OBAMA 'Saya tidak Perintah APA-apa' ke Atas IRAQ . . .

Barack Obama ( Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

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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Amerika Syarikat MENGAKUI Menghantar BANTUAN MAUT'.

LAPORAN 'fosforus putih': Tentera Ukraine 'MENGGUGURKAN Bom PEMBAKAR' pada Slavyansk . . .

Srikandi גבורה - Penduduk Slavyansk dan di pinggir bandar telah terjaga semalaman pada hari Khamis dengan apa yang mereka katakan adalah bom pembakar yang telah digugurkan di bandar mereka oleh tentera Kiev. Saksi-saksi dan laporan media tempatan cadangkan bahawa bom mungkin fosforus.

Banyak perkampungan Semyonovka, yang terletak di pinggir bandar Slavyansk, telah terbakar. Penduduk tempatan memberitahu RT bahawa tanah itu tidak henti –henti membakar untuk beberapa ketika.

"Kami semua melihat apa yang berlaku di sini semalam. Mereka menggunakan pelancar roket serta bom pembakar terhadap kami. Tanah itu terbakar. Bagaimana tanah boleh membakar dengan sendirinya. Ia dibakar selama kira-kira 40 minit, "pemastautin Roman Litvinov memberitahu RT melalui telefon.

"Bermula dari 02:00 semua orang yang saya telah bertemui dengan mempunyai sakit tekak dan batuk sepanjang masa. Saya rasa ini adalah kerana terbakar. Saya fikir kita akan merasai kesan sebenar kemudiannya. Masih terdapat ramai orang di sini, banyak anak-anak kita tidak berjaya keluar lagi, "pemastautin Tatyana memberitahu RT.

Penggunaan bom pembakar - direka untuk memulakan api dengan menggunakan bahan-bahan seperti napalm, fosforus putih atau bahan kimia berbahaya yang lain - adalah dilarang oleh PBB.

'White phosphorus' reports: Ukraine military 'dropped incendiary bombs' on Slavyansk (VIDEO) . . .

Residents of Slavyansk and its suburbs were awoken overnight on Thursday by what they say were incendiary bombs that were dropped on their city by Kiev’s military. Witnesses and local media reports suggested that the bombs might be phosphorous.

Much of the village of Semyonovka, located in the Slavyansk suburbs, was set ablaze. Local residents told RT that the ground didn't stop burning for some time.

“We all saw what happened here yesterday. They used rocket launchers as well as incendiary bombs against us. The ground was on fire. How can the ground burn by itself. It burned for about forty minutes,” resident Roman Litvinov told RT over the phone.

“Starting from 2 a.m. everyone I’ve met has a sore throat and is coughing all the time. I think this is because of the burning. I think we’ll feel the true consequences later. There are still a lot of people here, a lot of children we haven’t managed to get out yet,” resident Tatyana told RT.

The use of incendiary bombs – designed to start fires using materials such as napalm, white phosphorus or other dangerous chemicals – is strictly prohibited by the UN.

Pihak berkuasa Kiev telah menafikan laporan bahawa senjata tersebut telah digunakan terhadap orang awam. Pengawal Kebangsaan juga menafikan laporan bahawa peluru fosforus telah digunakan, perkhidmatan akhbar yang menyatakan.

Slavyansk, bandar perindustrian di tenggara Ukraine dengan penduduk lebih 100,000 orang, telah menjadi titik tumpuan tindakan keras kerajaan terhadap rantau ini. Kawasan perumahan di bandar ini biasa tlh berada di bawah tembakan meriam selama beberapa minggu.

"Ia kelihatan bahawa terdapat sekurang-kurangnya satu kes yang akan berhujah bahawa sesuatu yang serupa, jika tidak fosforus putih, telah digunakan dalam sekelip mata. Saya lihat video ini, saya telah melihat dengan teliti . . . [terdapat] tanda-tanda keseluruhan, tanda keseluruhan penggunaan fosforus putih.

Sebagai contoh, pembakaran cahaya yang sangat terang dan pelbagai terbakar yang turun dari langit. Ia merupakan satu senjata airburst yang telah digunakan, seperti mortar atau dikendalikan pesawat, "Charles Shoebridge, seorang pegawai bekas tentera, Scotland Yard detektif, dan memerangi keganasan pegawai perisikan yang baru-baru ini telah kembali dari Ukraine, memberitahu RT.

