Jet Typhoon teksi untuk
penggantung mereka di RAF Northolt di barat London 2 Mei 2012 (Typhoon jets
taxi to their hangers at RAF Northolt in west London May 2, 2012 (Reuters/Paul
Hackett)
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- Britain masih belum membuat keputusan sama ada ia akan menyertai Amerika
Syarikat dan serangan udara gabungan Arab terhadap Negara Islam (IS, yang
sebelum ini ISIS) sasaran dalam Syria. Sementara itu, kata sepakat semakin
meningkat di kalangan Ahli Parlimen UK bagi menyokong serangan Iraq.
Amerika, bersama-sama dengan Bahrain, Qatar, Arab
Saudi, Jordan dan Emiriah Arab Bersatu, menggunakan jet pejuang, pengebom dan
peluru berpandu Tomahawk dalam serbuan Syria yang bermula awal pada hari
Selasa.
Angka kematian telah meningkat kepada 50, Balai
Cerap Syria bagi Hak Asasi Manusia kepada Reuters. Sekurang-kurangnya 8 dipercayai orang awam, 3 daripada mereka
kanak-kanak.
Duta PBB Syria dimaklumkan oleh Washington jam
sebelum serangan bermula pada kira-kira 00:30 GMT. Kebenaran daripada kerajaan
Assad, bagaimanapun, tidak dicari, meningkatkan persoalan mengenai kesahihan
campur tangan.
Ditanya mengenai pendirian di UK untuk menyertai serangan
Syria, Kementerian Pertahanan jurucakap
berkata, "kedudukan kami di Iraq dan Syria adalah sama. Perbincangan
sedang dijalankan. Tiada keputusan telah diambil untuk penglibatan kami."
Perdana Menteri, David Cameron telah berkata beliau
mahu berunding dengan Dewan Rakyat sebelum melakukan tentera British ke Iraq
atau Syria. Parlimen boleh dipanggil semula seawal hari Khamis, berikut kembali
dari Perhimpunan Agung PBB di New York.
Cameron berharap untuk mendapatkan kelulusan PBB
bagi strategi global untuk menangani kumpulan militan. Beliau juga merancang
untuk bertemu Presiden Iran menggesa beliau untuk menyertai usaha ini.
‘NO Decision’ on UK Strikes
Against ISIS in IRAQ or SYRIA
Britain remains undecided as to whether it will join
US and Arab coalition airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS)
targets within Syria. Meanwhile, consensus is growing among UK MPs in support
of Iraq strikes.
America, along with Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, used fighter jets, bombers and Tomahawk
cruise missiles in Syrian raids that began early on Tuesday.
The death toll has risen to 50, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
told Reuters. At least eight are believed to be civilians, three of them
children.
Syria’s United Nations envoy was informed by
Washington hours before the attacks began at about 00:30 GMT. The permission of
the Assad government, however, was not sought, raising questions over the
legality of the intervention.
Asked about the UK’s stance on joining Syrian
strikes, a Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said, “Our position in Iraq and
Syria is the same. Discussions are ongoing. No decision has been taken to our
involvement.”
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he wants to
consult the House of Commons before committing British forces to Iraq or Syria.
Parliament could be recalled as early as Thursday, following his return from
the UN General Assembly in New York.
Cameron hopes to secure UN approval for a
global strategy to deal with the militant group. He also plans to meet the
president of Iran to urge him to join the effort.
Dalam malu besar bagi Cameron, usul kerajaan untuk
campur tangan Syria pada tahun lepas telah dikalahkan oleh Ahli Parlimen
pembangkang Buruh. Cameron akan memerlukan sokongan lawannya untuk bertindak.
Shadow Setiausaha Perniagaan Chuka Umunna
memberitahu Sky News pada Selasa ia adalah "tidak dapat" yang boleh
Cameron komited untuk serangan udara tanpa kelulusan Ahli Parlimen.
"ISIS perlu dihapuskan. Apa yang mereka lakukan
di rantau ini adalah zalim, adalah amat dahsyat. Jelas Perdana Menteri telah
tidak ditentukan lagi bahawa Inggeris harus terlibat, "kata Umunna.
"Jika itu adalah sesuatu yang dia lakukan,
Parti Buruh akan menggunakan kriteria yang sama untuk sama ada kita memilih
untuk menyokong campur tangan seperti yang kita digunakan untuk tindakan Syria
yang dicadangkan tahun lalu - ada asas undang-undang untuk campur tangan, ada
rancangan untuk campur tangan, dan yang penting juga, pembelajaran pengajaran
daripada Iraq, ada rancangan untuk apa yang berlaku selepas?
"Sukar dibayangkan bahawa Perdana Menteri boleh
menekan dengan serangan udara terus-terang tanpa berunding Parlimen dan mencari
nasihat yang betul dengan Parlimen."
Bekas Setiausaha Luar, Jack Straw kepada BBC Radio 4
pada Selasa beliau tidak bertentangan dengan prinsip penglibatan British dalam
tindakan ketenteraan, tetapi berkata operasi di Syria diperlukan "beberapa
jenis kebenaran" daripada kerajaan Syria.
