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MESOP TODAYS JOKE OF THE WEEK / THE MONEY-BACK-DONALD T.
If only Trump came with a money-back guarantee (GRAFFITI LONDON TODAY)
Trump is a one-man Lloyds of London. www.mesop.de
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
U.S.-backed offensive under way to clear IS out of the Manbij pocket in eastern Aleppo province http://news.trust.org/item/20160601040520-o42uq …
#Minbij #SDF crossed Qere-Qozak bridge by using military bridge to fix broken part that #ISIS broke it
#Syria: the council of Azaz (N #Aleppo) has announced it will open the road with #Efrin after 3 days of negotiations with the #SDF
#Assad regime flouted international law (UNSC Resolution 2139) 55 times in the last 24hrs alone. Accountability?
Komala @Komala_english 16h16 hours ago
Kurdish activists are disappearing! Jalal Mohamadi is missing after his arrest by #Iran‘ian authorities in #Mariwan.
MESOP : VAN WILGENBURG – THE PRO PKK / PYD REPORTER
Exclusive: U.S.-backed Syria forces launch offensive for Manbij pocket – U.S. officials http://reut.rs/1P3avKf via @Reuters
Turkey Warns Germany Over Armenian Genocide Vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of damage to bilateral relations if German lawmakers go forward with a vote to denounce the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as a genocide (FT).
MESOP EXCLUSIV : am Tamiz @SamTamiz 17h17 hours ago
Commander of #IRGC ground forces Mohammad Pakpour alongside Qassem Suleimani in Fallujah #Iraq. Significant
#PT Also met with Haydar Al Matori, commander of Badr 5th brig., ex. ERU Brig. Gen. Has no official link to ISF
MESOP : TURKS IN GERMANY NEVER BEEN “INTEGRATED” – DECLARING TROUBLE TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC – OPEN LETTER TO THE PUBLIC & BERLIN – Click for pic and document http://www.mesop.de/?p=74530
MESOP SPECIAL : ANTI-WHITE RASCISM – AN OLD TRADITIONAL UNTOLD STORY OF MIDDLE EAST
Did you know till 1908 slaves were sold in Turkey? That Turkey handled in slaves over 400 yrs & most where white?
The Untold Story of White Slavery (Ottoman Turks, Arab and Barbary Muslim Slave Trade)
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ednt48rcwo
MESOP : THE FEAR OF AN SECOND ISRAEL – KURDISH ORIGIN
The “Kurdish” Islamist militia formed urges all Syrians to stop the PKK atheist infidels from forming a 2nd Israel. – WATCH TRUE DOCUMENT http://www.mesop.de/?p=74541
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : By Semih Idiz – Al Monitor – Turkey faces multiple dilemmas in Syria
1 June 2016 – Turkey’s inability to produce a realistic strategy toward Syria and to coordinate its policy with its allies is coming home to roost, leaving it facing multiple dilemmas that are unlikely to be resolved soon. Ankara’s war with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its related effort to prevent Kurds from gaining ground in northern Syria remains Turkey’s main problems.This complicates, if not prevents, headway by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) in the region. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74548
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP “THE GREATEST SCANDAL” : Why Major Powers Can’t Manage to Air Drop Supplies to Syria / Senator McCain
By Howard LaFranchi – Christian Science Monitor – 2016-06-01 00:43 GMT – Washington — The inability of major powers to implement a modest aid airdrop to more than 500,000 Syrians, set to begin June 1, suggests their unwillingness to intervene forcefully in the unfolding humanitarian crisis. The US, Russia, and other outside forces involved in Syria had agreed last month to begin airdrops of food and other emergency supplies if overland aid convoys continued to be stopped. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74524
MESOP : PKK/PYD (YPG) KURDS HAVE TO STAY BEHIND – US – Manbij Offensive v. ISIS Has Begun…But Few Kurds Involved
June 01 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – US officials have said that a long-awaited offensive against the Islamic State in northern Syria has begun. – The officials told Reuters on Tuesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have launched operations to capture the area near Manbij.They said that the occupation of the territory would cut off ISIS access to areas on the Turkish-Syrian border. “It’s significant in that it’s their last remaining funnel [to Europe],” a US military official said. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74512
