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MESOP : QUIZ QUESTION! WHO UNDERSTANDS OBAMA’S POLICY  IN SYRIA – A TOTAL DOWN & UNDER & DOWN – & UNDER AGAIN

Turkish special forces, aided by American military advisers, U.S. drones and Turkish artillery units, moved into northern Syria before dawn as part of the coordinated campaign to push Islamic State out of a strategic town on the Euphrates River, officials said.

  • ERDOGAN STATEMENT : The operation is targeting ISIL and Syrian Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to end attacks on Turkey’s border. At 4:00 this morning, operations started in the north of Syria against terror groups which constantly threaten our country, like Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ISIL] and the PYD [ the Syrian Kurdish group]. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/turkish-tanks-enter-syria-clear-isil-jarablus-160824082508482.html

 

  • SALIH MUSLIM (PYD) & FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES STATEMENT

“Turkey will be defeated in the Syrian quagmire, just like ISIS,” Saleh Muslim wrote on Twitter as Turkish officials heralded the start of the country’s widely-anticipated cross border action.

“I think they will [suffer] heavy losses, [the decision] to enter this war was in their hands, [but getting out of it] won’t be,” the ANHA news agency—which is close to Muslim’s party—quoted him as saying in a follow-up report  – https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/567299-syria-kurdish-leader-warns-turkey

  • FREE SYRIAN ARMY STATEMENT ON EVENTS

An official in the Free Syrian Army-affiliated Mutassim Brigade on Tuesday night told the pro-rebel Enab Baladi outlet that rebels would soon cross the Turkish border into Jarablus. “The coming days will witness fierce battles against ISIS, and Jarablus will return to the bosom of the revolution once again,” Mustafa Sejari, the head of the faction’s political office, vowed.  https://www.facebook.com/EnabBaladi.English

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MESOP TODAYS SUMMARY OF RELEVANT VOICES:

TURKEY’S & BIDEN’S OFFENSIVE IN SYRIA – By NYT – HURRIYET – BBC – AL AJZEERA – REUTERS – FINANCIAL TIMES et. al. – READ ALL SOURCES & COMMENTARIES :  http://www.mesop.de/?p=77414

 

MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS

MESOP : JOE BIDEN’S  “LORD OF THE EUPHRAT’S” OFFENSIVE IN OBAMA’S NAME

Dion Nissenbaum@DionNissenbaum 4h4 hours ago

Turkey already has a Twitter account for the operation in Syria: @EuphratesShield

MESOP : HENRI BARKEY READS DIONNE NISSENBAUM  Henri Barkey@hbarkey

Henri Barkey Retweeted milliyet.com.tr

TR FM says that operation planned w/US from start. If so why all this anti-Americanism & nonsense abt US coup plot?

Henri Barkey added,  milliyet.com.tr @milliyet  – Çavuşoğlu: ‘Başından beri ABD ile planladık’ http://bit.ly/2bV9US6   – Click for pics

 

 

MESOP SUMMARY TODAY : THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN & AROUND  JARABLUS (SYR IA)

Charles Lister@Charles_Lister  – #Jarablus has fallen; FSA control former #ISIS HQ. Phase II of operation will seek to connect with Al-Rai. Phase III = to capture Al-Bab.

Leith Abou Fadel@leithfadel 24m24 minutes agoISIS conveniently leaves Jarabulus as Turkey invades….US threatens to stop supporting the YPG if they don’t withdraw east of the Euphrates

@Charles_Lister “Move back east across the Euphrates.” Is that only an order to Kurds in the #Jarablus area? Manbij is west of the river.

Ariz Kader@KaderAriz 34m34 minutes ago  – @Charles_Lister @VivaRevolt ‘Fallen’ here meaning abandoned to Turkish forces.

#Turkey jets, artillery & SOF – US jets, drones & SOF – FSA units All involved in offensive on #ISIS in Jarablus.

Charles Lister@Charles_Lister 3h3 hours ago#pt – Turkish artillery is warding off #YPG from #Jarablus. #Turkey says any YPG move across the Euphrates will = “necessary measures.”

