MESOP NEWS BIGOTTE REPUBLIK: KLAUS THEWELEIT STÜRTZT JULIAN REICHELT!

 

Lorenz Beckhardt (WDR Köln)

Hinter dieser „Moral“ pro Reichelt stecken die gleichen „Männerphantasien“, die Klaus Theweleit schon 1977 sehr lesenswert beschrieben hat. Damals bezog er sich noch auf die Männerbünde, die sich nach 1945 vor der demokratischen Umerziehung schützten und stützten. #Poschardt #Reichelt twitter.com/ulfposh/status…

Alan Posener

Klar. Zu #Reichelt als Freund stehen ist das Gleiche wie zu Hitler stehen. Und der Mann empört sich über DDR-Vergleiche … twitter.com/LorenzBeckhard…

 

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Ach Lorenz, zu welchen Männerphantasien hast Du nicht schon begeistert applaudiert, damals in Deiner Guerilla-orienterten 3. Welt Zeit. Nicht bigott werden, Lorenz ! Biggotterie ist ein Kategorie der Verlogenheit.

 

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MESOP WATCH EU: MIGRANTEN JA ! ALLE! – NUR NICHT VIA LUKASCHENKO!

Ulli Kulke

19.10.2021

Ich frage mich: Sind Pushbacks nach unserem Rechtsverständnis an Flughäfen überhaupt erlaubt? Ansonsten könnte Lukaschenko doch die von ihm gecharterten Flugzeuge gleich nach Frankfurt schicken und die Airlines bräuchten keine Angst haben, die Passagiere wieder zurücktransportieren zu müssen.

 

Gunter Weißgerber

Lukaschenko holt Zuwanderer mit Flugzeugen. Er ist böse. NGOs und Kirchen holen Zuwanderer mit Schiffen. Das ist nicht böse. Witzig.

 

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: ERDOGAN’S GUN BOATS

19-102021 – Mitsotakis referred to Turkey’s harassment against the Nautical Geo research ship and the illegal drilling by Turkey in the Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone as incidents that “leave no room for misinterpretation of Ankara’s intentions”. #EastMed

 

Greek City Times

57m

Mitsotakis’ with Sisi and Anastasiadis: Turkey’s gunboat diplomacy doesn’t belong in the 21st century greekcitytimes.com/2021/10/19/mit

#greece #greek #greekcitytimes

 

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH :TURKISH PASSAGE TO GREAT POWER STATUS

 

 

Aron Lund 19-10-2021

I look at how Erdogan’s canal project could affect the Montreux Convention and the Russia/NATO naval power balance. Read it here: foi.se/rapportsammanf

I predict that the forthcoming dispute over whether western Istanbul will remain European, or if it turns Asian once the canal is done, will be Erdogan’s juiciest culture war yet.

 

Maximilian Hess

@zakavkaza

) places the Istanbul Canal and Montreux Convention quarrels in the context of Turkey’s new, loud, and ambitious foreign policy.

 

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MESOP MDEAST WATCH SPECIAL: SANCTIONS ON TALIBAN COMPOUND AFGHANISTAN’S HUMANITARIAN DIFFICULTIES

 
THE SOUFAN CENTER  19-10-2021
  • The Biden administration is trying to work around longstanding terrorism-related sanctions to facilitate the delivery of aid to the struggling Afghan population.
  • Despite the issuance of sanctions exceptions, Taliban rule in Afghanistan will cause many global banks to refuse to finance commercial transactions with the Afghan private sector.
  • Whether U.S. sanctions on the Taliban are lifted outright will depend on the Taliban’s denial of safe haven and sanctuary to global jihadist groups, as well as its human rights practices.
  • The potential for U.S. and international terrorism-related sanctions to complicate humanitarian aid and normal economic interactions is not unique to Afghanistan.
U.S. sanctions against the Taliban movement in Afghanistan have been in place, although with periodic modifications, since the 1996-2001 period of Taliban rule. U.S. sanctions imposed during that period were intended to pressure the movement to expel al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and to end abuses against Afghan women and minorities. In July 2002, following the U.S.-led war that decimated al-Qaeda and ousted the Taliban from power, then President George W. Bush eased U.S. sanctions to empower and assist the post-Taliban, U.S.-backed government. However, in order to maintain economic and diplomatic pressure on the Taliban in its altered role as an outcast insurgent group, President Bush designated the Taliban as a terrorist group under Executive Order 13224 (of September 2001). Successive administrations kept maintained that designation to continue countering the Taliban insurgency. In 2012, in recognition of its involvement in bombings that killed Afghan civilians and kidnapping of Westerners, President Obama named the Haqqani Network, a group centered on the Haqqani family and functioning as part of the Taliban, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The designation was made pursuant to legislation requiring the Administration to formally report to Congress whether that network qualified for such a designation. The United Nations also has in place a list of sanctions on Taliban leaders, though this was separate from the counterterrorism sanctions regime under Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 in 2011 to incentivize negotiations with the Taliban; the sanctions list and measures themselves remain in place under a new regime guided by UNSCR 1988.

