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MESOP : A GREAT HEART ! ONLY 12 JUST FOR SHOW INTO HIS GIANT VATICAN PALACE
Pope Francis Takes 12 Refugees Back to Vatican After Trip to Greece
By JIM YARDLEY – NEW YORK TIMES – The pontiff visited Lesbos, the heart of Europe’s migrant crisis, asking for deeper sympathy at a moment when attitudes are hardening. – www.mesop.de
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
MESOP LATEST : Charles Lister @Charles_Lister Apr 15
UN Envoy presented a proposal (suggested externally) to opposition HNC today: – #Assad stays +3 Vice Presidents w. full powers HNC said no
MESOP : FROM TURKEY WITH LOVE
From #Turkey with love. Cumhuriyet on Merkel’s decision in the @janboehm causa: #JeNeSuisPasMerkel, #JeSuisErdoğan.
cumhuriyet.com.tr @cumhuriyetgzt – Je suis Erdoğan (Ben de Erdoğan’ım) http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/dunya/516950/Je_suis_Erdogan__Ben_de_Erdogan_im_.html …
MESOP : CRASH AS CRASH CAN BE !
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen @Dlawer 2h2 hours ago
Crowds block entry to Green Zone &some Ministries, demanding Ministers’ resignations. 48h left before mob rule. Iraq leaders remain clueless
MESOP : ROBERT FORD !
Robert Ford @fordrs58 3h3 hours ago – amid backroom negotiations #Iraq parliament delays next session to Monday; unclear who to be future speaker. http://www.almadapaper.net/ar/news/508557
MESOP : UNITED IN BAGHDAD – DIVORCED IN ERBIL ?
Kurds remain united in Baghdad, despite of divisions at home in the Kurdistan region.
Safeen Dizayee @SafeenDizayee
I applaud #Kurdish representatives in #Baghdad for their unity. #KRG will remain part of the solution as #Iraq faces political crisis.
MESOP : TRUE OR FAKE ?
Kurdish officials suggest Turkey bombarded Kurdish civilians in villages in Efrin near Turkish border, without causing casualties.
Syrian regime avoids talks on political transition – ARA News http://aranews.net/2016/04/syrian-regime-avoids-talks-political-transition/ … via @twitterapi
Iraq already accepted Kurdish independence, scholar says http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/160420161 … via @RudawEnglish
MESOP ARCHIVES
Indian newspapers had #Assad pegged as a terrorist (Al Qaeda) supporter during his visit to Delhi in 2008 WATCH DOCUMENT http://www.mesop.de/?p=73213
MESOP : PUTIN & SADDAM AS BEDFELLOWS
Saddam believed to the end that #Russia would stop the invasion; Moscow did give him intelligence on the U.S. plans. http://goo.gl/nchL4O
Interestingly, #Russia got the information on U.S. battle plans for Iraq from a source (probably meaning a spy) at CENTCOM. #pt
Why Yezidis do not return home after liberation of Sinjar from ISIS – ARA News http://aranews.net/2016/04/yezidis-not-return-home-liberation-sinjar-isis/ … via @twitterapi
MESOP : EAST KURDISTAN – IRAN
Iran’s forgotten #Kurds step up their struggle http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-their-struggle … via @TheNationalUAE
MESOP : THE MONEY PARTY IS OVER
US Congress cool on #Kurdistan bail-out http://almon.co/2n18 via @AlMonitor #twitterkurds
MESOP : THE MAN WHO DID IT !
Abdulrahman Hamdi @havall73 53m53 minutes ago
“Today, I think it’s becoming harder and harder to have a unified Iraq,”: General Raymond T. Odierno. #Kurdistan
Top general: 50,000-troop coalition needed in order to crush ISIS / FOX News
MESOP : DEVILS AGAINST DEVILS ?
Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrai 1h1 hour ago – This is a very sensible approach to homegrown radicals and de-radicalisation https://twitter.com/JcBrisard/status/721628253329481729 … #ISIS #AQ
Jean-Charles Brisard @JcBrisard – Returning jihadis could help combat #ISIS, says EU counter-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/16/returning-jihadis-help-combat-isis-syria-eu-terrorism?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H&utm_term=167556&subid=18551166&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 …
MESOP : ALONGSIDE THE PKK BUREAUS IN EUROPE NOW PYD/YPG OFFICES ALSO
Video: A Representative Bureau for Rojava was today opened in Stockholm, Sweden: http://ow.ly/4mMqXF
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MESOP FOCUS : US refuses to pledge financial support to the Iraqi Kurds / No more money for corrupt Royal Families of Kurdistan
ARA News – 17 April 2016 – ERBIL – The United States government will continue to support the Peshmerga forces and shares the economic concerns of the Iraqi and Kurdish government, John Kirby, US state department spokesperson said Thursday, without promising any clear financial support for the Peshmerga and Kurdish government.On Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan Qubad Talabani in Washington called on the United States and the international community to bail Kurdistan out, suggesting the biggest threat to the Kurdistan region is not the Islamic state, but the economic crisis. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73220
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
Turkey: Confrontations Continue Across Şırnak and Diyarbakir
MESOP : FULL SCALE WAR RETURNS TO NUSEYBIN & SIRNAK – One Turkish soldier and eight PKK guerrillas were reportedly killed in the most recent clashes
Basnews – 17 April 2016 – Military conflicts between Turkish army and PKK Military conflicts between Turkish army and PKK- ŞIRNAK — As the military confrontations continue in the Kurdish provinces of south eastern Turkey, Turkish authorities confirmed the death of a policeman and eight Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas across the area. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=73222
MESOP STRATFOR INTELLIGENE – THE PKK & THEIR TERRORIST PROXIES / Turkey’s Militants Get More Organized
Turkey’s biggest Kurdish militant group is looking to expand, and it might turn to Russia for help. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, better known by its Kurdish acronym, PKK, has established an umbrella organization for the country’s leftist militancies in an effort to broaden its own capabilities and extend its support base beyond the pro-Kurd community. The new group, known as the Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH), is led by the chief of the PKK’s most radical leftist faction. Its stated intention is to promote its political agenda, which opposes the Turkish state and the ruling Justice and Development Party in particular, through the use of propaganda and terrorist attacks, including against foreign nationals. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73202
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP EXCLUSIV REPORT FROM GENEVA / THE ROLE & FUNCTION OF PYD(PKK)
Kodmani: Geneva and the Failing Cease-Fire in Syria / THE FULL TEXT DOCUMENT
- 4. 2016 – SYRIA DIRECT – As the cease-fire falters and government and opposition representatives prepare to meet in Geneva, Syria Deeply spoke with Bassma Kodmani, a key member of the opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, to learn more about increasing violence on the ground and its effect on the dynamics in Geneva Read full document http://www.mesop.de/?p=73207
MESOP Syria Daily: Are the Political Talks Doomed to Failure?
April 17 – 2016 – by Scott – eaworldview – Doubts over Syria’s political talks grew on Saturday, following the Assad Government’s continued rejection of any discussion of President Assad’s future.The Assad regime’s delegation returned to discussions with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in Geneva on Friday. However, after a two-hour meeting, the head of the delegation, Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari, again dismissed any negotiation of a transitional governing authority. Instead, he put the onus on de Mistura to work with the regime’s amendments to the envoy’s text: “We will once again discuss our proposal the next time we will meet on Monday.” In a further sign of the stalemate, De Mistura cancelled his scheduled press briefing. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73211
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP Iran Daily: Tehran Tries to Separate Europe from US – JOINTLY WITH PUTIN & MOGHERINI
April 17 – 2016 – Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Iran celebrated diplomatic success on Saturday, getting political and economic support from the European Union. A visit by the EU’s foreign policy head, Federica Mogherini to Tehran produced a joint statement emphasizing fulfilment of the July 2015 nuclear deal, economic cooperation, and promotion of “regional peace, security, and stability”. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=73209
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : CLOSED SHOP NAMED OPEN SOCIETY – Gespräch mit dem Soziologen Ruud Koopmans – Assimilation funktioniert
In den USA werden seine Studien rezipiert, in Europa ignoriert. Ruud Koopmans’ These: Nicht die Diskriminierung der Migranten ist die Herausforderung, sondern ihre Selbstdiskriminierung.
von Martin Beglinger – NZZ – 15.4.2016. – . Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=73205
MESOP : Was man nicht sagen darf: Böhmermann ist eine feige Drecksau / Bernd Lucke
In Schulklassen gibt es oft einen Außenseiter, der bevorzugt gehänselt und herumgestoßen wird. Wer feige ist, hackt gerade auf diesem Außenseiter herum, denn da kann er sich der johlenden Unterstützung seiner Klassenkameraden am sichersten sein.
Ein solcher Feigling ist Jan Böhmermann. Er weiß, dass Erdogan der Buhmann der Nation ist. Ihn abzuwatschen, ist leichtes Spiel. Da klatscht das Publikum, weil es den ungeliebten Erdogan erwischt. Da lacht es über die primitiven Vulgaritäten. Nicht weil sie lustig sind, sondern aus Verlegenheit. Volltext : http://www.mesop.de/?p=73224