Monday, April 25, 2016

BANYAK lagi but di atas tanah, Obama menghantar 250 lebih tentera Amerika Syarikat ke SYRIA . . .


FILE PHOTO © Lucas Jackson/Reuters

i.Borneo Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Barack Obama mengesahkan rancangan untuk meningkat secara mendadak kehadiran tentera Amerika di Syria dengan menambah sebanyak 250 kakitangan, menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan 300. Beliau berkata, tentera akan membantu mengusir kumpulan pengganas Negara Islam (IS).

Langkah itu yang pertama kali dilaporkan oleh media, sekali lagi bercanggah Obama 2013 janji tidak meletakkan apa-apa "but Amerika di atas tanah di Syria."

"Sebagaimana saya telah meluluskan sokongan tambahan untuk tentera Iraq terhadap ISIL (Negara Islam, sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL - RT), saya telah memutuskan untuk meningkatkan sokongan kepada pasukan tempatan memerangi ISIL, Amerika Syarikat di Syria," kata Obama.

"Sebilangan kecil operasi khas tentera Amerika Syarikat sudah di atas tanah air Syria," katanya. "Kepakaran mereka telah kritikal kerana kuasa-kuasa tempatan telah memandu ISIL daripada bidang utama. Jadi memandangkan kejayaan, saya telah meluluskan penggunaan sehingga 250 kakitangan tambahan Amerika Syarikat di Syria, termasuk kuasa-kuasa khas, untuk mengekalkan momentum ini. "

Ia tidak jelas bagaimana ramai orang-orang 250 tentera akan ditambah untuk operasi khas, sokongan perubatan atau kecerdasan. Menurut Obama, mereka akan terlibat dalam operasi khas serta dalam latihan dan membantu pihak pembangkang Syria untuk melawan IS.

More boots on the ground: Obama sends 250 more US troops to Syria . . .




US President Barack Obama confirmed plans to dramatically increase the American troop presence in Syria by deploying an additional 250 personnel, bringing the total to 300. He said the troops would help drive out the Islamic State terrorist group.

The move, which was first reported by the media, will once again contradict Obama’s 2013 promise of not putting any “American boots on the ground in Syria.”

“Just as I have approved additional support for Iraqi forces against ISIL (Islamic State, previously ISIS/ISIL - RT), I've decided to increase US support for local forces fighting ISIL in Syria,” Obama said.

“A small number of US special operations forces are already on the ground in Syria,” he said. “Their expertise has been critical as local forces have been driving ISIL out of key areas. So given the success, I have approved the deployment of up to 250 additional US personnel in Syria, including special forces, to keep up this momentum.”

It was not immediately clear how many of those 250 troops would be added to special operations, medical or intelligence support. According to Obama, they will be involved in special operations as well as in training and assisting Syrian opposition forces to fight IS.

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Bercakap di Hannover, Germany, Obama berkata anggota NATO boleh dan perlu melakukan lebih banyak untuk memperjuangkan Negara Islam (IS).

"Di Syria dan Iraq kita memerlukan lebih banyak negara-negara yang menyumbang kepada kempen mereka. Kita perlu lebih banyak negara menyumbang tenaga pengajar untuk membantu membina pasukan tempatan di Iraq. Kita perlu lebih banyak negara untuk menyumbang bantuan ekonomi kepada Iraq sehingga dapat menstabilkan kawasan bebas dan memecahkan kitaran keganasan supaya ISIL tidak boleh kembali, "katanya.

Obama melawat Jerman untuk membincangkan pelbagai isu dasar luar, termasuk Syria, Ukraine, Libya dan Trans-Atlantic Perdagangan dan Pelaburan Perkongsian (TTIP) tawaran kontroversi.

Beliau mesyuarat pegawai-pegawai Eropah atas, termasuk Canselor Jerman Angela Merkel, Perdana Menteri Britain, David Cameron, Presiden Perancis Francois Hollande dan Perdana Menteri Itali Matteo Renzi.

Kali pertama Obama ingkar janji 2013 tidak lagi "but Amerika di atas tanah di Syria" ialah apabila beliau menghantar 50 tentera Amerika Syarikat operasi khas untuk Syria pada tahun lepas, mendakwa langkah itu sebagai langkah "counter keganasan" dan bukan satu langkah lebih dekat kepada pencerobohan tanah.

