PARIS mengesyaki keganasan Abdeslam masih bebas selepas seminggu panjang PEMBURUAN . . .

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Srikandi - Polis Belgium masih mencari Salah Abdeslam, salah seorang peserta dalam serangan keganasan Paris pada November 13. Dia bukan antara 16 orang yang ditahan dalam serbuan pada Ahad dan pihak berkuasa takut dia boleh merancang serangan lain.

Beberapa penerbitan media Belgium telah menyebutkan laporan yang tidak disahkan bahawa Abdeslam telah dilihat di dalam kereta berhampiran bandar Leige dan menuju ke sempadan hampir dengan Jerman. Terdapat juga banyak haiwan lain yang berusia 26 tahun itu, yang setakat ini mengelak menangkap walaupun pemburuan besar-besaran di seluruh benua.

Jack Rice, seorang peguam pertahanan jenayah dan bekas pegawai CIA, bercakap dengan RT dan menggariskan bagaimana ia tidak akan menjadi sukar bagi seseorang untuk mengesan 'hilang' dalam salah satu daripada banyak komuniti pendatang Eropah.

"Ia tidak menghairankan kepada saya bahawa satu orang boleh cair ke dalam masyarakat keseluruhan. Kita perlu lihat pada bilangan komuniti berbeza di seluruh Eropah yang mempunyai dalam beberapa cara mengasingkan diri mereka atau telah diasingkan. Oleh itu, untuk mencairkan ke dalam salah satu masyarakat sebagai seorang individu yang mudah sudah pasti sesuatu yang boleh berlaku, "kata Rice.

"Kita perlu kembali dan cuba untuk memahami mengapa terdapat pelbagai pertubuhan dan orang-orang yang begitu berbeza dan begitu terpencil," katanya.

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Paris terror suspect Abdeslam still at large after week-long manhunt . . .

Belgian police are still searching for Salah Abdeslam, one of the participants in the Paris terror attacks on November 13. He was not among 16 people arrested during raids on Sunday and the authorities fear he could be planning another attack.

Several Belgian media publications have cited unconfirmed reports that Abdeslam had been seen in a car near the city of Leige and was heading to the near-by German border. There have also been numerous other sightings of the 26-year-old, who has so far evaded capture despite a massive manhunt across the continent.

Jack Rice, a criminal defense lawyer and former CIA officer, spoke to RT and outlined how it would not be hard for a person to effectively ‘disappear’ within one of Europe’s numerous migrant communities.

“It is not surprising to me that one person can melt into an entire community. We need to take a look at the number of disparate communities around Europe that have in some ways isolated themselves or have been isolated. As a result, to melt into one of those communities as one simple individual is certainly something that can happen,” Rice said.

“We need to come back and try to understand why there are various organizations and peoples who are so disparate and so isolated,” he added.

Nota Gambar edaran menunjukkan kelahiran Belgium Salah Abdeslam dilihat pada panggilan untuk saksi notis yang dikeluarkan oleh Perancis Polis Nationale perkhidmatan maklumat dalam akaun twitter mereka November 15, 2015 (Handout picture shows Belgian-born Salah Abdeslam seen on a call for witnesses notice released by the French Police Nationale information services on their twitter account November 15, 2015) © Police Nationale/Reuters

Pendakwa Belgium telah mengeluarkan satu kenyataan mengenai sebuah kereta yang mencurigakan, yang dihalau keluar pada petang Ahad, kerana polis cuba untuk menjalankan carian rutin. Terdapat telah syak wasangka ia boleh dikaitkan dengan Abdeslam, bagaimanapun, ini telah ditolak oleh polis.

"Malam Semalam di rantau Liege, sebuah kenderaan BMW bergegas kira apabila ditarik ke atas oleh polis untuk pemeriksaan rutin. Kenderaan itu yang dikenal pasti. Pertanyaan selanjutnya menunjukkan bahawa tidak ada hubungan sama sekali dengan operasi yang berterusan, "kata kenyataan itu.

Abdeslam telah melarikan diri selama lebih seminggu selepas abangnya, Brahim, meletupkan dirinya di sebuah kafe semasa serangan keganasan Paris. Selepas melarikan diri daripada ibu negara Perancis, Abdeslam dalam kereta perjalanan di dihentikan 3 kali oleh pihak polis kerana ia menuju ke Brussels. Namun pemain berusia 26 tahun itu dibenarkan untuk meneruskan perjalanan pada setiap kesempatan dan kemudiannya terlepas daripada tangkapan.

Salah satu daripada mereka berhenti mengambil tempat di pusat pemeriksaan di sempadan Belgium hanya beberapa jam selepas serangan itu. Abdeslam telah dibenarkan untuk meneruskan selepas menunjukkan ID, perkhidmatan keselamatan tidak sedar pada masa itu bahawa dia telah terlibat dalam serangan itu.

