Edward Horgan, World BEYOND War, Afrilu 26, 2022
Masu gabatar da kara sun yi amfani da hanyar da ta dace a cikin rana ta biyu na shari'ar Shannon Biyu. Tun da dai tuni mai tsaron ya bayyana mafi yawan bayanan gaskiya cewa ana nufin tabbatar da shaidar, babban sabon bayanin da alkalan kotun suka samu daga shaidun yau shine cewa wadanda ake tuhuma Ken Mayers da Tarak Kauff sun kasance wadanda aka kama, masu dadi, masu hadin kai, kuma masu bin doka da oda. cewa babban jami'in tsaron filin jirgin bai san ko makamai na tafiya ta filin jirgin da yake gadi ba.
An kama Mayers da Kauff a ranar 17 ga Maris, 2019, a filin jirgin sama na Shannon saboda shiga filin jirgin sama don duba duk wani jirgin da ke da alaƙa da sojojin Amurka da ke filin jirgin. Lokacin da suka shiga filin jirgin akwai jiragen sojojin Amurka guda biyu a filin jirgin, daya jirgin ruwan Amurka Cessna jet, da kuma wani jirgin saman Amurka dauke da jirgin C40 da jirgin Omni Air International guda daya a kwangilar da sojojin Amurka da suka yi imani da cewa dauke da sojoji da makamai ta hanyar. filin jirgin saman kan hanyarsu ta zuwa yaƙe-yaƙe ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda ya saba wa tsaka-tsakin Irish da dokokin ƙasa da ƙasa. Gwamnatocin Amurka da Irish, da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta Irish (waɗanda suka amince da ƙara man fetur na jirgin saman sojan Amurka a Shannon) sun kiyaye almara cewa babu wani makaman da ake ɗauka a kan jirgin saman sojan Amurka, kuma waɗannan jiragen ma ba sa kunne. atisayen soji ba aikin soja ba. Sai dai ko da hakan gaskiya ne, kasancewar wadannan jiragen da ke bi ta filin jirgin sama na Shannon a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa wani yanki na yaki ya saba wa dokokin kasa da kasa na tsaka tsaki.
Ba za a iya fayyace ba, Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Ireland, wacce ta amince da batun mai da jiragen farar hula da aka yi wa sojan Amurka kwangilar jigilar dakaru ta filin jirgin sama na Shannon, ita ma ta amince da cewa galibin sojojin Amurka da ke tafiya a kan wadannan jiragen suna dauke da bindigogi masu sarrafa kansu ta hanyar tashar jirgin sama na Shannon. Wannan kuma yana cikin karara da keta dokokin kasa da kasa kan tsaka-tsaki kuma ana iya cewa ya sabawa dokar da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta Ireland ta yi kan safarar makaman jihohin da ke fama da rikici ta cikin yankin Irish.
Mutanen biyu sun ki amsa laifukan da ake tuhumar su da su da suka hada da lalata, keta hakki, da kuma yin katsalandan a harkokin filin jirgin sama da kuma tsaro.
Masu gabatar da kara sun gabatar da shaidu takwas a rana ta biyu na shari'ar a Kotun da'ira ta Dublin - Garda uku ('yan sanda) daga tashar Shannon da Ennis Co Clare, 'yan sandan filin jirgin sama biyu na Shannon, da manajan kula da filin jirgin, manajan kula da shi, da kuma ta. babban jami'in tsaro.
Yawancin shaidun sun shafi cikakkun bayanai kamar lokacin da aka fara gano masu kutsawa, wadanda aka kira su, lokacin da kuma inda aka kai su, sau nawa aka karanta musu hakkinsu, da kuma yadda ramin da ke kewayen filin jirgin da ya shiga filin jirgin. aka gyara. Akwai kuma shaida game da rufe ayyukan filin jirgin na wucin gadi yayin da ma'aikatan filin jirgin suka tabbatar da cewa babu wasu ma'aikatan da ba su da izini a filin jirgin, da jirage uku masu fita da jirgi daya mai shigowa da aka jinkirta har zuwa rabin sa'a.
Masu tsaron sun riga sun yarda da cewa Kauff da Mayers sun "da hannu wajen yin budewa a cikin shingen kewaye," kuma sun shiga cikin "curtilage" (ƙasa da ke kewaye) na filin jirgin sama, kuma ba su da wata matsala. kama su da kuma kula da su da 'yan sanda suka yi, don haka ba a buƙatar yawancin wannan shaidar don tabbatar da waɗannan batutuwan da aka amince da su.
