Reuters/Axel Heimken
WANmahani - Seorang juruterbang Iraq sengaja jatuh bantuan dan
peluru ke wilayah yg dikuasai oleh Negara Islam. Mereka bertujuan utk
membantu tentera kerajaan di barat Iraq, tetapi sebaliknya kesilapan yang
akhirnya membantu musuh.
Kesilapan yang telah disahkan oleh 2 pegawai Iraq,
yang berkata airdrop makanan, air & peluru bertujuan untuk mengambil tempat
di wilayah Anbar. Walau bagai-manapun, juruterbang berpengalaman mendapat galas
beliau sedikit bercampur dan dipunggah kargo di tempat yang salah, menurut NBC
News.
"Mereka adalah tentera yang memerlukan bekalan maut
ini," kata Hakim al-Zamili, seorang Ahli Parlimen Iraq. Namun mereka
akhirnya memberi manfaat kepada Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS atau
Isil) kerana "merancang salah satu komander dlm tentera Iraq & kurang
berpengalaman" di kalangan juruterbang Iraq.
Brigadier dalam tentera Iraq, yg tdk mahu
namanya disiarkan, berkata kejadian itu berlaku pada 19 September dan juga
meratapi kekurangan waktu penerbangan dan kemahiran pertempuran beberapa
juruterbang tentera udara.
Mereka "tidak mempunyai pengalaman yang cukup . . . mereka semua
muda dan baru," kata brigadier itu.
Sementara itu di Syria pada lewat September,
serangan udara pakatan yang diketuai dimusnahkan bijian silo ‘grain
silos’ dan sasaran lain di bahagian2 utara & timur Syria
dikuasai oleh IS, membunuh orang awam manakala hanya mence-derakan pejuang ISIS,
menurut Balai Cerap Syria bagi Hak Asasi Manusia.
Pengeboman semalaman melanda kilang-kilang dan
kemudahan penyimpanan bijirin di Manbij, sebuah bandar militan-diadakan di
utara Syria. Tentera bersekutu mungkin tersalah anggap struktur bagi pegangan
IS, menambah kumpulan.
Tentera Amerika Syarikat bertindak balas kpd tuntutan, berkata kenderaan Negara Islam adalah bersebelahan dengan kemudahan
penyimpanan bijirin dan tidak ada bukti daripada korban awam.
MIX-Up sees Iraq
pilot drop aid, ammo for ISIS
instead of govt TROOPS . . .
An Iraqi pilot accidentally dropped aid and
ammunition into territory controlled by the Islamic State. They were intended
to help government forces in the west of Iraq, but instead the blunder ended up
aiding the enemy.
The mistake was confirmed by two Iraqi officials,
who said the airdrop of food, water and ammunition was meant to take place in
Anbar province. However, the inexperienced pilot got his bearings a little
mixed up and unloaded the cargo in the wrong place, according to NBC News.
"Those soldiers were in deadly need of these
supplies," said Hakim al-Zamili, an Iraqi MP. However they ended up
benefitting the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS or ISIL) because of the
"wrong plans of the commanders in the Iraqi army and lack of
experience" among the Iraqi pilots.
A brigadier in the Iraqi army, who did not want to
be named, said that the incident took place on September 19 and also bemoaned
the lack of flight time and combat skills of some of the pilots in the air
force.
They "do not have enough experience . . . they are all young and
new," the brigadier said.
Meanwhile in Syria in late September, US-led
coalition airstrikes destroyed grain
silos and other targets in parts of northern and eastern Syria
dominated by the IS, killing civilians while only wounding ISIS fighters,
according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The overnight bombings hit mills and grain storage
facilities in Manbij, a militant-held town in northern Syria. Coalition forces
possibly mistook the structures for IS holdings, the group added.
The US military responded to the claims, saying Islamic State vehicles
were adjacent to the grain storage facility and there is no evidence of
civilian casualties.
AFP/ISIL
Pemusnahan silo bijirin di Manbij hanya bunuh
orang awam, kata Rami Abdul-rahman, ketua Balai Cerap, yang mendakwa mempunyai
rangkaian sumber di seluruh Syria. Angka kematian awam kemudiannya dikatakan
sekurang-kurangnya 19 mengikut organisasi, yang dilaporkan oleh AP.
"Ini adalah pekerja di gudang simpanan beras. Mereka menyediakan
makanan untuk rakyat," katanya
Menurut setiausaha akhbar Pentagon Amerika Syarikat,
John Kirby, Amerika Sya-rikat dan sekutu-sekutunya telah menjalankan lebih 230
serangan udara di Iraq sejak
Amerika Syarikat dan rakan-rakan telah menjalankan lebih 230 serangan
udara di Iraq sejak 8 Ogos dan 76 lain di Syria, Kirby Selasa.
Amerika Syarikat mengumumkan bahawa ia terus komited
untuk menjalankan serangan terhadap IS, dengan Mejar Jeneral Jeff Harrigian
Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat mengatakan serangan yang konsisten dan
berterusan akan dijalankan terhadap kumpulan pengganas.
"Tindakan kuasa Udara sasaran mengganggu
perintah dan kawalan Isil ini, logistik dan infrastruktur mereka, dan kebebasan
bergerak," kata Harrigian, seperti yang dilaporkan di laman web Jabatan
Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat. "Kami melihat kuasa udara sebagai salah satu
komponen asas dalam strategi menyeluruh."
The destruction of grain silos in Manbij only killed
civilians, said Rami Abdul-rahman, the head of the Observatory, which claims to
have a network of sources throughout Syria. The civilian death toll was later
said to be at least 19 according to the organization, which was reported by AP.
"These were the workers at the silos. They
provide food for the people," he said
According to the US Pentagon’s press secretary, John
Kirby, the US and its allies have carried out more than 230 airstrikes in Iraq
since
The US and its partners have carried out more than
230 airstrikes in Iraq since August 8 and another 76 in Syria, Kirby said
Tuesday.
The US announced that it remains committed to
carrying out strikes against IS, with Major General Jeff Harrigian of the US
Air Force saying a consistent and sustained attack will be carried out against
the terrorist group.
“Air power’s targeted actions are disrupting ISIL’s
command and control, their logistics and infrastructure, and their freedom of
movement,” Harrigian said, as reported on the US Defense Department’s website.
“We see air power as one of the fundamental components of the comprehensive
strategy.”
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