A Belgian prosecutor has released a statement regarding a suspicious car, which drove off on Sunday evening, as police tried to carry out a routine search. There had been suspicions it could have been linked to Abdeslam, however, this has been dismissed by police.

“Yesterday night in the Liege region, a vehicle BMW rushed off when pulled over by police for a routine check. The vehicle was identified. Further enquires showed that there is no link at all with the ongoing operation,” the statement read.

Abdeslam has been on the run for over a week after his elder brother, Brahim, blew himself up at a cafe during the Paris terror attacks. After fleeing the French capital, the car Abdeslam was travelling in was stopped three times by police as it headed to Brussels. However the 26-year-old was allowed to continue his journey on each occasion and has subsequently been able to avoid capture.

One of those stops took place at a checkpoint on the Belgian border just hours after the attacks. Abdeslam was allowed to proceed after showing his ID, as the security services did not realize at the time that he had been involved in the attacks.

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Pihak berkuasa terus mencari Abdeslam, dan sejumlah 19 serbuan dilakukan di ibu negara Belgium Brussels dan bandar perindustrian Charleroi, dengan sejumlah 16 orang yang ditangkap. Abdeslam bukan di kalangan mereka yang telah ditahan.

Abdeslam berasal dari daerah Molenbeek di Brussels, yang mempunyai masyarakat pendatang yang besar. Datuk Bandar Brussels sendiri menyifatkan daerah itu sebagai "tempat pembiakan keganasan radikal" dengan tahap yang tinggi pengangguran belia dan jenayah.

Pada tahun 2010, manakala seorang mekanik kereta api negeri pelatih Abdeslam dipenjara rompakan bersenjata. Beliau sejenayah pada masa itu adalah Abdelhamid Abaaoud, kawan zaman kanak-kanak yang 2 tahun lebih tua - dan orang yang disyaki sebagai "dalang" di belakang serangan ganas Paris.

Abdeslam, bagaimanapun, nampaknya tidak pernah melakukan apa-apa untuk menimbulkan syak wasangka - sekurang-kurangnya mengikut mereka yang tinggal di sampingnya.

Ia muncul minggu lepas bahawa Abdeslam diletakkan dalam senarai di seluruh negara kira-kira 800 radikal disyaki - walaupun pihak berkuasa telah nampaknya beliau tidak pernah disoal siasat.

Walaupun ancaman dilihat, dia dibenarkan untuk bergerak bebas di seluruh EU. Pada bulan September beliau mengembara ke Austria untuk apa yang dia katakan adalah "break," menurut Austria Kementerian Dalam Negeri. Penyiasat kini cuba untuk menentukan dengan tepat bagaimana beliau menghabiskan masa dan beliau yang mungkin telah bertemu ketika di sana.

Ia juga muncul bahawa Abdeslam telah ditangkap di Sepanyol untuk memandu dalam keadaan mabuk hanya beberapa minggu sebelum serangan keganasan Paris. Dia didenda kerana memandu lebih had dan kereta beliau telah ditahan, tetapi tiada tindakan lanjut diambil, walaupun beliau yang terdapat dalam senarai yang disyaki jihad Belgium.

The authorities are continuing to search for Abdeslam, and a total of 19 raids were carried out in the Belgian capital Brussels and the industrial city of Charleroi, with a total of 16 people being arrested. Abdeslam was not among those who were detained.

Abdeslam hails from the Molenbeek district of Brussels, which has a large immigrant community. Brussels’s own mayor has described the district as a “breeding ground for radical violence” with a high level of youth unemployment and crime.

In 2010, while a trainee state rail mechanic, Abdeslam was jailed for armed robbery. His accomplice at the time was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a childhood friend who was two years older – and the man suspected of being the “mastermind” behind the Paris terror attacks.

Abdeslam, however, appears never to have done anything to arouse suspicion – at least according to those who lived alongside him.

It emerged last week that Abdeslam was on a countrywide list of about 800 suspected radicals – though the authorities have apparently never interrogated him.

Despite the perceived threat, he was allowed to travel freely throughout the EU. In September he travelled to Austria for what he said was a “holiday,” according to the Austrian Interior Ministry. Investigators are now attempting to determine exactly how he spent his time and who he may have met while there.

It also emerged that Abdeslam was arrested in Spain for drink driving just a few weeks before the Paris terror attacks. He was fined for driving over the limit and his car was impounded, but no further action was taken, despite him appearing on list of suspected Belgian jihadists.

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Hari selepas serangan Paris, EU berkata ia akan meningkatkan kawalan sempadan dan pemeriksaan dokumen di seluruh blok. Perancis telah mengkritik Belgium untuk tidak melakukan secukupnya untuk menjaga tab pada radikal diketahui, Walaupun terdapat kebimbangan bahawa penjenayah terkenal dan suspek telah dapat memasuki EU melalui negara di mana data tidak diadakan, dan kemudian melakukan perjalanan di seluruh benua dgn mudah.

