イギリスのチャンネル4ニュースが公開した強烈な動画が捉えたのは、イラクの少数派ヤジディ派の人たちを救出するイラク軍ヘリコプターの様子だ。過激派組織「イスラム国」に追い込まれ、イラク北部のシンジャール山で身動きが取れなくなっていたのだ。
同局で人道危機を伝えてきた外交問題特派員ジョナサン・ラグマンがヘリコプターに同乗した。
「ヘリコプターでの危険な任務で、十分なものではありませんでした」とラグマンは動画で述べている。「懸念されるのは、もっと救援機を出して人々をこの山から救い出さない限り、数百人、ひょっとしたら数千人の命が失われかねないことです」
ヘリコプターは救援物資を落とした後5分ほど着陸し、ラグマンの表現によれば「我先に搭乗を争う難民」に、乗るよう促した。
「難民たちはドアに設置した機関銃の側を通り抜けて身体を押し込むように搭乗しようとしました」ラグマンは、ニュースサイト「Mashable」の取材に対して自らの体験をこう述べた。「扉を通り抜けようとして、互いの身体に乗っかるようになりながら叫んでいました」
ヘリコプターには25人の難民しか乗せられなかった。
「搭乗できなかった数百人の人たちを残してきました」とラグマンは語った。
シンジャール山にいるおよそ4万人の避難民のほとんどがヤジディ派だ。彼らを殺すと公言していた過激派組織「イスラム国」から逃れるため、8月上旬にこの山に避難してきた。報道によれば、隣国シリアのクルド人反政府勢力の手で少なくとも2万人が救出されたが、残りの市民は依然として身動きが取れない状態だ。イラクの人権団体によれば、少なくとも500人のヤジド派住民が殺され、なかには生き埋めにされた者もいるという。
ケリー国務長官は先週、「イスラム国」の行動は「危険な兆候と大量虐殺の特徴のすべてを備えている」と述べた。
避難についてのジョナサン・ラグマンの報告はこちら：
アメリカ軍がイラク空爆
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An Iraqi Yazidi child, whose family fled their home a week ago when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, looks on at a makeshift shelter on August 10, 2014 in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdistan region. \'The Kurdish peshmerga forces have succeeded in making 30,000 Yazidis who fled Mount Sinjar, most of them women and children, cross into Syria and return to Kurdistan,\' said Shawkat Barbahari, a Kurdhish official who is in charge of the Fishkhabur crossing with Syria. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD AL-RUBAYE via Getty Images)
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Iraqi Yazidis, who fled their homes a week ago when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, gather at a makeshift shelter on August 10, 2014 in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdistan region. \'The Kurdish peshmerga forces have succeeded in making 30,000 Yazidis who fled Mount Sinjar, most of them women and children, cross into Syria and return to Kurdistan,\' said Shawkat Barbahari, a Kurdhish official who is in charge of the Fishkhabur crossing with Syria. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD AL-RUBAYE via Getty Images)
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Iraqi Yazidis, who fled their homes a week ago when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, gather at a makeshift shelter on August 10, 2014 in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdistan region. \'The Kurdish peshmerga forces have succeeded in making 30,000 Yazidis who fled Mount Sinjar, most of them women and children, cross into Syria and return to Kurdistan,\' said Shawkat Barbahari, a Kurdhish official who is in charge of the Fishkhabur crossing with Syria. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD AL-RUBAYE via Getty Images)
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Iraqi soldiers and volunteers from the Abbas Unit fan out into a field in Jurf al Sakhr, 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, on August 10, 2014, after they reportedly pushed back Islamic jihadist fighter from the area. The main flashpoints with a large Islamic State presence around Baghdad are Jurf al-Sakhr, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the south, Fallujah, the same distance to the west, and a string of towns about 70 kilometres to the north. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED SAWAF via Getty Images)
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A child sleeps as Iraqi Yazidis, who fled their homes a week ago when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, gather inside a building under construction where they found refuge on August 10, 2014 in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdistan region. \'The Kurdish peshmerga forces have succeeded in making 30,000 Yazidis who fled Mount Sinjar, most of them women and children, cross into Syria and return to Kurdistan,\' said Shawkat Barbahari, a Kurdhish official who is in charge of the Fishkhabur crossing with Syria. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD AL-RUBAYE via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST(06 of33)
Iraqi soldiers from the Abbas Unit fan out into a field in Jurf al Sakhr, 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, on August 10, 2014, after they reportedly pushed back Islamic jihadist fighter from the area. The main flashpoints with a large Islamic State presence around Baghdad are Jurf al-Sakhr, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the south, Fallujah, the same distance to the west, and a string of towns about 70 kilometres to the north. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED SAWAF via Getty Images)
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Iraqi soldiers from the Abbas Unit walk along a road in Jurf al Sakhr, 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, on August 10, 2014, after they reportedly pushed back Islamic jihadist fighter from the area. The main flashpoints with a large Islamic State presence around Baghdad are Jurf al-Sakhr, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the south, Fallujah, the same distance to the west, and a string of towns about 70 kilometres to the north. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED SAWAF via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST(08 of33)
Iraqi soldiers from the Abbas Unit, line a dirt road in Jurf al Sakhr, 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, on August 10, 2014, after they reportedly pushed back Islamic jihadist fighter from the area. The main flashpoints with a large Islamic State presence around Baghdad are Jurf al-Sakhr, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the south, Fallujah, the same distance to the west, and a string of towns about 70 kilometres to the north. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED SAWAF via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-YAZIDIS-KURDS(09 of33)