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MESOP : SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS – ABOVE ALL : NO GOOD NEWS !

Russian Aviation – Iran Parliament Speaker Larijani: Russian planes bombing Syria from Iran bases not suspended http://buff.ly/2bMegsz  – www.mesop.de

 

PDKI and PYD meeting in Silêmanî, South Kurdistan, touched on events in Hesekê as well as need for Kurdish unity.

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“KNOW BETTER WITH MESOP” – THE AXIS WORKS ! – Syria Shifts Stance Toward Kurds – By Raja Abdulrahim & Noam Raydan

“Ahmad Hisso Araj, a Kurdish spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces: Now the police force and militia associated with the Kurdish administration have become targets, said Mr. Araj. “This is evidence of the Turkish-Syrian regime rapprochement,” Mr. Araj said.”

24 Aug 20106 – WALL STREET JOURNAL – After years of tacitly allowing the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in northern Syria, President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is treating the ethnic minority’s growing power as a threat.Syria is now describing the Kurds in terms similar to those used by Turkey, which has been a staunch supporter of Syrian rebels fighting against Mr. Assad. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77399

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY AL MONITOR : PREPARING THE ERDOGAN TEHRAN VISIT – What’s behind the Turkey-Iran tango?

Author Ali Hashem  – 23 August 22, 2016 –  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s surprise Aug. 12 visit to Turkey may always be remembered in Ankara, as well as in Tehran, for having opened a new chapter in regional cooperation between the two neighbors. The visit was the first by an Iranian official since the failed July 15 coup to overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. As such, it was part of Tehran’s show of solidarity that began during the coup attempt, with phone calls from Zarif, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) external operations wing, the Quds Force. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77380

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP : LATEST – BUT FOR HOW LONG ? – Kurdish Forces and Syrian Regime Reach Ceasefire in Hasaka –  The ceasefire put an end to a week of violent clashes in Hasaka

23 Aug 2016 – HASAKA — After a week of violent clashes between the Kurdish security forces and the forces of the Syrian regime and the militias loyal to the Syrian government in the Kurdish city of Hasaka in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), the sides reached an agreement today to halt the hostilities, confirmed a local source.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77372

 

MESOP: THE FULL PRICE FOR KURDS PAYED – OR SOME SMALL MONEY ONLY ?

23 Aug 2016 – MESOP  – There are differences between Iran, Russia and Turkey over Kurdish issue in Syria: spokesman

The spokesman for Iran Foreign Ministry Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that there are differences between Iran, Turkey and Russia over the Kurdish issue in northern Syria, adding that the stance by Russia over the issue could be different as it is no neighbor to any Kurdish region and does not have any Kurdish provinces. Read all   www.mesop.de

MESOP TODAYS OPINION : ASSAD BOMBS THE KURDS –   IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. STRATEGY IN SYRIA – By Barak Barfi –  PolicyWatch 2678

23 Aug 2016 – Escalating hostilities between regime forces and Syrian Kurds in Hasaka will likely complicate Washington’s campaign against the Islamic State, in which the Kurds and their Arab allies have been its most effective partners. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77393

 

MESOP Q & A  : BUT WILL IT HOLD ……. ? – Kurds Close to Control of Northeast Syria Province, Portending a Shift in the War

By ANNE BARNARD  – 24 Aug The New York Times – A cease-fire with the Syrian government puts Kurdish militias much closer to control of Hasaka Province, which would be the third lost by President Bashar al-Assad. Read  all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77389

 

MESOP CONFIDENT IAL  – U.S. & Europe Say Assad May Have Kept Some Chemical Weapons

Damascus promised to destroy its entire arsenal, but the world’s chemical weapons watchdog suggests Assad may have squirreled some away.