Kira-kira separuh daripada data mengenai radikal disyaki datang dari hanya 5 daripada 28 negara anggota, pegawai-pegawai telah berkata, tanpa mendedahkan mereka yang gagal untuk membantu: "Sebahagian daripada mereka [membantu] Tidak semua daripada mereka [membantu]," Pengarah Europol Rob Wainwright kepada Reuters. "Terus terang, mereka perlu melakukan lebih banyak."

Ibu kota Belgium sedang mengalami hari yang ke-3 daripada kuncian pada hari Isnin, dengan metro, sekolah dan banyak kedai-kedai ditutup di seluruh bandar. Pihak berkuasa takut Abdeslam boleh cuba untuk membuat serangan ala Paris di Brussels.

"Apa yang kita bimbang adalah serangan yang sama dengan yang di Paris, dengan beberapa individu yang mungkin boleh melancarkan beberapa serangan pada masa yang sama di pelbagai lokasi," Perdana Menteri Charles Michel pada sidang akhbar awal pada petang Ahad.

Days after the Paris attacks, the EU said it would be stepping up border controls and document checks across the bloc. France has been critical of Belgium for not doing enough to keep tabs on known radicals, while there has been concern that known criminals and suspects have been able to enter the EU via a country where data is not held, and then travel around the continent easily.

About half of the data regarding suspected radicals comes from just five of the 28 member states, officials have said, without revealing those failing to help: "Some of them are [helping]. Not all of them are [helping]," Europol Director Rob Wainwright told Reuters. "Frankly, they need to do more."

The Belgian capital is experiencing its third day of lockdown on Monday, with the metro, schools and many shops closed across the city. The authorities fear Abdeslam could try to create a Paris-style attack in Brussels.

"What we fear is an attack similar to the one in Paris, with several individuals who could possibly launch several attacks at the same time in multiple locations," Prime Minister Charles Michel told a news conference early on Sunday evening.

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RUSIA 'perlu mengubah strategi' di Syria jika ia mahu menyertai gabungan diketuai Amerika Syarikat 'anti-ISIS' - State Dept . . .

Setiausaha Akhbar Pentagon Laksamana John Kirby (Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby) © Alex Wong/AFP

Srikandi - Rusia tidak adalah dialu-alukan untuk menyertai gabungan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat di Syria, kerana Perancis telah dicadangkan, sehingga ia berubah "Fokus" dan berhenti "menopang" Presiden Assad, Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat berkata. Namun, Washington terus menegaskan matlamat mereka tidak mengalahkan Assad.

"Jika negara-negara lain tidak dalam gabungan itu [gabungan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat] mahu menyertai dan menjadi sebahagian daripada itu dan menumpukan kepada usaha memerangi ISIL [Negara Islam/IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL] itulah perbualan kami pasti sanggup untuk mempunyai, "kata jurucakap Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kirby.

Russia ‘must change strategy’ in Syria if it wants to join US-led ‘anti-ISIS’ coalition - State Dept . . .

Russia is not welcome to join the US-led coalition in Syria, as France has proposed, until it changes its “focus” and stops “propping up” President Assad, the US State Department said. Yet, Washington continues to insist their goal isn’t defeating Assad.

“If other nations not in the coalition [the US-led coalition] want to join it and become part of it and focus on the fight against ISIL [Islamic State/IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] that’s a conversation we’re certainly willing to have,” US State Department spokesperson John Kirby said.

Rayuan untuk mengembangkan gabungan itu diketuai Amerika memerangi Negara Islam (IS) datang dari Presiden Perancis Francois Hollande 3 hari selepas serangan maut di Paris minggu lalu. Yang menyatakan bahawa "Perancis adalah berperang," Hollande menyeru pembentukan sebuah "gabungan besar," yang dapat menyatukan tenaga dengan Rusia "untuk mencapai hasil yang telah mengambil masa yang lama."

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Gabungan besar akan menjadi tumpuan perbincangan berasingan Presiden Hollande akan mempunyai dengan rakan sejawatannya Amerika dan Rusia pada hari-hari akan datang. Pemimpin Perancis dijangka mengadakan rundingan di Washington pada 24 November dan di Moscow pada 26 November.

Walau bagaimanapun, Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat berkata bahawa penglibatan Rusia dalam gabungan itu akan bergantung kepada "komitmen" Moscow.

"Tetapi dalam usaha untuk ke tempat kerja, setiap ahli gabungan itu perlu mempunyai fokus yang sama pada mengalahkan ISIL, dan setakat ini kita, bercakap mengenai Rusia, tidak pernah melihat komitmen yang sama," kata Kirby, merujuk kepada sokongan Rusia untuk Syria Presiden Bashar Assad. "Ia selaras dengan matlamat gabungan itu, iaitu untuk mengalahkan ISIL, jika anda juga menopang rejim Assad."

