イラク過激派の勢力伸長で原油価格に異変

けさ原油価格に動意が見られています。米国の指標銘柄であるウエスト・テキサス・インターメディエーツ(WTI)は$106.3+1.82%で推移しています。3月以降の上値抵抗線を上に切ったカタチです。次の上値抵抗線は$110にあります。今回、イラク北部のモスールの町を制圧した寄せ集めの愚連隊(ragtag army)は、自分たちのことをISIL(Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant)と呼んでいます。(なおウォールストリート・ジャーナルは同じグループをISISと表示しています)
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けさ原油価格に動意が見られています。米国の指標銘柄であるウエスト・テキサス・インターメディエーツ(WTI)は$106.3+1.82%で推移しています。3月以降の上値抵抗線を上に切ったカタチです。次の上値抵抗線は$110にあります。

今回、イラク北部のモスールの町を制圧した寄せ集めの愚連隊(ragtag army)は、自分たちのことをISIL(Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant)と呼んでいます。(なおウォールストリート・ジャーナルは同じグループをISISと表示しています)

彼らはイラク北部とシリア東部を跨る広大な地域に自治国家を打ち立てることを目指していると言われます。中心になっているのは、お隣のシリアで内戦が勃発したとき、助っ人として馳せ参じた、義勇軍を名乗る荒くれ者たちです。

彼らは人数にして2000人程度しかおらず、装備も軽装です。しかしシリアはここ数年、世界の紛争地域でも最も凄惨なバトルが繰り広げてこられた地域であり、これらの荒くれ者たちはゲリラ的な戦い方では世界で最も経験ある連中だと言っても過言ではありません。

その愚連隊が、火曜日にイラク北部の町、モスールを制圧しました。モスールの町は1万人のイラク正規軍によって護られていましたが、気迫の面で圧倒的に勝るISILの前に、正規軍はあえなく壊走しました。

ただ、この背後には、もっとずっと深い事情があると思います。なぜならモスールは人口200万人弱のイラク第二の大都会であり、イメージで言えば福岡市とか名古屋市くらいのスケールがあります。市民の協力なくして僅か2000人のならず者が制圧できるような処では無いのです。

一方、モスールに配備されていたイラク正規軍は、宗派や人種の面で異なる「よそ者」です。だから市民はむしろISILの方にシンパシーを感じていたに違いありません。

ISILはモスールを制圧した勢いで重要な石油施設のあるキルクークもおさえました。(未確認)

たぶん、彼らが「地の利」を発揮でき、しかも彼らにとって思い入れのある地域はこのへんまでなので、ISILが首都バクダッドに攻撃をかけたり、さらに南部油田地帯まで攻撃を加えるとは考えにくいです。ただイラクはその歴史的経緯(=イギリスなどの主導で、国境線が決まった)からして国民的一体感を出しにくい寄木細工です。シリアほど複雑ではないけれど、シリアが経験したのと同じような国家のメルトダウンを招くリスクは、イラクの場合、常にあります。

現在のイラクの原油生産は311万バレル/日で、世界で3.7%のシェアを誇っています。従って、世界の原油の需給に影響を与える可能性のある規模だと言えます。実はイラク戦争以降、同国の石油産業は急速に復旧し、現在の生産水準は過去最高に限りなく近い水準です。

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イスラム過激派「イラク・レバントのイスラム国(ISIL)」に襲われたイラク北部モスル[携帯電話で撮影した画像より] (credit:AFP=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul stand in a queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul arrive at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Soldiers search Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul upon their arrival at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Soldiers check Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul upon their arrival at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi Red Crescent staff members set up tents for fleeing Iraqis in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul stand in a queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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An Iraqi girl stands next to tents erected by Red Crescent staff members for fleeing Iraqis in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi displaced families queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis arrive at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi boys ride an armored military vehicle at a street in Tikrit, northern Iraq, 11 June 2014. There were conflicting claims as to the fate of Salah al-Din\'s provincial capital Tikrit, with state television quoting security officials as saying they had retaken it from militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraq\'s air force went into action against militants who have seized a swathe of the north including the country\'s second largest city Mosul, state television reported. (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqi Sunni gunmen drive in a pickup truck on a street in Tikrit, northern Iraq, 11 June 2014. There were conflicting claims as to the fate of Salah al-Din\'s provincial capital Tikrit, with state television quoting security officials as saying they had retaken it from militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraq\'s air force went into action against militants who have seized a swathe of the north including the country\'s second largest city Mosul, state television reported. Alsumaria television earlier reported that ISIL had seized the city, 170 kilometres north of Baghdad. EPA/STR BEST QUALTY AVAILABLE (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a funeral tent in the Sadr city district in Baghdad, Iraq, 11 June 2014. At least 21 people were killed and dozens others injured when a suicide bomber blow himself up inside a funeral tent in Sadr city, police said. EPA/AHMED ALI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Smoke billows from the site of a car bomb explosion in Khadiyah, northern Baghdad, Iraq, 11 June 2014. At least 19 people were reported killed and dozens others wounded when a car bomb exploded inside a security checkpoint in Khadiyah city, police said. EPA/AHMED ALI BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis inspect damage near the site of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a funeral tent in the Sadr city district in Baghdad, Iraq, 11 June 2014. At least 21 people were killed and dozens others injured when a suicide bomber blow himself up inside a funeral tent in Sadr city, police said. EPA/AHMED ALI (credit:EPA=時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul stand in a queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA=時事)