An F18 fighter jet (Reuters/Luke
MacGregor)
Srikandi גבורה - Lebih
sedekad selepas Amerika Syarikat & United Kingdom menyerang Iraq pada tahun
2003, sekutu tentera telah mencipta 'kontra-pengganas' pasukan bersama untuk
menghantar kepada negara. Pegawai British sudah dalam perjalanan mereka
"untuk menyediakan serangan udara mungkin," The Sunday Times
melaporkan.
"SAS
[Perkhidmatan Udara Khas Tentera British] pegawai dalam perjalanan ke Iraq
hujung minggu ini untuk menyediakan darat untuk serangan udara mungkin. Sumber
pertahanan Kanan mengesahkan bahawa anggota tentera adalah sebahagian daripada
bersama2 British dan Amerika "counter-pengganas pasukan" dipesan pada
hari Jumaat oleh William Hague, Menteri Luar, dan John Kerry, setiausaha negara
Amerika Syarikat. Pasukan itu difahami merangkumi koperasi MI6 serta pasukan
khas berpangkat tinggi pegawai, "The Sunday Times melaporkan ‘reported’.
Misi
mungkin hasil dpd "pilihan" dianggap oleh Presiden Amerika
Syarikat, Barack Obama, yang diumumkan dalam satu kenyataan yang lebih awal.
Serangan udara dan penggunaan pesawat adalah antara pelbagai pilihan tentera
mungkin, dan kertas mengesahkan, mengatakan bahawa SAS "tugas adalah untuk
mengenal pasti sasaran mungkin sebelum Obama memutuskan sama ada untuk
melakukan kuasa udara Amerika."
Menurut
pakar-pakar tentera, seperti pasukan khas pasukan boleh sasaran peluru berpandu
di objek menggunakan laser khas, meningkatkan ketepatan serangan udara. Mereka
juga boleh mewujudkan tahap kemusnahan semasa operasi ketenteraan tertentu.
Dengan
krisis semasa di Iraq, Amerika Syarikat mungkin mendapati dirinya dalam
kedudukan di mana ia akan bertindak di satu pihak dengan Iran untuk mengelakkan
keuntungan tentera lagi oleh "terlalu melampau untuk Al-Qaeda"
kumpulan jihad. Presiden Iran Hassan Rouhani telah berkata ‘said’ bahawa Tehran boleh memper-timbangkan
bekerja sama dengan Washington untuk pertempuran ancaman pelampau.
Walaupun
langkah yang mungkin terhadap kumpulan militan Sunni di Iraq sedang ditimbang
ke atas, yang membimbangkan meneruskan kempen terbaru mereka untuk mengawal
Baghdad. Dalam serangan di seluruh kawasan tengah dan utara negara, ISIS
(Negara Islam di Iraq dan Levant) merampas kuasa Mosul dan Tikrit - kota
kelahiran Saddam Hussein - dan telah berjuang cara mereka ke arah ibu negara Iraq.
Washington
dan London, sedar pendapat awam mengenai pencerobohan sebelumnya di Iraq,
sehingga kini menolak pilihan menghantar pasukan tentera kembali ke negara itu,
tidak termasuk kemungkinan kempen ketenteraan jangka panjang yang baru. Cara
lain untuk membantu tentera Iraq dan polis sedang dipertimbangkan.
Amerika
Syarikat sudah dihantar peluru berat ke Baghdad, manakala Britain telah
menawarkan "kepakaran kaunter-pengganas" dan berhasrat untuk membantu
dengan sambutan kemanusiaan kepada krisis.
US,
UK CREATE JOINT team to PREPARE
for Air Strikes in IRAQ - report
Over
a decade after the US and UK invaded Iraq in 2003, the military allies have
created a joint 'counter-terrorist' team to send to the country. British
officers are already on their way “to prepare for possible air strikes,” The
Sunday Times reports.
"SAS
[Special Air Service of the British Army] officers were on their way to Iraq
this weekend to prepare the ground for possible air strikes. Senior defence
sources confirmed that military personnel were part of a joint British and
American “counter-terrorist” team ordered in on Friday by William Hague, the
foreign secretary, and John Kerry, the US secretary of state. The team is
understood to include MI6 operatives as well as high-ranking special forces
officers," The Sunday Times reported.
The
mission might be a result of "options" considered by US President
Barack Obama, which he announced in an earlier statement. Air strikes and the
use of drones were among the range of possible military options, and the paper
confirmed that, saying that SAS "task will be to identify possible targets
before Obama decides whether to commit American air power."
According
to military experts, such special forces teams can target missiles at objects
using special lasers, increasing the accuracy of air strikes. They can also establish
the degree of destruction during certain military operations.
With
the current crisis in Iraq, the US may find itself in a position where it will
act on one side with Iran to prevent further military gains by a "too
extreme for Al-Qaeda" jihadist group. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that Tehran may con-sider cooperating with Washington to battle the
extremist threat.
While
possible measures against Sunni militant groups in Iraq are being weighed up,
the jihadists continue their latest campaign to take control of Baghdad. In its
assault across the country's central and northern regions, ISIS (Islamic State
in Iraq and the Levant) seized control of Mosul and Tikrit – Saddam Hussein’s
hometown – and were battling their way towards the Iraqi capital.
Washington
and London, conscious of public opinion on previous invasions in Iraq, have so
far ruled out the option of sending troops back into the country, excluding the
possibility of a new long-term military campaign. Other ways of helping the
Iraqi military and police are being considered.
The
US has already sent heavy ammunition to Baghdad, while Britain has offered its
"counter-terrorist expertise" and intends to help with the
humanitarian response to the crisis.
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