SUMMARY - MIDDLE-EAST & EAST MED.

MIDDLE -EAST & EAST MED. IRAN David Cameron to ask Iran’s help in battle against Islamic State http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/david-cameron-to-ask-irans-help-in-battle-against-islamic-state/story-fnb64oi6-1227067504538 …  >> "first time a British leader has held face-to-face talks with an Iranian president since the country’s revolution in 1979" -----------------------------------------------  LIBYA #Libya - link b/w toppling al-Qaddafi one-party state & emergence dangerous competition b/w tribal & Islamist factions in Libya /oilprice #Libya - unable to protect institutions, airports & natural resources, especially the oil fields / oilprice/com >>Libya’s Islamists have been unable to secure control over Libya’s oil fields - govt lacks central control over oil resources >> oil resources = bargaining chip in competition for power / high standard of living for citizens under Qaddafi set to slip #Libya - May Be Focus Of Major Rift Between US And Regional Allies - http://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Africa/Libya-May-Be-Focus-Of-Major-Rift-Between-US-And-Regional-Allies.html … -- *must read* / good info >> US is moving closer to alienating Egypt, Saudi Arabia & UAE to support Turkey’s & Qatar’s objectives in Libya !! / oilprice ----------------------------------------------- Mossad Rahm Emanuel, #Obama's first Chief of Staff – also served as Obama's Israeli Mossad handler --- [presstv/ir] Israeli-Turkish Intell - Syria - US 1958 an Israeli-Turkish covert intelligence alliance (the “peripheral pact”) was formed [Deniz Tanzi] - sn/ethz/ch > #Turkey partnership w/ Israel intelligence re PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) + Armenian Secret Army for Liberation Armenia >Turkey was Israel's access to new markets + a buffer in conflict with Arab states/ Turkey = neutral position on Palestine >> things changed w/ Recep Tayyip Erdogan head of AKP >> 2009 stance re Gaza (populist move?) >> + Freedom Flotilla incident (Turkish citizens killed) >> but this is the public front / status quo remains re strategic & economic / military & security officials quietly meet #Turkey - For 50 years Mossad agents free to expand their humint network in Turkey / Israeli planes use Turkish bombing ranges /.isn.ethz.ch >> Reports of Turkish-Israeli intelligence cooperation in #Syria >> quickly denied by #Turkey >Seems Erodogan makes big show of being anti Israel (vilifying Gülen Movement as pro-Israel), while quietly chums w/ Israel? Turkish President calls for ‘no-fly zone’ in #Syria .. Discussed w/ Obama & Biden http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/182874/ … Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) met w/ FSA members & lobbying from #Turkey for a no-fly zone over #Syria >> http://tinyurl.com/mp3w3mf >hanging out in Turkey as part of duties re House Foreign Affairs Committee - jurisdiction over bills & invest foreign affairs  >Congressman Kinzinger facilitated negotiations b/w multiple groups who battled both Assad & ISIS .. CNN there too!  LOL  >>CNN, who sat in on undermining a foreign govt:  'moderate' Muslim rebel groups #Syria to form alliance w/ Christian Syriacs >Zinziger former US air-force pilot / rank Major / took part  "Operation Iraqi Freedom"  - ie Iraq War/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War >> Kinzinger ... served in Iraq & Afghanistan [ivn.us] >>Creepy how US military are in govt.  & are legislators  ... who are in foreign country plotting to overthrow foreign govt. >Thought Iranians were maybe crazy with all their Mossad tin foil hat articles, but now I'm not so sure about that ... lol #USA - "Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Freeze Putin's Assets" newsmax/ ... LOL ... when he's not plotting against Assad, it's Putin in his sights. >> favourite word is 'INNOCENT' ... innocent civilians, innocent people ... he's all for the 'innocent' -- It's Superman! #USA Texas Senator Ted Cruz: "US would effectively become al Qaeda’s air force" if US is drawn into bombing #Syria [ivn.us] ... LOL! ie ... "high reported number of al Qaeda & al Qaeda-affiliated fighters within the Syrian opposition" [ivn.us] >> Kinzinger argues Assad's 'chemical weapons' and free-for-all Iran 'weapons of mass destruction' ... Familiar?? ----------------------------------------  Greece #Greece - burden is greater than any NATO ally or #EU member>> 1) economic challenges, 2) porous borders 3) immigrant flow >> /savannanow > Greek debt stands @ 174.1% of GDP.   For every dollar Greece earns, it owes $1.74 (est) >> http://tinyurl.com/kmbv2me > Bail-out = lending institutions overseeing + over-squeezing suffocating Greek economy / Youth unemployment @ near 60% >> TENSIONS HIGH: #Athens / visible, volatile & impoverished illegal immigrants have taken over entire neighbourhoods >> 90% of Eu’s irregular immigrant entries by Greek borders or its waters — mainly traversing an *enabling* Turkey next door. >> forced by #EU law to remain in Greece ... but intend to slip into other EU countries for work. ---------------------------------------- COMMENT More random information that I found interesting at the time. The US representative in Turkey meeting up with the Syrian anti-government forces is rather distasteful.   It amounts to being involved in a plot to overthrow the government in Syria, in my opinion. Forgot what the 'must read' was about.  LOL.  Never mind.  It's there to revisit if I want. .