FOTO ARKIB: penapisan
minyak Baiji, 180km (112 batu) di utara Baghdad (ARCHIVE PHOTO: Baiji oil
refinery, 180km (112 miles) north of Baghdad (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)
Srikandi גבורה - Militan
ISIS telah melancarkan serangan ke atas kilang penapis minyak terbesar Iraq
dengan mortar dan tembakan mesingan, pekerja kilang penapis katakan. Kumpulan
pelampau telah bertapak di Iraq, merampas kawalan ke atas wilayah dalam misi
untuk mewujudkan sebuah negara Islam.
Al-Qaeda
cabang di Iraq serangan LIVE TERKINI (Al-Qaeda
offshoot in Iraq offensive LIVE UPDATES)
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Negara
Islam Iraq dan Syria (ISIS) dikelilingi kilang minggu lepas kerana ia merampas
kuasa bandar Iraq yang ke-2 terbesar Mosul. Sebagai tindak balas kepada
peningkatan dalam keganasan, pengurusan di kilang yang dihentikan operasi di
kemudahan dan pekerja asing yang dipindahkan pada Selasa.
Serangan
terbaru telah melepaskan pada pukul 4.00 pagi (1.00 GMT) di luar 2 pintu masuk
utama kemudahan tersebut, sumber-sumber kepada Reuters. Satu mortar melanda
gudang alat ganti dan kepulan asap dilihat semakin meningkat dari bangunan itu.
Kilang
itu adalah yang terbesar di Iraq dan memproses 300,000 tong sehari, menyediakan
minyak bagi kebanyakan kawasan utara negara ini.
ISIS
attacks IRAQ's largest refinery in Baiji
with mortars, GUNFIRE . . .
ISIS
militants have launched an attack on Iraq’s largest oil refinery with mortars
and machine gun fire, refinery employees say. The extremist group has been
gaining ground in Iraq, seizing control of territory in its mission to create
an Islamic state.
The
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) surrounded the refinery last week as it
seized control of Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul. In response to the
escalation in violence, management at the refinery halted operations at the
facility and evacuated foreign workers on Tuesday.
The
latest attack was unleashed at 4.00 in the morning (1.00 GMT) outside two of
the facility’s main entrances, sources told Reuters. One mortar struck a
spare-parts warehouse and plumes of smoke were seen rising from the building.
The
refinery is the largest in Iraq and processes 300,000 barrels a day, providing
oil for most of the northern region of the country.
FOTO ARKIB: helikopter Amerika Syarikat mendarat di kilang
minyak di Baiji, 180 km (112 batu) di utara Baghdad 25 Februari 2009 (ARCHIVE
PHOTO: A U.S. helicopter lands at the oil refinery in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles)
north of Baghdad February 25, 2009 (Reuters/Sabah al-Bazee)
ISIS
telah mara di ibu kota Iraq Baghdad sejak minggu lalu, merampas bandar-bandar
di utara negara ini dan mengembangkan bidang kawalannya. Bandar terkini jatuh
di bawah kawalan militan adalah Tal Afar, yang mempunyai penduduk kira-kira
200,000 orang. Bandar ini telah diambil sebelum subuh Monday, Datuk Bandar
Abdulal Abdoul disahkan AP.
Penduduk
di kawasan yang diduduki kini bimbang mereka mungkin tertakluk kepada
penganiayaan ‘persecution’
dari garis keras militan Sunni.
"Keadaan
ini adalah bencana di Tal Afar. Terdapat kegilaan pertempuran dan kebanyakan
keluarga terperangkap di dalam rumah-rumah, mereka tidak boleh meninggalkan
bandar," kata seorang pegawai tempatan memberitahu Reuters pada hari Ahad
sebelum bandar telah ditakluki. "Jika pertempuran berterusan, suatu
pem-bunuhan beramai-ramai di kalangan orang awam boleh berlaku."
Pasukan
keselamatan Iraq terlatih- Amerika Syarikat telah terbukti tidak berkesan
terhadap ISIS, dengan banyak meninggalkan jawatan mereka dalam menghadapi
kuasa-kuasa memajukan.
The
ISIS has been advancing on the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad over the past
week, seizing cities in the north of the country and expanding its sphere of
control. The latest city to fall under the control of the militants was Tal
Afar, which has a population of about 200,000 people. The city was taken just
before dawn Monday, Mayor Abdulal Abdoul confirmed to AP.
Residents
of the occupied areas now worry they may be subject to persecution from the hardline Sunni militants.
"The
situation is disastrous in Tal Afar. There is crazy fighting and most families
are trapped inside houses, they can’t leave town," a local official told
Reuters on Sunday before the city was overrun. "If the fighting continues,
a mass killing among civilians could result."
The
US-trained Iraqi security forces have proved to be ineffective against the
ISIS, with many abandoning their posts in the face of the advancing forces.
FOTO ARKIB: penapisan
minyak Baiji, 180km (112 batu) di utara Baghdad (ARCHIVE PHOTO: Baiji oil
refinery, 180km (112 miles) north of Baghdad (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)
Konflik
ini juga telah mencetuskan ketegangan serantau antara Iraq dan Arab Saudi.
Perdana Menteri Nouri al-Maliki mengeluarkan kenyataan, berkata Riyadh adalah
bertanggungjawab untuk menggalakkan pembunuhan beramai-ramai di Iraq.
"Kami
menahan mereka [Arab Saudi] yang bertanggungjawab untuk menyokong
kumpulan-kumpulan kewangan dan dari segi moral, dan untuk hasil yang - termasuk
jenayah yang mungkin layak sebagai pembunuhan beramai-ramai," kata kabinet
Syiah yang dipimpin dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh Perdana Menteri
Nouri al-pejabat Maliki. Kerajaan Sunni sebelum ini menuduh kerajaan Iraq
mencetuskan kon-flik dengan dasar-dasar mazhab itu.
PBB
telah menyuarakan kebimbangan konflik yang semakin meningkat mengancam keutuhan
wilayah Iraq.
"Pada
masa ini, ia mengancam nyawa untuk Iraq tetapi ia menimbulkan bahaya yang
serius kepada rantau ini," utusan PBB ke Baghdad Nickolay Mladenov berkata
pada Selasa.
The
conflict has also stoked regional tensions between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a statement, saying Riyadh was responsible for
encouraging genocide in Iraq.
“We
hold them [Saudi Arabia] responsible for supporting these groups financially
and morally, and for the outcome of that - which includes crimes that may
qualify as genocide,” the Shiite-led cabinet said in a statement issued by
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office. The Sunni kingdom had previously accused
the Iraqi government of triggering the conflict with its sectarian policies.
The
UN has voiced concern the escalating conflict is threatening Iraq’s territorial
integrity.
“Right
now, it's life-threatening for Iraq but it poses a serious danger to the
region,” UN envoy to Baghdad Nickolay Mladenov said on Tuesday.
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