Mesopotamische EntwicklungsGesellschaft - Mezopotamian Development Society (Registered) THE MOST REQUESTED DAILY & ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSSERVICE ON KURDISTAN FOR THE HIGHLY INVOLVED PEOPLE MESOP English & German Version - (FOUNDED 1988) / PO Box 5135 - D 61440 OBERURSEL – Germany VISIT & SUBSCRIBE (or unsubscribe) MESOP NEWSLETTER ON OUR WEBSITE : mesop.de Editors Facebook: facebook/guy.debod / twitter: Guy Debord @1Debord1 - Hour by hour new News from all parts of Kurdistan - German follows English MESOP RECOMMENDATION : WATCH RESISTANCE WALL PAINTINGS OF KAFRANBEL Live Livens Up the Walls of Kafranbel mesop.de/?p=44968 TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : ISLAMIC TERMS OF TRADE = 3 CHOICES A jihadi group occupying the Syrian town of Raqqa recently gave Christian minorities living there three choices: 1) convert to Islam, 2) remain Christian but pay tribute and accept third-class subject status, or 3) die by the sword. According to the BBC, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria issued a directive: Read all: mesop.de/?p=44990 MESOP FOCUS : An Inside Look At The Recruitment Of European Jihadis Introduction: Recently, Spanish and Moroccan security forces broke up an international recruitment ring that is said to have dispatched dozens of young mujahideen, some underage, from France, Belgium, and Morocco to fight in Syria and Mali. The ring’s suspected leader is Mustafa Maya Amaya, 51, a Belgian-born resident of Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, who converted to Islam some 16 years ago. - Read more: mesop.de/?p=44988 MESOP SHORT CUT IRAQ Members of Iraqs electoral commission tendered letters of resignation en masse on Tuesday in protest of what they claim has been political interference ahead of April 30 elections (BBC). Read more: mesop.de NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY) TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : So please, forget about all these stupid conspiracy theories ‘It is not a battle of Gülen vs. Erdoğan, it is Erdoğan vs. democracy A panel discussion held at the House of Commons in London on Monday highlighted the recent developments in Turkish politics especially focusing on the relationship between the Gülen movement and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. todayszaman/news-343104-it-is-not-a-battle-of-gulen-vs-erdogan-it-is-erdogan-vs-democracy.html MESOP ELECTION NEWS IN TURKEY & IRAQ / A BDP CANDIDATE Altan Tan, who opposes the Turkish system as a Kurd and a devout Muslim. For me, the main value is religion and Islam because the other values are part of this,” says Tan. BDP Must Appeal to Wider (Islamic!) Audience of Voters, Party Member Says By Deniz Serinci 27.3.2014 – RUDAW - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Though the majority of Kurds in Turkey are Muslims, religion does not feature greatly in the agenda of their political parties. The largest such party, for instance, the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), has focused its fight on ethnic rights. Read all: mesop.de/?p=44970 Kurds will have their candidate in presidential election: Demirtas 27-3-2014 – Kurdpress - The co-leader of Turkey pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Selahattin Demirtas stated he would like the Kurds in the country to introduce their candidate for August presidential election in Turkey, Cumhuryiet daily said. Read all: mesop.de/?p=45002 Oy Vey (İ)z-mir: The Turkish Elections & Erdoğan’s Options Ahmet K. Han – Moshe Dayan Center – Tel Aviv “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” (Sherlock Holmes*) Volume 8, Number 5 - March 26, 2014 - On the 16th of March, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a grandiose election rally in İzmir, in advance of the forthcoming municipal elections. The rally followed what has become the standard format in Turkish politics: The PM rebuked his adversaries, tarring all opposition with the same brush and boasting that his campaign represented a new “War of Independence.”[1] – Read all: mesop.de/?p=44964 MESOP SHORT CUT: Three Kurdish Parties to Participate in Turkey’s Municipal Elections 26.03.2014 - Mewan Dolamari - BasNews, Erbil - Three Kurdish political parties will participate in the upcoming municipal elections in Turkey, set to be held on March 30. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) is the biggest Kurdish party in Turkey. It is in close competition with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to gain the municipalities that went to the AKP in the 2009 election. Read more: mesop.de/?p=44976 MESOP INTELLIGENCE : Veteran intel expert labels Iran-backed Tawhid-Salam as most dangerous terror group A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO STILL SHOWS A MEETING IN İSTANBUL BETWEEN TAWHID-SALAM MEMBER & NASER GHAFARI, THE TOP REPRESENTATIVE OF THE QUDS FORCE IN TURKEY. (Click bottom link for picture) 27 March 2014, Wednesday /ANKARA, TODAYS ZAMAN - Former İstanbul Police Department intelligence bureau chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer has said Iran-linked notorious terrorist organization Tawhid-Salam is “the stealthiest and the most dangerous terrorist organization of recent times” Turkey has ever faced. Watch all: mesop.de/?p=44994 WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) MESOP FLASH : Syria rebels take control of Assads village Qardaha en route to Lazkiya 26-3-2014 – worldbulletin - Video footage showed six fighters holding the black banner of the Ansar al-Sham brigade on a rocky beach, a symbolic rebel victory in the coastal province of Latakia, that has been an Assad stronghold throughout three years of conflict. Read more: mesop.de/?p=44957 TURKEY SPOT : ISIS emerges as threat to Turkey / By Semih Idiz 26-3-2014 – Al Monitor - Western governments have been worrying for some time now that jihadists in Syria, who traveled there from Europe to fight regime forces in the name of Islam rather than democracy, will be primed for terrorist attacks on targets in their countries of origin after they return home. – Read all: mesop.de/?p=44962 MESOP OPINION : Do Syrians Want To Fight Until Victory or Do they Want a Ceasefire? by James McMichael [jamesmcmichael.dc@gmail] / for Syria Comment, March 26, 2014 - A recent survey results show clear-cut differences between the views of civilians and those of rebel fighters with regard to the war and the political future of Syria. Simply put, civilians want a negotiated peace as quickly as possible, while rebel fighters are determined to fight on for military victory. Moreover, civilians want a postwar government with limited religious influence, while rebel fighters want a religion-dominated postwar government. The survey results also contradict some existing theories as to the nature and origins of the war. Three researchers, Vera Miranova, Loubna Mrie and Sam Whitt conducted surveys of civilians in rebel held areas and rebel fighters in Aleppo during August-September 2013 and Idlib during November-December 2013. Read all: mesop.de/?p=44992 JERUSALEM ONLINE : Kurdish Militants Make Gains in Northern Syria 26-3-2014 – Gabriel Avner - Militants belonging to the People’s Protection Units (YPG) were reported today to have defeated Islamist forces in the northern Syrian town of Kobani. The gains come as Iraqi Kurds have called for the release of an Iraqi Kurdish officer who killed the editor in chief of Radio Free Iraq in Baghdad on Sunday. – Read more: mesop.de/?p=44972 THE FAVORIT PARTNER OF GERMAN TRADITION LEFT NOW PLANTING LANDMINES – AL ASSAD Assads forces turn highways into death paths east Syria / PLANTING LANDMINES 2014-03-27 – Zamanalwsl - Activists northeast Syria reported that Bashar al-Assad’s forces have adopted new killing strategy by planting landmines near the main highway in Deir al-Zor.Six passengers killed and seven wounded days ago due to landmine explosion hit their bus on the international road, activists said. The Syrian army should cease its use of antipersonnel landmines and recognize that planting this internationally banned weapon will hurt Syrians for years to come, Human Rights Watch said in previous reports. – Read all: mesop.de/?p=44974 TODAY’S MESOP SYRIA INSIGHT : Arab League Leaders Condemn Killing in Syria The two-day Arab League summit concluded Wednesday in Kuwait with the 22 members stating in a final communique, We condemn in the strongest terms the massacres and the mass killing committed by the Syrian regimes forces against the unarmed people. Meanwhile, the first Syrian refugees arrived in Britain Tuesday as part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation program. It is expected that several hundred Syrian refugees will relocate over the next three years under the new program, which immediately grants the rights and benefits of humanitarian protection