MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : BIDEN’S GOODWILL GESTURE TO IRAN – US transfers 3 huge logistic bases from Qatar to Jordan – gesture to Iran
Jul 7, 2021 @ 18:00 Iraqi militias, DEBKA FILES ISRAEL
One of the three huge logistics bases which the US military recently dismantled in Qatar and relocated to Jordan was the largest in the world. In the last few days, the US has shut down Army Camp As Sayliyah Main, Army Camp As Sayiliyah South and the Falcon an ammunition supply point. Their 27 warehouses storing tanks, armored personnel carriers and other equipment were stored in this forward staging post in Qatar for US supplies across the Middle East and as a reserve stock in case hostilities erupted with Iran. Supplies from the three bases, as well as a support mission based there, are now part of the US Central Command Area Support Group-Jordan.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS REPORT : US-led Coalition discusses challenges in Iraq and Syria – exclusive
Among the challenges that the US face in their ongoing efforts against ISIS are continuing drone and rocket attacks likely carried out by pro-Iranian militias.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN, LAUREN MORGANBESSER JERUSALEM POST – JULY 13, 2021 14:27
The US-led coalition that is continuing efforts against ISIS has faced new challenges in Iraq and Syria in recent months. Among these are continuing drone and rocket attacks likely carried out by pro-Iranian militias. In early July, the attacks were taking place several times a week and had expanded to include threats to US forces in Syria.
US-led coalition spokesperson Wayne Marotto discussed the challenges with The Jerusalem Post in a correspondence. He emphasizes that the coalition – officially called the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve – is in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS INDEPTH : The Other Regional Counter-Revolution
Iran’s Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East
By: Danny PostelJuly 7, 2021 NEW POLITICS
The last decade has seen historic political upheavals across the Middle East and North Africa: a tsunami of popular uprisings that have brought down several dictators and led to momentous transformations in political consciousness, if not always to democratic outcomes. But the last decade has also seen a concomitant counter-revolutionary roll-back across the region: authoritarian regimes, entrenched elites, ruling classes, deep states, and reactionary forces have marshalled considerable resources to torpedo these movements from below.[1]
Saudi Arabia’s role as a counter-revolutionary force in the Middle East is widely understood and thoroughly documented. Historian Rosie Bsheer calls the Saudi kingdom “a counter-revolutionary state par excellence,” indeed one that was “consolidated as such.”[2] The Saudi monarchy has gone into counter-revolutionary overdrive since the onset of the Arab uprisings, scrambling to thwart popular movements and keep the region’s dictators in power — from Egypt and Bahrain to Yemen and Sudan (and beyond).[3]
What is less understood is the counter-revolutionary role that Iran plays in the region’s politics.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : GOOD OLD JULIAN REICHELT UNCOVERS ANGELA MERKEL / „Merkel chooses China over her own party on Huawei“, titelte „Bloomberg“ vor wenigen Tagen. Wenn es um Huawei geht, zieht die Kanzlerin China ihrer eigenen Partei vor
Angela Merkel: Lügen, so durchsichtig wie Frischhaltefolie
Von Julian Reichelt. Der Chefredakteur der BILD-Zeitung rechnet mit Angela Merkel ab
Vor fast genau drei Jahrzehnten fiel die Berliner Mauer, heute vor genau 14 Jahren wählte der Bundestag Angela Merkel zum ersten Mal zur Kanzlerin.
Die Hälfte der Zeit, die Deutschland nun vereint ist, regiert die Bundeskanzlerin Merkel. Die „mächtigste Frau der Welt“ („Time“) genießt es, als Schutzpatronin von Frieden, Besonnenheit und Dialog gefeiert zu werden. Immer wieder inszeniert sie sich als Künstlerin des Kompromisses, als oberste Diplomatin einer komplizierten Welt voller männlicher Super-Egos.
Doch tatsächlich fällt ihre außenpolitische Bilanz ziemlich verheerend aus. Ihre einzige Konstante lautete: Lieber Ruhe daheim als Risiko in fernen Ländern – bis das Risiko schließlich nach Deutschland kam!
Berechenbar war Deutschland in ihrer Ära nur darin, sich nicht die Hände schmutzig zu machen, selbst wenn es gegen Diktatoren und Terroristen ging. Wenn deutsche Unternehmen irgendwo Geschäfte machen können, übersieht Kanzlerin Merkel trotz ihrer Erfahrung im Unrechtsstaat DDR, trotz des sagenhaften Aufstiegs, den ihr die unbeirrten Garanten der Freiheit ermöglicht haben, jede noch so obszöne Untat von den übelsten Feinden der Freiheit, meist im nationalen Alleingang und zum Entsetzen der engsten Verbündeten.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Is China Behind Cuba’s Protests Being Censored? How Beijing Could be Linked
BY JACK DUTTON ON 7/12/21 AT 9:45 AM EDT newseek
What Is Happening In Cuba? Protests And Unrest Explained
Many Cubans have seen their internet access cut off, according to multiple news reports, amid large-scale anti-government protests across the Caribbean Island.The communist Caribbean Island has been seeing its biggest protests in decades.