Speaking in Hannover, Germany, Obama said NATO members can and should do more to fight Islamic State.

"In Syria and Iraq we need more nations contributing to their campaign. We need more nations contributing trainers to help build up local forces in Iraq. We need more nations to contribute economic assistance to Iraq so it can stabilise liberated areas and break the cycle of violent extremism so that ISIL cannot come back,"he said.

Obama is visiting Germany to discuss various foreign policy issues, including Syria, Ukraine, Libya and the controversial Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal.

He is meeting top European officials, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

The first time Obama broke his 2013 promise of no “American boots on the ground in Syria” was when he sent 50 US special operations forces to Syria last year, claiming the move as a “counterterrorism” measure and not a step closer to a ground invasion.

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Obama memenangi jawatan presiden pada kali pertama pada tahun 2008 oleh berikrar untuk membawa keamanan ke Timur Tengah. Walau bagaimanapun, pada tahun-tahun kebelakangan ini, keputusan telah dibuat untuk terus menambah tentera Amerika Syarikat di rantau ini untuk membantu mengawal pelbagai konflik.

Keputusan Obama untuk meningkatkan bilangan tentera Amerika di atas tanah di Syria membawa isu mengenai kegagalan sebelum kereta api Amerika Syarikat dan melengkapkan program yang diuruskan dengan pejuang pembangkang tidak boleh dipercayai.

Pentagon berputus asa pada bahagian latihan projek pada bulan Oktober, selepas pegawai kanan pentadbiran Obama mengakui bahawa Amerika Syarikat telah hanya dilatih segelintir pejuang, walaupun program ini bajet $ 500 juta.

Obama won the presidency first time around in 2008 by pledging to bring peace to the Middle East. However, in recent years, decisions were made to keep adding US troops in the region to help control numerous conflicts.

Obama’s decision to boost the number of American troops on the ground in Syria brings up issues concerning the previous failures of the US train and equip program that dealt with unreliable opposition fighters.

The Pentagon gave up on the training part of the project in October, after senior Obama administration officials admitted that the US had only trained a handful of fighters, despite the program’s $500 million budget.


Angkatan Khas Amerika Syarikat digunakan sebagai 'perisai manusia' untuk menyelamatkan aset keganasan di #Syria (Op-Edge) (US Special Forces deployed as ‘human shields’ to salvage terror assets i#Syria (Op-Edge) http://on.rt.com/6v6s 

Lebih-lebih lagi, ia telah mendedahkan pada bulan September bahawa satu kumpulan pelatih telah menyerahkan 1/4 daripada senjata AS Amerika Syarikat yang dibekalkan mereka, peluru, dan kenderaan dalam pertukaran untuk laluan selamat melalui wilayah yang dipegang oleh kumpulan pemberontak lain yang bersekutu dengan Al-Qaeda.

Rangsangan ini kepada kuasa tanah Amerika juga menimbulkan kebimbangan undang-undang untuk Obama. Pengembangan peranan Amerika Syarikat menekankan bahawa Amerika adalah dalam perang terhadap IS, yang di bawah Perlembagaan memerlukan kebenaran kongres, yang Obama tidak pernah menerima.

Selain lebih banyak tentera di Syria, Pentagon mengumumkan minggu lalu bahawa 217 anggota tentera tambahan dan helikopter Apache akan dihantar ke Iraq, sebahagian besarnya dalam kapasiti, tentang bagaimana untuk melawan Negara Islam (IS). Tentera tambahan akan membawa Amerika Syarikat tahap tentera di Iraq kepada 4087 orang.

Pakatan diketuai Amerika Syarikat telah menjalankan serangan udara terhadap IS di Iraq dan Syria sejak pertengahan 2014. Walau bagaimanapun, penglibatan Amerika Syarikat di Syria bermula tanpa kelulusan kerajaan Syria Presiden Bashar Assad.

Moreover, it was revealed in September that one group of trainees had surrendered one quarter of their US-supplied weapons, ammunition, and vehicles in exchange for safe passage through territory held by another rebel group affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

This boost to American ground force also raises legal concerns for Obama. An expansion of the US role highlights that America is in war against IS, which under the Constitution requires congressional authorization, which Obama has never received.

