Biden+Turkey troublemaking in Iraq show Concern on Pope Francis Historic Trip = Deeper than Iran row
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- However, in Practice, it's, apparently, just the fragilized, but Aspiring to a ReVival, Iraqi State, and Vatican itself, which officially assumed the Responsibility to Guarantee an elementary Security for the Pope and the People that such Exceptional Events usualy attract, as Dominican Priest, Shia specialist, and Paris' Christian University Professor, Brother Ami Jajé, an Iraqi Christian himself, (from the Most Ancient Church in the World, establised since the 1st Century, by Apostles Thomas and Thadeus, that of Chaldean Christians, united with Rome Catholics, and slightly more Numerous than the Assyriacs, united with Constantinople's Orthodox, since a remote Past, but closely Cooperating Today : Comp. Reply to Patriarch Sako, Head of the Chaldean Church, at an earlier "Eurofora" Question in a Previous Press Video-Conference, at: ..., etc).
However, when, Suddenly, this occurs, not only amidst various Remnants of Hidden former ISIS, Al Queda, and/or Other xxsuch Deadly Islmist Armed Terrorist Gangs, But Also among several and fast Growing Bombs, Drones, Rockets, Military Invasions, Airplane Bombardments, etc, by various pro-Iran Shia Armed Popular Groups, Iraqi pro-Government Forces, or Turkish Military Invasion//Occupation Armed Units, etc, Each-one Reacting to the Others' alleged Provocations, Threats, Explosions or Deadly Strikes, etc., Spreading Crater and Ruins, Wounded or Killed People, etc. throughout all Iraq-related Territories, ... then, Obviously, the OverAll Security Situation Becomes much More Dangerously Fluide...
Thus, among Many and Various Other Such Incidents, Escalation became Obvious, when New US' White House's Press Spokesperson, Jen Psaki, experienced former State Department's Press Attachée, curiously spoke about a ..."Timely" (sic) Reaction from President Joe Biden, for choosing to Reply to an obscure and initially unnoticed alleged pro-Iranian Shia' Group's strike at an US Base at Iraq (where a Philippino Contractor was Wounded and Later Died) Back on February 15, with an USA Air-Strike at the ...End of that Month (Evening of 25 Feb), i.e. while Pope Francis' Iraq Trip had been, meanwhile, Confirmed, Hitting at a strategic Iraq-Syria Borders' Crossing point, where More than 20 People might have been Killed, according to Foreign Medias, in an Area Liberated from ISIS' Terrorists cowardly Targetting even innocent Civilian People, (at almost Equal Distance from Syria, Iraq and Turkey's Central Land). => In less than a Week, on March 3, (i.e. Only 2 Days Befora Pope Francis' Arrival to Bagdad !), more than 10 Rockets Hit anOther USA Military Base, inside Iraq, and anOther Contractor, Wounding also several People... And Biden's Administration reportedly Vowed to "Reply" Again, asap....
=> Meanwhile, in such Exceptional Circumstances, Pope Francis' predecessor, nowadays Emeritus Pope Benedit, felt Necessary to make a very Rare Derogation from his Official Stance, not to give Public Statements, (unless in order to Fight "for the General Interest of Humanity" : see relevant "Eurofora"s Suggestion, and Pope Benedict's Last-Minute Acceptance, during the Events of 2013, at : ...., ...., etc. F.ex. in order to Mark his Refusal to Artificialy Fabricate Human beings inside Technocrats' Labos", as he Denounced on 2019), by, Surprizingly, speaking to Mainstream "Corriere de la Serra" Newspaper in Rome, on the occasion of his Successor's, Pope Francis' Trip to Iraq : Among its main Key Points, this Exceptional Move included also the Fact the Biden's real Stance on LGBD+ Controversial Issues -including imposing UnPopular "Same Sex Marriage", and/or Submission of Children to the Power of Homosexuals, etc, his Recent "Executive Order" for "TransGender", even among Kids, at the Sport, and the Army !- are "Not those of Catholic Christians"", (contrary to what Biden fallaciously Claims to be himself, in private), "But Only of the Dems' Party, that he Follows in Politics".... Many Shia Muslims, of Iraq and/or Iran Traditions, Notoriously have, more or less, Similar Positions to Christian Catholics, here, on Issues related to "Natural Family", etc. - and this Might be one of the Reasons for which More than 3.000 Shia People had Reportedly Asked to Attend the Public Meeting Pope Benedict had Organized in his 2012 Visit to Lebanon, as the Experienced Mgr Gollnisch, CEO of Humanitarian "Oeuvre d'Orient" NGO (Established 1860) recently told Journalists, including "Eurofora", at a Previous Press Video-Conference with Paris: See ..., etc). => In Consequence, Benedict, Nowadays, launched a vibrant Call to ..."Pray for Pope Francis !" and his Dangerous Trip to Iraq... A Call almost Immediately Endorsed, inter alia, Also by the Christian Catholic Bishops of France, etc., (Partly UPDATED).
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>>> Some aspects of such Global BioEthical Issues seem Not without Political Dangers, since, inter alia, it's a Fact that Popular former Pope JOHN-PAUL II, just After Succeeding to Help Adopt a landmark UN Assembly Resolution against Genetic Cloning of Human Embryos at New York (2004), preparing to Reply to EU's and CoE's new Invitations to Speak on such and other Topical Issues in Strasbourg, fell suddenly ill and passed away.