By Colum Lynch, David Kenner – FOREIGN POLICY – August 24, 2016 – The world’s chemical weapons watchdog has repeatedly found traces of deadly nerve agents in laboratories that Syria insisted were never part of its chemical weapons program, raising new questions about whether Damascus has abided by its commitments to destroy all of its armaments, according to a highly confidential new report. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77395

 

MESOP INSIDER : PRO & ANTI PUTIN MULLAHS –  Supreme Leader Tells Off Defense Minister in Dispute Over Russian Use of Airbase

24 Aug 2016 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – The fallout over Russia’s use of an Iranian airbase for strikes across northern Syria continued on Tuesday, as Iran’s Supreme Leader chastised the Defense Minister for being too vocal in criticism of Moscow. – On Sunday the Defense Minister, Hossein Dehghan, accused Russia of a “betrayal of trust” in its high-profile announcement, five days earlier, that Tu22-33M long-range bombers and Su-34 tactical bombers had begun operations from the Hamedan base in western Iran. Dehghan stoked the dispute further with a firm declaration that Moscow had been “ungentlemanly”, a jab which is particularly sharp in Persian. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77397

 

MESOP ESSENTIAL INTERVIEW WITH STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS : Syria Interview: Rebel Faction Jaish al-Islam on the Political & Military Situation

Last week, the Jaish al-Islam spokesman, Captain Islam Alloush, gave an extensive interview on the political and military situation:

The Situation Near DamascusHave your recent offensives achieved their objectives since the start of the al-Riqaa battle series?

Yes, we have achieved 70% to 80% of the targets that we set in East Ghouta and Eastern Qalamoun.

What is the current situation in the city of Daraa and in the Yarmouk Basin [in western Daraa Province] as the fronts against the regime are static while the ISIS-affiliated faction Army of Khalid Bin al-Waleed is active? Do you have any presence there? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77409


MESOP SPECIAL :  THE GRAND PROPHET OF THE “OPEN SOCIETIES”  : “As far as Israel is concerned, Soros-backed groups work to delegitimize every aspect of Israeli society as racist and illegitimate.”

MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND WITH GEORGE SOROS / THE JERUSALEM POST –   Our World: Soros’s campaign of global chaos  – 23 August 2016

The first thing that we see is the megalomaniacal nature of Soros’s philanthropic project. No corner of the globe is unaffected by his efforts. No policy area is left untouched. Major media outlets in the US have ignored the leak of thousands of emails from billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundation by the activist hacker group DCLeaks. The OSF is the vehicle through which Soros has funneled billions of dollars over the past two decades to non-profit organizations in the US and throughout the world.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=77382

 

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER

MESOP : MIT AN SICHERHEIT GRENZENDER WAHRSCHEINLICHKEIT WIRD DIE BURKA ZU ALLERLETZT IN DEUTSCHLAND UNTERSAGT – WENN ÜBERHAUPT !

Beifall von ungewohnter Seite: Islam-Theologen für Burka-Verbot  / Al Azhar

Die Al-Azhar-Universität in Kairo vertritt eine klare Meinung: «Der Niqab schadet dem Islam». Die Gelehrten haben die Debatte um die Verhüllung bereits im Oktober 2009 losgetreten.23 Aug Aargauer Zeitung – Als Frankreich vor fünf Jahren den islamischen Gesichtsschleier verbot, erhielten die Pariser Senatoren Beifall von ungewohnter Seite. «An Europa und Frankreich möchte ich als Botschaft schicken – der Niqab hat keine Grundlage im Islam, er schadet vielmehr dem Ansehen des Islam», schrieb Abdel Muti Al-Bayyumi, Mitglied des Hohen Geistlichen Rates der Al-Azhar in Kairo, der höchsten Lehrautorität der sunnitischen Muslime. In dieser heiklen Frage wusste Al-Bayyumi sich auch mit seinem Chef einig, Grossscheich Ahmed al-Tayeb. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=77376


MESOP “ERDOGANS NEUE TAGESORDNUNG” / TÜKISCHE PANZEROFFENSIVE  IN SYRIEN

Türkische Streitkräfte haben eine großangelegte Offensive gegen die Terrormiliz „Islamischer Staat“ begonnen. Unterstützt von amerikanischen Kampfflugzeugen greifen sie Stellungen in Nordsyrien an.

