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MESOP BEST JOKE OF THE WEEK : SUBMISSION IN EUROPE – minimal moralia IN Iraq
Iraqi President: Christians Are ‘Original Members’ of this Country
MESOP PRESENTATION – WHITE HOUSE VIDEO: Press Briefing With President’s Special Envoy Brett McGurk
Watch Video http://www.mesop.de/?p=72053
MESOP BREAKING
Three Efrin Kurds arrested by Syrian intelligence in Aleppo http://dlvr.it/KlrYH0
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 4m4 minutes ago – PT: Given ongoing pro-regime operations vs. #ISIS in E. #Homs, the death of Brig. Gen. Amar would be significant.
Reports: The chief Commander for #Syria’s Central Region, Brigadier General Ali Amar, has been killed by #ISIS in eastern #Homs.
MESOP : THE ISIS / DAESH TWITTER ACCOUNT
The Global Coalition vs. #ISIS now has a Twitter account – @coalition – and a website: http://theglobalcoalition.org
- · Charles Lister @Charles_Lister 5h5 hours ago – As #Syria‘s opposition agrees to attend peace talks, regime/#Russia airstrikes have just killed 5+ civilians in #Aleppo.
MESOP : “Dr:” BAHOZ ERDAL (PKK) IN PLEASANT ESCORT IN THE MOUNTAINS
Bahoz Erdal: Yakın zamanda Akdeniz’de resim çekeceğim! – WATCH PICTURE : http://www.mesop.de/?p=72050
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : IRANIAN CASUALTIES IN SYRIA AND THE STRATEGIC LOGIC OF INTERVENTION
PolicyWatch 2585 – March 11, 2016 – By Ali Alfoneh and Michael Eisenstadt – Ali Alfoneh is the author of “Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards Is Turning Theocracy into Military Dictatorship” (AEI Press, 2013). Michael Eisenstadt is the Kahn Fellow and director of the Military and Security Studies Program at The Washington Institute.
Iran’s battlefield losses have continued even after the drawdown of forces it surged into Syria late last year and the subsequent ‘cessation of hostilities,’ raising questions about Tehran’s strategy and tactics in the war.Tehran’s military intervention in Syria is a unique event in the history of the Islamic Republic. Reviewing the scope and nature of this intervention and analyzing death notices for Iran’s military personnel and members of its “foreign legion” — Shiite militias from Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria — provide revealing insights into the strategic logic guiding its decisionmaking. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72034
MESOP : VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION & EUROPEAN DECADENCE / A VOICE FROM ISRAEL
European Nihilism Opens the Door and Islam Steps in
By Giulio Meotti – – http://www.israelnationalnews – 2016-03-12 02:45 GMT
Several years ago, Sociology professor at the University of Louvain, and member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, Felice Dassetto published a new book entitled “The Iris and the Crescent”, in which he showed that Islam is becoming the most practiced belief system in Belgium, eclipsing Christianity. – A new study of religious attitudes among Francophone Belgians, conducted by the Observatory of Religion and Secularism, confirms what Dassetto wrote. In Brussels, practising Catholics today amount to 12% of the population and some 19% are active Muslims. Forget the Madonna of Bruges by Michelangelo. Now Belgium makes the headlines for Mollenbeek, the Muslim suburb of Bruxelles where jihadists planned the November 13th attacks in Paris. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72038
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP FLASH : Islamic State using birth control to keep supply of Kurdish Yazidi sex slaves: NYT
New York Times 13 März 2016 – WASHINGTON,—The Islamic State is using several forms of contraception to maintain its supply of sex slaves, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing interviews with more than three dozen Kurdish Yazidi women who escaped from the militant group.The New York Times reported that Islamic State used “oral and injectable contraception, and sometimes both” to ensure that the women did not become pregnant and could be passed among the fighters. “In at least one case, a woman was forced to have an abortion in order to make her available for sex, and others were pressured to do so,” the paper said. www.mesop.de
MESOP Tel Aviv Notes: The Kurdistan Regional Government between the Islamic State & Shiʿi Militias
13 March 2016 – Seth J. Frantzman explains the challenges facing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) based on his two trips to Kurdistan, in June and December of 2015, which included multiple visits to the frontlines and interviews with high level officials and members of the peshmerga, as well as civilians. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72059
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP BREAKING : TURKISH TANKS ON THEIR WAY TO YUKSEKOVA / Ankara declares new 24-hour curfew for Kurdish town in Turkish Kurdistan
ANKARA,— Turkish authorities have declared a new 24-hour, indefinite curfew at a Kurdish town in Turkish Kurdistan where Turkey’s security forces are set to launch a large-scale operation to battle Kurdish militants. – The local governor’s office said the curfew would take effect in the Kurdish town of Yuksekova — near Turkey’s borders with Iraqi Kurdistan and Iranian Kurdistan — at 2000 GMT on Sunday. It said entering and leaving the town would also be banned. News reports say dozens of tanks have been deployed to Yuksekova. www.mesop.de
MESOP : STALINISTS OF ALL TURKEY & KURDISTAN UNITE ! – PKK BACK TO THE 1920’s
PKK Establishes Joint Revolutionary Movement – Several Marxist, Ex-Maoist and Communist organisations have joined PKK in the movement
Sardar Sattar – BasNews – 13 März 2016 – ERBIL — Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in collaboration with several other Marxist and Communist organisations, has established a Revolutionary Movement. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72057
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP SYRIA : SALIH MUSLIM (PYD/PKK) ! – “ROJAVA? KURDISTAN SYRIA ? – CALL IT AS YOU LIKE!”