+ Just 1 Year Earlier, on 2003, the Vatican-Friendly Franco-Brazilian Sergio de MELLO, a Popular and Brillant UN Senior Officer on Refugees, HeadQuartered at Nearby Geneva, (Famous for having Helped the Return of Many Refugees at their Various Countries of Origin, accross the World) and Recently Appointed as UNO's High Representative for Human Rights in general, who was Reportedly expected to Become Soon Candidate for New UN Secretary General at the Top, was Named UN Representative at Iraq, where he Quarelled with an US Ambassador and Turkey about a UN-sponsored Plan for the Return of 400.000 Kurds a.o. Back at their Ancestral Lands, mainly at Northern Iraq, Facing Turkey's Borders. Shortly Afterwards, he was Murdered, killed Together with his Stuff, in a Bomb Explosion at his Office in Bagdad, and that Kurdish Refugee Return UN Plan was Droped. Then, the USA had Notoriously entrusted to Controversial former UK "New Labour" PM Tony "the Bliar" [as Families of Soldiers Killed at Iraq had Nick-Named him] the Responsability for the "European" Aspects of the Global Iraqi Conlict, where Bliar had Heavily Pushed the USA to Intervene, including with Gross Lies, the "Suicide" of a Dissident Top UN Expert at London, etc).
(Already, after the First Artificial Fabrication of "Test-Tube" Babies in USA and the UK, during the 1970ies, Followed by France, etc. on 198Oies, JP2 had tried to make a Spectacular, GeoPolitical and Doctrinal "U-Turn" with an Historic Attempt to "ReVive" the Christian Church, mainly through Europe, by Launching a Stronger than before "Ecumenical" Movement towards the ReUnification of Christians, including also Russian and Greek Orthodox, from Moscow to Constantinople, etc., [f.ex. Russia acceding into the PanEuropean CoE on 1986, etc]. However, a Sly but Brutal Attempt to Stop that was marked by the 1981 Murder Attempt by a Turkish Extremist attacking and Wounding the Pope wth a Knife, who was caricaturily Disguished, at the Beginning, as if he might be a ..."Bulgarian" pro-Moscow Leftist, while he was Simply a Turkish Nationalist ! That Incident marked JP2's Health for the Rest of his Life, made him Subject to various Medical Risks, and Obviously Eased his Sudden, Tragic Death, at a moment of Crucial Importance, as that of 2004 : Comp. Supra).
+ His successor (and long-time Collaborator), Emeritus Pope BENEDICT, when he Published his Famous Encyclic "Caritas in Veritate", with a Strong Criticism against Risks to Abuse some Controversial Genetic Tecnologies Manipulating Human Embryos, Back on 2009, (Welcomed, among others, then, als with an Elogious Article by Mario DRAGHI, future ECB President, and Now, new Italian Prime Minister : Comp. Draghi's Replies to "Eurofora" Questions f.ex. at : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/ecbpresidentinterestedinbrics.html, http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/euronewfaceandnewphase.html, etc), suddenly, he faced 2 Exceptional Violent Incidents successively hitting his Right Hand, followed by an UnPrecedented Mass Medias' Slandering against the Catholic Church, added, soon afterwards, to notorious Pressure against himself too.
++ Even his successor, current Pope FRANCIS, when he made some Landmark Statements in favor of the UnBorn Children's Lifes, after Visiting a Symbolic Monument in South Korea on 2014, his Family Relatives in Argentina were suddely Wounded, and some Killed, by a Truck of "Monsanto" MultiNational Bio-Tech Company, which came from a Region famous for a Social Conflict, then, with the Local Population struggling Against alleged Risks to Human Health, particularly on Human Embryos, related to Controversial Monsanto "GMO"s, (See : ... + ..., etc).
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* Moreover, also from a GeoPolitical point of view, Astonishingly, but Significantly, US' Biden's strange Choice for his Deadly Strike against Alleged pro-Iran Shia Groups, on February 25, at a Strategic Crossinng Between Iraq and Syria, (Comp. Supra), widely Mirrors also the Recently Growing Turkish Military Aggressions at Northern Iraq, particularly Near Sinjar Mountain strategic Crossing, which links, inter alia, also to Nineveh Valey, Historicaly Christian, etc, but also towards Turkey's Borders to Iraq and Syria, traditionaly inhabited by Kurds too : I.e., in Both Cases, there are renewed Attempts to Hinder the Area's Free Crossings towards a European Direction ! And, in Both Cases, such Obstacles had been, initialy, Raised by ISIS' Terrorist cowads targetting also Civilian People, (Notorioiusly Backed by Turkey, their Logistics' Center), or by Turks themselves, directly, (as Recently, when ISIS was Defeated, by the International Coalition, with the Help of Syrian Kurds))... But, Now that ISIS Largely Vanished, while at Aghanistan the situation Changes, will that Area be Free to Develop elementary Democratic Structures and an UnHindered, Friendly Relation in Direction to its Historic and GeoPolitical Neighbout : Europe, or, on the Contrary, Again Blocked by Turkey and its Proxies ?
- Until Now, it's Strange : "There is Tension with Iran", USA, But Also "Turkey : Ankara is Currently Deploying its Military inside Iraq, But we doN't Hear Enough in the (Establishment's) Medias !", righfully Criticized the Experienced CEO of Christian Humanitarian NGO "L'Oeuvre d'Orient", Mgr Gollnisch, speaking Today to Journalists, including "Eurofora"...
