Der Verfassungsschutz ist Deutschlands Inlandsgeheimdienst, er arbeitet also nur auf deutschem Boden. Es liegt also nahe, dass der Dienst in Deutschland erhobene Daten an die Amerikaner weitergibt. Das Ganze ist Teil eines großen Tauschgeschäfts unter „befreundeten Diensten“:

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said that Iraq is being exposed to terrorist acts in the framework of a global conspiracy against the Iraqi and Syrian peoples through a terrorist invasion targeting the Iraqi territorial integrity and the unity of its people and infrastructure.

Germanyˈs chief nuclear negotiator Hans-Dieter Lucas is to head to Iran later this week for informal talks on Tehranˈs nuclear issue, a German foreign ministry spokesman told IRNA on Monday, IRNA reported.

Iranian and Pakistani officials have dismissed reports about their border guards‘ fire exchange, that allegedly took place on June 9.

Iranian south eastern Sistan and Baluchestan province‘s governor office said that the fire exchange did take place, but Iranian border guards were not involved, as the shootout happened inside Pakistan, between the country‘s border guards and unknown armed groups, Fars news agency reported on June 11.

Power, who is also a Cabinet member in the Obama Administration, will discuss a „range of issues, including the effects of the conflict in Syria“ with senior government officials, UN agencies representatives, humanitarian non-governmental organizations, and civil society leaders.

The U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President Barack Obama‘s key foreign policy aide, Samantha Power, will visit Turkey this week to discuss the Syrian crisis and other regional issues, Turkish Foreign Ministry officials have told the Hurriyet Daily News.

Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) head Ershad Salihi addressed Turkey calling on it to protect Iraqi Turkmen, the CNN Turk TV channel reported.

„The Iraqi government provides support to the citizens of all nationalities, and only Iraqi Turkmen are deprived of this support,“ he said.

(17.5.2013) Irakische Kurden verkaufen ihr erstes Rohöl auf dem internationalen Markt unter Umgehung der Regierung in Bagdad – Türkei kauft Öl vom Taq Taq-Feld und baut Pipeline

(14. Mail 2007) So, the Commander of the Iraq War Zone, Gen. Petraeus, will have to find a reason for staying in Iraq.
And a reason for staying in command there, too.

What could that be? Does anybody down there still believe in some sort of “military victory”? So where is the chance, where is the opportunity to turn the tides?
The only option is to weaken the enemy forces by splittering them and to get more friendly forces into play.
Like the Germans. Like the French. Like the Israelis. Like the Turkish. And like the Kurds.

Where are these forces?
There are already in position. There are all around of Syria.

„There will be closer cooperation between Baghdad and the regional Kurdistan government to work together and flush out these foreign fighters,“ Hoshyar Zebari said on the sidelines of a EU-Arab League meeting in Athens.

Hoshyar Zebari made the comments in Athens Wednesday on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union and Arab League foreign ministers. He said he assured his colleagues there would be „closer cooperation“ between Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government to push the insurgents out of Mosul.

(5. Juni) “The big question is: ‘who will control the oil’? Counterparts in Baghdad did not identify ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ KRG actions – they just wanted to control the issue completely. We do not view this issue as a path towards Kurdistan’s independence, but rather as the expression of our constitutional rights. These rights are the constitutional principles upon which we agreed when we returned to Iraq in 2003 and 2004, and they have to be implemented in Iraq.

“If Baghdad today agreed with us upon the issue of oil revenue sharing, one of Iraq’s most important laws, it would lead to the resolution of a number of obstacles related to this issue. However if I speak frankly, Iraq’s federal government increases the sovereign expenditures year after year without the Kurdistan Region’s knowledge, and this is reduced from Kurdistan’s share of the Iraqi budget.

Foreign ministers from the European Union and Arab League states are holding a one-day meeting in Athens, focusing on the situation in Iraq, Syria, Libya and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, AP reported

(26. Mai) Russian analysts fear that, once the process of removal of the Syrian chemical arsenal is concluded, the United States — which has not renounced the idea of ​​overthrowing the regime in Syria — may revert to the plan of a military strike against the country.

It‘s precisely this plan that ​​Moscow has seen in the recent UN Security Council draft resolution, which it vetoed, together with China.

“We don’t have good choices on Syria anymore,” Mr. Ford added. “But some are clearly worse than others. More hesitation and unwillingness to commit to enabling the moderate opposition fighters to fight more effectively both the jihadists and the regime simply hasten the day when American forces will have to intervene against Al Qaeda in Syria.”

„Now a politician has to spend five hours a day begging rich people for money, so it‘s easy for politicians to ignore the public interest,“ he added. (…)

„Governments – that‘s one threat; businesses are also collecting more information than they should. We now have a stalker economy where businesses are finding out everything about you.“

„A requirement to preserve all data acquired under section 702 presents significant operational problems, only one of which is that the NSA may have to shut down all systems and databases that contain Section 702 information,“ wrote NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett in a court filing submitted to the court.

(06. Juni) The Chinese leader also said China is willing to make joint efforts with Egypt to further promote the traditional friendship between the two peoples, and to cement their mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields so as to advance the China-Egypt strategic cooperation.

Abdel Fattah was a symbol of the 2011 uprising against President Hosni Mubarak. Twenty four other people were also sentenced to 15 years in jail on similar charges.

The bid by Thailand‘s military rulers to strengthen ties with China comes after Western powers, including old ally the United States, criticised the May 22 coup and called for a speedy return to democracy.

The junta has said it has China‘s support.