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Srikandi - Presiden
Amerika Syarikat berkata pada hari Khamis bahawa tiada apa-apa yang telah
diperintah keluar ketika datang untuk bertindak balas kepada permusuhan
baru-baru ini di Iraq.
Dari
White House, US Pres. Barack Obama berkata, "Saya tidak perintah
apa-apa" berhubung dengan pengambilalihan pelampau Iraq utara yang di hari
baru-baru ini telah membenarkan pemberontak Al-Qaeda diilhamkan disita
keseluruhan bandar di rantau ini.
Pres.
Obama bercakap dgn Perdana Menteri Australia awal hari apabila dia menjawab
soalan pemberita mengenai ketegangan yang semakin buruk di luar negara.
Jika
kepentingan Amerika Syarikat harus menjadi terancam di sana, presiden itu
berkata, maka jawapan yang akan diperlukan.
"Pengetua
asas jelas ialah kita, seperti negara, bersedia untuk mengambil tindakan
ketenteraan apabila keselamatan negara terancam," katanya.
OBAMA:
'I don't Rule Out Anything' On IRAQ
The
president of the United States said on Thursday that nothing has been ruled out
when it comes to responding to recent hostilities in Iraq.
From
the White House, US Pres. Barack Obama said “I don’t rule out anything” with
regards to the extremist takeover of northern Iraq that in recent days has
allowed Al-Qaeda inspired insurgents to seizure entire cities in the region.
Pres.
Obama was speaking with the prime minister of Australia early Thursday when he
answered reporters’ questions about the worsening tensions overseas.
If
US interests should become threatened there, the president said, then a
response would be warranted.
“The
basic principal obviously is that we, like all nations, are prepared to take
military action whenever our national security is threatened,” he said.
Militan daripada Negara
Islam Iraq dan Levant (ISIL) bergambar dengan cap Golongan bendera selepas
mereka didakwa merampas pusat pemeriksaan tentera Iraq di wilayah Iraq utara
Salahuddin pada 11 Jun, 2014 (Militants
of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posing with the trademark Jihadists
flag after they allegedly seized an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi
province of Salahuddin on June 11, 2014 (AFP Photo/HO/Welayat Salahuddin)
Pentadbiran
beliau akan segera mula mengambil tindakan dengan membincangkan pilihan ketenteraan
dengan pasukan keselamatan negara itu, katanya, dan bahawa "Kami mempunyai
kepentingan dalam memastikan Golongan ini tidak dapat bertapak di sama ada Iraq
atau Syria," di mana perang saudara yg tlh menimbulkan kebimban-gan
bahawa turun naik yang berterusan di sana hanya akan memarakkan api terbaru
meletus di negara jiran Iraq.
"Apa
yang kita telah melihat sejak beberapa hari terakhir menunjukkan Sejauh mana
Iraq akan memerlukan bantuan," katanya, menyeru peristiwa baru-baru
"panggilan bangun untuk kerajaan Iraq."
Sehari
sebelumnya, bagaimanapun, New York Times melaporkan bahawa para pegawai Iraq
telah mengemukakan permintaan semasa bulan lepas untuk Rumah Putih untuk
menjalankan serangan udara terhadap pelampau di rantau ini, menurut
sumber-sumber dalam kedua-dua Washington dan Baghdad, semua yang telah menolak
oleh pentadbiran Obama.
His
administration will immediately begin taking action by discussing military
options with his national security team, he added, and that “We do have a stake
in ensuring these jihadists don't get foothold in either Iraq or Syria,” where
an civil war has raised concerns that the ongoing volatility there will only
fuel the latest flames to erupt in neighboring Iraq.
“What
we've seen over last couple of days indicates degree to which Iraq is going to
need more help,” he said, calling recent events a “wake-up call for the Iraqi
government.”