Thousands marched in downtown Havana and elsewhere on the island on Sunday to demand President Miguel Diaz-Canel step down, shouting slogans like “freedom” and “unite.”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Die arabisch-israelische Ra am-Partei kündigt Boykott aller parlamentarischen Aktivitäten an
“Ra am-Politiker werden bis auf weiteres nicht an Ausschussanhörungen teilnehmen oder in Plenumssitzungen abstimmen” – 13 Juli 2021 – MESOP
Ra’am, die erste arabische Partei, die in Israels Regierungskoalition aufgenommen wurde , kündigte am Sonntag an, alle Abstimmungen und offiziellen Sitzungen in der Knesset (israelisches Parlament) bis auf weiteres zu boykottieren.Die Ankündigung, die weniger als einen Monat nach der Vereidigung der israelischen Regierung erfolgte, wurde vom Ra’am-Parlamentarier Waleed Taha gemacht, der twitterte, er habe die Koalitionsführung informiert, dass “Ra’am-Politiker nicht an Ausschussanhörungen teilnehmen werden oder bis auf weiteres im Plenum abstimmen!”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS: DAS ORGANISIERTE VERBRECHEN BEHERRSCHT HOLLAND / SIE ALLE KAMEN VIA MORIA/LESBOS NACH AMSTERDAM !
Lebensgefahr für Journalisten : Reporter mit Grenzen
Amsterdam: Einige Menschen haben Bilder des Kriminalreporters und Blumen am Tatort niedergelegt. Der auch international bekannte Kriminalreporter Peter R. de Vries war am Dienstagabend an dieser Stelle niedergeschossen und lebensgefährlich verletzt worden.
Wie frei können Kriminalberichterstatter arbeiten? Der Anschlag auf Peter de Vries in Amsterdam illustriert das Problem drastisch. Auch Ethikfragen kommen neu auf. – Von Klaus Max Smolka FAZ – 13.07.2021-11:16
Zum Wochenbeginn macht die niederländische Zeitung De Telegraaf mit einem Stück über die Familie des mutmaßlichen Schützen beim Anschlag auf den Journalisten und Verbrechensfachmann Peter de Vries auf. Die Kriminalreporter der Zeitung zitieren Familienmitglieder, die sich „in den Boden schämen“ wegen der Tat. Die beiden Autoren gehören zu den bekanntesten Kriminalreportern der Niederlande. Wer diese Arbeit nach der Tat der vergangenen Woche einfach fortsetzt, muss unerschrocken sein.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS ANALYSIS – Saudi Arabia and Syria: Calculating a New Route?
& Carmit Valensi- Yoel Guzansky – ISRAEL – INSS insight no.1494, July 11, 2021
The Gulf states are gradually changing their approach: those that formerly supported the opposition to Assad are slowly reconciling to the reality that has emerged and drawing closer to the regime. Although not necessarily a welcome development, it may include an opportunity for Israel. Much rests on the question whether the process will continue, and whether it will help to weaken Iran’s grip on Syria.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : The Mossad is behind every attack against Iran,’ says former hardline lawmaker
Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the former chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, laments that “no one has given a serious thought to the problem.”
By Neta Bar ISRAEL HAYOM – Published on 07-12-2021 08:43 – The former chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, claimed on Sunday that Israel’s Mossad spy agency is behind the attacks against his country and criticized the Islamic republic’s security forces for not doing enough to stop the Israeli attacks.
“All the security attacks against Iran are perpetrated by the Mossad. Although these attacks take place in our country, no one has given a serious thought to the problem,” said Falahatpisheh, who is affiliated with the conservative political camp in Iran.
He also said called Israel “the Islamic republic’s rival in security and intelligence.”
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS WORLD NEMY NO. 1 RED CHINA – Becoming Strong – The New Chinese Foreign Policy
By Yan Xuetong July/August 2021 FOREIGN AFFAIR S
In March, China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, made headlines when he told U.S. officials at a summit in Alaska that they did “not have the qualification . . . to speak to China from a position of strength.” Even after years of heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington, the remark seemed unusually harsh, especially coming from a seasoned diplomat. The setting, too, was noteworthy: Yang was speaking at the first high-level diplomatic meeting between China and the United States since U.S. President Joe Biden entered the White House. It seemed like an unmistakable warning to the new administration.
At home, Yang’s comment circulated widely on social media, resonating with the belief of many Chinese that their country has found its voice on the global stage. International media read the statement as reflective of a post-pandemic China: ambitious and outspoken in its claim to global leadership.
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