-In Fact, Turkey was Blocking Europe's Links to the Middle-East Already since the Armenian Genocide, so that Young Minister (then) Churchil had to Help Arabs DisMantle the Former Turkish-Othoman Empire in order to Change the situation, with the Emergence of National Arab States, (like Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, UAE, etc) : the Famous Era of "Saint Laurence of Arabia" (etc)....
+ Turkey was even in Front of late Pope John-Paul II, when he Tried to make an U-Turn towards "Ecumenism", i.e. the various Historic Areas located at the East of Europe, (Comp. Supra), But a Turkish Nationalist Thug cowardly soon Aggressed and Stabbed the Holy Father with a Knife, Wounding him Seriously, back on 1981...
++ Sergio de Mello,...
+++ Turkey could have been, once Again, in front of late Pope John-Paul II, also on 2004, when a strong Supporter of Ecumenism, and Vatican-Friendly, Orthodox ArchiBishop of Alexandria (responsible for all the African Continent), Petros, was Suddenly Killed, by a Brutal Crash of his Helicopter, Together with 16 others among his Hosts, on his Road towards the International Area of World-Famous "Athos" Monasteries, up in Greece's Northern Mountains, near Thessaloniki : Indeed, "Petros of Alexaneria", Notoriously Multi-Active throughout All Africa, (from Johanesburg up yo Egypt, etc) and well Beyond, stemed from a Family of Cyprus' Refugees, obliged to Abandon their Home and Ancestral Land in order to Flee the Turkish Military Invasion and Occupation at the Northern Part of the Island, precisely from Kyrenia : the SeaPort City that Ankara, notoriously, does Not Intend to Return Back to its Lawful Inhabitants in any eventual UN Peace Plan... He was, also, Expected, then, to be one among the, reportedly, Most Important (if not THE Most Important) Candidate to the Top Job of New ArchiBishop for All the Orthodox Church, (f.ex. also Ukraine, and, then, Russia Included), soon ! According to an Investigation, then made by "Eurofora"'s co-Founder, the Trajectory of that fatal Helicopter had to Cross, just Before the Deadly Crush, also an Aegean Sea Area which was, then, Fiercely Contested and Revendicated by Turkey too, (to the point that Opposed Military Airplanes were Charged to Monitor that Area, Both from Greece and from Turkey)... No Official Cause for Peter of Alexandria's Helicopter's Crash was ever announced, until now (2004-2021) ! Only 2 Years Earlier, a previous Helicopter Crash had Also Killed even the Chief of Military Defense in Cyprus, General Florakis, together with the Head for Aegean Sea and Cyprus Air-space, Greek Officer Demenagas, and others, back on 2002, exactly ...the Same Day that EU Parliament had just Started to Discuss in Public and Vote, for the 1st Time, on a Resolution for the Creation of a "Single European Sky", which Included also several "Hot" Amendments concerning EU Member Greece's and EU Candidate Cyprus' AirSpace Blocks, fiercely Revendicated by Turkey. And just 1 Year After ArchiBishop Petros of Alexandria's Non-Elucidated Killing (Comp. Supra), on 2005, a Private Company "Helios" Civil Airplane, full of Families with many Children, due to Flight from Cyprus (Larnaka) to the Czech Republic (Praga), Suddenly Faced undetermined Problems When it Crossed Near the Turkish Borders, Lost Control over the Aegean Sea, and unexpectedly Crashed North of Athens, Killing all passengers... (See "Eurofora" Co-Foundet's Publication, then, at "TCWeekly", [also for the Victims of a French Airplane, Which crashed in Other Dircumstances, Elsewhere, but almost at the Same Time], from Bonn, in Germany, during a Global Christian Gathering, Earlier Inaugurated by then new Pope Benedict : "WYD 2005).
- Turkey came, Also, (in a Similarly Brutal way), in Front of the Previous Attempt, by Now Emeritus Pope Benedict, to Reach towards the Eastern, and more Ancient Christian Churches, between 2010 and 2012 : Indeed, at the Eve of a landmark Collective Gathering of Various Christian Representatives from Neighbouring Countries at EU Member Cyprus, suddenly, the Head of the Catholic Christian Community in Turkey, (an Italian Bishop), is Atrociously Murdered, inside his own Home, his Neck Cut with a Knife, by a long-time Turkish employee, crying "Allah Akbar", (the Day before a planned departure for the Island) !... + And shortly After a special Synod at the Vatican in Rome, notoriously, ISIS' Extremist Cowards Targetting even Innocent Civilian People, slyly Attacked a Christian Assyriac Cathedral in Bagdad, Iraq, (provoking Indignation also among "Shocked" Iraqi Muslims for such a Horrible Massacres of simple Civilian People, inside a Religious Shrine, and during a Religious Ceremony, according to Mgr Gollnisch : It's by Visiting this Tragic Cathedral, that Pope Francis' 2021 Visit will practicaly Start in Nowadays Iraq, among Religious and People)...
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+ But, Meanwhile, Turkish Obstructionism, against Europe's outreach towards the Christian People of the South-East, is almost Everywhere, also - and Particularly - Nowadays :
- Even among NATO Member Countries, f.ex. in order to Check against Prohibited Arms-Trafficking towards a still Divided Libya, by Controling Suspicious Cargo Ships for Smuggling : After "just anOther' French Monitoring Ship, anew "Blocked" by Turkey, Recently it's Even a German Monitoring Ship which was reportedly ''Blocked" too, by the Turkish Defense Minister !