An appeal to expand the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State came from French President Francois Hollande three days after deadly attacks in Paris a week ago. Stating that “France is at war,” Hollande called for the creation of a “large coalition,” which could unite forces with Russia“to achieve a result that has taken too long.”

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The grand coalition is going to be the focus of separate talks President Hollande will have with his American and Russian counterparts in coming days. The French leader is expected to hold talks in Washington on November 24 and in Moscow on November 26.

However, the US State Department says that Russia’s involvement in the coalition would depend on Moscow’s “commitment.”

“But in order for that to work, every member of the coalition has to have the same focus on defeating ISIL, and thus far we, talking about Russia, haven’t seen that same commitment,” Kirby said, referring to Russia’s support for the Syrian President Bashar Assad. “It’s inconsistent with the goals of the coalition, which is to defeat ISIL, if you’re also propping up the Assad regime.”

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Washington telah mengulangi bahawa tidak akan ada perbincangan sehingga Moscow mengubah strateginya: "Jika Rusia adalah serius tentang perkara ini, kira-kira akan selepas ISIL, dan menukar kalkulus aktiviti ketenteraan ia menjalankan dalam Syria, maka ia adalah besar dan kami akan bersedia untuk mempunyai perbincangan dengan mereka tentang bagaimana mereka mungkin boleh menyumbang kepada operasi campuran."

Kenyataan itu telah mendorong Said Arikat, Washington Ketua Biro Al-Quds, untuk meminta Kirby untuk menjelaskan apa keutamaan gabungan itu sebenarnya adalah, kerana "isu Assad terus datang sepanjang masa."

"Jadi apa matlamat teras? Untuk menewaskan Assad atau ISIS? Pada skala 9:59 - adalah lebih besar daripada yang lain "Arikat bertanya Kirby.

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Walaupun, seperti yang didakwa oleh Jabatan Negara, matlamat utama gabungan yang mengalahkan Negara Islam (IS) dan membendung keganasan, Presiden Assad masih merupakan masalah yang serius untuk Washington.

"Tidak ada dalam mandat BN untuk menghapuskan Assad dari kuasa," Kirby menjawab, sambil menambah bahawa mengeluarkan kerajaan Syria semasa akan menjadi "saling menyokong" dalam pukulan ADALAH dan "menjaga mereka keluar."

"Tetapi dari segi ketenteraan, khususnya ketenteraan, matlamat gabungan itu untuk menentang ISIL adalah mengenai menangani ISIL," kata jurucakap Jabatan Negara.

'Kami tidak mahu membuat lagi kesilapan'

Sebahagian daripada taklimat media Jumaat itu tertumpu kepada usaha misi diketuai Amerika Syarikat di dalam dan di sekitar Syria.

"Kami bermula gabungan itu tahun lepas, dan tidak memberi tumpuan kepada pejuang asing dan isu-isu lain pada mulanya," Khas Wakil Presiden untuk Gabungan Global ke Kaunter ISIL, Brett McGurk, berkata. Amerika Syarikat kini akan memberi tumpuan kepada memberi tekanan pada "kawasan tengah ISIL" dan hubungannya dengan Raqqa dan Mosul.

Washington has reiterated that there would be no discussions until Moscow changes its strategy:“If Russia is serious about this, about going after ISIL, and changing the calculus of military activities it’s conducting inside Syria, then it’s great and we will be willing to have a discussion with them about how they might be able to contribute to the coalition operations.”

The statement has prompted Said Arikat, Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Quds, to ask Kirby to clarify what the coalition’s priority actually was, because “the issue of Assad keeps coming up all the time.”

“So what’s the core goal? To beat Assad or ISIS? On a scale of one to ten – is one larger than the other?” Arikat asked Kirby.

READ MORE: ‘US militaristic faction continues to push for Middle East wars’ (OP-ED)

Despite, as is claimed by the State Department, the main goal of coalition being defeating Islamic State and curbing terrorism, President Assad remains a serious concern for Washington.

“There is nothing in the coalition’s mandate to remove Assad from power,” Kirby responded, adding that removing the current Syrian government would be “mutually supportive” in beating IS and “keeping them out.”

“But militarily, specifically militarily, the goal of the coalition to counter ISIL is about countering ISIL,” the State Department spokesman said.

‘We want to make no mistake’

Part of Friday’s press briefing was dedicated to the US-led mission’s efforts in and around Syria.

“We started the coalition last year, and didn’t focus on foreign fighters and other issues initially,” Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Brett McGurk, said. The US is now going to focus on putting pressure on the “heartland of ISIL” and its links with Raqqa and Mosul.

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"Itu tidak mungkin kira-kira setahun yang lalu, walaupun 6 bulan yang lalu, tetapi ia adalah mungkin sekarang," McGurk, sambil menambah bahawa kini terdapat peluang "untuk merangsang keseluruhan gabungan itu." "Kami mahu membuat kesilapan," McGurk berkata.