Iraqi Yazidis, who fled their homes a week ago when Islamic State (IS) militants attacked the town of Sinjar, gather inside a building under construction where they found refuge on August 10, 2014 in the Kurdish city of Dohuk in Iraq\'s autonomous Kurdistan region. \'The Kurdish peshmerga forces have succeeded in making 30,000 Yazidis who fled Mount Sinjar, most of them women and children, cross into Syria and return to Kurdistan,\' said Shawkat Barbahari, a Kurdhish official who is in charge of the Fishkhabur crossing with Syria. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AHMAD AL-RUBAYE via Getty Images)
U.S. Military Delivers Humanitarian Aid To Iraqi Civilians(10 of33)
UNSPECIFIED - AUGUST 9: In this handout image provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Tech. Sgt. Lynn Morelly, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, watches bundles of halal meals parachute to the ground during a humanitarian airdrop mission on August 9, 2014 over Iraq. To date, in coordination with the government of Iraq, U.S. military aircraft have delivered more than 52,000 meals and more than 10,600 gallons of fresh drinking water, providing much-needed aid to the displaced Yazidis, who urgently require emergency assistance. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr./U.S. Air Force via Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants on August 9, 2014. Makhmur, is one of the areas that had been attacked by jihadist fighters in recent days. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes position on the front line in Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants on August 9, 2014. Makhmur, is one of the areas that had been attacked by jihadist fighters in recent days. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-KURDS(13 of33)
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters look on as smoke billows from the town Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants on August 9, 2014. Makhmur, is one of the areas that had been attacked by jihadist fighters in recent days. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants on August 9, 2014. Makhmur, is one of the areas that had been attacked by jihadist fighters in recent days. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
President Obama Departs White House For Martha's Vineyard Vacation(15 of33)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 09: U.S. President Barack Obama (C), first lady Michelle Obama (R) and their oldest daughter Malia Obama (L) walk out of the White House before boarding Marine One August 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama delivered a statement about the ongoing U.S. military actions and humanitarian drops in northern Iraq before he and his family traveled to Martha\'s Vineyard for a two-week vacation. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama delivers a statement before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on August 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke before traveling with his family to Martha\'s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, for their summer vacation. Obama said France and Britain will support US humanitarian effort in Iraq. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images)
TURKEY-KURDS-UNREST(17 of33)
Kurds hold pictures of victims and shout slogans during a demonstration against the violent uprising of the jihadist group of theIslamic State (IS) on August 9, 2014 in Istanbul. US jets struck jihadist positions in northern Iraq, a potential turning point in a two-month crisis Washington said was threatening to result in genocide and to expose US assets. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:OZAN KOSE via Getty Images)
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Iraqis gather in Baghdad\'s Firdos Square as the rally to show their support for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on August 9, 2014. The United States in July threw its weight behind the newly elected president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, and urged him to form a \'cohesive government\' to help fight Islamic militants. Masum\'s election is another step towards forming a government which could see long-time embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki replaced, even though his party won the largest bloc in April parliamentary elections. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SABAH ARAR via Getty Images)
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Iraqis gather in Baghdad\'s Firdos Square as the rally to show their support for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on August 9, 2014. The United States in July threw its weight behind the newly elected president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, and urged him to form a \'cohesive government\' to help fight Islamic militants. Masum\'s election is another step towards forming a government which could see long-time embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki replaced, even though his party won the largest bloc in April parliamentary elections. AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SABAH ARAR via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST(20 of33)
Shiite Iraqi Kurds, known as \'Shabak\', displaced by fierce fighting between Kurdish peshmerga forces and jihadist militants from the Islamic State (IS) wait on the road between Kirkuk and Arbil after fleeing the area of Bartala near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, on August 8, 2014. Jihadists seized Iraq\'s largest dam north of their hub of Mosul, giving them control over the supply of water and electricity for a vast area, officials said. AFP PHOTO / MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARWAN IBRAHIM via Getty Images)