In addition to more troops in Syria, the Pentagon announced last week that 217 additional military personnel and Apache helicopters will be sent to Iraq, largely in an advisory capacity, on how to fight Islamic State. The additional troops will bring US troop levels in Iraq to 4,087.

The US-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against IS in Iraq and Syria since mid-2014. However, the US involvement in Syria began without the approval of the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad.

READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7aym 

Jet F16 Norway tersilap tambak menara kawalan dengan pegawai-pegawai di DALAMNYA . . .


Jet pejuang F-16 Tentera Udara Norway (Norway's Air Force F-16 fighters) © Ints Kalnins/Reuters

i.Borneo Tentera Udara Norway telah ditinggalkan berasa janggal selepas jet F-16 pada latihan tersilap melepaskan tembakan ke atas sebuah menara kawalan dengan 3 pegawai yang berada di dalam pada masa serangan olok-olok itu.

Siasatan telah dimulakan ke dalam kesalahan kubur, yang berlangsung pada Tarva, di luar pantai barat Norway, AFP telah diberitahu oleh jurucakap tentera Kapten Brynjar Stordal. Menghairankan, tiada siapa yang cedera dalam kejadian itu.

Pada 12-13 April, 2 buah jet  F-16 telah melakukan serangan olok-olok di stesen musuh di pulau itu tidak berpenghuni, apabila salah seorang daripada mereka tersilap melepaskan tembakan ke atas menara kawalan dengan meriam M61 Vulcan, mampu membuat daripada logam keju Swiss dan konkrit pada 100 pusingan sesaat.

Norwegian F16 jet mistakenly shoots up control tower with officers inside . . .

The Norwegian Air Force has been left feeling awkward after one of its F-16 jets on a drill mistakenly opened fire on a control tower with three officers who were inside at the time of the mock attack.

An investigation has been started into the grave error, which took place on Tarva, off Norway’s west coast, AFP was told by military spokesman Captain Brynjar Stordal. Astonishingly, no one was injured in the incident.

On April 12-13, two F-16s were performing a mock attack on an enemy station on the uninhabited island, when one of them mistakenly opened fire on the control tower with its M61 Vulcan cannon, capable of making Swiss cheese out of metal and concrete at 100 rounds per second.

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Menurut VG kertas Norway, tiga pegawai berada di dalam struktur pada masa itu. Mereka berkata segala-galanya berlaku dengan pantas terdapat hampir tidak masa untuk memahami apa yang berlaku. pengurus komunikasi Tentera Udara Stian Roen berkata ia adalah panggilan yang sangat rapat, sambil menambah bahawa kedua-dua anak-anak kapal menara kawalan dan juruterbang sedang menjalani ujian.

Luar biasa sekali, menara kawalan yang sama pada Tarva ditembak pada 2009, juga dengan tidak sengaja. Ketika itu sekurang-kurangnya satu pusingan menembusi bangunan.

According to Norwegian paper VG, three officers were inside the structure at the time. They said everything happened so fast there was barely time to understand what was going on. Air Force communications manager Stian Roen said it was a very close call, adding that both the control tower crew and pilot are currently undergoing tests.

Remarkably, the very same control tower on Tarva was shot up in 2009, also by mistake. Back then at least one round penetrated the building.

READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7ayp

800 jihadis di Yaman terbunuh, bandar utama ditawan - Gabungan ARAB . . .


Sebuah jet pejuang UAE angkatan tentera berlepas dari pangkalan tentera udara sebelum serbuan terhadap pemberontak Syiah Houthi di Yaman (A fighter jet of the UAE armed forces taking off from an air force base before raids against Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen) © HO/AFP

i.Borneo Tentera Yaman bersekutu dengan tuntutan gabungan itu yang dipimpin Arab Saudi telah membunuh lebih 800 pejuang Al-Qaeda dalam operasi ketenteraan bersama terhadap kumpulan pengganas itu di Yaman. Mereka juga melaporkan mengambil sebuah bandar pantai tenggara besar Mukalla.