Menggariskan langkah-langkah seterusnya gabungan itu akan mengambil dalam pertempuran IS, wakil presiden secara khusus menekankan 2: "menyesakkan" IS di Iraq dan Syria dan " sesak nafas mati rangkaian global."

"Itu sahaja yang saya akan berkata tentang itu sekarang, tetapi hakikat bahawa minggu lepas kami pergi selepas Jihadi John, Junaid Hussein mendapat disembelih serangan udara - itu sahaja akan diteruskan. Seperti yang kita memberi tekanan ISIL, mereka membuat kesilapan, melakukan perkara-perkara bodoh. Jadi kita akan ‘dial up’ tekanan dalam beberapa minggu akan datang, "kata McGurk.

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Walaupun mendakwa kemajuan yang ketara, Amerika Syarikat telah dikritik, kebanyakan dinyanyikan oleh pegawai-pegawai Rusia, kerana gagal untuk membendung pertumbuhan IS walaupun tahun serangan udara, dan juga untuk "membiarkan" unit pengganas. Untuk hal ini, gabungan itu diketuai Amerika Syarikat menahan dirinya daripada pengeboman minyak perdagangan 'talian hayat' Negara Islam sehingga minggu ini.

"Terdapat hampir 8,000 penerbangan tentera. Hampir suku daripada masa kembali jet tanpa yang menarik, diambil bahawa mereka mendapati tiada sasaran untuk menyerang. Sementara itu, ISIL terus menerima minyak . . . beribu-ribu trak tangki memandu di seluruh rantau ini, "ketua Jabatan Kementerian Rusia Luar untuk Cabaran Baru dan Ancaman, Ilya Rogachev, memberitahu akhbar Kommersant.

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Pegawai itu percaya ia hanya campur tangan Moscow yang menjadikan Amerika Syarikat akhirnya mensasarkan kenderaan kapal tangki minyak pengganas.

"Ia adalah mustahil untuk tiada notis, bahawa walaupun ini [Amerika Syarikat berpindah bom IS lori tangki] telah dipaksa oleh tindakan-tindakan yang tegas dan berkesan Tentera Udara Rusia. Mengambil [serangan Russian] kira, kita tidak boleh membantu tetapi tertanya-tanya: telah pakatan yang diketuai Amerika Syarikat benar-benar menetapkan tugas ketenteraan mengalahkan ISIL"?

Sebagai perbandingan, Rusia memmusnahkan 500 lori tank IS sejak beberapa hari lalu, mengganggu aliran petrodollars haram untuk kumpulan pengganas, yang, menurut Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin, menjual minyak kepada 40 negeri. Kementerian Pertahanan Rusia telah mengeluarkan video sebagai bukti sebahagian daripada serangan ini.

Pesawat perang Rusia mengganggu ISIS saluran jualan minyak; memusnahkan 500 trak minyak pengganas di Syria.

Dalam perkembangan terbaru, kapal perang dari Rusia Armada Caspian melancarkan 18 peluru berpandu di tujuh IS sasaran di wilayah Syria Raqqa, Idlib dan Aleppo pada hari Jumaat. Menurut Menteri Pertahanan Rusia Sergey Shoigu, lebih 600 pengganas turut terbunuh dalam serangan udara yang melibatkan peluru berpandu di Deir Ex-Zor Wilayah Syria.

“That was not possible about a year ago, even six months ago, but it is possible now,” McGurk said, adding that there is now an opportunity “to galvanize the entire coalition.” “We want to make no mistake,” McGurk said.

Outlining further steps the coalition will take in fighting IS, the presidential envoy specifically stressed two: “Suffocating” IS in Iraq and Syria and “suffocate the global networks.”

“That’s all I’ll say about that now, but the fact that last week we went after Jihadi John, Junaid Hussein getting slaughtered in an airstrike – that’s all going to continue. As we pressure ISIL, they make mistakes, do stupid things. So we’ll dial up the pressure in the coming weeks,” McGurk said.

READ MORE: ‘US rushed to strike ISIS oil network only after Russia intervened’ - official

Despite claiming significant progress, the US has been criticized, most vocally by Russian officials, for failing to stem the growth of IS despite a year of airstrikes, and even for “sparing”the terrorists’ units. Crucially, the US-led coalition refrained from bombing the oil trade ‘lifeline’ of Islamic State until this week.

“There were almost 8,000 military flights. Almost quarter of the time the jets came back without striking, taken to mean that they found no targets to attack. Meanwhile, ISIL continued to receive oil … thousands of tanker trucks drove all across the region,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for New Challenges and Threats, Ilya Rogachev, told the Kommersant newspaper.

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The official believes it was only Moscow’s intervention that made the US finally target the terrorists’ oil tanker vehicles.

“It’s impossible not to notice, that even this [US move to bomb IS tankers] was compelled by the decisive and effective actions of the Russian Air Force. Taking [the Russian strikes] into account, one can’t help but wonder: has the US-led coalition actually set a task of militarily defeating ISIL?”