+ As for the Usual Claims about Turkey's alleged "Big Army", etc., added to NATO's Overall Potential, and so on, (that Some, Mechanically Repeat, from theles Past, until Nowadays), they should Better UpDate their Clock's Hour to the Contemporary Era, and particularly to the Post-"Putch 2016" Era ! Simply Because, in Fact, Contrary to a Remote Past, Turkey does No More seem to have Any Real Army as it Was Before, But Only a Lot of ...Raped Young Conscripts, Killed or Lynched former Guards or Officers, Prosecuted, Condemned and Jailed Former Soldiers, ImPrisoned former Officers, Dismissed or Fired former Military Staff, Fugutifs or Refugees among Former Army Officers, Now Dispersed Abroad, some Terrorized, Hidding Behind their Desks, Former Military Staff, Nowadays Reduced to a State of Submitted, Powerless and Fearful Low Bank-Employees like Individuals, Added to some Dirty Thugs or Cronies, UnAble to do Anything Except Steal, and more Stupid than Pigs, who Profited from a Unique Occasion to get Army Jobs for which they are Blatantly UnFit.... All Others are Hidding someplace, In or Out of Turkey, in one way or another, Waiting for this Nightmare to End.
=> That's Why, After and Since 2016, during All the Numerous subsequent Aggressive War-mongering in which Turkey engaged, practicaly Nobody hasN't ever Seen, no more, any normal Army ever Fighting at the foreFront (No Videos, No PhotoDrones>, (More Falling Down, than Flying above, by the way..., f.ex. in Libyas) ! Only some, hasty-made, bas-class <, etc); just a Few Ugly "Turkish Tanks" (if you are lucky) to amuse yourself by taking them as Targets to Explode ... (f.ex. in Syria's Kurdish Regions, etc); and a lot of Stupid-looking, Cro-Magnon style, "Proxy" Mercenaries, notoriously Recruited among Former ISIS, Al-Queda, etc. Arabs or Pakistani, Africans, etc., Recently Complaining Not to be Paid Enough, not even what they had been Promised by Turkey, (f.ex. in Libya, Nagorno-Karapach, etc), Eager to Steal some Cows or Chicken, (f.ex. in AFRIN), Ready to Cowardly Kill any Isolated and DisArmed POW, Or Rape, Strangle and Cowardly Desecrate any Isolated Woman with a Serious Political Personality for a Peaceful and United Future of Syria, (f.ex., Kurdish Regions of Northern Syria), Arrest, Kill and Cut the Head of UnArmed, Old Civilian People in Occupied Armenia, Publishing atrocious Photos at the Internet, (f.ex. Nagorno-Karabach), etc.
=> So that, practicaly, one of the Rare Opportunities to Still See a few of Turkish Soldiers during a Post-2016 Conflict seems to be mainly the Strange but recently Repeated Phenomenon of a Bunch of Tanks, Hidden Down in a Hole Underneath the Surface of the Land, and far Behind the Borders, but with their Canons Turned Upwards, so that they can Bomb a nearby Foreign Land, by Remotely thrown Rockets, (following their Trajectory at a covered Computer Screen), withOut being Visible by Anyone there !... (f.ex. at Kurdish Regions of Northern Syria, and some Turkish Borders to Iraq, in divided Libya, etc).
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+ Concerning particularly Iraq, several Warnings had been Launched, Already from Last Year (2020), that 2021 Risked to Become the Year of Systematic Turkish Attacks inside Iraki Territories, (f.ex. "Le Monde"), etc, as a "Next Step" After various Similar Turkish Military Invasions and Occupations, Recently, at AFRIN (2018), at the Northern Kurdish Regions of Syria (2019), at Libya (2020), Nagorno-Karabach (2021), etc.
Already since 2017, Turkey reportedly Established Several "Military Bases" inside Iraq, Nowadays Reaching about 37 !...
On 2019, Ankara launched a Military Operation in Iraq, nick-named "Tiger's Claws" (sic !), which reportedly aimed to Penetrate Further Inside the Country.
+ Since June 2020+, Turkey Kick-Starts a Series of more than 100 Targers in the Kurdish Area of Iraq, Deploying a lot of Special Forces with Many Bombings, nick-named "Eagle's Claws", which Kills Civilian People and Desertifies Hundreds of Villages, including on February 2021.
=> In Consequence, the Inhabitants of Dozens of Iraqi Villages were, reportedly, Obliged to Evacuate their Family Homes and Flee Elsewhere, in Harsh Conditions of everyday life, (Often Reminiscent of ECHR's landmark Case-Law in the Famous "Akdivar" affair, of a Kurdish Family in Turkey, Obligged to Flee the Destruction of her Home and Livelihood, Becoming Refugee/Displaced People, with fragile Children Suddenly thrown under Conditions of "Inhuman/Degrading Treatments", at Far-Away Smyrna/Izmir's Aegean Seabord City's imPoverished Suburbs...
