ഇറാഖില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള നടുക്കുന്ന കാഴ്ചകള്‍

ഇറാഖില്‍ സുന്നി ഭീകരരും സൈന്യവും തമ്മിലുള്ള യുദ്ധം തുടരുന്നു. ആയിരത്തിലധികം പേര്‍ കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു. അഞ്ചുലക്ഷത്തിലധികം ഒഴിഞ്ഞുപോയി. ഇറാഖില്‍ വടക്കന്‍ പ്രവിശ്യയായ നിനെവെയിലെ തല്‍ അഫര്‍ നഗരം കനത്തപോരാട്ടത്തിനൊടുവില്‍ ഭീകരര്‍ പിടിച്ചെടുത്തു.കഴിഞ്ഞദിവസം ഭീകരരില്‍ നിന്ന് വടക്കന്‍ മേഖലയിലെ ചില പ്രദേശങ്ങള്‍ സൈന്യം പിടിച്ചെടുത്തിരുന്നു. ഇതിനിടെയാണ് തല്‍ അഫറിനുവേണ്ടിയുള്ള പോരാട്ടം ആരംഭിച്ചത്. വടക്കന്‍ നഗരമായ മൊസൂളില്‍നിന്ന് ഏറെ അകലെയല്ലാതെ സിറിയന്‍ അതിര്‍ത്തിയോട് ചേര്‍ന്നുള്ള നഗരമാണ് തല്‍ അഫര്‍. ഷിയാ ഭൂരിപക്ഷ പ്രദേശമായ ഇവിടെ തുര്‍ക്കി വംശജരായ ഒട്ടേറെ പേരും താമസിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. ആകെ ജനസംഖ്യയുടെ പകുതിയോളം വരുമിത്. വടക്കന്‍ ബാഗ്ദാദിലെ നാല് പ്രവിശ്യകളില്‍ ഒട്ടുമിക്കതിന്റെയും നിയന്ത്രണം ഇതോടെ ഭീകരരുടെ കൈയിലായി. ഇതില്‍ ചില പ്രദേശങ്ങള്‍ തിരിച്ചുപിടിക്കാനുള്ള ശ്രമങ്ങള്‍ പുരോഗമിക്കുകയാണെന്ന് ഇറാഖി സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ അവകാശപ്പെട്ടു. 3000 മുതല്‍ 5000 വരെ അംഗങ്ങളുള്ള സംഘടനയാണ് ഐ.എസ്.ഐ.എല്‍. ഇറാഖിലെ സര്‍ക്കാറും സുന്നികളുമായുള്ള അഭിപ്രായ വ്യത്യാസങ്ങള്‍ മുതലെടുത്ത് വളര്‍ന്നുവന്ന സംഘടനയാണിത്. റമദി, ഫല്ലൂജ പ്രദേശങ്ങള്‍ നേരത്തേ തന്നെ ഇവരുടെ കൈവശമാണ്. ഇറാഖില്‍ നിന്നുള്ള കാഴ്ചകള്‍ .
 

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul line arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014.

 

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul reach for a fruit during a food distribution at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad

 

Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northern Iraq city of Mosul on June 10. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Iraq's second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday, overrunning a military base and freeing hundreds of prisoners in a spectacular strike against the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government

 

This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. The Islamic militant group that seized much of northern Iraq has posted photos that appear to show its fighters shooting dead dozens of captured Iraqi soldiers in a province north of the capital Baghdad. Iraq's top military spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi confirmed the photos' authenticity on Sunday and said he was aware of cases of mass murder of Iraqi soldiers. (AP Photo via militant website)

 

A burnt vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces is pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul, one day after radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of the city on June 11. Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group extended their control from the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to an area further south that includes Iraq's biggest oil refinery in a devastating show of strength against the Shi'ite-led government.

 

Iraqi men who volunteered to join the fight against a major offensive by jihadists in northern Iraq climb on an army truck outside a recruiting in the capital Baghdad on June 13. Iraqi forces clashed with militants advancing on the city of Baquba, just 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad, as an offensive spearheaded by jihadists drew closer to the capital.

 

A member of the Kurdish security forces walks away from a controlled explosion in the town of Tuz Khurmato, north of the capital Baghdad on June 17.

 

Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul unload their car at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil

 

An Iraqi refugee girl from Mosul stands outside her family's tent at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad

 

Iraqis attend Mass on June 15 at the Chaldean Church of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest, in Alqosh, set in the seventh century Saint Hormoz monastery built into a hill overlooking Alqosh, a village of some 6,000 inhabitants about 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Mosul, northern Iraq. Dozens of Christian families that fled to this ancient Iraqi village have taken a much-traversed route -- many from their minority community have escaped to Alqosh before, in fear for their lives. This time, few say they want to go back to their homes, seeking safety under the Kurdish forces known as the Peshmerga.

 

Iraqi refugee children from Mosul sits at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil

 

An Iraqi civilian, volunteering to fight a militant offensive, kisses a Koran book as he queues with comrades before boarding buses to reach Mosul on June 15 in the southern port city of Basra. Leading Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged Iraqis on June 13 to take up arms against Sunni militants marching on Baghdad, as thousands volunteered to bolster the capital's defenses.

 

A member of Kurdish Peshmerga forces takes position overlooking militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Jalawla in the Diyala province, on June 14, 2014. A major offensive by militants, spearheaded by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but involving other groups, overran all of Nineveh and chunks of three more provinces in a matter of days. (Rick Findler/AFP)

 

Members of the Iraqi security forces patrol an area near the borders between Karbala Province and Anbar Province on June 16. The US said it could launch air strikes and act jointly with its arch-enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government, after a rampage by Sunni Islamist insurgents across Iraq that has scrambled alliances in the Middle East.

 

This file image posted on a militant news Twitter account on Thursday, June 12, 2014 shows militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) people raising their flag at the entrance of an army base in Ninevah Province. Iraq

 

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows a small vessel transiting in front of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush as it transits the Strait of Hormuz April 28, 2014 as seen from the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea.

 

An Iraqi soldier pats down men as they arrive to volunteer to join the fight against a major offensive by jihadists in northern Iraq on June 13, 2014, at recruiting in the capital Baghdad. Iraqi forces clashed with militants advancing on the city of Baquba, just 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad, as an offensive spearheaded by jihadists drew closer to the capital.

 

Kurdish Peshmerga security forces stand guard on the outskirts of the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, June. 14, 2014.

 

This image made from video provided by an Iraqi soldier made available on Saturday, June 14, 2014, shows a member of Iraqi Special Operations forces in a firefight with militants from the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Tikrit, Iraq

 

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province.

 

Iraqi men board military trucks to join the Iraqi army at the main recruiting to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq