Pengangkut pesawat USS
George HW Bush (CVN 77) (The aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)
(Reuters/U.S. Navy/Lt. Juan David Guerra)
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Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat Chuck Hagel tlh mengarahkan bahawa syarikat
penerbangan pesawat USS George HW Bush dipindahkan ke Teluk Parsi dalam kes
Washington memutuskan untuk menggunakan kekerasan tentera di Iraq berikutan
peningkatan serangan oleh pergerakan cabang Al-Qaeda.
"Perintah
itu akan menyediakan Komander Ketua fleksibiliti tambahan perlu pilihan tentera
diperlukan untuk melindungi nyawa rakyat Amerika, rakyat dan kepentingan di
Iraq," kata Pentagon dalam satu kenyataan pada Sabtu.
Syarikat
penerbangan USS George H.W. Bush akan diiringi oleh cruiser berpandu-peluru
berpandu USS Laut Filipina dan pemusnah peluru berpandu USS Truxtun, Petagon
menambah.
Bush
adalah pembawa pesawat kelas Nimitz, kapal-kapal perang terbesar di DUNIA,
menurut kepada Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat. Kapal-kapal dikuasai oleh 2 reaktor
nuklear dan boleh membawa anak-anak kapal kira-kira 6,000 orang.
Iraq
telah menyaksikan lonjakan ‘surge’ keganasan dalam beberapa minggu kebelakangan ini
sebagai militan Sunni radikal cabang Al-Qaeda, Negara Islam di Iraq dan Levant
(ISIS/ISIL), telah memajukan dan menawan bandar-bandar di utara Iraq.
Militan
telah menawan bandar2 di Mosul dan Tikrit, dan sebelum ini
mengisytiharkan bahawa objektif utama mereka adalah penawanan ibu Negara Baghdad.
Pada
hari Jumaat, Presiden Barack Obama berkata Amerika Syarikat boleh mula
mem-berikan bantuan ‘assistance’
ketenteraan kepada kerajaan Iraq untuk pertempuran pemberontak dalam masa
beberapa hari.
Obama
berkata beliau membincangkan krisis di Iraq dgn Majlis Keselamatan Negara
beliau awal hari, dan tidak lama lagi akan mendedahkan apakah tindakan, jika
ada, Amerika Syarikat akan mengambil.
Pada
hari Khamis, Obama berkata jika kepentingan Amerika Syarikat menjadi teran-cam, response
yang akan diperlukan.
"Pengetua
asas jelas ialah kita, seperti negara, bersedia untuk mengambil tindakan
ketenteraan apabila keselamatan negara terancam," katanya.
Pentagon
deploys Aircraft CARRIER to Persian Gulf
in Case Of IRAQ Op . . .
US
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered that the USS aircraft carrier George
H.W. Bush be moved to the Persian Gulf in case Washington decides to use
military force in Iraq following the rise of attacks by an Al-Qaeda offshoot
movement.
"The
order will provide the Commander-in-Chief additional flexibility should
military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests
in Iraq," the Pentagon said in a statement on Saturday.
The
carrier USS George H.W. Bush will be accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser
USS Philippine Sea and the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun, the Petagon
added. The Bush is a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the largest warships in the
world, according to the US Navy. The ships are powered by two nuclear reactors
and can carry a crew of about 6,000 people.
Iraq
has seen a surge of violence in recent weeks as radical Sunni
militants of an Al-Qaeda offshoot, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
(ISIS/ISIL), have been advancing and capturing cities in the north of Iraq. The
militants have already captured the cities of Mosul and Tikrit, and earlier
declared that their top objective was the capture of the capital Baghdad.
On
Friday, President Barack Obama said the US may begin providing military assistance
to the Iraqi government to battle the insurgents within days.
Obama
noted that he discussed the crisis in Iraq with his National Security Council
earlier in the day, and will soon reveal what action, if any, the US will take.
On
Thursday, Obama said that if US interests become threatened, a response
will be warranted.
“The
basic principal obviously is that we, like all nations, are prepared to take
military action whenever our national security is threatened,” he said.
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