Kibo10
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Waislam wenye msimamo mkali wa Sunni nchini Iraq kimetangaza taifa la Kiislam kwenye maeneo wanayoyadhibiti nchini Iraq na Syria.
Hivi nimekuwa najiuliza hawa wenye msimamo wanaamini mungu wao wa tofauti?maana wamekuwa wauwaji na makatili kupita kiasi.
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Source; bostonglobe
Hivi nimekuwa najiuliza hawa wenye msimamo wanaamini mungu wao wa tofauti?maana wamekuwa wauwaji na makatili kupita kiasi.
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A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant waved an ISIL flag.
BAGHDAD - Sunni extremists who have seized large sections of northern Syria and Iraq formally announced the creation of a new Islamic state Sunday and declared their leader the caliph, or absolute ruler, of all jihadi organizations worldwide.
Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, made the announcement in an audio statement posted online.
Also Sunday, government officials in Baghdad said Russian military experts had arrived in Iraq to help the army get 12 Russian warplanes into the fight against the extremists. The planes began arriving Saturday.
The Russian move was an implicit rebuke to the United States, which the Iraqis believe has been too slow to supply US F-16s and attack helicopters.
In his 34-minute audio recording, Adnani said the insurgency's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was now the world's caliph and had declared all other jihadi organizations void and under his direct control, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremists' online presence.
ISIS's announcement of its hegemony over the world's Islamic extremists is being viewed as little more than a propaganda ploy, but it is indicative of its growing ambition to recreate the Islamic state that once ruled over much of the Middle East.
In Washington, the Obama administration called on the international community to unite in the face of the threat posed by the Sunni extremists, calling it "a critical moment.''
ISIS split with Al Qaeda last year when that group's leaders ordered it to leave Syria. Since then, it has battled with Al Qaeda-linked jihadis in Syria, as well as with nonextremist rebel forces there, for control of the uprising against President Bashar Assad of Syria.
It was unclear what immediate effect the move would have on the fighting in Syria and Iraq, but it could provoke dissent among the Sunni militant groups that have formed an alliance with the Islamic State and had hoped to share power with it. The declaration, because it is an attempt to centralize control of the entire Islamic jihadist movement, also poses a threat to Al Qaeda.
The announcement said Baghdadi's real name is Ibrahim Ibn Awwad Ibn Ibrahim Ali Ibn Muhammad al-Badri al-Hashimi al-Husayni al-Qurashi. It said he would be known as Caliph Ibrahim for short.
A caliphate is a Muslim empire that in theory encompasses all Muslims worldwide. It is a term used to describe empires like that of the Ottomans in Turkey in the 15th to 20th centuries, as well as those that ruled much of the civilized world in the early days of Islam.
Five Russian SU-25 aircraft were flown into Iraq aboard cargo planes Saturday night, and two more arrived Sunday. Another five Russian aircraft were due to arrive by Monday.
General Anwar Hama Ameen, the commander of the Iraqi air force, said Russian military experts had arrived to help set up the new planes, and they would stay only a short time.
Last week President Obama ordered 300 US military advisers into the country, and the Iranians have reportedly sent advisers from their Republican Guards' Quds Force.
At least three US Special Forces teams are said to have deployed north of Baghdad in recent days, to survey Iraqi forces and determine their state and needs.
US officials have said that Iran has been sending surveillance drones over Iraq as well as supplying military equipment and support.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the Iraqis, in an arrangement with the Russian Ministry of Defense, had ordered a dozen SU-25s, a ground-attack fighter jet useful for close air support operations. The Iraqi military used SU-25 jets during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
Sunni jihadi fighters were reported Sunday to have stalled a government offensive to retake the central Iraqi city of Tikrit. Insurgents had apparently regained control of key government buildings in the center of Tikrit, according to witnesses who reported seeing the black flag of ISIS flying over many important buildings.
The day before, Iraqi troops carried out a ground assault after a three-day operation intended to take the city and roll back the insurgents' advance toward Baghdad. Iraqi forces carried out repeated air strikes, mostly using helicopters, on insurgent targets throughout the city on Sunday for the fourth day in a row.
The Iraqi army remained in control of roads leading into Tikrit - Saddam Hussein's birthplace and a longtime Sunni stronghold about 100 miles north of Baghdad - as well as the campus of Salahuddin University in the Qadissiyah district of Tikrit and a military base, Camp Speicher, on the outskirts of the city.
The military's advance, supported by tanks and helicopter gunships, was hampered by a large number of bombs planted along the roads, a common tactic of the insurgents.
The Iraqis have sought to buy American F-16s and Apache helicopter gunships. The United States has now agreed to provide them.
The Iraqi air force currently has only two propeller-driven Cessna aircraft equipped to fire guided Hellfire missiles, which the Iraqis ran out of last week. During the past three days, 75 new Hellfires were delivered to Iraq by the US government.
Source; bostonglobe
