ISLAM melepaskan SEMUA keluar SERANGAN ke atas BANDAR-bandar IRAQ dengan SENJATA Amerika Syarikat . . .

Srikandi גבורה - Di Iraq, militan Islam radikal dikaitkan al-Qaeda dilaporkan meran-cang untuk mengambil Baghdad, selepas berjaya mara di utara. Ia fikir kerajaan kini meminta Amerika Syarikat utk menjalankan serangan Drone menentang pemberontak. 

Marina Portnaya menerangkan bagaimana ini mungkin bermaksud Washington meli-batkan menentang perkakasan tentera sendiri.

Islamists unleash all-out Assault On IRAQi Cities 

with US WEAPONs . . .

In Iraq, radical Islamist militants linked al-Qaeda are reportedly planning to take Baghdad, after succesfully advancing in the north. It’s thought the government’s now asked the US to carry out drone strikes againts insurgents. Marina Portnaya explains how that might mean Washington engaging againt its own military hardware.

Militan MEREBUT Konsulat TURKI, mengambil TEBUSAN 

80 Orang Turki di bandar IRAQ Mosul . . .

Merebut imej yang diambil dari video propaganda dimuat naik di Jun 11, 2014 oleh kumpulan jihad Negara Islam Iraq dan Levant (ISIL) didakwa menunjukkan militan ISIL memandu pada lokasi yang tidak didedahkan di wilayah Nineveh Iraq(An image grab taken from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11, 2014 by jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) allegedly shows ISIL militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh province (AFP Photo,HO,ISIL)

Pemberontak jihad menculik 49 orang di konsulat Turki di bandar Iraq utara Mosul dan 31 pemandu lori Turki dalam serangan berasingan, berkata Ankara. Al-Qaeda cabang ISIS telah mara di bandar-bandar di utara Baghdad.

Militan Negeri Islam di Iraq dan Levant (ISIS/ISIL) telah menangkap 49 warga Turki di konsulat Mosul, Kementerian Luar Turki mengumumkan pada hari Rabu. Sebanyak 31 pemandu Turki juga telah diambil tebusan oleh militan dalam kejadian berasingan dan diadakan di stesen kuasa di Mosul, tambah kementerian itu.

Konsul Besar Turki di Mosul, Ozturk Yilmaz, beberapa ahli-ahli pasukan khas Turki dan 3 kanak-kanak adalah antara yang dijadikan tebusan oleh militan ISIS, Reuters melaporkan memetik sumber-sumber di pejabat Perdana Menteri Turki.

Perdana Menteri Turki Tayyip Erdogan telah dipanggil mesyuarat tergempar NATO untuk membincangkan keadaan keselamatan di Iraq. Duta negara-negara anggota NATO bermesyuarat di Brussels. Walau bagaimanapun, tiada pengumuman serta-merta dibuat berikutan mesyuarat itu.

Erdogan sebelum ini mengadakan mesyuarat tergempar dengan Presiden Turki Abdullah Gul, ketua perisikan Turki dan ketua staf umum, dan berbual-bual dengan Naib Presiden Joe Bide.

Militants seize Turkish consulate, take 80 Turks hostage 

in Iraqi city of Mosul . . .

Jihadist insurgents have kidnapped 49 people in the Turkish consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and 31 Turkish truck drivers in separate attacks, Ankara said. Al-Qaeda offshoot ISIS has been advancing on the cities north of Baghdad.

Militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS/ISIL) have captured 49 Turkish citizens at the Mosul consulate, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. As many as 31 Turkish drivers have also been taken hostage by the militants in separate incidents and are being held at a power station in Mosul, the ministry added.

The Turkish Consul-General in Mosul, Ozturk Yilmaz, several members of Turkey’s special forces and three children were among those taken hostage by the ISIS militants, Reuters reported citing sources in the Turkish prime minister’s office.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has summoned an emergency meeting of NATO to discuss the security situation in Iraq. Ambassadors of the NATO member states met in Brussels. However, no announcements were immediately made following the meeting.

Erdogan earlier held an emergency meeting with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Turkish intelligence chief and the chief of general staff, and talked with US Vice President Joe Bide.

Menurut media Turki, yang menangkap tlh memegang diplomat di ibu pejabat militan dan tanpa kecederaan.