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, and its appointment of Haqqani Network leaders to key government positions, has highlighted the sanctions issue as the international community attempts to mitigate the effects of the political transition on the vulnerable Afghan population. The Afghan economy, including the private sector, benefitted from extensive development spending by the U.S. and its allies during 2001-2021, support that has ceased following the Taliban’s August takeover. The U.S. response also included freezing nearly $9.5 billion in Afghanistan’s central bank assets, which amounts to roughly one-third of the country’s annual economic output, rendering the Afghan population completely dependent on international assistance.

U.S. and UN terrorist designations do not carry a humanitarian exception—an exception that is routinely embedded within most other U.S. sanctions laws and executive orders. Recognizing that humanitarian aid is crucial in light of the Afghan economy’s collapse, on September 24, the Biden administration issued two “general licenses” (GL 14 and GL 15) to blunt the effect of the sanctions without fundamentally changing the U.S. sanctions posture. The licenses act as blanket permission for international organizations to provide humanitarian aid to the Afghan people and companies to export certain goods to the country. According to the Treasury Department announcement, the “two general licenses (GLs) [were issued today] to support the continued flow of humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan and other activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan…Treasury will continue to work with financial institutions, international organizations, and the nongovernmental organization (NGO) community to ease the flow of critical resources, like agricultural goods, medicine, and other essential supplies, to people in need, while upholding and enforcing our sanctions against the Taliban, the Haqqani Network, and other sanctioned entities.”

Still, a 2019 executive order added a penalty to Executive Order 13224—barring the U.S. financial system to foreign bank that conducts financial transactions with a designated terrorism entity. Global banks are traditionally cautious, and the Taliban’s designation means that global banks will likely refuse to provide letters of credit (financing) for any commercial trade with Afghanistan—including trade with Afghan companies without any links whatsoever to the Taliban. Under binding Security Council resolutions 1267 and 1373, and subsequent iterations, states are also obliged to enact a number of measures to counter the financing and support for terrorism; none of these contain a humanitarian exception or a licensing mechanism allowing for the protection of legitimate humanitarian activity in conflict zones where terrorist groups operate. Forthcoming negotiations on renewing the mandates for the two expert bodies charged with supporting implementation of these resolutions, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) and the Al-Qaeda/ISIL Monitoring Team and sanctions regime, are unlikely to alter this scenario despite several states’ interest in doing so.

A return of Afghanistan to normal global commerce, and particularly trade with U.S. companies, will therefore require a revocation of the terrorism designations that currently apply to the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. But, any Biden administration decision to “de-list” those movements will hinge on whether the Taliban upholds its pledge to the U.S. to deny Afghanistan safe haven to global jihadist groups, and need to be complemented by international action. In addition, many argue that no sanctions should be eased unless the new government also adheres to international standards of human rights, including for women. The Taliban’s reported continued relationship with al-Qaeda, and its early moves to limit girls’ access to higher education and work in government, do not portend an early easing of U.S. sanctions.