MESOP Syria Daily: Russia Tries to Deny Its Deadly Bombings Near Idlib Hospital – US ADMIRAL KIRBY STILL BEHIND HIS LOOKING-GLAS
June 01 – 2016 – eaworldview – by Scott Lucas
Russia’s officials tried on Tuesday to deny any responsibility for airstrikes in opposition-controlled Idlib city in northwest Syria, in which more than 50 people were killed and about 250 were wounded.Residents, rescuers, and activists reported that 10 bombs struck near Idlib’s National Hospital on Monday night. They said they recognized the distinctive signature of strikes by Russian-piloted Su-24 attack aircraft. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74514
MESOP Arguments & Analysis – “Revisiting Train-and-Equip in Syria to Clear the Manbij Pocket” (Andrea Taylor and Aaron Stein, War on the Rocks)
“For the immediate task of ‘defeating and degrading’ ISIL, the SDF’s utility as a ground force in Kurdish-majority areas has proved to be a successful formula. The SDF has expressed a sustained interest in taking the cities of Manbij and Jarablus from ISIL, before continuing west to link up with the isolated PYD run territory of Efrin in Syria’s northeast. It is unclear if the YPG has the requisite strength to fight a two-front offensive against ISIL, on its western front line as well as its 115-mile front line between Margadeh and Ain Issa. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74522
MESOP NEWS TODAY : Barzani Meets with Syrian National Coalition in Erbil – The conflicts and the instability in Syria will certainly affect Kurdistan Region and Iraq, Barzani said
Sardar Sattar – BasNews – 1 June 2016 – Barzani and Anas Abadh meeting in Erbil Barzani and Anas Abadh meeting in Erbil KRP – ERBIL — Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani received on Tuesday Anas Abdah, the president of the Syrian National Coalition, and his accompanying delegation, to discuss the latest political and security situations in the region. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74528
MESOP : JUST ANOTHER BLOW AGAINST KURDISH UNITY BY PKK/PYD (YPG)
Tensions PDK-PYD, Rojava Peshmerga (KNC-TEVDEM) (01.06.2016)
هيفا موسى
مركز الأخبار – تزايدت في الأونة الأخيرة حدة صراع الدول الأقليمية على مناطق الشهباء التي يريد كل طرف السيطرة عليها, حتى أضحى المشهد في تلك المناطق متداخلاً بشكل معقد, ولدرجة لا يمكن للمرء فك تداخلاتها بسهولة, فما الذي يجري هناك؟؟
ونشرت وسائل إعلامية رسالة عثرت عليها قوات سوريا الديمقرطية في منطقة أرفاد “تل رفعت” بتاريخ 11من شهر أذار/ مارس المنصرم, تفيد أن مرتزقة أحرار الشام وجهت إلى مرتزقة جبهة النصرة رسالة للسماح لما يسمى”بيشمركة روج آفا ” المدعومين من حزب الديمقراطي الكردستاني المرور إلى مناطق الشهباء عبر الأراضي التركية, مما يفسر درجة التنسيق الذي يرقى إلى اعلى المستويات بين المجموعات المرتزقة وما يسمى “ببيشمركة روج آفا”. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74544
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP TOP OF THE AGENDA – A SUMMARY BY AL MONITOR / GUARDIAN / AL JAZEERA / REUTERS / NEW YORK TIMES / MIDDLE EAST EYE
Iraqi Forces Intensify Assault on Fallujah
Iraqi forces drew closer overnight to the city of Fallujah, which is under control of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. An Iraqi military commander said elite forces reached a point about five hundred meters from a southeastern district in the city (Reuters). The offensive to retake Fallujah, which began a week ago, brought together the Iraqi military with the largely Shiite Popular Mobilization Units and local Sunni tribal forces (Al-Monitor). An estimated fifty thousand civilians are trapped inside the city, and three thousand have reportedly fled during the operation (Al Jazeera). Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74518
MESOP : STOP & GO – Prime Minister Orders Halt to Fallujah Offensive
June 01 – 2016 – by Scott Lucas – eaworldvie – Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered a halt to the offensive against the Islamic State in the city of Fallujah, two days after operations were launched. – “It would have been possible to end the battle quickly if protecting civilians wasn’t among our priorities,” Abadi told military commanders at the operations room near the frontline, in footage shown on State TV.“ Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74535
