Cem anos depois do início do conflito mundial que mudou a face do mundo, para sempre, tanto no plano político, quanto no geográfico e sobretudo no econômico, trata-se de notícia realmente histórica.
Cabe ver se as grandes potências, que são atualmente os Estados Unidos e, num plano bem menor, os aliados da OTAN, e do outro lado a Rússia (como sempre) e ainda mais distante, a China, sem falar do Irã, do Egito e da Arábia Saudita permitirão a ascensão do novo califado anunciado pelo ISIL...
Paulo Roberto de Almeida
Iraq Loses Control of Borders
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Foreign Policy morning bulletin, June 23, 2014
Top news: The Iraqi government has abandoned the only legal border crossing with Jordan to Sunni tribal groups. Tribal groups are negotiating to hand the crossing, Turaibil, over to militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). ISIS also took control over the two main border crossings with Syria over the weekend.
Jordan is putting its military on alert to protect its 112-mile-long border with Iraq, fearing ISIS militants could spill over. The strategically important airport town of Tal Afar in western Iraq has also fallen out of the Baghdad government's control as ISIS extends its sweep across western Iraq.
ISIS's goal is to create an Islamic state across the Sunni Arab world and has said that it intends to erase the borders drawn by colonial powers after World War I.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry is in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi political leaders in an effort to push them toward reconciliation. That might create the confidence in the central government necessary for defeating ISIS.
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