by Scott Lucas 12 March – eaworldview – The opposition-rebel High Negotiations Committees said on Friday that it will attend renewed political talks on Syria’s crisis, beginning March 14 in Geneva.
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura told Russian outlet RIA Novosti yesterday that he foresaw an arrangement in which elections will be held in 18 months. He also said that a federal system, mentioned by Russia as a possible outcome, can be discussed. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72036
MESOP : SALIH MUSLIM (PYD/PKK) NOW SPEAKS DAILY IN PUTIN’S “SPITNIK NEWS” (GENEVA TALKS)
Syrian Kurds Not Yet Invited to the Geneva Talks – Kurds have no other frames but Geneva to talk, PYD Co-chair insists
Sardar Sattar- BasNews – ROJAVA — The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has declared that they are not yet invited to the upcoming UN-led talks in Geneva. As the next round of Geneva talks between the Syrian government and the opposition parties is scheduled to be held after March 14, and the major Syrian Kurdish party is not yet invited to the negotiating table. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=72055
MESOP Syria Daily: Fighting Between Jabhat al-Nusra & Rebels in Northwest
by Scott Lucas eaworldview – 13March 2016 – In the latest sign of tension between rebels and Jabhat al-Nusra, the jihadists have reportedly attacked Free Syrian Army units in Idlib Province in northwest Syria.Activists said Jabhat al-Nusra and its ally Jund al-Aqsa launched the raids on Saturday in several locations in southern Idlib, following an attack on cars with Free Syrian Army officials.There are unconfirmed reports of casualties on both sides. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72042
MESOP : DE MISTURA (UN) & THE KURDISH PERSPECTIVES IN SYRIA / UN envoy says Kurds must be able to give views on Syria’s future
afp report – 13 March 2016 – GENEVA,— UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said Saturday that Syria’s Kurds have a right to express their views on the country’s political future, even if they are not invited to next week’s peace talks in Geneva.“The Syrian Kurds are an important component of the country, so we need to find a formula in which they are able to express an opinion on the constitution and governance of the country,” the UN’s Syria envoy told Swiss newspaper Le Temps. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72044
MESOP : A DANGEROUS INVITATION BY THE ASSAD REGIME – Syrian FM praises Kurdish PYD/PKK ahead of Geneva talks
By Rudaw – 13 March 2016 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Syria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Walid Muaalim, on Saturday described ISIS as “the common threat” against what he called “all the Syrian people” and praised Kurds for their opposition to the Jihadi groups.“Kurds are citizens of Syria and we are in the same ditch together against the ISIS as we try to rebuild the country,” Muaalim told a group of reporters in Damascus two days before the third round of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on the future of Syria set for Monday, March 14. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72061
MESOP NEWS : PYD has not been invited to Syria talks: U.S.