"Fosforus putih tidak boleh memadamkan dengan penggunaan air" dan ia akan "membakar melalui badan seseorang sehingga ke tulang," tambah Shoebridge. "Jika ada menjadi jumlah yang besar digunakan ia juga boleh menjadi racun - banyak boleh ditetapkan untuk mencemarkan bekalan air."

Menurut video, "ia kemungkinan besar bahawa fosforus putih" telah digunakan, tambah Shoebridge. "Ia amat sukar utk mereka-reka video yg kita lihat digabungkan dengan bukti di atas tanah."

Moscow menuntut siasatan segera ke dalam penggunaan yang dilaporkan bom pembakar di Ukraine, Menteri Luar Rusia Sergey Lavrov berkata pada hari Khamis.

"Kita bimbang untuk mendengar laporan bahawa tentera Ukraine menggunakan bom pembakar dan beberapa senjata sembarangan lain," katanya. "Laporan-laporan ini perlu penyiasat ke dalam serta-merta."

Pada hari Khamis, Rusia memperkenalkan draf resolusi kepada Majlis Keselamatan PBB yang mengutuk serangan ke atas rumah kediaman dan kemudahan awam di tenggara Ukraine, kata Vitaly Churkin, duta Rusia ke PBB.

Beliau juga menyuarakan kebimbangan mengenai laporan daripada penggunaan peluru yang dilarang, termasuk bom pembakar, semasa tindakan keras tentera.

Resolusi draf panggilan untuk menamatkan segera kepada semua keganasan dan gencatan senjata yang berkekalan.

"Resolusi draf akan bertujuan untuk menghentikan keganasan dan menyokong usaha-usaha politik OSCE telah menjalankan sia-sia setakat ini. Kami menggesa Setiausaha Agung PBB untuk menyokong mereka," kata Churkin, sambil menambah bahawa penerimaannya akan menunjukkan sokongan UNSC bagi usaha-usaha penyelesaian krisis.

Kiev authorities have denied reports that such weapons were used against civilians. The National Guard also refuted reports that phosphorous ammunition was used, its press service stated.

Slavyansk, an industrial city in southeastern Ukraine with a population of over 100,000 people, has been a focal point of the government’s crackdown against the region. The city’s residential area has been under regular artillery fire for weeks.

“It does appear that there is at least a case to be argued that something similar, if not itself white phosphorous, was used overnight. I’ve seen the video, I’ve looked at it closely . . . [there are] whole signs, whole marks of white phosphorous use. 

For example, a very bright light burning and multiple burns coming down from the sky. It’s an airburst weapon that has been used, such as a mortar or a manned aircraft,” Charles Shoebridge, a former army officer, Scotland Yard detective, and counter-terrorism intelligence officer who has recently returned from Ukraine, told RT.

“White phosphorous cannot be put out with the use of water” and it will “burn through one’s body to the bone,” Shoebridge added. “If there is going to be large amounts used it can also be a poison – large amounts can be set to contaminate water supply.”

According to the video, “it’s very likely that white phosphorus" was used, Shoebridge added. “It’s very difficult to fabricate the video we saw combined with the evidence on the ground.”

Moscow demanded an immediate investigation into the reported use of incendiary bombs in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.

"We are concerned to hear reports that the Ukrainian military forces use incendiary bombs and some other indiscriminate weapons," he said. "These reports should be probed into immediately."

On Thursday, Russia introduced a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that condemns attacks on residential quarters and civilian facilities in southeastern Ukraine, said Vitaly Churkin, Russian envoy to the UN.

He also voiced concern over reports of the use of prohibited ammunition, including incendiary bombs, during the military crackdown.

The draft resolution calls for an immediate end to all violence and for a lasting ceasefire.

"The draft resolution will aim to stop the violence and support the political efforts the OSCE has been undertaking in vain so far. We urge the UN Secretary-General to support them," Churkin said, adding that its adoption would demonstrate the UNSC’s support for the crisis settlement efforts.

Foto video - LAPORAN 'fosforus putih': Tentera Ukraine 'MENGGUGURKAN Bom PEMBAKAR' pada Slavyansk (Photo of the video - 'White phosphorus' reports: Ukraine military 'dropped incendiary bombs' on Slavyansk) . . .

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