By comparison, Russia destroyed some 500 IS tankers over the past few days, disrupting the flow of illegal petrodollars to the terrorist group, which, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is selling oil to some 40 states. The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video as proof of some of these strikes.

Russian warplanes disrupt ISIS oil sales channels; destroy 500 terrorist oil trucks in Syria.

In the latest development, warships from the Russian Caspian Fleet launched 18 cruise missiles at seven IS targets in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa, Idlib, and Aleppo on Friday. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, over 600 terrorists were also killed in airstrikes involving cruise missiles in Syria’s Deir Ex-Zor Province.

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ISIS menghantar dozen pengebom berani mati ke puncak ASEAN Malaysia - memo BOCOR . . .

Pegawai polis memeriksa susunan keselamatan bagi Persatuan 27 Negara-Negara Asia Tenggara (ASEAN) sidang kemuncak di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 20, 2015 (Police officers check security arrangements for the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 20, 2015) © Olivia Harris/Reuters

Srikandi - Laporan polis Malaysia yang bocor mendakwa mungkin terdapat sekurang-kurangnya 10 Negara Islam (IS) pengebom berani mati di Kuala Lumpur, di mana pemimpin dari 18 negara, termasuk Amerika Syarikat, Rusia, Jepun dan China, yang ditetapkan untuk mengumpul hujung minggu ini bagi Persatuan Negara-negara Asia Tenggara (ASEAN) puncak.

Ketua Polis Malaysia, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, telah bertindak balas dalam satu kenyataan kepada pendedahan suatu pekeliling polis dalaman yang memberi amaran tentang kemungkinan kehadiran pengebom berani mati di Kuala Lumpur dan Borneo.

ISIS sends dozen suicide bombers to Malaysian ASEAN summit - leaked memo . . .

A leaked Malaysian police report alleges there could be at least ten Islamic State suicide bombers in Kuala Lumpur, where leaders from 18 countries, including the US, Russia, Japan and China, are set to gather this weekend for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.

Malaysia's police chief, Khalid Abu Bakar, has responded in a statement to the disclosure of an internal police circular that warned of the possible presence of suicide bombers in Kuala Lumpur and Borneo.

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Menurut Malaysiakini berita dalam talian setiap hari, Khalid telah mengesahkan pekeliling bocor polis pada mesyuarat antara ahli-ahli Abu Sayyaf, kumpulan pengganas yang berpangkalan di Filipina, dan Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL). Pekeliling tersebut didakwa melaporkan bahawa IS telah dihantar pengebom berani mati ke Sabah (salah satu daripada 2 negeri di Malaysia di Pulau Borneo) dan Kuala Lumpur (ibu negara Malaysia dan bandar paling ramai penduduk).

"Terdapat laporan daripada ancaman pengganas berlaku di Malaysia," kata Ketua Polis itu dalam satu kenyataan akhbar. "Pada ketika ini, saya ingin menggariskan bahawa mereka masih belum disahkan," katanya.

Pekeliling, bertarikh 16 November, dilaporkan berasal dari kecerdasan dikumpulkan dari mesyuarat yang diadakan antara IS, Abu Sayyaf dan Barisan Pembebasan Kebangsaan Moro.

Mesyuarat hari Ahad di Sulu, Filipina, dilaporkan dihadiri oleh "14 pemimpin daripada 3 pakaian dan 50 anggota Abu Sayyaf bersenjatakan senapang M16, pistol dan bom," pekeliling yang menuntut. Ia juga dilaporkan menyatakan bahawa pemimpin-pemimpin kumpulan pengganas telah membuat keputusan untuk merekrut ahli-ahli yang lebih baru, dan menghantar beberapa pengikut mereka ke Sabah dan Kuala Lumpur.

Nota itu dilaporkan mendakwa Abu Sayyaf dan Negara Islam sudah mempunyai 8 pengebom berani mati di Sabah dan 10 di Kuala Lumpur, menurut Malaysiakini.

"Pengebom berani mati ini telah menjalani latihan ketenteraan di Syria, Afghanistan dan Iraq, serta bersedia menerima arahan daripada pemimpin mereka untuk melancarkan serangan/pengeboman," dalam talian setiap hari memetik pekeliling dilaporkan berkata.

Serangan terbaru oleh militan Negara Islam di Perancis, Mesir, Lubnan dan Filipina juga telah mendorong Malaysia untuk meningkatkan kawalan keselamatan. "Pemeriksaan keselamatan di semua pintu masuk dan keluar ke Malaysia telah dipertingkatkan," kata Khalid.

Sekurang-kurangnya 2,000 anggota tentera sedang diletakkan di tempat-tempat strategik di Kuala Lumpur dan 2,500 lagi sedang bersiap sedia, Panglima Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Zulkifeli Mohd Zin berkata, menurut Reuters.