In a major embarrassment for Cameron, a government
motion for a Syrian intervention last year was defeated by Labour opposition
MPs. Cameron will need the support of his opponents in order to act.
Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna told Sky News
on Tuesday it was “inconceivable” that Cameron could commit to airstrikes
without the approval of MPs.
“ISIS need to be eliminated. What they are doing in
the region is evil, is terrible. Obviously the prime minister hasn't determined
yet that the UK should get involved,” said Umunna.
“If that is something he does, the Labour Party will
apply the same criteria to whether or not we choose to support the intervention
as we applied to the proposed Syrian action last year - is there a legal basis
to intervene, is there a plan for intervention, and, importantly as well,
learning the lessons from Iraq, is there a plan for what happens after?
“It is inconceivable that the prime minister could
press on with airstrikes frankly without consulting Parliament and seeking
proper consultation with Parliament.”
Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told BBC
Radio 4 on Tuesday he was not against the principle of British involvement in
military action, but said operations in Syria required “some kind of consent”
from the Syrian government.
Kementerian Luar Rusia mengeluarkan kenyataan berita
memecahkan serangan Syria, yang berkata sebarang tindakan terhadap militan
Negara Islam di negara ini tanpa persetujuan kerajaan Syria akan menyemarakkan
ketegangan di rantau ini.
"Apa-apa tindakan sedemikian boleh dijalankan
hanya mengikut undang-undang antarabangsa," kata kenyataan tersebut.
"Itu tidak bermakna yang formal, berat sebelah 'pemberitahuan' dari
serangan udara tetapi kehadiran persetujuan jelas daripada kerajaan Syria atau
kelulusan keputusan Majlis Keselamatan PBB yang berkaitan."
Percubaan untuk melanggar kedaulatan negara-negara
di Timur Tengah untuk mencapai matlamat geopolitik Washington sendiri
"hanya memburukkan lagi ketegangan dan seterusnya destabilizes
keadaan," kata kementerian itu.
Kerajaan UK telah keras retorik terhadap IS dlm
beberapa minggu kebelakangan ini, sejak pengeluaran 3 video mengerikan
menunjukkan pemotongan kepala Amerika Syarikat wartawan James Foley dan Steven
Sotloff, dan pekerja bantuan British David Haines.
IS mengugut untuk melaksanakan tebusan yang ke-4,
pekerja bantuan British Alan Hennings, & mengeluarkan 1 video propaganda
didakwa menunjukkan tawanan wartawan British John Cantlie. Antara sasaran
semalam adalah kubu kuat IS di Raqqa, di mana Henning dilaporkan diadakan.
Kerajaan UK telah dihantar persenjataan kepada
pejuang Kurdish menentang Negara Islam. Ia juga telah menghantar bantuan
kemanusiaan kepada golongan minoriti yang disasarkan oleh militan IS, dan
dihantar jet Typhoon dalam misi pengawasan di rantau ini. Jika kerajaan boleh
mendapatkan sokongan daripada Ahli Parlimen, serangan udara ke atas Iraq boleh
bermula tidak lama lagi selepas.
Berdasarkan kesahihan dipersoalkan campur tangan di
Syria, Cameron mungkin berjuang untuk mendapatkan kelulusan daripada Ahli
Parlimen untuk melakukan kuasa udara British kepada serbuan di Syria kecuali
Damsyik memberi keizinannya. Beliau akan mengadakan perbincangan dengan
pemimpin Buruh Ed Miliband minggu ini untuk membincangkan usul yang mungkin.
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement as
news broke of Syrian strikes, which said that any action against Islamic State
militants in the country without the agreement of the Syrian government would
fuel tensions in the region.
“Any such action can be carried out only in
accordance with international law,” read the statement. “That implies not a
formal, one-sided ‘notification’ of airstrikes but the presence of explicit
consent from the government of Syria or the approval of a corresponding UN
Security Council decision.”
Attempts to violate the sovereignty of countries in
the Middle East to achieve Washington’s own geopolitical goals “only
exacerbates tensions and further destabilizes the situation,” the ministry
added.
The UK government has hardened its rhetoric on the
IS in recent weeks, since the release of three gruesome videos showing the
beheadings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and British aid
worker David Haines.
The IS has threatened to execute a fourth hostage,
British aid worker Alan Hennings, and released a propaganda video allegedly showing
captive British journalist John Cantlie. Among Tuesday’s targets is the IS
stronghold of Raqqa, where Henning is reportedly held.
The UK government has already delivered weaponry to
Kurdish fighters resisting the Islamic State. It has also sent humanitarian aid
to minority groups targeted by IS militants, and dispatched Typhoon jets on
surveillance missions in the region. If the government can secure the backing
of MPs, airstrikes on Iraq could begin soon after.
Based on the questionable legality of intervention
in Syria, Cameron may struggle to win approval from MPs to commit British
airpower to raids on Syria unless Damascus give its consent. He will hold talks
with Labour leader Ed Miliband this week to discuss a possible motion.
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