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MESOP : LATEST FROM MUNICH CONFERENCE / Putin bombs FSA, not Islamists

UK slams Russia for strikes on Syrian opposition http://v.aa.com.tr/518844  

 

MESOP : KURDISTAN ENLARGED – TODAY VIA MOSCOW

Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister 2m2 minutes ago – PT: Kurdish PYD opened a political mission in #Moscow today, containing map showing significant territorial intent: Sam Heller @AbuJamajem – Per map in PYD Auto. Admin.’s new Moscow office , Rojava includes Bab al-Hawa and a lot of Idlib.

Click for pic http://www.mesop.de/?p=71100

 

MESOP TODAYS Opinions – Enough is enough — U.S. abdication on Syria must come to an end

By Michael Ignatieff and Leon Wieseltier February 9 at 9:09 AM – Michael Ignatieff is the Edward R. Murrow professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. Leon Wieseltier is the Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy at the Brookings Institution.

As Russian planes decimate Aleppo, and hundreds of thousands of civilians in Syria’s largest city prepare for encirclement, blockade and siege — and for the starvation and the barbarity that will inevitably follow — it is time to proclaim the moral bankruptcy of American and Western policy in Syria. Actually, it is past time. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71067

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY DAVID IGNATIUS : – John Kerry’s desperate push on Syria

By David Ignatius Opinion writer February 9 – Washington Post – Secretary of State John F. Kerry said in an interview that the United States is nearing a final “crunch time” on Syria — in which it will either make progress toward a cease-fire or begin moving toward “Plan B” and new military actions. For Kerry-watchers, it’s a familiar moment of brinkmanship: He’s making a last, desperate push for a diplomatic breakthrough with Russia and Iran at a meeting in Munich on Thursday, even as he warns that the United States has “other leverage” if diplomacy fails. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71080

 

MESOP : OBAMA’S SYRIA DESASTER – Syrian Opposition Groups Sense U.S. Support Fading

By ANNE BARNARD – FEB. 9, 2016 – The New York Times – GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The United States and its allies have spent many millions of dollars backing Syrian opposition fighters they deem relatively moderate and secular, and civilian groups whose work on small businesses and local councils they billed as the cornerstone of Syria’s future. But the very Syrians who benefited — and risked their lives in the process — now say that investment is in danger of going down the drain, and they see little urgency from Washington, diplomatic or military, to save it. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71061

 

MESOP : KADYROW – THE BUTCHER OF GROSNY – Chechen leader claims Russian spy network has infiltrated IS

AFP / Middle East Eye – 10 Feb 2016 – Ramzan Kadyrov says agents from Chechnya have ’embedded’ in IS training camps in Syria to help identify targets for Russian attacks- Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed spies from his region of Russia are being sent to infiltrate the Islamic State (IS) group and assist Moscow in its bombing campaign in Syria. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=71065

 

EAST KUDISTAN (IRAN)

MESOP : COMRADE TSIPRAS MEETS MULLAHS AGREES WITH TEHRAN ABOUT “CHANGE OF POWER IN EU” – Europe lacks independent will in face of US: Leader

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says European countries have no independent will in the face of the United States. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71075

 

NORTH KUDISTAN (TURKEY)

MESOP COMMENTAR BY CENGIZ CANDAR : MAN YES/MANY NO’S – CENGIZ AMBIVALENT

TURKEY PULSETÜRKİYE’NİN NABZI – Author Cengiz ÇandarPosted February 9, 2016 Al Monitor –

Will he, won’t he? Turks ponder whether Erdogan will invade Syria

Nowadays, when two or more Turks come together, the conversation inevitably moves into questioning the motives of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his plans for Turkey’s role in the ever-worsening situation in Syria. The question is: Is he going to push the army into Syrian territory? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71103

 

 

MESOP : EDOGAN’S MILITARY OPERATIONS DEVELOPIING – Military operations to expand to İdil, Nusaybin, minister says

ANKARA – 10 Feb 2016 – HURRIYET – While military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are coming to an end in the southeastern town of Cizre, they will be intensified in the region’s İdil and Nusaybin districts, according to Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala.Responding to a question on whether the Education Ministry’s invitation to 1,200 teachers in İdil to come to a seminar in Istanbul via text message was a sign the operations would expand to İdil in southeastern Şırnak province, the minister said they would clear all barricades and ditches in the district. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=71089

 

MESOP REPORT : Turkey Clashes with Syrian Kurds as Tensions with U.S. Rise

10 Feb 2016 – Turkey summoned the U.S. ambassador in Ankara yesterday to protest U.S. coalition support being provided to Kurdish militias in Syria. The latest indication of the long-running tensions between the United States and Turkey over aid to Kurdish militias comes after U.S. officials met with Kurdish rebels in Syria last Sunday and in advance of a summit of the military coalition fighting the Islamic State that’s set to begin in Brussels tomorrow. Today, hours after summoning the U.S. ambassador, Turkish officials reported that the military clashed with Syrian Kurdish fighters when they tried to cross into Turkey.

Those talks in Brussels are expected to include discussion of a potential escalation of the coalition’s strategy. “I don’t think anybody’s satisfied with the pace of the (campaign), that’s why we’re all looking to accelerate it,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said. www.mesop.de

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP BACKGROUNDER : Why Are Russian Engineers Working at an Islamic State-Controlled Gas Plant in Syria?