The effect of sanctions on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan raises broader questions about how sanctions regimes intersect with the humanitarian needs of populations ruled by movements and factions that are accused of involvement in terrorism. As has been the case in Afghanistan, exceptions have had to be issued to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza, which is run by the U.S.-designated FTO Hamas, and to areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi movement, which was designated as an FTO in the final week of the Trump administration (and de-listed by the Biden administration in February 2021). The UN has developed an exceptions mechanism in North Korea and Somalia, the latter of which is a unique case where the U.S. has pushed to keep Al-Shabab off the “1267” terrorism sanctions list in order to allow for the delivery of international humanitarian assistance. Sanctions have worsened the economic crisis in Lebanon because of the preponderant influence there of U.S.-designated FTO Lebanese Hezbollah. The difficulties that U.S. sanctions create for vulnerable populations governed by designated terrorist groups might argue for developing new strategies for designing and implementing precisely targeted U.S. sanctions policies. Humanitarian actors and civil society groups have long voiced concerns about the risks and punitive measures they face in areas where terrorist groups operate—from Somalia to Afghanistan—which also include preemptive measures taken by banks, such as derisking, and burdensome donor clauses that risk compromising and overstretching many NGOs. Over twenty years after these measures were put in place, it’s time to consider how to ensure robust counterterrorism responses while also allowing for legitimate humanitarian assistance and civil society engagement.

 

MESOP WATCH INTEL BY MEIR CENTER / ISRAEL: Iraqi security forces arrest senior ISIS official who had been in charge of ISIS’s finances