status, including access to public funds and the labor market. Read more: mesop.de/?p=44982 Urgent Call To Support Kobanê From KCD-E (previously “KON-Kurd”) MESOP 27-3-2014 - The Kurdish Democratic Society Congress in Europe (KCD-E) has released an urgent call to progressive and revolutionary forces to support the Kobanê canton, now under continued attack from the ISIS and other armed gangs. The statement also saluted the revolution in Rojava and the resistance that was being shown in the face of such attacks, and emphasized that the people of Kurdistan in Europe and Kurdish organizations on the continent would not abandon the people of Rojava. Read all: mesop.de/?p=44984 SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ) MESOP FOCUS : Syrian Kurdistan Issue Hinders Kurdish National Conference 26.03.2014 - Mewan Dolamari - BasNews, Erbil - A member of the preparatory committee of the Kurdish National Conference (KNC) has announced that the committee is still formed and that the holding of the KNC is crucial. - Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) member of the KNC Preparatory Committee, Khalil Ibrahim, stated that the KNC has been postponed and the new date has not yet been determined. Read more: mesop.de/?p=44978 Slemani Municipality Workers Ask Political Parties for Cooperation MESOP 27.3.2014 - Aras Ahmed Mhamad - -SLEMANI/ Kurdistan region, KNNC- Service workers of the Slemani Municipality held a rally asking the political parties not to use glue or other rigid adhesive substances that are used in previous elections for sticking banners and slogans on walls and columns across streets. “You do not get tired using rigid materials for sticking placards and posters, but we get exhausted removing them,” a banner read. Read more: mesop.de/?p=44980 U.S. ENVOY MET IRANIAN ENVOY IN BAGHDAD ? Meeting of minds? Iran & US envoys in Baghdad on a shared mission Niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | 27.03.2014 - Iran sent General Qasim Soleimani, one of its most secretive, most influential envoys, to Iraq this week to help resolve political conflicts before elections next month. At the same time, US envoy Brett McGurk was also in town. Both men had a similar mission: to ensure elections are held, and as peacefully as possible. Now political gossips are asking if the American met the Iranian behind closed doors - and what that means for Iraq’s political future. – Read all: mesop.de/?p=44986 Anti-Corruption Kurdish Journalist Kawa Garmyanis Case Remains Unresolved 27-3-2014 - SLEMANI/ Kurdistan region, KNNC- Zakho Ahmad, one of the main suspects in the assassination of the anti-corruption Kurdish journalist Kawa Garmyani surrendered himself to the police on Wednesday. - Zakho Ahmad, Electricity Manager of Garmyan/ Kalar city, 139 km southeast Slemani, was arrested according to Article Two which is related to those who commit terror. Read more: mesop.de/?p=45000 THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER SYRISCHES GIFTGAS AUS DEUTSCHLAND - COORDINATION GEGEN BAYER – GEFAHREN : Phosgen, Senfgas, Sarin, Tabun, VX-Kampfstoffe, Agent Orange.... 100 Jahre Giftgas-Tradition bei BAYER / Von Philipp Mimkes & Jan Pehrke Die in Syrien gelagerten Giftgase, darunter Sarin, Senfgas und VX, wurden größtenteils in den Laboren der BAYER AG entwickelt. Anlässlich der aktuellen Diskussion um Lieferungen an das syrische Regime erhalten Sie anbei ein Dossier über die 100-jährige Giftgas-Geschichte des Konzerns. Die Coordination gegen BAYER-Gefahren (CBG) fordert, alle Exporteure von chemiewaffenfähigen Stoffen offen zu legen. – Volltext: mesop.de/?p=44966 MESOP’S WORT DER WOCHE „Es geht nicht darum, dass wir in Bezug auf Syrien Russland brauchen würden“, fügte sie hinzu. „Es ist das syrische Volk, das Russland, Iran und alle, die das Regime (in Syrien) beeinflussen können, braucht.“ Marie Harf, Sprecherin des US State Departement de.ria.ru/politics/20140327/268122861.html USA wollen mit Russland bei Lösung von Problemen Syriens & Irans kooperieren WASHINGTON, 27. März (RIA Novosti). - Die USA vertreten den Standpunkt, dass die unterschiedlichen Positionen zur Situation in der Ukraine die Zusammenarbeit mit Russland in Bezug auf Iran und Syrien nicht behindern dürfen, äußerte Marie Harf, Sprecherin des US-Außenamtes. – Read all: mesop.de/?p=44998 ….. wenn es so ist, warum benötigt das syrische Volk dann noch Obama? (MESOP)
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