Turkey now Reportedly Targets more the Sinjar Mountains Area, which is Traditionaly inhabitted by the Yazidi People, (Near to Christians), who notoriously Suffered the Worst Threats of Systematic Extermination under ISIS' Terrorists' joug, until the Kurds Helped Both to Protect them and to Organize and Train them in order to Become Able to Defend themselves as Independent People. + In Addition, the Strategic Sinjar Mountains Crossing at Northern Iraq is very close to the Nineveh Valley, an Historic Christian stronghold in Iraq, near Mosul, where Pope Francis is notoriously due to make the Greatest Number of Visits, towards the Last Day of his Official Trip to Irraq, including an Open Air Mass at Ebril Stadium, where his Security, and of all People who are with Him, will be under the Official Protection of the Regional Iraqi-Kurd Administration, as scheduled, creating an obvious and inevitabke Concern, (given, particularly, the Notorious "Osmose" between Turkey and ISIS' Deadly Terrorists)... Taking into account also the Fact that such Coward Deaely Terrorists, Targetting Even innocent Civilian People, May Also Strike even After the End of the Official Events, placed under Enhanced Security, (as, f.ex., the case of the 2012 Bombing in an Iraqi Cathedral at Bagdad, the Day After a landmark Vatican Synode for the Middle East's Historic Christian Communities had just Concluded in Rome, had Tragicaly shown)...
+ Meanwhile, it's Also the International Organisation of the Arab Ligue, Meeting at the Egyptian Capital of Cairo, which reportedly Dealt Officially with such Growing Tension, "illegitimate Interferences", and Threats provoked by Turkey inside Iraq, but also Other Arab Countries Nowadays : The Meeting was reportedly organized by the "Ministerial Committee on Monitoring Turkish Interferencies", during the "Arab Ligue"'s Council session. Among the Official Participants, were the "United Arab Emirates", Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, as well as Iraq itself, etc., together with the Arab Ligue's Secretary General. Among the several "Military Manouvers by Turkey during Internal Clashes in Arab Countries", Critcaly Discussed there, reportedly were also the cases of the "Libyan Civil War", the "Conflict between the Syrian Government and Extremist Groups", "Operations of Harassement of Kurds inside Iraq, by Ankara, which Accuses them for Troubles in South Turkey", (etc). But Many Also Denounced Ankara's "Collaboration with Extremist Jihadist Armed Groups inside the Syrian Conflict", in Addition to "Sending into Libya Mercenaries earlier linked with ISIS or Al Quaida", etc.
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++ Extending also well Beyond the current Arab Ligue, i.e. at Neighbouring Iran, when its Ambassador to Bagdad, suddenly Warned Turkey that Ankara's forces should Not "pose a Threat or Violate Iraqi soil".
- "We (Iran) do Not Accept at all, be it Turkey or any Other Country, to Intervene in Iraq Militarily, or advance or have a Military Presence in Iraq," Ambassador Masjedi was quoted, according to "AFP", in an INTW Published on Saturday.
+ Meanwhile, Turkish President Erdogan's recent Threat that Ankara could launch (even More) Military action to get Rid of “Terrorists” ("PKK") in the area (of Northern Iraq), was also Slamed :
- On the Contrary, "the Security of the Iraqi Area should be maintained by Iraqi Forces, and (Kurdish) Region Forces, in that Area" in particular, added the Iranian Ambassador, according to "Arab News".
- “What has Sinjar got to do with Turkey ?” he asked. “Iraqis themselves must resolve this issue", according to "AFP".
- "It has no bearing on Turkey to threaten or make a decision on this. Therefore, we Reject any Threat, be it from Turkey or any other side.”, added Masjedi, according to USA's "Breitbart". “Therefore we believe the Turks must Return to their International position and be Stationed there, and the Security of Iraq be maintained by Iraqis.”
- Such Turkish Operations in Northern Iraq "have Recently drawn Anger from Bagdad, over Territorial Violations by Ankara's Forces and Aircraft", according top "Arab News">.
+ Citting f.ex. "an Academic and Analyst at Oxford University, Samuel Ramani", they observe, indeed, that "Iran is trying to Capitalize on Latent DisContent in Baghdad, with expansive Turkish Military Operations that Violate Iraqi Sovereignty'.
++ And Turkish Interior Minister Soylu's Claim that, in Addition, there were “525 Terrorists” in Iran, itself, was Rejected as "Unacceptable" by Irani Officials.
>>> In Fact, "Since June 2020, Turkey has launched 3 Major Air and Ground Operations, establishing new OutPosts Deep inside the Kurdistan Region" of Irak, USA's "Breitbart" Denounced on 2021.
+ Moreover, Nowadays, "Masjedi said Turkey is Planning an Operation in the Sinjar region against Yazidi militants" trained by Kurds "Breitbart" Warned. "The Yazidis, a small ....religious Minority, (Near Christianism), were almost Exterminated by ISIS. Hundreds of Yazidis Volunteered for military training with Kurdish militia groups in Syria and Iraq so they would be better able to Defend themselves in the future. Yazidi militias became generally known as “Sinjar Resistance Units,” named after the Mountainous region where most of the Yazidi population lives''.
>>> In Other Words, after having, Previously, Exploited ISIS' Bloody Terrorism against Yazidi, Armenian, Kurdish, Christian, and other People that Turkey did Not Want near its Borders, Now it's even Threatening to Attack them Openly, by its own Military and Proxies, in order to Invade and Occupy a Part of its Neighbouring Countries...
