「堅定決心」行動指揮部發言人柯金斯上校( Col. Myles B. Caggins III )也在官方推特上傳這部任務執行的影片,展現根除伊斯蘭國勢力的決心。雖然 IS 已失去盤踞在伊拉克、敘利亞的哈里發國 ( Caliphate ),但數千名組織戰士仍潛藏在隱蔽的沙漠、洞穴之中,醞釀勢力,還有人混入伊拉克當地城鎮。
VIDEO: Here’s what it looks like when @USAFCENT#F15 and #F35 jets drop 36,000 Kg of bombs on a Daesh infested island. ?? هكذا تبدوا الجزيرة الموبوءة بداعش بعد أن أسقطت عليها الطائرات المقاتلة #أف-15 و #أف-35 36,000 كغم من الذخيرة pic.twitter.com/2v6FAEL9Rn
「堅定決心」行動指揮部發言人柯金斯上校( Col. Myles B. Caggins III )也在官方推特上傳這部任務執行的影片,展現根除伊斯蘭國勢力的決心。雖然 IS 已失去盤踞在伊拉克、敘利亞的哈里發國 ( Caliphate ),但數千名組織戰士仍潛藏在隱蔽的沙漠、洞穴之中,醞釀勢力,還有人混入伊拉克當地城鎮。
VIDEO: Here’s what it looks like when @USAFCENT#F15 and #F35 jets drop 36,000 Kg of bombs on a Daesh infested island. ?? هكذا تبدوا الجزيرة الموبوءة بداعش بعد أن أسقطت عليها الطائرات المقاتلة #أف-15 و #أف-35 36,000 كغم من الذخيرة pic.twitter.com/2v6FAEL9Rn
Anti-government protesters in Iraq defy an around-the-clock curfew in Baghdad and other cities as Iraqi security forces use live ammunition and tear gas during a third day of unrest. At least 31 people have died. https://t.co/PhupnRNcaQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 3, 2019
Iraqi authorities have extended a curfew to several southern cities as the death toll from three days of protests climbed to at least 34, security officials and activists told CNN https://t.co/00qGZGyBvw
AP引述華府智庫「戰爭研究中心」(Institute for the Study of War)中東專家卡法瑞拉(Jennifer Cafarella)表示,近期對伊拉克多個地區示威者所使用的廣泛暴力行為,顯示抗議的聲勢與擴散速度,可能超出維安部隊有效應付的範圍,各陣營的對立也指向官民衝突「升溫的可能性」。
An Iraqi protesterc - young engineer wearing a polo shirt telling us how the govt forces fired live ammunition and gas grenades to try and disperse them then asking for everyone to support them in their demands for rights #Save_the_Iraqi_people #Iraq #العراق pic.twitter.com/8N5iMZ32LE
— Steven nabil (@thestevennabil) October 2, 2019
據CNN,總部位在「綠區」、美國領導的反伊斯蘭國聯軍(US-led coalition against ISIS)呼籲各方「降低衝突」。鄰近國家巴林(Bahrain)外交部則已呼籲國民「立刻」離開伊拉克,以保障自身安全。「國際特赦組織」(Amnesty International)則呼籲當局對維安的「過度暴力」展開調查。