Akaun Islam Twitter, @ Dawla_NewsMedia, yang telah tweeting gambar dan pro-ISIS laporan dari tempat kejadian itu, mendakwa bahawa diplomat Turki telah dipindahkan "ke lokasi yang tidak diketahui." Akaun ini telah pun disekat oleh Twitter.

According to Turkish media, the captors have been holding diplomats in militant headquarters and unharmed.

An Islamist Twitter account, @Dawla_NewsMedia, which has been tweeting photos and pro-ISIS reports from the scene, claimed that the Turkish diplomats have been moved “to an unknown location.” The account has since been blocked by Twitter.

Merebut imej yang diambil dari video propaganda dimuat naik di Jun 11, 2014 oleh kumpulan jihad Negara Islam Iraq dan Levant (ISIL) didakwa menunjukkan militan ISIL memandu pada lokasi yang tidak didedahkan di wilayah Nineveh Iraq(An image grab taken from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11, 2014 by jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) allegedly shows ISIL militants driving at an undisclosed location in Iraq's Nineveh province (AFP Photo,HO,ISIL)

Menteri Luar Turki Ahmet Davutoglu dilaporkan lawatannya dipendekkan ke Amerika Syarikat dan terbang kembali ke Ankara berkaitan dengan tebusan Mosul. Davutoglu adalah disebabkan untuk menyampaikan ucapan di PBB mesyuarat anti-keganasan di New York.

Sementara itu, Kementerian Luar Turki berkata ia mengesahkan maklumat yang di tengah-tengah laporan yang bercanggah.

Militan Sunni radikal telah mengambil tebusan sekurang-kurangnya 32 warga Turki - pemandu lori - di kawasan itu sejak Selasa, mengikut Hurriyet.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu reportedly cut short his visit to the US and flew back to Ankara in connection with the Mosul hostage-taking. Davutoglu was due to deliver a speech at a UN counter-terrorism meeting in New York.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry meanwhile said it was verifying the information amid conflicting reports.

The radical Sunni militants have already taken hostage at least 32 Turkish nationals – truck drivers – in the area since Tuesday, according to Hurriyet.

Sementara itu, sumber-sumber Reuters mencadangkan Ankara tlh "sentuhan langsung" dengan militan ke atas keadaan.

"Kumpulan tertentu militan di Mosul tlh secara langsung dihubungi untuk memastikan keselamatan kakitangan diplomatik," satu sumber kerajaan Turki memberitahu agensi.

Kerajaan Turki telah sebelum ini telah dituduh membantu kumpulan jihad berjuang di Syria terhadap kerajaan Presiden Syria Bashar Assad. Damsyik mengadu kepada PBB pada bulan Mac bahawa Turki telah menyediakan perlindungan kepada pemberontak menyeberangi sempadan dari wilayah Turki, yang kononnya termasuk beberapa sekutu Al-Qaeda.

Militan ISIS merebak berjuang utk bandar2 utara yang lain

Sesetengah 225km (140 batu) selatan Mosul, militan ISIS telah merampas kota Tikrit, pegawai keselamatan Iraq memberitahu AP yang tidak mahu dikenali. Menurut laporan itu, gabenor wilayah telah hilang dari bandar.

Tikrit, hanya 150 kilometer (95 batu) barat laut Baghdad, adalah tempat asal Presiden Saddam Hussein yang digulingkan dalam operasi ketenteraan yang diketuai.

AFP memetik polis Tikrit sebagai berkata bahawa militan mengawal bandar membe-baskan beberapa 300 banduan di sana.

"Semua Tikrit adalah di tangan militan," seorang kolonel polis Iraq kepada AFP.

Sementara itu di bandar Samarra, yang terletak jauh ke selatan daripada Tikrit di tebing timur Sungai Tigris, pertempuran dilaporkan meletus antara tentera Iraq dan militan tiba di trak dengan mesingan, menurut AFP. Samarra, sebuah Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO, adalah rumah kepada beberapa tempat suci untuk umat Islam Syiah.

Satu sumber tentera memberitahu Al Arabiya saluran berita bahawa angkatan Kurdish dilaporkan berjuang militan ISIS di Kirkuk untuk menghentikan serangan mereka.

Terdahulu, ISIS dgn bangganya penawanan penapisan minyak terbesar Iraq utara bandar Baiji, dengan mendakwa ia telah "merampas tanpa pukulan." Kilang minyak, yang terletak kurang daripada 180km (110 batu) dari Mosul adalah salah satu objek yang strategik terjamin oleh tentera yang diketuai dalam serangan Iraq 2003 dan teliti mencari "senjata pemusnah besar-besaran." Tiada bahan kimia yang pernah ditemui di sana.

Laporan dari tempat kejadian mencadangkan bahawa militan ISIS bersetuju untuk meninggalkan pemasangan bandar dan tenaga Baiji selepas rundingan dgn pemimpin-pemimpin puak tempatan. Militan didakwa meninggalkan untuk kampung-kampung berdekatan selepas membakar bangunan mahkamah dan polis stesen di bandar ini dan membebaskan tahanan.

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Meanwhile, Reuters sources suggested Ankara has been in “direct contact” with the militants over the situation.

“Certain militant groups in Mosul have been directly contacted to ensure the safety of diplomatic staff,” a Turkish government source told the agency.

The Turkish government has earlier been accused of assisting jihadist groups fighting in Syria against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government. Damascus complained to the UN in March that Turkey was providing cover to rebels crossing the border from Turkish territory, which allegedly included several Al-Qaeda affiliates.

ISIS militants spread fighting to other northern cities

Some 225km (140 miles) south of Mosul, the ISIS militants have seized the city of Tikrit, Iraqi security officials told AP on condition of anonymity. According to the report, the provincial governor has gone missing from the city.

Tikrit, just 150 kilometers (95 miles) northwest of Baghdad, was the hometown of President Saddam Hussein, who was overthrown in the US-led military operation.

AFP quoted Tikrit police as saying that the militants controlling the city freed some 300 prisoners there.

“All of Tikrit is in the hands of the militants,” an Iraqi police colonel told AFP.

Meanwhile in the city of Samarra, located further south of Tikrit on the east bank of the Tigris River, clashes reportedly broke out between Iraqi forces and militants arriving in trucks with machine guns, according to AFP. Samarra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to several holy sites for Shia Muslims.

A military source told Al Arabiya news channel that Kurdish forces are reportedly fighting ISIS militants in Kirkuk to stop their offensive.

Earlier, ISIS boasted the capture of Iraq’s biggest oil refinery north of the city of Baiji, claiming it had “seized it without a shot.” The oil refinery, located less than 180km (110 miles) from Mosul was one of the strategic objects secured by the US-led forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and thoroughly searched for “weapons of mass destruction.” No chemical agents were ever found there.

Reports from the scene suggested that ISIS militants agreed to leave the city and energy installations of Baiji after negotiations with local tribal leaders. The militants allegedly left for nearby villages after torching the city’s courthouse and police stations and freeing prisoners.

Pada malam Isnin, pejuang Al-Qaeda kumpulan serpihan ISIS menyerbu ibu pejabat kerajaan wilayah bersenjatakan bom tangan roket dan mesingan berat.

"Bandar Mosul adalah di luar kawalan kerajaan dan pada rahmat militan," seorang pegawai Kementerian Dalam Negeri kepada AFP pada hari Isnin. Ia kini bandar yang ke-2 jatuh di bawah kawalan pejuang Islam sejak awal tahun ini. Pada bulan Januari militan merampas bandar Fallujah, penyisihan lebih 70,000 orang.

Akaun saksi menggambarkan adegan huru-hara di jalan-raya bandar yg ke-2 terbesar Iraq sebagai beribu-ribu orang melarikan diri untuk kehidupan mereka. Beberapa laporan mengatakan bahawa militan adalah membebaskan tahanan daripada balai polis, manakala Koresponden AL RAI Ketua Antarabangsa Elia J Magnier menulis sebarang tweet bahawa ISIS telah membebaskan lebih 2,000 penghuni dari "penjara kaunter keganasan."

Berikutan merebut Mosul, laporan media tempatan berkata ISIS dirompak beberapa 500 bilion dinar Iraq (kira-kira US $ 429 Juta) daripada bank pusat di bandar ini, mungkin menjadikannya kumpulan pengganas yang paling kaya di DUNIA. Niniwe Gabenor Atheel al-Nujaifi mengesahkan bahawa berjuta-juta telah dicuri dari beberapa bank di Mosul.

