Daga Robert Mills, KarananSari
WILMINGTON - Wani rukuni na kimanin mutane 30 sun yi zanga-zanga a wajen Textron Weapon da Sensor Systems a Wilmington ranar Laraba, suna kira da a kawo karshen kamfanin na kera bama-bamai, kuma musamman don kawo karshen sayar da su ga Saudiyya.
Massachusetts Peace Action da wani taron Quaker daga Cambridge sun jagoranci zanga-zangar, tare da masu shirya taron suna iƙirarin cewa har zuwa 10 bisa dari na munanan abubuwan maye ba a amfani da su bayan amfani, suna haifar da mummunan haɗari ga fararen hula, yara da dabbobi a cikin yakin.
Kungiyar kare hakkin dan adam ta zargi Saudi Arabiya da yin amfani da makami a kan fararen hula a Yemen a cikin 2015, da'awar da masarautar Saudiyyar ta musanta.
Bama-bamai gungu-gungu makamai ne waɗanda ke tarwatsa ƙananan ƙananan ƙananan bama-bamai a kan wata manufa. Makaman Sensor Fuzed da Makaman da Textron ya samar sun kunshi "mai rarrabawa" wanda ke dauke da kananan makamai guda 10, tare da kowane daya daga cikin kananan bindigogi 10 da ke dauke da kawunan yaki hudu, a cewar takardar gaskiya da wata mai magana da yawun kamfanin ta bayar.
"Wannan makami ne mai ban tsoro musamman," in ji John Bach, daya daga cikin masu shirya zanga-zangar kuma limamin Quaker wanda ke ibada a gidan taro a Cambridge.
Bach ya ce kayan sarrafawa da ba a yin amfani da su daga makamai gunkin yana da matukar hadari ga yara, wadanda zasu iya dauke su daga son sani.
"Yara da dabbobi har yanzu ana cire musu sassan jikinsu," in ji Bach.
Massoudeh Edmond, ta Arlington, ta ce ta yi imanin cewa "laifi ne kwarai da gaske" cewa an sayar wa Saudiyya da irin wadannan makamai.
Edmond ya ce "Dukanmu mun san Saudi Arabiya tana ruwan bama-bamai kan fararen hula, don haka ban san dalilin da ya sa muke sayar musu da komai ba."
Textron, wanda shine kadai ke samar da abubuwan fashewa a Amurka, ya ce masu zanga-zangar suna rikitar da Sensor Fuzed Makamansu tare da tsofaffin nau'ikan bama-bamai na kungiyar wanda ba shi da hadari.
Wani mai magana da yawun kamfanin ya ba da kwafin wani op-ed da aka buga a cikin Providence Journal a farkon wannan shekara, wanda Shugaba Scott Donnelly ya yi magana game da boren game da makaman a cikin Providence.
Donnelly ya ce yayin da tsofaffin nau'ikan bama-bamai suka yi amfani da bama-bamai wadanda har yanzu ba a gano su ba kamar kashi 40 na lokacin, Textron's Sensor Fuzed Weapons sun fi aminci kuma sun fi dacewa.
Donnelly ya rubuta cewa sabbin bama-bamai suna dauke da firikwensin da za su gano abin da ake so, kuma duk wani harsashin da ba ya kaiwa wata manufa ko ya lalata kansa ko kuma ya kwance damarar sa idan ya fadi kasa.
Wata takaddar bayanan rubutu ta Textron ta ce Ma'aikatar Tsaro na bukatar Sensor Fuzed Makamai don haɓaka abubuwan da ba a san asalinsu ba.
"Mun kuma fahimta da kuma raba sha'awar kare fararen hula a duk wuraren rikici," in ji Donnelly.
Bach ya zargi Textron da yin karya game da adadin da bama-bamai ke zama ba a tantance su, sannan kuma game da amincin su, yana mai cewa yayin da karancin makaman ke da matukar hadari a yanayin dakin gwaje-gwaje, babu yanayin dakin gwaje-gwaje a yakin.
"A cikin hazo da yake-yake, babu wasu yanayi a dakin gwaje-gwaje kuma ba koyaushe suke lalata kansu ba," in ji shi. "Akwai wani dalili da ya sa duniya gaba daya ban da Amurka, Saudi Arabiya da Isra'ila suka hana amfani da makamai."
Wani Quaker, Warren Atkinson, na Medford, ya bayyana tarin bama-bamai a matsayin "kyautar da ke ci gaba da bayarwa."
"Tun bayan da muka bar Afghanistan, yara za su ci gaba da rasa hannaye da kafafu," in ji Atkinson. "Kuma da alama muna taimaka musu."
Bach ya ce baya ga zanga-zangar ranar Laraba, 'yan Quaker din suna gudanar da ibada a gaban ginin a ranar Lahadi ta uku ta kowane wata sama da shekaru shida a yanzu.
Yayinda da yawa daga cikin masu zanga-zangar sun fito daga kudu na Wilmington, akalla daya daga cikin mazaunin garin Lowell na nan a hannu.
“Ina nan kawai a matsayina na dan Adam mai sako na gari wanda ya wajaba mu haramta amfani da makamai, kuma lallai ne mu yi tunani kan tasirin makamanmu ga fararen hula a fadin duniya, musamman a wuri kamar Yemen inda Saudiya suna amfani da makamanmu a koda yaushe, ”in ji Garret Kirkland, na Lowell.
Cole Harrison, babban darakta na Massachusetts Peace Action, ya ce kungiyar tana turawa Sanata Elizabeth Warren da Edward Markey don su goyi bayan kwaskwarimar kudirin kasafin kudin majalisar dattijai da zai hana sayar da bama-bamai ga Saudiyya.
A babban sikelin, kungiyar tana kuma tura Amurkawa don shiga fiye da 100 wasu ƙasashe waɗanda suka shiga Yarjejeniyar akan Taron lusungiyar Cluster, waɗanda ke hana samarwa, amfani, adanawa da kuma canza duk wani gungu na tari.