A
day earlier, however, the New York Times reported that Iraqi officials have
made requests during the last month for the White House to carry out airstrikes
against extremists in the region, according to sources in both Washington and
Baghdad, all of which were rebuffed by the Obama administration.
Letupan militan daripada
Negara Islam Iraq dan Levant (ISIL) didakwa merampas pusat pemeriksaan tentera
Iraq di wilayah Iraq utara Salahuddin pada 11 Jun 2014 (Explosion as militants
of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) allegedly seize an Iraqi
army checkpoint in the northern Iraqi province of Salahuddin on June 11, 2014 (AFP
Photo/HO/Welayat Salahuddin)
"Kami
tidak akan masuk ke dalam butir-butir perbincangan diplomatik kita, tetapi
Kerajaan Iraq telah membuat jelas bahawa mereka mengalu-alukan sokongan
kami," Bernadette Meehan, seorang jurucakap Majlis Keselamatan Negara
Amerika Syarikat, memberitahu Times.
Dalam
ucapan Khamis, Pres. Obama berkata, "Kami tidak akan dapat di mana-mana
sepanjang masa, tetapi apa yang kita boleh lakukan adalah untuk memastikan
bahawa kita sentiasa membantu untuk membiayai, kereta api [dan] menasihatkan
angkatan tentera degn negara-negara rakan kongsi, termasuk Iraq, yang
mempunyai keupayaan untuk mengekalkan keselamatan mereka sendiri. "
"Itu
adalah satu proses yang susah payah dan panjang," Presiden itu menambah,
"tetapi ia adalah salah satu yang kita perlu untuk memulakan."
Pada
sebelah petang pula, Setiausaha Akhbar White House Jay Carney menjelaskan
bahawa pentadbiran tidak mempunyai niat menghantar pasukan kumpulan ke Iraq,
dan hanya mempertimbangkan serangan udara mungkin pada ketika ini.
Ucapan
Obama datang jam sahaja selepas Rep John Boehner (R-Ohio), Speaker Dewan
Perwakilan Amerika Syarikat, menuduh presiden "mengambil tidur"
sebagai Iraq jatuh di bawah serangan.
"Yang
Seterusnya 9/11 adalah dalam membuatnya," tambah Senator Lindsey Graham
(R-South Carolina).
Pada
hari-hari kebelakangan ini, militan dengan Negara Islam Iraq dan Levant (ISIS/ISIL)
telah menawan tidak kurang daripada 2 bandar di bahagian utara negara ini dan
kemudahan yang dirampas di sana. Lebih awal daripada kenyataan Obama, yang ISIL
telah pun dikaitkan dengan mengambil kawalan Mosul dan Tikrit, bandar kedua
terbesar di negara dan kampung halaman bekas Presiden Saddam Hussein,
masing-masing.
“We
are not going to get into details of our diplomatic discussions, but the
government of Iraq has made clear that they welcome our support,” Bernadette
Meehan, a spokeswoman for the US National Security Council, told the Times.
During
Thursday’s remarks, Pres. Obama said “We’re not going to be able to be
everywhere all the time, but what we can do is to make sure that we are consistently
helping to finance, train [and] advise military forces with partner countries,
including Iraq, that have the capacity to maintain their own security.”
“That
is a long and laborious process," the president added, “but it is one that
we need to get started.”
Later
in the afternoon, White House press secretary Jay Carney clarified that the
administration has no intentions of sending group troops to Iraq, and is only
considering possible airstrikes at this point.
Obama’s
remarks came only hours after Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the speaker of the US
House of Representatives, accused the president of “taking a nap” as Iraq falls
under attacks.
"The
next 9/11 is in the making," added Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina).
In
recent days, militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
(ISIS/ISIL) have captured no fewer than two cities in the northern part of the
country and seized facilities there. Ahead of Obama's remarks, the ISIL had
already been attributed with taking control of Mosul and Tikrit, the nation’s
second-largest city and former president Saddam Hussein’s hometown,
respectively.
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