Published: Overview
  • The Iraqi authorities announced that as part of a complex special operation carried out by the security forces, the Iraqi National Security Apparatus had arrested Sami Jassem, a senior ISIS official who had been in charge of ISIS’s finances. He was one of the most prominent wanted operatives in the international arena, who had been part of ISIS’s leadership and his name appeared at the top of the wanted list of the US Department of the Treasury. Jassem was closely associated with ISIS leader Abdulla Qardash, AKA Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, and had been the deputy of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
  • This is a major achievement of the Iraqi security forces. His interrogation by the Iraqis will most probably yield important information on ISIS’s activity in general and in Iraq in particular. It will most probably also yield information on Abdullah Qardash, the current leader of ISIS, with whom Jassem was closely associated. For ISIS, this is a major blow in terms of morale. The arrest may also have significant consequences on the continuation of ISIS’s activity operatively and logistically, at least in Syria and Iraq.
Senior ISIS operative arrested in Iraq
  • On October 11, 2021, the day after the elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced that the Iraqi security forces had arrested Sami Jassem, ISIS’s official in charge of finances, and that he had been brought to Baghdad to stand trial. The Prime Minister noted that the operation was carried out “outside Iraqi borders” and involved the collection of intelligence in a foreign country. However, he has not disclosed any further details (Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s Twitter account, October 11, 2021).
Jassem after his arrest (Khaliyat al-I'lam al-Amni Facebook page, October 11, 2021)
Jassem after his arrest (Khaliyat al-I’lam al-Amni Facebook page, October 11, 2021)
  • At the same time, the Iraqi Defense Ministry released an official statement according to which the detainee Sami Jassem Mohammad Ja’ata al-Ajouz al-Jabouri, AKA Abu Asia and Abu Abd al-Qader al-Zubaidi and Haji Hamed, had been the “general overseer managing the organization’s [i.e., ISIS’s] portfolios of finance and economics,” i.e., the chief of finances. The arrest was carried out by the Iraqi National Security Apparatus as part of a “special operation across the border.” However, the name of the country in question has not been disclosed.[1] The statement further indicated that he was one of the most senior wanted figures in the international arena, who was closely associated with the Delegated Committee of ISIS’s leadership, the supreme body most closely related to ISIS leader Abdullah Qardash, AKA Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi (Khaliyat al-I’lam al-Amni Facebook page, October 11, 2021).
  • “Security sources” inside Iraq and another regional “security source” outside Iraq reported that the Turkish intelligence had played a key role and helped the Iraqi security forces in the operation to apprehend Sami Jassem, who was hiding in northwestern Syria. Official sources in Turkey and Iraq refused to comment on the Turkish intelligence contribution to the operation. One of the two Iraqi security sources said that Iraqi intelligence agents had followed Sami Jassem in recent months, based on intelligence which they obtained from an ISIS detainee. The regional security source further added that the detainee had been transferred through the Turkish border and that he “had been caught with the assistance of local forces,” which may indicate assistance provided to the operation also by rebel forces in the area (Reuters, October 12, 2021). Fadel Abu Ragheef, an Iraqi security analyst, noted that Jassem had fallen into a trap after he was tricked into crossing the border into Turkey, where he had been arrested (www.al-monitor.com, October 12, 2021).
  •  Sami Jassem was at the top of the US Department of the Treasury’s wanted list, alongside ISIS leader Abdullah Qardash and Taysir al-Jabouri, who as of 2017 was ISIS’s deputy official in charge of manufacture in Syria; as part of his position, he was in charge of research and development of biological and chemical weapons for ISIS. The Americans promised the sum of up to $5 million to anyone providing information about him (US Department of the Treasury website, October 10, 2021).
Sami Jassem (center) as he appeared on the US Department of the Treasury’s wanted list (US Department of the Treasury website, October 10, 2021)
Sami Jassem (center) as he appeared on the US Department of the Treasury’s wanted list (US Department of the Treasury website, October 10, 2021)
  • US Pentagon’s Spokesperson Jessica McNulty congratulated the Iraqi government on the arrest and added that she was unaware of any American involvement in the operation that led to the arrest. She noted that ISIS continues to constitute a significant threat to the residents of Iraq and that the US and the Global Coalition countries would continue to be present in Iraq, at the invitation of the Iraqi government, and continue to support the Iraqi efforts to prevent instability caused by “ISIS remnants” (Al-Arabiya, October 12, 2021).
Appendix
Details about Sami Jassem
Jassem immediately after his arrest (Iraqi News Agency, October 11, 2021)
Jassem immediately after his arrest (Iraqi News Agency, October 11, 2021)
  • Not much is known about his childhood. According to Fadel Abu Ragheef, Sami Jassem Mohammad Ja’ata al-Ajouz al-Jabouri was born in 1973 in Shirqat, about 90 km south of Mosul. An Iraqi intelligence source noted that he was born in 1974, he is married and father of three. According to his name, he originates from Jabour tribe, one of the largest tribes in Iraq.[2] His codename Abu Asia could allude to his ties with ISIS’s provinces in Asia, with East Asia, among other places. His codename Abu Abd al-Qader al-Zubaidi was probably intended to emphasize his origin from the Zubaid tribes, among the ancient tribes that arrived in Iraq from the Arabian Peninsula. The Jabour tribe is affiliated with the Zubaid tribes, which are actually a group of tribes.[3]
  • Jassem operated from 2004 (or 2003, according to another version) as part of the Al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, the organization of Abu Mus’ab Al-Zarqawi, ISIS’s spiritual father. He was arrested by the American forces and in 2005-2010 held in the Bucca Prison detention facility in southern Iraq.[4] Upon his release, he resumed his jihadi activity as part of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which was later to become ISIS. In 2014, he was appointed ISIS’s official in charge of security in Dijla (Tigris) Province and ISIS’s deputy chief of Dijla Province. He then moved to Syria and served as the official in charge of ISIS’s Nature Resources Bureau (Amir Diwan al-Rikaz), mainly overseeing ISIS’s oil and gas resources. Subsequently, he was appointed as Al-Baghdadi’s deputy and chief of the Treasury Bureau (Amir Diwan al-Mal). Upon Al-Baghdadi’s demise, in October 2019, Jassem became the official in charge of ISIS’s finances and acted in close collaboration with the new leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi (Khaliyat al-I’lam al-Amni Facebook page, October 12, 2021; Russia Al-Youm, October 11, 2021). One of the sources noted that during ISIS’s heyday (2014-2015), Jassem had three Yazidi handmaids (www.al-monitor.com, October 12, 2021).
  • Fadel Abu Ragheef pointed out to CNBC correspondent that after “the lands had been liberated” (from ISIS, in March 2019), Jassem managed to escape to East Europe, but returned to Syria after being unable to bring his family as well (CNBC, October 11, 2021).

