MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Italian court upholds 12-year sentence for Kurdish Islamist cleric

KURDISTAN24 – 11 Jul 2020 – The controversial Kurdish cleric Mullah Krekar was based in Norway for years until early 2020.  

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – An Italian appeals court on Friday upheld all the convictions in the trial of suspected members of a so-called Jihadi cell, including its leader, Mullah Krekar, the Italian news agency Associated Press National Agency (ANSA) reported on Friday.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SCANDAL : Russia, China vetoes threaten to end all UN aid to northern Syria

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On Friday, Russia and China, for the second time this week, vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have continued a UN humanitarian aid program in northern Syria.With the vetoes of the two permanent members of the Security Council, the program has ended, at least temporarily, as of Saturday, and will not be renewed, unless the Council can reach a compromise understanding.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS ALLTÄGLICHE MANIPULATION : Tagesschau.de mit selektiver Wahrnehmung

Wie tagesschau.de mit zweierlei Maß misst, wenn es um Corona in den USA geht, und einzig und allein Präsident Trump für die Verbreitung der Krankheit verantwortlich macht, war vor zwei Monaten an dieser Stelle Thema.

von Stefan Frank

Nun berichtet die halbamtliche Website, dass in der Stadt Tulsa in Oklahoma die „Infektionszahlen“ stiegen, weil Donald Trump dort eine Kundgebung abgehalten habe. Unter der Schlagzeile „Nach Trump-Auftritt: Infektionszahlen in Tulsa steigen“ heißt es:

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS FOCUS : Erdogan: Turkey on path to ‘unstoppable power’ in region

Turkish president throws his lot in again with Russia and Iran in Syria, expands plans for influence in North Africa and moves to convert the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque.

People pose in front of a placard depicting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, also known as Mehmet the Conqueror, outside Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia on July 10, 2020, in Istanbul. Turkey’s top administrative court has annulled a 1934 decree that turned the historic Hagia Sophia into a museum, opening the way for the structure to be converted back into a mosque.

Jul 10, 2020 AL MONITOR – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has never been one for introspection or restraint in his declarations, but his recent statements display an outsized confidence, even by his standards.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS THE LAST DAYS OF EUROPE – ERECTING MOSQUES IN EUROPE –  DESTROYING CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN TURKEY

ERDOGAN TO MAKE HAGIA SOPHIA A MOSQUE AGAIN, BUT WILL IT HELP HIM?
by Soner Cagaptay  –  Policy Alert July 10, 2020

Turkey’s president seems focused on cementing his legacy and boosting his popularity with voters, but the move is more likely to damage the country’s international brand.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : ERDOGAN’S OWN BLM-DIRECTION – ANTI WHITE – ANTI CHRISTIAN – ANTI EUROP-MESOPOTAMIAN CULTURE

Turkey expels Protestant missionaries for ‘threatening public order’ –  The Turkish Protestant community is witnessing a purge as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government turns up pressure against the church. 11 JULY AL MONITOR

Erdogan’s order making Hagia Sophia mosque brings cheers, mourning

While many pious Turks and some Muslims throughout the world celebrated the decision to revert the world heritage site to its pre-Ataturk status, others warned of the move’s potential to create further domestic polarization.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS INTEL : • In-fighting erupts between Syrian intelligence and army in Damascus

JULY 11, 2020 BY IAN ALLEN intel org

Violent clashes broke out between Syrian regime intelligence forces and local militias affiliated with the army’s 4th Division and national defense in Damascus’ countryside, local media sources reported. Sporadic fighting reportedlhy broke out for the third consecutive day in the Daf Al-Shouk region between militiamen affiliated with the 4th Division and the national defense on the one hand, and security formations from the Palestine Branch of the Syrian military intelligence on the other. This came after the 4th Division and the national defense refused to hand over their weapons and end the military tasks assigned to them in the region.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SITTENGEMÄLDE : Von der Mohrenstraße ins Taka-Tuka-Land? Der Irrweg der politischen Korrektheit

10.07.2020 • von Andreas Richter

Die BVG will einen Bahnhof umbenennen, der Name Mohrenstraße sei rassistisch. Auch am neuen Namen gibt es Kritik, dessen Träger sei Antisemit gewesen. Tatsächlich ist die ganze Debatte einigermaßen albern – und lenkt vom harten Kern der gegenwärtigen Politik ab.

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS DIAGNOSIS : Turkey’s Demographics Defy Erdoğan’s Designs

By Burak BekdilJuly 10, 2020       BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,636, July 10, 2020 – ISRAEL

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Only 12% of Turks say they trust Islamic clerics, and more and more young Turks are unhappy at religious school. As high a proportion as 60.5% of pro-Erdoğan youths say they would rather live in Switzerland with half the salary they could have earned in Saudi Arabia. The fertility rate has fallen to 1.99—below the 2.1 rate required to sustain existing population figures. Despite Erdoğan’s unchallenged popularity, power, and authoritarian rule, Turkey is evolving demographically in a way that defies the dictates of Islamist social engineering. 

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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : IRANIAN SUFI’S & COVID 19 IN KURDISTAN – IRAQ

Hundreds of Iranian Sufis cross into Iraqi Kurdistan without coronavirus testing

MESOP  9 July 2020 – Hundreds of Sufi dervishes from Iran breached security at an Iraqi Kurdistan Region border crossing without being tested for coronavirus, determined to attend the funeral of an order leader in Sulaimani city, July 9, 2020.

PENJWIN, Iraqi Kurdistan,—

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