France charges two former intelligence officers with spying for China
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : FROM RED CHINA WITH LOVE !
JULY 6, 2020 BY JOSEPH FITSANAKIS
The trial of two French former intelligence officers begins today in Paris, with the two men accused by French authorities of having spied for China in the 1990s and 2000s. French officials have remained largely silent on the two cases, but media reports have suggested that the two former intelligence officers were found to have carried out espionage tasks for the Chinese government.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : WEAKEST ERDOGAN MONEY – Turkey’s ‘peg-legged’ foreign currency reserves
Turkey’s central bank appears increasingly fragile, with more than 60% of its reserves secured through swap deals.
Mustafa Sonmez – AL MONITOR – Jul 6, 2020
The US dollar stockpiles of countries have taken on a new importance amid the global economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The turmoil has forced countries to review how they manage the gaps between their assets and liabilities and enact fresh measures. As a result, the adequacy of foreign currency reserves in meeting short-term liabilities has become a closely watched indicator.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS FOCUS : Iran confirms damaged nuclear site was centrifuge facility
10 hours ago Associated Press 6 July 2020
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday confirmed that a damaged building at the underground Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center, the official IRNA news agency reported.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : OPINION
Israelis & Palestinians must realize that each needs to give, not just take
BY DAVID MAKOVSKY AND DENNIS ROSS, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 07/01/20 06:30 PM EDT
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
The White House reportedly held a key meeting this week to decide on how to deal with Israeli annexation of territories allotted to it in the Trump Peace Plan.
We have been critics of the plan, believing that by calling for the absorption of all 130 settlements — including the 78 outside the blocs — it makes separation of Israelis and Palestinians and a viable two state outcome nearly impossible.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS INTEL : The Mysterious Explosions at Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Raphael OfekJuly 6, 2020e Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,628, July 6, 2020 – THE BEGIN – SADAT ENTER FOR STRATEGG STUDIES – ISRAEL
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Three incidents, including two explosions at nuclear facilities, have shaken Iran in recent days. Were they connected? Were they caused by accidents or were they carried out by a foreign power? If the latter, were they executed via cyberattack? And what will be their domestic and international implications?
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS Spotlight : BLM ! FACTS vs. FEELINGS !- Has BLM picked the wrong target?
It’s hard economics, not symbols, that will make the difference for black people
BY REMI ADEKOYA unherd magazine
Dr Remi Adekoya is a Polish-Nigerian writer and political scientist. His book Biracial Britain: A Different Way of Looking at Race, will be published in 2021 by Little, Brown. – June 29, 2020
Ihave spent the past month speaking to all the black people I know, and scouring the social-media feeds of many I don’t, trying to understand the explosion of emotions following the killing of George Floyd. I’ve tried to gauge what is driving these emotions in nearby London and faraway Lagos where I grew up.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS Opinion – When My Daughter Called Israel an Apartheid State, I Objected. Now, I’m Not So Sure
In the shadow of annexation, the embodiment of power prevailing over justice and international law, I am running out of counter-arguments. This is how Israel is losing America
Allen S. Weiner – Katie A. Weiner – Published at 16:25 5 July 2020 HAARETZ
Look at its cities and towns, whose streets are flooding with protesters calling for transformative justice and an end to state-sanctioned violence against innocent civilians.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : KURDISH UNITY UNDER DONALD TRUMP’S UMBRELLA
Peköz: Die Allianz mit dem ENKS setzt Ankara unter Druck
Der Mittelostexperte Mustafa Peköz sagt, dass eine Allianz des Kurdischen Nationalrats ENKS mit der Selbstverwaltung von Nord- und Ostsyrien das Potential hat, die Türkei auf einen neuen Weg zu zwingen. – ANF REDAKTION – Sonntag, 5 Jul 2020, 10:34
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS INTEL BY ISRAELI DEBKA FILES – IRAN
Natanz “incident” was a blast at Iran’s largest enrichment site
4 July 2020 – US satellites photos indicated to analysts that the “incident” at the Natanz enrichment facility on July 1 was an act of sabotage caused by a bomb. The blast was seen to damage a newly opened centrifuge production site at the northwest corner of the Natanz complex, 250km south of Tehran.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS – THE WELLKNOWN RESULTATIONS : BAD GERMAN / BAD KURDISH! – IDENTITÄRE !
German Kurds push for Kurdish-language learning, despite limited class offerings
22 hours ago Rudaw – A Kurdish language class in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Photo: Rudaw TV
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Kurdish families in Germany continue to pursue their children’s Kurdish language education, despite the limited number of schools providing Kurdish classes across the country.
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