According to the Malaysiakini online news daily, Khalid has confirmed a leaked police circular on a meeting between members of Abu Sayyaf, a Philippines-based terrorist group, and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The circular allegedly reports that IS have dispatched suicide bombers to Sabah (one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia's capital and most populous city).

“There have been reports of imminent terrorist threats in Malaysia,” the police chief said in a press statement. “At this point, I would like to underline that they have yet to be confirmed,” he added.

The circular, dated November 16, reportedly originated from intelligence gathered from a meeting held between IS, Abu Sayyaf and the Moro National Liberation Front.

The Sunday meeting in Sulu, the Philippines, was reportedly attended by “14 leaders from the three outfits and 50 members of Abu Sayyaf armed with M16 rifles, pistols and bombs,” the circular claimed. It also reportedly stated that leaders of the terrorist groups have decided to recruit more new members, and to dispatch some of their followers to Sabah and Kuala Lumpur.

The note reportedly alleged that Abu Sayyaf and Islamic State already have eight suicide bombers in Sabah and 10 in Kuala Lumpur, according to Malaysiakini.

“These suicide bombers underwent military training in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as prepared to receive orders from their leaders to launch attacks/bombings,” the online daily quoted the circular as reportedly saying.

The latest attacks by Islamic State militants in France, Egypt, Lebanon and the Philippines have  also prompted Malasya to beef up security. "Security checks at all entry and exit points to Malaysia have been stepped up," Khalid said.

At least 2,000 army personnel were being positioned at strategic points in Kuala Lumpur and another 2,500 were on standby, Malaysian Armed Forces chief Zulkifeli Mohd Zin said, according to Reuters.

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ISIS baru-baru ini mengaku bertanggungjawab untuk satu siri serangan terancang di Paris yang mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya 130 orang pada 13 November dan telah dipanggil terburuk dalam sejarah Perancis.

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Awal bulan ini Negara Islam juga mendakwa berada di belakang menembak jatuh jet penumpang Airbus 321 Rusia dengan 224 orang penumpang dalam perjalanan dari Mesir Sharm el-Sheikh ke St Petersburg, pada 31 Oktober.

Rusia telah mengadakan berpuluh-puluh serangan terhadap Negara Islam dan sasaran pelampau lain di Syria setiap hari sejak 30 September, selepas permohonan rasmi telah dibuat oleh Presiden Bashar Assad.

ISIS has recently claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks in Paris that killed at least 130 people on November 13 and have been called the worst in French history.

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Earlier this month Islamic State also claimed to be behind the downing of a Russian Airbus 321 passenger jet with 224 people on board, en route from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, on October 31.

Russia has been conducting dozens of sorties against Islamic State and other extremist targets in Syria on a daily basis since September 30, after an official request was made by President Bashar Assad.

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Sekatan tempat2 di BANK-bank dan NEGERI-negeri membiayai ISIS, kata Corbyn . . .

Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party © Russell Cheyne/Reuters

Srikandi - Syarikat dan institusi kewangan yang disyaki menguruskan atau menyediakan dana untuk Negara Islam (IS, yang sebelum ini ISIS/ISIL) harus mempunyai sekatan diletakkan ke atas mereka, pemimpin Parti Buruh Jeremy Corbyn kepada Ahli Parlimen.

Bercakap kepada Dewan Rakyat, pemimpin Buruh menggesa Parlimen untuk mengambil tindakan yang lebih banyak untuk mengetatkan kawalan ke atas institusi yang menyediakan "infrastruktur penting" kepada kumpulan pengganas di Syria dan Iraq.

Corbyn berkata salah satu cara utama untuk menghentikan IS dari fungsi adalah untuk memotong sumbernya, menunjukkan EU juga perlu memainkan peranan dalam menyesakkan organisasi.

"Sesungguhnya cara penting untuk membantu kekalahan ISIL adalah untuk memotong pembiayaan, bekalan senjata, dan perdagangan," kata Corbyn semasa soalan Perdana Menteri (PMQs).

"Bolehkah saya menekan Perdana Menteri untuk memastikan bahawa sekutu kami di rantau ini, memang semua negara-negara di rantau ini, melakukan semua yang mereka boleh untuk mengetatkan kawalan ke atas individu dan institusi di negara mereka yang menyediakan ISIL dengan infrastruktur penting?

Place sanctions on banks and states 

funding ISIS, says Corbyn . . .

States and financial institutions suspected of managing or providing funds to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) should have sanctions placed on them, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn told MPs.

Speaking to the House of Commons, the Labour leader urged Parliament to take more action to clamp down on institutions which provide “vital infrastructure” to the terror group in Syria and Iraq.

Corbyn said one of the main ways to stop IS from functioning is to cut off its resources, suggesting the EU would also need to play a part in suffocating the organization.

“Surely a crucial way to help defeat ISIL is to cut off its funding, its supply of arms, and its trade,” Corbyn said during prime minister’s questions (PMQs).