24.08.2016 – FAZ – Türkische Panzer sind im Zuge der am Mittwoch begonnen Offensive gegen die IS-Bastion Dscharablus über die Grenze nach Nordsyrien vorgedrungen. Das meldete das türkische Staatsfernsehen TRT. Zugleich stießen Einheiten der als moderat geltenden Freien Syrischen Armee (FSA) über die Grenze vor. Die Milizen seien westlich von Dscharablus nach Syrien vorgerückt, sagte der Vorsitzende des oppositionellen Lokalrates der Stadt, Mahmud al-Ali. Volltxt http://www.mesop.de/?p=77403

 

MESOP : BIDEN AN DER SEITE DER TÜRKEI  – Damaskus verurteilt türkische Offensive

Türkische Panzer sind im Kampf gegen den IS auf das nordsyrische Dorf Dscharablus vorgerückt. Die amerikanische Regierung bestätigt ihre Beteiligung. Die syrische Regierung verurteilt die Offensive scharf. – 24.08.2016 – FAZ – Syriens Regierung hat die türkische Militäroffensive gegen die Terrormiliz „Islamischer Staat“ (IS) im Norden des Bürgerkriegslandes scharf verurteilt. Bei dem Einsatz handele es sich um einen offenen Verstoß gegen die Souveränität Syriens, hieß es am Mittwoch aus dem syrischen Außenministerium.  Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=77405

 

MESOP : DIE TALIBAN DER LBGTI KULTUR  :  Öffentliche Kunst  – Die Tyrannei der Beleidigten

Im Namen politischer Korrektheit fordern Kritiker die Beseitigung irritierender Kunstwerke aus dem öffentlichen Raum. Was nicht in unser Weltbild passt, gilt zunehmend als unzumutbar, wie an einem Fall in Wittenberg zu sehen ist.

24.08.2016, von Arnold Bartetzky  – FAZ –  Seit mehr als sieben Jahrhunderten prangt ein bösartiges Schmähbild an der Wittenberger Stadtkirche St.Marien. Es zeigt eine Sau, an deren Zitzen Menschenkinder säugen, die mit ihren Spitzhüten als Juden gekennzeichnet sind. Hinter dem Tier hockt ein Rabbiner und hebt dessen Schwanz und Hinterbein, um in den Anus zu schauen. Die besondere Perfidie der Darstellung von Juden im intimen Kontakt mit einer Sau besteht darin, dass das Schwein im Judentum als unrein gilt. Das Steinrelief sollte die Juden demütigen und zugleich Christen gegen sie aufhetzen. Die Wittenberger „Judensau“ ist ein drastisches Zeugnis des mittelalterlichen Antisemitismus, der sich immer wieder in Pogromen entlud. Martin Luther, der in der Stadtkirche predigte, steigerte den Bekanntheitsgrad der Darstellung, indem er sie in einer seiner Schmähschriften zum Ausgangspunkt für die Verhöhnung des jüdischen Glaubens nahm. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=77401

 

MESOP : WIE DIE LINKE PÄDAGOGIK SYSTEMATISCH DEN MOB PRODUZIERT – DEN SIE SPÄTER MIT ERSTAUNEN ALS GEGENWELT ZUR KENNTNIS NIMMT

Wenn im Geschichtsunterricht Jahreszahlen so ziemlich alles egal ist (TITEL „DIE WELT“

Sachsen-Anhalt führt einen neuen Lehrplan für Geschichte ein. Darin wird wenig konkretes Faktenwissen gelehrt. So soll eine “narrative Kompetenz” ausgebildet werden. Das ist ein bundesweiter Trend. – http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157807774/Wenn-im-Geschichtsunterricht-Jahreszahlen-egal-sind.html

Katrina Rauhdonat Didaktik nämlich von Idioten für Idioten. Läuft hinaus auf: als die Römer den Neandertalern die Axt abnahmen ging wurde der Osterhase gekreuzigt und ist als Jesus wieder auferstanden.   Narrative Stories nach Bauchgefühl oder Nix Genaues weiß man nicht. www.mesop.de