director of field operations. Formerly a Swedish diplomat, he had also previously served as the UN’s representative in El Salvador.
By the time I reported the sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers in Central African Republic in 2014, I had worked for the UN for nearly 20 years.
There is no hierarchy in the horror and brutality I witnessed during those two decades – massacres, torture, killings, the displacement of populations – but an eight-year-old boy describing in detail his sexual abuse by the peacekeepers meant to protect him is the kind of account I wish I’d never had to read. I’d also seen a lot of the UN’s dysfunction over the years, but I wasn’t prepared for how the organisation would deal with these events, with the ensuing scandal – and with me. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75146
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
MESOP TODAYS QUOTATION BY VAGER SAADULLAH
Vager Saadullah @VagerSaadulla 5m5 minutes ago – When political tensions between Kurds’ parties escalate, its better to spend the time, that we allocate for social media&news,to read books.
MESOP PUTIN & NETANJAHU & ERDOGAN PARTIALLY UNITED
- · Will McCants Retweeted – Eric Trager @EricTrager18 13m13 minutes ago
“Russia will allow Israeli jets to target members of the terrorist group Hezbollah operating in Syria” –@EliLake:
Finally, Israel is repairing and enhancing relationships in the Middle East. In 2011, Turkey downgraded its ties following Israel’s raid on a flotilla trying to breach the naval blockade of Gaza. This month, Turkey’s foreign minister announced that his country was one or two meetings away from normalizing the relationship again. http://www.mesop.de/?p=75136
MESOP READ AROUN LUND’S NEWEST
Aron Lund @aronlund
Why Islamic State Is Losing, and Why It Still Hopes to Win https://tcf.org/content/report/islamic-state-losing-still-hopes-win … new for @tcfdotorg #Iraq #Syria
MESOP DEBATE SUMMARY / TOP OF THE AGENDA : U.S. DIPLOMATS CONTRA OBAMA – COMMENTARIES BY RFE/RL – MIDDLE EAST EYE – CNN – CFR – NEW YORK TIMES
Council on Foreign Relations Newsletter – http://www.mesop.de/?p=75140
MESOP : PUTIN STRIKES / OBAMA REGRETS
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 27m27 minutes ago
Charles Lister Retweeted Bosno Sinjić
#Russia/#Assad regime strikes on US-backed anti-#ISIS force are confirmed. Destruction is total. Consequences?
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 9m9 minutes ago
Charles Lister Retweeted margaret brennan – And here’s the state of US posture vis-a-vis Russia: We’re “concerned” that #Moscow struck our anti-#ISIS assets.
margaret brennan Verified account @margbrennan
Pentagon says US is concerned that Russian aircraft conducted a series of airstrikes yesterday near al-Tanf against US-backed Syrian forces
MESOP : KURDISH KRG IN ST. PETERSBURG
Safeen Dizayee @SafeenDizayee 2h2 hours ago
#KRG Prime Minister is holding constructive talks in St. Petersburg, #Russia #SPIEF2016
HDP English @HDPenglish 41m41 minutes ago
Our Co-Chair #Demirtaş met the Sec.Gen. of the CoE Thorbjørn Jagland and the COE Commissioner for HR Nils Muižnieks
MESOP MORE LOSSES OF IRAN BY KURDISH PDKI
PDKI @PDKIRAN 1h1 hour ago
Another #IRGC commander, AbdulWahid Hikmet killed in clash with #Peshmerga Forces #TwitterKurds #Kurdistan #Rojhelat
MESOP : EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN) CONFERENCE
Rojhelat.info @RojhelatInfo May 25
Final Resolution of conference: PolicyOfExecution in #Iran http://rojhelat.info/en/?p=8939 #Rojhelat #Kurdistan #Balochistan #AlAhwaz #TwitterKurds
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP RECOMMENTATION : by ARON LUND – Aron Lund @aronlund 8m8 minutes ago
Former Ambassador Robert Ford (@fordrs58) on the State Department Mutiny on Syria http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/former-ambassador-robert-ford-on-the-state-department-mutiny-on-syria … interview by @wrightr #Syria www.mesop.de
MESOP “FORECAST” : COOPERATION PUTIN & US CONTRA IRAN & HEZBOLLAH STARTS
Putin – I agree with U.S. proposals for Syrian opposition
17 June 20160 – REUTERS – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he agreed with U.S. proposals to incorporate parts of the opposition into the current Syrian government, saying President Bashar al-Assad accepted there was a need for a political process. The comments advance Russia’s position on Syria and follow a statement by U.N. Envoy Staffan de Mistura, who warned earlier this month there would not be another round of peace talks until officials on all sides agreed on the parameters for a political transition deal ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75144
MESOP Syria Daily: Obama Set to Dismiss Internal Call for Military Action v. Assad
By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – President Obama’s advisors have dismissed a call by 51 State Department staff for military action to put pressure on Syria’s Assad regime.Several US officials told journalists on Friday that the White House would listen to the proposal, set out in a “dissent channel cable”; however, they said it is not expected to bring any changes in Obama’s approach.One senior official effectively quashed the dissent when he said that the test for high-level consideration was if the proposal “falls in line with our contention that there is no military solution to the conflict in Syria”. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75154
MESOP NEWS : US Gives Details on Russian Attack on American-Supported Force Fighting ISIS
US officials have provided details of Russian bombing of American-supported fighters near the Jordanian and Iraqi borders.