“Can I press the prime minister to ensure that our allies in the region, indeed all countries in the region, are doing all they can to clamp down on individuals and institutions in their countries who are providing ISIL with vital infrastructure?

"Adakah beliau, melalui Kesatuan Eropah dan forum lain jika perlu, pertimbangkan sekatan terhadap bank-bank dan syarikat-syarikat dan jika negara-negara perlu yang menutup mata kepada mereka yang melakukan urusan dengan ISIL yang membantu mereka dalam kerja mereka?" Tanya beliau.

Perdana Menteri, David Cameron balas berkata UK telah memainkan "peranan utama" dalam kelaparan IS dana, tetapi memberi amaran ia tidak boleh menjadi satu-satunya respons British kepada kumpulan pelampau.

"Kita tidak boleh mengelak selamanya persoalan bagaimana untuk merendahkan dan memusnahkan ISIL kedua-dua di Iraq dan di Syria, . . . ya, pergi selepas wang, pergi selepas bank-bank, memotong bekalan mereka, tetapi tidak membuat bahawa pengganti untuk tindakan yang yang diperlukan untuk mengalahkan orang-orang ini di mana mereka berada, "katanya.

Corbyn sebelum ini telah mengkritik Arab Saudi kerana gagal untuk menghentikan sumber dan wang dihantar ke IS.

"Arab Saudi, mungkin bukan di peringkat kerajaan, tetapi sudah tentu di bantuan peringkat, telah memberikan sokongan kepada ISIL," katanya.

Cameron kini bersedia Dewan Rakyat untuk undi untuk melanjutkan serangan udara British dari Iraq ke Syria.

Perdana Menteri berkata, beliau tidak akan mengadakan undi sehingga dia dijamin mendapat sokongan yang cukup untuk lulus, tetapi ia menyangka serangan keganasan di Paris minggu lalu akan telah meningkatkan sokongan untuk lebih serangan udara.

“Will he, through the European Union and other forums if necessary, consider sanctions against those banks and companies and if necessary countries which turn a blind eye to those who do dealings with ISIL who assist them in their work?” he asked.

Prime Minister David Cameron responded saying the UK is already playing “a leading role” in starving IS of funds, but warned it could not be the only British response to the extremist group.

“We cannot dodge forever the question of how to degrade and destroy ISIL both in Iraq and in Syria, … yes, go after the money, go after the banks, cut off their supplies, but don’t make that a substitute for the action that’s required to beat these people where they are,” he said.

Corbyn has previously criticized Saudi Arabia for failing to stop resources and money being sent to IS.

“Saudi Arabia, maybe not at government level, but certainly at aid-level, has been providing support to ISIL,” he said.

Cameron is currently preparing the House of Commons for a vote to extend British airstrikes from Iraq into Syria.

The prime minister has said he will not hold the vote until he is guaranteed enough backing to pass it, but it is thought the terror attacks in Paris last week will have bolstered support for more airstrikes.

Pada sidang kemuncak G20 di Turki pada hari Isnin, Cameron menyatakan minatnya untuk bekerja lebih rapat dengan Rusia, yang telah melancarkan serangan udara di Syria terhadap sasaran IS.

Bercakap di Dewan Rakyat pada Selasa, Cameron berkata serangan di Paris pada hari Jumaat mewajarkan "pendekatan spektrum penuh," termasuk kuasa tentera, tindakan memerangi keganasan dan menentang naratif ekstremisme.

"Ia adalah di Syria, di Raqqa, yang ISIL beribu pejabat dan ia adalah dari Raqqa bahawa beberapa ancaman utama terhadap negara ini dirancang dan diatur. Raqqa, jika anda suka, adalah ketua ular.

"Sejak Syria kami menyokong sekutu kami Amerika Syarikat, Perancis, Jordan dan negara-negara Teluk dengan kecerdasan, dengan pengawasan dan dengan mengisi minyak. Tetapi saya percaya, seperti yang saya katakan banyak kali sebelum ini, kita perlu melakukan lebih. Kami menghadapi ancaman langsung dan berkembang ke negara kita dan kita perlu menanganinya, bukan sahaja di Iraq, tetapi di Syria juga."

At the G20 summit in Turkey on Monday, Cameron expressed his interest in working more closely with Russia, which is already launching airstrikes in Syria against IS targets.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Cameron said the attacks in Paris on Friday justify a “full spectrum approach,” including military power, counter-terrorism action and countering the narrative of extremism.

“It is in Syria, in Raqqa, that ISIL has its headquarters and it is from Raqqa that some of the main threat against this country are planned and orchestrated. Raqqa, if you like, is the head of the snake.

“Over Syria we are supporting our allies the US, France, Jordan and the Gulf countries with intelligence, with surveillance and with refueling. But I believe, as I have said many times before, we should be doing more. We face a direct and growing threat to our country and we need to deal with it, not just in Iraq, but in Syria too.”

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