Moscow says it’s at war with the jihadist group — but both sides aren’t opposed to cutting economic deals amid the bloodshed. – BY CEREN KENAR, RAGIP SOYLU – FOREIGN POLICY – FEBRUARY 9, 2016 – Officially, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and his Russian allies are at war against the Islamic State. But a gas facility in northern Syria under the control of the jihadi group is evidence that business links between the Syrian regime and the Islamic State persist. According to Turkish officials and Syrian rebels, it is also the site of cooperation between the Islamic State and a Russian energy company with ties to President Vladimir Putin. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71096

 

MESOP SPECIAL : THE ISIS WATERFRONT

Saira Khan explains how the Islamic State uses water infrastructure as both a weapon of war and a political instrument.

Author: – Saira Khan – Tel viv Notes – In late January 2016, an article in the Wall Street Journal stated that the Islamic State (IS) was using Syria’s largest dam, Tabqa Dam, as a “fulcrum of power,” hiding prisoners and sheltering senior officials at the dam in the belief that it would not be bombed by the United States.[1] While many journalists focus on the use of water infrastructure as a weapon of war, in the words of Jürgen Todenhöfer, “we have to understand that ISIS is a country now.”[2] The Islamic State also uses its control of water infrastructure as a political instrument to confer bargaining power, earn political legitimacy, and marshal local support. The Islamic State’s control over dams in Iraq and Syria allows it to use water as both a weapon and a tool of governance. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71098

 

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER

MESOP : NICHT IMMER NU „NEUBAU“ ZUR STÄDTEBAULICHEN VERDICHTUNG – VORHANDENE KIRCHEN NACH ALTER ISLAMISCHER TRADITION EINFACH SICHTBAR „UMWIDMEN! – DAS FÄLLT VIEL BESSER INS AUGE !

Fakten statt Ängste: „Es müssen viel mehr Moscheen sichtbar und gebaut werden“

Verena Klemm (59) ist Professorin für Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft in Leipzig – und fordert jetzt, dass Muslime ihren Glauben mehr in die Öffentlichkeit tragen dürfen. http://www.lvz.de/Mitteldeutschland/News/Fakten-statt-Aengste-Es-muessen-viel-mehr-Moscheen-sichtbar-und-gebaut-werden

 

MESOP : UNTERWERFUNG ! – WIE SIE TIEFER NICHT MEHR GEHT / DEUTSCHE FRIEDENSFREUNDE VON IPPNW VIA ANDREAS ZUMACH INCL PROFESSOR GÜNTHER WARTEN AUF ANERKENNUNG DES ISLAMISCHEN STAATES

Verhandeln mit dem IS ist realistisch“ – Christoph Günther über Sinn und Erfolgsaussichten von Verhandlungen mit dem „Islamischen Staat“. IS-Führer Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: künftiger Verhandlungspartner?

Der Vorsitzende der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz Wolfgang Ischinger fordert, der Westen müsse nun auch mit dem „Islamischen Staat“ verhandeln. Ist das eine realistische Forderung?

Dies scheint mir eine durchaus realistische Forderung, die in verschiedenen Expertenkreisen bereits seit einiger Zeit gestellt wird. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=71077

 

In kurdischen Flüchtlingslagern / Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (SPD)

Von Christoph Cuntz – 10 Feb 2016 – REISE Hessens SPD-Chef Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel macht sich ein Bild von der Lage im Norden Iraks / „Die Lage ist schwierig bis katastrophal“

WIESBADEN – Nach einer zweitägigen Reise in den Norden Iraks, in die Autonome Region Kurdistan, hat Hessens SPD-Chef Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel mehr Druck auf die Geberländer gefordert, damit diese ihre Zusagen zur Finanzierung von Camps für Flüchtlinge einhalten. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71063

 

MESOP EMPFEHLUNG : CHRISTOPH REUTER – IPG

Der Feind meines Freundes meines Feindes / DIE PROPAGANDA DER KIEGSPARTEIEN

Wer nur den offiziellen Verlautbarungen der syrisch-irakischen Kriegsparteien folgt, versteht nicht, was sich am Boden abspielt. „In konventionellen Freund-Feind-Kategorien ist dieses schillernde Verhältnis nicht zu verstehen.“ Zu den Schwächen des Westens gegenüber dem Terror der Dschihadisten zählen verschiedene Faktoren. Seiner grundsätzlichen Verwundbarkeit gegenüber Anschlägen ist dabei am schwersten beizukommen. Keine Gesellschaft kann sich gänzlich schützen vor ein paar Entschlossenen, die Ort und Zeit ihres Mordens wählen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=71071

 

MESOP EMPFEHLUNG – GUIDO STEINBERG (IPG / SWP)

IS vs. al-Qaida – Beim Endspurt um die Vorherrschaft im Dschihadismus droht eine Gewaltspirale. (…) Wer die von beiden Gruppen ausgehenden Gefahren einschätzen will, sollte einen Blick auf die Geschichte der Auseinandersetzung werfen. Bin Laden und die Anfänge des IS:

Der Konflikt zwischen dem IS und al-Qaida hat seinen Ursprung im Irak nach der amerikanischen Invasion von 2003. Im Oktober 2004 schwor der Anführer einer irakischen Terroristentruppe, der Jordanier Abu Musab az-Zarqawi, der al-Qaida Treue und Gehorsam. Ossama Bin Laden akzeptierte den Gefolgschaftseid und erlaubte Zarqawi, seine Organisation fortan „al-Qaida in Mesopotamien“ zu nennen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=71069