Serangan Yaman, disokong oleh serangan udara Arab Saudi dan UAE, adalah sebahagian daripada kempen yang lebih luas sasaran jihadis, yang dieksploitasi perang 13 bulan antara pemberontak Houthi dan tentera yang setia kepada bekas Presiden Yaman Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

800 jihadists in Yemen killed, key city captured - Arab Coalition

Yemeni troops allied with the Saudi-led coalition claim to have killed more than 800 Al-Qaeda fighters in a joint military operation against the terror group in Yemen. They also report taking a large southeastern coastal city of Mukalla.

The Yemeni offensive, supported by Saudi and UAE airstrike, is part of a wider campaign targeting jihadists, who exploited the 13-month war between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to ousted Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.

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Pada mulanya, Hadi berpaling ke Arab Saudi untuk membantu dalam merampas kembali kuasa di Yaman, tetapi baru-baru gabungan itu mengalihkan perhatian kepada ancaman jihadis yang semakin meningkat, yang berasal dari Al-Qaeda di Semenanjung Arab (AQAP) dan Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL).

"Operasi ini menyebabkan ... dalam kematian lebih daripada 800 ahli-ahli Al-Qaeda dan beberapa pemimpin mereka, sementara yang lain melarikan diri," berkata penguasaan Arab Coalition dalam satu kenyataan yang dipetik oleh Arab SPA agensi berita.

Angka kematian tidak dapat segera disahkan secara bebas. Tiada laporan korban awam telah diberikan oleh Arab Saudi.

Ia datang di tengah-tengah rundingan damai PBB yang diusahakan di Kuwait dan gencatan senjata yang ditubuhkan pada awal April. Kuasa-kuasa AQIP tidak berparti untuk gencatan senjata.

Mukalla, yang mempunyai anggaran penduduk 200,000, dan terminal minyak Mina al-Dhaba dalam Shehr ke timur telah ditangkap dalam jam pertama operasi. Tentera Yaman dilaporkan memasuki kota tanpa bersaing  Ahad selepas penduduk tempatan telah meminta ahli AQIP berundur supaya ia tidak akan dimusnahkan oleh tentera.

"Kami memasuki pusat bandar [Al Mukalla] dan disambut oleh sebarang tentangan daripada militan Al-Qaeda yang menarik diri ke arah barat padang pasir yang luas di Hadramawt dan wilayah Shabwa," kata seorang pegawai tentera, seperti yang dipetik oleh AFP.

Awal semalam, pengikut setia Hadi dilaporkan merampas lapangan terbang Riyan dan ibu pejabat briged tentera di pinggir Mukalla ini.

Kuasa-kuasa yang disokong Saudi juga telah memacu militan dari Aden, bandar pelabuhan yang diisytiharkan oleh Hadi sebagai ibu kota sementara Yaman selepas Houthis menguasai Sanaa pada September 2014.

Minggu lalu, tentera kerajaan diusir AQIP dari Huta, ibu kota wilayah Lahj.

Initially, Hadi turned to Saudi Arabia for help in seizing back power in Yemen, but recently the coalition turned its attention to the rising jihadist threat, which comes from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

"The operation resulted... in the deaths of more than 800 Al-Qaeda members and some of their leaders, while some others fled," said the Arab Coalition command in a statement cited by the Saudi news agency SPA.

The death toll could not be immediately verified independently. No report of civilian casualties was given by the Saudis.

It comes amid UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait and a ceasefire established earlier in April. The AQIP forces are not party to the truce.

Mukalla, which has an estimated population of 200,000, and the Mina al-Dhaba oil terminal in Shehr further east were captured in the first hours of the operation. The Yemeni Army reportedly entered the city unopposed Sunday after the local residents had asked AQIP members to retreat so it would not be destroyed by the army.

"We entered the city center [of Al Mukalla] and were met by no resistance from Al-Qaeda militants who withdrew west towards the vast desert in Hadramawt and Shabwa provinces,” said an army officer, as cited by AFP.

Earlier on Sunday, Hadi loyalists reportedly seized Riyan Airport and an army brigade headquarters on Mukalla's outskirts.

Saudi-backed forces have also driven militants from Aden, the port city declared by Hadi as Yemen's temporary capital after the Houthis took control of Sanaa in September 2014.

Last week, government forces expelled AQIP from Huta, the provincial capital of Lahj.

READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7az2

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