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Iraqi military personnel distribute water to Shiite Iraqi Kurds, known as \'Shabak\', displaced by fierce fighting between Kurdish peshmerga forces and jihadist militants from the Islamic State (IS) after arriving on the road between Kirkuk and Arbil having fled the area of Bartala near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, on August 8, 2014. Jihadists seized Iraq\'s largest dam north of their hub of Mosul, giving them control over the supply of water and electricity for a vast area, officials said. AFP PHOTO / MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARWAN IBRAHIM via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-KURDS(22 of33)
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. A spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga force said US warplanes bombed Islamic State jihadist targets in two areas of northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-KURDS(23 of33)
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. A spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga force said US warplanes bombed Islamic State jihadist targets in two areas of northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-KURDS(24 of33)
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. A spokesman for the Kurdish peshmerga force said US warplanes bombed Islamic State jihadist targets in two areas of northern Iraq. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAFIN HAMED via Getty Images)
US-POLITICS-OBAMA(25 of33)
US President Barack Obama speaks on the phone with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House on August 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. US jets struck jihadist positions in northern Iraq on Friday, a potential turning point in a two-month crisis Washington said was threatening to result in genocide and to expose US assets. President Barack Obama\'s order for the first air strikes on Iraq since he put an end to US occupation in 2011 came after Islamic State (IS) militants made massive gains on the ground, seizing a dam and forcing a mass exodus of religious minorities. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI via Getty Images)
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Iraqis inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion outside the Shiite Mustafa prayer hall, or Husseiniya, in the southwest of the northern Kurdish controlled Iraqi city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2014. A series of blasts outside Shiite prayer halls killed four people and wounded 19 others police and medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/ MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARWAN IBRAHIM via Getty Images)
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Iraqis carry a wounded victim at the scene of a car bomb outside the Shiite Mustafa prayer hall, or Husseiniya, in the southwest of the northern Kurdish controlled Iraqi city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2014. A series of blasts outside Shiite prayer halls killed four people and wounded 19 others police and medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/ MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARWAN IBRAHIM via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK-DISPLACED(28 of33)
Iraqis inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion outside the Shiite Mustafa prayer hall, or Husseiniya, in the southwest of the northern Kurdish controlled Iraqi city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2014. A series of blasts outside Shiite prayer halls killed four people and wounded 19 others police and medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/ MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARWAN IBRAHIM via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK-DISPLACED(29 of33)
Iraqis carry a wounded victim at the scene of a car bomb outside the Shiite Mustafa prayer hall, or Husseiniya, in the southwest of the northern Kurdish controlled Iraqi city of Kirkuk on August 7, 2014. A series of blasts outside Shiite prayer halls killed four people and wounded 19 others police and medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/ MARWAN IBRAHIM (Photo credit should read MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARWAN IBRAHIM via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-SHIITES(30 of33)
Iraqi Shiite volunteers who have joined government forces to fight Sunni jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) take part in a training session near the southern port city of Basra on August 7, 2014. A UN statement said some reports put the number of people forced to flee by the IS takeover at 200,000. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-SHIITES(31 of33)
Iraqi Shiite volunteers who have joined government forces to fight Sunni jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) take part in a training session near the southern port city of Basra on August 7, 2014. A UN statement said some reports put the number of people forced to flee by the IS takeover at 200,000. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
IRAQ-UNREST-SHIITES(32 of33)
Iraqi Shiite volunteers who have joined government forces to fight Sunni jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) take part in a training session near the southern port city of Basra on August 7, 2014. A UN statement said some reports put the number of people forced to flee by the IS takeover at 200,000. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
US-IRAQ-OBAMA(33 of33)
US President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, August 7, 2014. Obama said he authorized air strikes and relief supply drops in Iraq to prevent \'genocide\' by Islamist extremists against minorities. \'We can act, carefully and responsibly, to prevent a potential act of genocide,\' Obama said, in an address as he announced military action. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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