13 March 2016 – The U.S. Department of State said that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) has not been invited to the next round of talks that aims to bring an end to Syria civil war. Russian foreign minister has asked the U.S. to pressure Turkey over the presence of Syrian Kurds in the talks, but the U.S. Department of State Spokesman, John Kirby told reporters last night that it is a political process and the U.N. Representative in Syria affairs, Stephen De Mistura should decide about it. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72063
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : DIALEKTIK DER MITTELSTANDS-HOBBIES
NORBERT BLÜM – „Norbert Blüm übernachtet bei Flüchtlingen“ – Headline: Frankfurter Rundschau 13 März 2016
…… aber die Flüchtlinge nicht bei ihm, im geräumigen Rüsselsheimer Haus. www.mesop.de
MESOP : KURDISTAN IRAK – SEIT DER BEFREIUNG MIT ENERGIE ALLES FALSCH GEMACHT
Über Erbil kreisen Pleitegeier – Von Björn Blaschke, ARD-Studio Kairo, zzt. in Erbil
Stand: 12.03.2016 1- Die autonomen Kurdengebiete im Norden des Iraks entwickelten sich nach dem Sturz Saddam Husseins prächtig. Doch inzwischen ist die Stabilität ins Wanken geraten. Daran schuld sind der Krieg gegen die Terrorgruppe IS und der niedrige Ölpreis. Volltext www.mesop.de
MESOP : PUTIN TRENDS TODAY – HEUTE WURDE DAS UN BÜRO IN MOSKAU GESCHLOSSEN – UN VERTRETER DARF NICHT ÜBER ASSAD REDEN – WANN SCHLIESSEN ENDLICH DIE UN ?
Syrien: UN-Vermittler darf nicht über Präsidenten reden
Wirtschafts Woche – 13 März 2016 – Kann der Bürgerkrieg in Syrien beendet werden? Vor den wichtigen Verhandlungen in Genf demonstriert nicht nur das Regime in Damaskus Stärke.
Spannungen vor Syrien-Gesprächen: Damaskus verbittet sich UN-Pläne zu Neuwahl – n-tv.de NACHRICHTEN
Syrien-Verhandlungen: Regierung will nicht über Präsidium verhandeln – Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Syrien: Damaskus: Über Präsident dürfen nur Syrer entscheiden – Stuttgarter Nachrichten
MESOP : ELSE IN WONDERLAND / JUERGEN ELSAESSERS „COMPACT“ BESUCHT KIM JONG IL
Über Nordkorea berichten die Medien in Deutschland viel Beunruhigendes. So gefällt es hierzulande nicht jedem, daß das Land von einem Diktator geführt wird, der ständig mit Atomschlägen droht. Ebenfalls stößt auf Kritik, daß Menschen in-Nordkorea gefoltert werden, viele in bitterster Armut leben und Pressefreiheit, Reisefreiheit, ja überhaupt alle Arten von Freiheit keine Rolle spielen. Doch gibt es nicht auch Positives zu berichten? Eine Antwort weiß das „Compact”-Magazin von Jürgen Elsässer. Es nimmt sich mit Vorliebe der Themen an, die von den sogenannten Mainstream-Medien verschwiegen werden, zum Beispiel eben der Dinge, die Mainstream-Medien nicht schreiben und die hier darum nicht erwähnt werden. Eine Ausnahme machen wir jetzt, um auf einen Reisebericht in der aktuellen „Compact”-Ausgabe hinzuweisen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=72048
MESOP : Indefinite German promotions / German Police Told Not to Take Refugees to Turkey
Deutsche Welle – 2016-03-12 19:01 GMT – The two German vessels working under EU border agency Frontex were instead told to hand any migrants intercepted in the Aegean Sea over to Greek authorities on the mainland, news magazine “Der Spiegel” reported Saturday. – The notice, seen by Spiegel, was sent to the police boats “Uckermark” and “Baerde.” The ships were deployed to the island of Samos in March to assist the Greek Coast Guard manage huge numbers of people seeking to reach Europe via a sea route from Turkey. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=72040
Ideen – Mario Draghi liebäugelt mit dem nächsten Tabu-Bruch / HELIKOPTER GELD
Ob Milliarden-Geldflut oder Negativ-Zinsen – Mario Draghi wagt riskanteste Experimente. Nun liebäugelt der Herr des Geldes mit Helikopter-Geld. Das hieße: Jeder Europäer bekommt Geld geschenkt. Von Karsten Seibel , Lukas Zdrzalek, Holger Zschäpitz – DIE WELT 12 März 2016
……. aber nicht in bar ! Und auch nicht via Helikopter: sondern als das, was man früher einen „Bezugsschein“ nannte: zum Verbruchen, nun neuerdings elektronisch zu geteilt. Ein weiterer großer Schritt zur Inaugurierung aller Ökonomie und Konsumtion zur puren Finanzpolitik wäre getan. Das GELD spielt, sans phrase, dabei überhaupt keine Rolle mehr. Draghi arbeitet in Richtung Planungs- und Verwaltungswirtschaft – als entschiedener Antagonist des Liberalismus wird die Linke ihm noch einmal zu Dank verpflichtet sein. (MESOP)