On Thursday the Russian Su-24s attacked the New Syrian Army, formed last year with US backing to fight the Islamic State. The American officials said the strikes, about six miles from Jordan, killed some fighters. They said 500-pound bombs and possibly cluster munitions were dropped. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=75156
MESOP NEWS : US Denies Proposal for Opposition Inclusion in Government
By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – 18 June 2016 – The US has denied that it proposed inclusion of Syrian opposition members in the Government. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he agreed with the supposed initiative, and that President Assad accepted there was a need for a political process: The US proposal is absolutely acceptable. We must think about the possibilities of incorporating representatives of the opposition into the active ruling structure. – However, when asked if Washington had made such a proposal, State Department spokesman John Kirby replied bluntly, “No.” Another US official said, “There is no such proposal.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75158
MESOP REPORT BY MIDDLE EAST EYE – More Syrians dying from preventable illnesses than bombs
17 June 2016 – MEY – Doctors in Syria say under-equipped hospitals, lack of medical professionals are killing as many or more Syrians than fighting – By Noura Hourani, Maher al-Hamdan and Maria Nelson – AMMAN – It took Umm Omar two hours to die. The 25-year-old mother of three, a resident of Syria’s northern, rebel-held Idlib province, was suffering from Guillan-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rare disorder in which a person’s immune system attacks their peripheral nerves, causing progressive loss of sensation and paralysis. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75138
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP INSIDE : EHUD BARAK – “ISRAEL MAY BECOME APARTHEID-STATE” – Netanyahu policies may turn Israel into apartheid state – former Mossad Chief
17 Jun, 2016 11:10 – RT – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has accused Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of pushing the country into becoming an “apartheid state.” If the government does not “change course,” people will have no choice but to “topple it,” he added. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=75142
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP SURVEY : Nearly Half of Turkish Immigrants in Germany Put Islam Above Law
BREITBART – CHRIS TOMLINSON 18 June 2016 – Germans have become increasingly sceptical of the role of Islam in Germany and of mass migration from Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. One poll in particular taken by Infratest Dimap showed 60 per cent of Germans rejecting the idea of Islam being a part of German identity.
A shocking new university study reveals that half of the Turks in Germany regard Islamic law above German law and the youth are the most devout.The study, commissioned by the University of Munster, surveyed 1,201 respondents of Turkish ethnicity on a range of issues and found that many hold extremely conservative views when it comes to the role of Islam in their lives. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75152
MESOP : ERDOGAN WATCHES GREAT CONSPIRACY / IFTAR DINNER
Gulenists, PKK, ‘Armenian brigands’ and YPG are collaborators of parallel structure: Erdogan
18 June 2016 – KURDPRESS – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has listed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), “the Armenian brigands,” the People’s Defense Units (YPG) and “the Armenian terror organization” as collaborators of the purported “parallel state.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=75160
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : GENOSSE TSIPRAS VERSCHUBT FLÜCHTLINGE / LINKE SCHWEIGT & KENNT NUR ERDOGAN
EU-Türkei-Deal: Griechenland will Tausende Migranten zurückschicken
ZEIT ONLINE – 18 June 2016 – Die Rückführung in die Türkei ist Kern des EU-Flüchtlingsdeals, funktioniert aber nicht. Nun will die griechische Regierung mehr als 4.000 Menschen … http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2016-06/griechenland-abschiebung-fluechtlinge-eu-tuerkei-deal