MESOP : OBAMA ORDERED BLINDNESS MADE IN UNITED STATES – U.S. unaware of Iran’s plans to build missile base in Iraqi Kurdistan / U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby
WASHINGTON,— nrttv + State Government US – 1 June 2016 – The US authorities have no information on alleged plans by the Iranian government to build a missile base in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, US Department of State spokesperson John Kirby said in a briefing on Tuesday.The spokesperson argued that the Iranian government has been trying to exert influence in Iraq and underscored the need for Tehran to closely coordinate its actions with Baghdad and get approval of the the Iraqi authorities. – “I’m not aware of such plans,” Kirby stated. “That’s the first I’ve heard of this.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74526
MESOP TODAYS PROGNOSIS : THE KURDISH – IRAQI FUTURE
Mosul After the Islamic State: The Kurdistan Region’s Strategy / By Renad Mansour – El-Erian Fellow – Middle East Center – Article May 20, 2016 – Carnegie Endowment
In anticipation of the eventual power vacuum in Mosul, Kurdish forces have begun to plan for what comes next in the city, only an hour’s drive from Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital. The liberation of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, remains a top priority for most actors involved in the campaign against the so-called Islamic State. A major ally in this battle is the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its peshmerga military forces. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74533
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP TODAYS OPINION : “Brawl in Turkish National Assembly Indicates Deeper Trouble” (Christopher Gandrud, Political Violence at a Glance)
“We tend to see more legislative violence in parliaments where legislators find it difficult to make credible commitments to follow peaceful legislative bargains. Just like in international conflict, when one side doesn’t believe that the other side will uphold their peacefully bargained commitments, MPs may choose violence as a last-ditch effort to achieve their goals. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74520
MESOP EPITAPH : OUR ONE & ONLY BERNARD LEWIS – BY AYAAN HIRSI ALI – VICTOR DAVID HANSON et.al.
- THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN WORLD –
National Review asked friends and admirers of Bernard Lewis to say some words about the man and his achievements to mark the occasion of his 100th birthday today.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Bernard Lewis once asked me, Is there anyone who as a leader has really impressed you? And I said, well, you do. He smiled and said he was flattered, but asked about a political leader. And I had to think about it. – He said the fact that you have to think about it so long is a mark of our time. Bernard Lewis was born in 1916, into a world writhing with conflict from all corners. A world poised for a century of war, of revolt, of treaties, of fighting for and against modern values. He watched as, from the ashes of destruction, there rose a world transformed: a world embarking farther down the path for freedom, equality, and prosperity than was previously thought possible. Bernard Lewis watched the birth of the modern world. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74516
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP “POINT OF VIEW” : Von Henryk M. Broder – Die doppelte Frau Özoguz
Ausgerechnet die Integrationsbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, Aydan Özoguz, hat sich gegenüber der tagesschau gegen die Armenien-Resolution ausgesprochen, die der Bundestag morgen verabschieden will. Es sei zu erwarten, sagte sie, „dass durch diese Abstimmung Türen eher zugeschlagen und die geschichtliche Aufarbeitung zwischen der Türkei und Armenien sogar verhindert wird“. Die Initiatoren der Abstimmung hätten außerdem „politische Motive“. Sie ärgere sich über „die Instrumentalisierung dieses Themas“. -Nun gilt Frau Özoguz sogar in ihrer eigenen Partei, der SPD, nicht als besonders helle, aber dieses Statement übertrifft in seiner Dämlichkeit noch die meisten Äußerungen von Sigmar Gabriel. Welche Motive sollen die Initiatoren einer Resolutin haben, wenn nicht politische? Volltext : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74546