[1] Apparently, in order not to disclose cooperation or coordination with intelligence officials in neighboring countries during the operation. ↑
[2] Some of the members of the Sunni Jabour tribe converted into Shia during the 19th century. Jassem, who remained Sunni, operated as part of ISIS, a clearly anti-Shiite organization, a fact that could indicate that his religious affiliation overpowered his tribal one, if such existed at all in his case. ↑
[3] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubaid ↑
[4] Possibly, this is where he got acquainted with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was held at the same detention facility. Many of the ISIS operatives who were held there had subsequently formed ISIS. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news ↑

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MESOP WATCH NEWS : JULIAN REICHELT JOURNALIST  –  KEIN OPPORTUNIST!

 

Björn Stritzel 2015 holte mich

@jreichelt

zu BILD und auch wenn ich jetzt viel über seine überragenden journalistischen Fähigkeiten sagen könnte: Das ist es nicht, was mich seitdem am meisten an ihm beeindruckt hat.

Björn Stritzel

Kurz nach Mitternacht rief ich Julian an. Er war verschlafen, aber leitete sofort alles in die Wege, um den jüngsten Bruder und die Eltern nach Deutschland zu holen.

Björn Stritzel

Es gibt noch viele solcher Fälle, darunter bedrohte Iranerinnen und ein recht bekannter FSA-Kämpfer, dessen Hinrichtung durch Islamisten bevorstand und den wir dank Julian freibekamen.

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MESOP WATCH „TARGET JULIAN REICHELT“!: STARK STEIGENDE AUFLAGEN BEI BILD & WELT / STARK SINKENDE VON SZ BIS FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU – Dagegen musste Intelligencejournalismus eingesetzt werden:

“ Alexander Krei am 18.10.2021 – DWDL – Ein am Sonntagabend in der “New York Times” erschienener Artikel über Axel Springer birgt reichlich Sprengstoff. Es geht darin unter anderem um den Führungsstil in dem Verlagshaus. Der Text zeichnet das Bild einer fragwürdigen Unternehmenskultur und befasst sich auch mit “Bild”-Chefredakteur Julian Reichelt ….

“NYT”-Journalist Ben Smith beschreibt nun sehr ausführlich eine Arbeitsplatzkultur, “die Sex, Journalismus und Firmengeld vermischt”. Und ganz konkret geht es um neue Details, die offenlegen, wie Reichelt mit jungen Frauen am Arbeitsplatz umgegangen sein soll. Es geht aber auch um die Rolle von Springer-CEO Mathias Döpfner. So zitiert Smith aus einer angeblichen Nachricht Döpfners an den Schriftsteller Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, in der es um die internen Untersuchungen gegen Reichelt geht. Man müsse “sehr vorsichtig” sein, weil Reichelt “der letzte und einzige Journalist in Deutschland” sei, “der noch mutig gegen die neue DDR-Diktatur” rebelliere. Döpfner bezog sich offenbar auf einen Kommentar, in dem sich der “Bild”-Chefredakteur über die Corona-Maßnahmen beschwerte. (….)

Springer kündigt rechtliche Schritte an

Obwohl Springer selbst Reichelt für nicht mehr tragbar erachtet, sieht sich das Unternehmen selbst und Julian Reichelt aber offenbar in einer Art Opferrolle. Man kündigte nun rechtliche Schritte gegen jene an, die versucht hätten “die Compliance-Untersuchung vom Frühjahr mit rechtswidrigen Mitteln zu beeinflussen und zu instrumentalisieren, offenbar mit dem Ziel, Julian Reichelt aus dem Amt zu entfernen und ‘Bild’ sowie Axel Springer zu schädigen”. Dabei gehe es um die Verwendung und Nutzung vertraulicher Protokolle aus der Befragung von Zeugen, die Offenlegung von Geschäftsgeheimnissen und privater Kommunikation.

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MESOP MIDEAST WATCH:Turkey’s spy bust escalates rivalry with Iran -Iran and Turkey are increasingly rivals in the Caucasus and in Iraq.

Fehim TastekinOctober 18, 2021 AL MONITOR –

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MESOP WATCH NEW: Russische Marine vertreibt US-Kriegsschiff

Russland hat ein Eindringen eines Kriegsschiffes der US-Marine in seine Hoheitsgewässer im Japanischen Meer beklagt

18.10.202 RUDAW ERBIL

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