In Fact, it's, more or less, mutatis-mutandis, ...one and Same, Old and New Story, Played Again and Again, there, as far as Christians' History is concerned : From Alexandreta/Iskinderum (the Historic "Gate to Syria", Founded by Ancient Greek King "Alexander the Great", Key Part of UNO's Mandate for Syria, entrusted later to France), which was Invaded and Occupied by the Turkish Army on 1938, the Year of "Munich" Cowardice, with All its Armenian, Greek and "Christian Arab" ancestral Inhabitants Expulsed by the Turkish Army, which Usurpated their Family Homes and Ancestral Land. By an Historic Coincidence, precisely ...80 Years Later, on 2018, its Adjacent Region : AFRIN, the most Peaceful Kurdish Region of Syria, (with an wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwIncredibly Dense European Historic Identity), was, also Scandalously, abandoned to be Invaded and Occuppied by the Turkish Army and its Proxies ! (See : ...). The Follow-up is Known : From the Next Year, 2019, the Most Important "BattleGround" Kurdish Regions of North-Eastern Syria, (which had Just Succeeded to Win the War against "ISIS"' Islamist Deadly Terrorist Cowards Targeting Even Civilian People, until they Liberated also Raqqa, etc), are Partialy Abandoned to Turkey's Army and its Proxies, including some Historicaly Christian areas. During 2020-2021, it's Nowadays the turn of Iraq's Northern Mountains, adjacent to Turkey, and particularly of the Yazidi Mountain Crossing of Sinjar, with the Neighbouring Historic Christian stronghold of Nineveh Valley, (Near Mosul, Kirkuk and Ibril), which are Currently Threatened by Turkish Tanks, Air-Bombings and Military Invasion/Occupation, (Comp. Supra) : It's the remnants of the Southern Outline of the Biggest Christian Empire in Human History : that of the Over-Millenary Greek-Byzantine Empire (330 - 1.453), of which, Turkey diN't Left Nowadays, but Only...the Smalest Percentage of Christians in the Total Population among All Middle-Eastern Countries !... (See relevant "Le Monde/AFP" Graphic 2021, Attached Herewith)...
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+ Meanwhile, at Iraq, on Late February 2021, an Iraqi Political Leader from a a Popular Party, according to"ABNA" Media, Already Warned that the "Turkish Army appears to be preparing for an Incursion into Sinjar Mountains in northern Iraq near the Syrian Border", and Urged to Dare Face it by the necessary Iraqi National Force, if needed :
- "Hadi al-Amiri, Chief of Fatah (Conquest) Alliance at the Iraqi Parliament, said while Iraqis expected Turkish troops to Withdraw from the Town of Bashiqa, Deep inside Iraq and recently Occupied border Territories, Turkey was primed for a Further Invasion and Occupation of the Arab Country": - <<Turkey must Stop its “Hostile Acts”, which do Not Serve the interests of either state">>, he said in a statement carried by "al-Sumaria" TeleVision Network.
=> - He Called on the Iraqi Government to "Take all necessary Measures to Prevent any Encroachment on the Iraqi Territory."
- Amiri reportedly observed that "Iraqi Armed Forces, Security agencies and the Popular Mobilization Units ("PMU" : Comp. Supra), commonly known as "Hashd al-Sha’abi", are Capable of Defending their Homeland against any possible Turkish Incursion".
+ In Addition, "Iraq's al-Nujaba movement, which is part of 'Hashd al-Sha’abi" (Comp. Supra) ...Criticized the Government of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi for its perceived Laxity in the face of Turkey's actions in Northern Iraq".
- The Resistance group urged Turkish forces to reconsider their calculations before targeting Sinjar in Iraq’s Nineveh Province. It also called on the Iraqi Government, parliament and related organizations to take a Unified stance Against any act of Foreign Aggression".
-"The Turkish army must take a Lesson from the Fate of American Occupiers who had More facilities, weapons and troops," al-Nujaba said, pointing at the Outward Trend of US Army, progressively Leaving Iraq, (while Even Ommiting to remind Also the Fact that USA had No Problem with Kurds, Yazidi, and various Others Iraqi factions, But Only Turkey did)...
- "If the government remains silent, the Iraqi People and the Resistance will take a clear position, as they are Able to confront and Repel the Occupiers," Nujaba warned.
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>>> - Pope Francis' 2021 First Official Visit to Iraq aims to "Support All Good Will Iraqis, Against those who Made them Suffer", resumed Today the Experienced Christian Humanitarian NGO "Oeuvre d'Orient" (Established since 1860), Mgr. Gollnisch, speaking to Journalists, including "Eurofora", via a Press Video-Conference from Iraq.
+ Adding from a GeoPolitical point of view, he Timely observed that French President "Macron has Recently Reached Iraq, just After Visiting Lebanon".
- France had Refused to Participate to that Intervention in the Past, and even Condemned it. Former French Foreign Minister (and Future Prime Minister) Dominique de Villepin was Notoriously Fighting against that in New York's UNO Headquarters, and former President Jacques Chirac was Opposed.
++ Moreover, Pope Francis is known to be more in Favour of a Multi-Polar World, instead of a Dual World view, traditionaly focused on the West, (from which he keeps a Distance, and he has Even been Criticized for that, he pointed out).
+++ Significantly, already Back on 2003, "the Pope (then John-Paul II) was Not Eeven Informed Officialy about that Military Intervention, But Only 1 Day Later, and Through the Italian Government (sic !)...