Militan juga telah ditangkap bilangannya yang tidak diketahui Iraq helikopter Black Hawk diletakkan di kawasan Mosul, kata laporan.

On Monday night, fighters from Al-Qaeda splinter group ISIS stormed provincial government headquarters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns.

“The city of Mosul is outside the control of the state and at the mercy of the militants,” an Interior Ministry official told AFP on Monday. It is now the second city to fall under control of Islamist fighters since the beginning of this year. In January militants seized the city of Fallujah, displacing over 70,000 people.

Eyewitness accounts describe the scenes of chaos on the streets of Iraq’s second-largest city as thousands of people fled for their lives. A number of reports say that militants are freeing detainees from police stations, while AL RAI Chief International Correspondent Elijah J Magnier tweeted that the ISIS had freed over 2,000 inmates from a “counter terrorism prison.”

Following the seize of Mosul, local media reports said that ISIS looted some 500 billion Iraqi dinars (about US$429 million) from the city’s central bank, possibly making it the richest terror group in the world. Nineveh Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi confirmed that millions have been stolen from several banks in Mosul.

The militants have also captured an unknown number of Iraqi Black Hawk helicopters parked in the Mosul area, reports said.

Merebut imej yang diambil dari video propaganda yang dimuat naik pada 8 Jun 2014, oleh kumpulan jihad Negara Islam Iraq dan Levant (ISIL) didakwa menunjukkan militan ISIL berhampiran bandar Iraq tengah Tikrit. (An image grab taken from a propaganda video uploaded on June 8, 2014, by the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) allegedly shows ISIL militants near the central Iraqi city of Tikrit. (AFP Photo,HO,ISIL)

ISIS telah aktif menggunakan media sosial, terutamanya Twitter, untuk menyebarkan berita kemajuan kumpulan itu di Iraq. Salah satu kenyataan Twitter berkata bahawa ISIS ditentukan "untuk menakluk seluruh negeri" Niniwe.

Yang diketuai oleh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, kumpulan militan berjuang utk penciptaan yang besar Timur Tengah khalifah sebelum ini mempunyai hubungan yg kukuh dengan organisasi pengganas antarabangsa Al-Qaeda. Walau bagaimanapun, al-Baghdadi dipercayai telah dipecahkan dengan pemimpin Al-Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahri, dan sejak itu pejuang ISIS telah dilaporkan bertempur dengan Al-Qaeda di Syria.

Beratus-ratus ribu orang dipercayai telah melarikan diri Mosul dan wilayah Iraq utara Nineveh, yang membimbangkan sebahagian besarnya diambil di bawah kawalan. Pertubuhan Antarabangsa bagi Migrasi (IOM) yang ditempatkan jumlah pelarian di 500,000.

Mereka melarikan diri rantau ini termasuk tentera Iraq lemah semangat, yang huru-hara meninggalkan kedudukan mereka, jatuh pakaian seragam, senjata, senjata dan perkakasan tentera.

ISIS has been actively using social media, particularly Twitter, to spread the news of the group’s progress in Iraq. One of the Twitter statements said that ISIS is determined “to conquer the entire state” of Nineveh.

Led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the militant group fighting for the creation of a huge Middle Eastern caliphate previously had strong ties with the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. However, al-Baghdadi is believed to have broken up with Al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri, and since then ISIS fighters have reportedly clashed with Al-Qaeda in Syria.

Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have fled Mosul and the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, which the jihadists have largely taken under control. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) placed the number of refugees at 500,000.

Those fleeing the region included demoralized Iraqi troops, who chaotically left their positions, dropping uniforms, weapons, munitions and military hardware.

Jaket milik seragam Tentera Iraq terletak di atas tanah di hadapan mayat yang terbakar keluar kenderaan tentera Iraq berhampiran dengan pusat pemeriksaan Kukjali Iraq Tentera Darat, beberapa 10km timur bandar utara Mosul, pada 11 Jun 2014 (The jacket belonging to an Iraqi Army uniform lies on the ground in front of the remains of a burnt out Iraqi army vehicle close to the Kukjali Iraqi Army checkpoint, some 10km of east of the northern city of Mosul, on June 11, 2014 (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)

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