>>> At any case, Nowadays, f.ex. French Bishops use to Visit Iraq for Direct Contacts with Religious People. Politicians may play their War Games, but Not Manipulate Religious People, which is anOther Issue...
=> Future Visits by Shia => may be in order to prepare to sign a Joint Text (as at Al-Azhar in- Abu Dhabi) in the foreseable Future.
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People in Europe and the World expect from CoE to make a succes of its "Monitoring" for Human Rights and Democracy, despite difficulties, said Finland's President Tarja Halonen to "EuroFora" at a crucial moment for the mecanism built 15 years ago by the paneuropean organization which celebrates its 60th Anniversary in 2009.
Halonen, known as "Mother" of CoE's "Monitoring" mecanism, a long-time MEP and former Foreign Minister before becoming Finland's President, holds a long experience in the mattter, after also serving twice as CoE and EU Chairwoman in the past. That's why she is well placed to judge how CoE's "monitoring" should deal today with some crucial issues of importance both to CoE and to the EU.
The move came just a Month before a crucial, last visit to Turkey, scheduled for June, by the President of CoE''s "Monitoring" Committee, Ukranian MEP Serge Holovaty, to finalize his Report on Ankara, the CoE Member State with the longest Monitoring procedure. From its results depends its overall credibility.
This is a Test-case, because, in fact, it's in order to avoid Sanctions threatened against Turkey by a CoE's Assembly's April 1995 Resolution for grave Human Rights violations, Democracy gaps, the continuing Military Occupation in Cyprus, the unresolved Kurdish problem, Aegean differend with Greece, etc., that MEPs decided to create, for the 1st time on April 1996, a "Monitoring" proces, allegedly destinated to check, without excluding Countries who did not fulfill all CoE's standards.
In the Past, the obliged withdrawal of Greece's Military regime and of its "Civil" cover-up out of the CoE had helped bring back Democracy in 1974. But, on the contrary, since April 1996, the idea was to "monitor" Human Rights' respect while keeping most concerned Countries inside the CoE. After Turkey's oldest example, this was extended also to several former "Eastern" European Countries, even if CoE's Assembly has imposed to some of them (fex. Ukraine, Russia, etc., after Belarus, Serbia, etc) various "Sanctions", that Ankara always avoided. Curiously more succesful even than .. USA itself, (a CoE "Observer" since 1995), which has been at least threatened with sanctions some years ago..
EU-effects of CoE's Monitoring process became obvious between 2001-2008, since the "closure" of this procedure, when CoE felt that a Country had met most of its Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law obligations, (i.e. the "Copenhagen Criteria" for the EU), helped trigger Negotiations with the EU for "Accession" or other closer relations : This occured already before the 2004 and 2007 EU Enlargements to former "Eastern" European Countries, as well as for the commencement of "accession" negotiations with Croatia, and of "open-ended" negotiations with Turkey in 2005.
But a stricking new development are Holovaty's recent findings that on core Human Rights issues as Torture and Freedom of Expression, Turkey, even "5 Years after" CoE closed its "Monitoring", back in 2004, inciting EU to start accession Negotiations in 2005, still presents grave problems.
His findings are of crucial importance after a 2008 CoE Resolution called, "if need be", to "seriously consider the possibility of Re-Opening the Monitoring procedure for Turkey" : A move which might affect Ankara's controversial EU bid, since EU Accession Negotiations are based on the Hypothesis that the Candidate fullfils the "Copenhagen Criteria" (See above)..
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Holovaty expressed his will to check "Matters still Outstanding" and those that he "didn't have an opportunity to discuss" at an earlier visit this year, "in order to discuss the more complex issues in greater depth", at his forthcoming New Visit to Ankara, before the December 2009 EU Summit. This is all based on the 2004 CoE Resolution which stresses that, CoE "will continue.. post-monitoring Dialogue with the Turkish authorities,...in addition to a 12-points list,..and on any Other Matter that might arise in connection with Turkey’s Obligations as a CoE member state".
CoE's Resolution also asks from Turkey "to secure the proper Implementation of Judgements, particularly in the Cyprus v. Turkey InterState case", of 2001, which concerns also the plight of many Hundreds of MISSING People. It adds Turkey's obligations to "execute" ECHR's Judgements in the Loizidou case,..and in particular adopt General Measures to avoid repetition or continuation of Violations found by the Court" to the detriment of Refugees.
Nevertheless, Holovaty said to "EuroFora" that "MISSING" persons,"might be included" and cannot be excluded, but he has yet to examine the situation "to find out which issues will be raised" to the Turkish Government.
Therefore, "EuroFora" asked Halonen, as the Historic "Mother" of CoE's Monitoring mecanism, if she thought that, "whenever there are grave Human Rights Violations, as fex. "MISSING" persons, attested even by ECHR's judgements, they should be always checked by a Monitoring process. Or could they be forgotten ?"
- "We (CoE) must be, at the same time, Fair, Realistic, but not in the mind that "now we have Forgotten", etc., replied to "EuroFora"'s question Halonen, speaking as a matter of general principle.
- "When we think of those People that are suffering from the lack of Democracy, of Human Rights, and of the Rule of Law", "we should find a base on how to deal with the (Monitoring) system more rapidly"', she stressed.
- "Sometimes it's very difficult to combine Transparency and Effectivenes together, particularly in this specific case", she went on to say. But, "I have not found a (CoE Member) Country who could be insensitive in this sens", Halonen answered concerning grave Human Rights violations attested by the ECHR.
- "I have no ready-made answer. I have the expectations that you, in the CoE, will, step by step, find the different types of the monitoring systems."
Also "because this is a part of the UN's Post-Conflict system, (fex. when it comes to Cyprus' MISSING persons), and it's a more Global system". So that, "If we make a succes in Europe, the others will follow", throughout the World. "But they expect that we (Europe) are this opportunity, this Opportunity to make a Succes", Halonen concluded.
In addition, she advised to extend CoE's Monitoring to all its 47 Member States, "because, as long as we hear that, all these monitoring systems are "OK for the neighbor, but not for me", "it's very difficult" to understand. Something which could make easier to Compare...
Finnish MEP Jaako Laakso, former CoE Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories of Cyprus and one of the 5 Signatories of the Historic CoE's call to create the "MONITORING" mecanism since 1996, was more specific : - "We (CoE Assembly) have to find a way for the issue of Cyprus' MISSING People to be better followed", he stressed, anouncing his intention to "speak to Mr. Holovaty" about that. "There might be also other ways", added Laakso.
- The 2008 "Year had been a very Bad one for Turkey with regard to Human Rights in general, and Freedom of Expression in particular", denounced, meanwhile, Holovaty's preliminary Post-Monitoringh Draft Report by Holovaty, published by the CoE on April 2009.
"Amnesty International believes that freedom of expression is not guaranteed given the various articles of the Criminal Code that restrict it. .. "For example, 1,300 Websites are said to have been closed down by the (Turkish) authorities in 2008" ! While "the new Turkish Criminal Code was used to bring a total of 1,072 proceedings between June 2005 and April 2008, and led to the conviction of 192 people", for expressing views. "Representatives of the Özgür Gündem newspaper, which specialises in Kurdish affairs, ..complained about Numerous Attacks on their Freedom of Expression ...as was everyone who advocated a settlement to the question by means other than the intervention of the army" "According to their figures, 19 Newspapers had been suspended 43 times between 4 August 2006 and 4 November 2008" !...
Moreover, on 2008, CoE's "Ministers adopted its 4rth Resolution on the execution of the judgments of the ECHR, ...and outstanding issues regarding 175 Judgements and decisions relating to Turkey delivered between 1996 and 2008... concerning Deaths resulting from the excessive use of force by members of the Security forces, the failure to protect the right to life, the DIisappearance and/or death of individuals, Ill-Treatment and the Destruction of property". CoE's " Ministers urged the Turkish authorities ...to ensure that members of Security forces of all ranks can be prosecuted without administrative
authorisation" for "serious crimes". Holovaty reminded.
"Nonetheless", Holovaty heard anew of "Several cases of Violence committed last year (2008) by the (Turkish) security forces". Amnesty International speaks of Many Cases of ill-treatment and Torture in the prisons and by the police". "Including, fex."'the death of Engin Ceber, a young man of 29 who died on October 2008 as a result of the TORTURE allegedly inflicted on him by police officers, prison staff and members of the gendarmerie. He was part of a group of people arrested on September 2008 during a demonstration and Press Conference in Istanbul'. Proceedings against suspects are "on-going" in this case.
- " I therefore noted an Obvious Contradiction between the Government’s stated “zero tolerance” policy.... of Torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and the different testimonies given", denounced CoE's Rapporteur. Turkish "authorities must make considerable efforts to guarantee that proper investigations are carried out into allegations of abuses by members of the security forces and that perpetrators are effectively punished" "In this respect, I have requested detailed Statistics on the number of Investigations, acquittals and convictions in cases involving allegations of abuse in order to show the positive impact of the measures taken to date", Holovaty said, repeating a permanently unsatisfied CoE's demand to Turkey since a Decade...
- "The Political Crisis that shook the country in the spring of 2008 highlighted the Weaknesses of the (Turkish) Constitution", which comes from the Military regime of 1982, "and the Urgent Need of Reforms", stressed from the outset CoE's Rapporteur in 2009. In particular, "the ...Democratic functioning of state institutions, including the independence of the judicial system, are crucial", he observes.
But, "the Electoral system and the ways in which it is circumvented do not appear to give those elected complete Legitimacy, and tend to pervert the course of direct universal suffrage", denounces Holovaty, observing that, even 5 Years later, Turkey did not yet change the 10% nationwide Threshold for a party to take any seat, which is "far higher" than the "3%" maximum in Europe and already condemned as contrary to European Standards by the CoE.
+ Moreover, EU Parliament's 2009 Report on Turkey, drafted by Dutch MEP Ria Oomen-Ruijten and adopted in Strasbourg on March, expresses "Concern over the Failure of the (Turkish) Judiciary to prosecute cases of Torture and Ill-treatment, the Number of which is Growing". EU also "is concerned about continuing Hostility and Violence against Minorities" in Turkey. It also "calls on the Turkish Government to launch, as a matter of Priority, a Political Initiatve favouring a lasting Settlement of the Kurdish issue, (while "condemning violence.. and terrorist groups"). EU "regrets that No progress has been made on establishing full, systematic Civilian suprevisory functions over the (Turkish) Military".
The final results of Holovaty's 2nd and last visit to Turkley will be known later this year, and, at any case, before EU's December 2009 Summit.