A cikin gwaje-gwajen da aka yi, Lauyoyin tsaro, Michael Hourigan da Carol Doherty, suna aiki tare da lauya David Johnston da Michael Finucane, sun fi mayar da hankali kan batutuwan da suka sa Mayers da Kauff shiga filin jirgin sama - jigilar dakaru da makamai ta hanyar tsaka tsaki Ireland hanyarsu ta zuwa yaƙe-yaƙe na doka - da kuma gaskiyar cewa su biyun sun shiga cikin zanga-zangar a fili. Tsaron ya fitar da batun cewa, an san cewa jiragen saman farar hula na Omni na hayar sojojin Amurka ne da kuma daukar jami'an soji zuwa yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda Amurka ke gudanar da yake-yake da mamaya ba bisa ka'ida ba.
Richard Moloney, jami'in 'yan sanda na kashe gobara a filin jirgin sama na Shannon, ya ce jirgin Omni da Kauff da Mayers ke so su duba "zai kasance a can don jigilar jami'an soji." Ya kwatanta filin jirgin sama na Shannon da "babban gidan mai a sararin sama," yana mai cewa "yana da dabara a duniya - cikakkiyar nisa daga Amurka da cikakkiyar nisa daga Gabas ta Tsakiya." Ya ce jiragen sojojin Omni sun yi amfani da Shannon "don tsayawar mai ko tsayawa abinci a hanyarsu ta zuwa Gabashin Turai da Gabas ta Tsakiya."
Shannon Garda Noel Carroll, wanda shi ne jami'in kama shi na farko a wurin, yana filin jirgin sama a lokacin yana yin abin da ya kira "kariyar kutsawa na jiragen yakin Amurka guda biyu" da ke kan Taxiway 11. Ya bayyana cewa hakan ya hada da sauran "a kusa. kusanci” da jiragen yayin da suke kan titin tasi da kuma cewa jami’an soji uku ma an ba su wannan aikin. Da aka tambaye shi ko an taba bukace shi da ya shiga daya daga cikin jirgin sojin Amurka a Shannon don duba jirgin sama, sai ya ce, “Kada.”
Shaidar da ta fi ba da mamaki ta fito daga John Francis, Babban Jami’in Tsaro na Filin Jirgin Sama a Shannon tun 2003. A matsayinsa, shi ne ke da alhakin tsaron jiragen sama, tsaro na harabar jami’a, da tsarin tsaro, kuma shi ne wurin tuntuɓar Garda, da sojoji, da sauran su. hukumomin gwamnati.
Ya lura a lokacin da aka tambaye shi cewa yana sane da haramcin safarar makamai ta filin jirgin sama sai dai idan ba a yi wani keɓantacce ba, sai dai ya ce bai da masaniyar ko da gaske an yi jigilar makamai ta filin jirgin ko kuma an taɓa samun irin wannan keɓe. bayar. Ya ce jiragen sojojin na Omni “ba a shirya su ba,” kuma “suna iya fitowa kowane lokaci,” kuma “ba zai sani ba” idan jirgin da ke dauke da makamai ya zo ta filin jirgin ko kuma an ba da wani keɓe. don ba da damar irin wannan sufuri.
Har ila yau alkalan kotun sun saurari shaidar wasu shaidu biyar masu gabatar da kara: Jami'in Tsaron Filin Jirgin sama Noel McCarthy; Raymond Pyne, Babban Manajan Filin Jirgin Sama wanda ya yanke shawarar rufe ayyukan na rabin sa'a; Mark Brady, Manajan Kula da Filin Jirgin Sama wanda ya lura da gyaran shingen da ke kewaye, da Shannon Gardai Pat Keating da Brian Jackman, wadanda dukkansu suka yi aiki a matsayin "Member a Charge," da alhakin tabbatar da cewa ana mutunta hakkin wadanda aka kama kuma ba a zalunce su.
Duk da mayar da hankali ga masu gabatar da kara na tabbatar da cewa Mayers da Kauff sun yanke rami a cikin shingen shinge kuma sun shiga filin jirgin sama ba tare da izini ba, hujjojin da suka amince da su cikin sauri, ga wadanda ake tuhuma, babban batu na shari'ar shine ci gaba da amfani da filin jirgin sama na Shannon a matsayin wurin soji. , sa Ireland ta shiga cikin mamayewarta da ayyukanta ba bisa ka'ida ba. Mayers ya ce: “Abu mafi muhimmanci da za a fito daga wannan shari’ar shi ne amincewa da zaɓaɓɓun wakilan Ireland da kuma jama’a game da muhimmancin tsaka-tsakin Irish da kuma babbar barazanar da Amurka ke yi wa gwamnatoci a duniya. .”
Mayers ya kuma lura cewa dabarun tsaro na "uzuri ne na halal," watau suna da kwararan dalilai na ayyukansu. Wannan dabarar, wacce aka sani a Amurka a matsayin “kare dole,” ba kasafai ake samun nasara a shari’o’in zanga-zanga a Amurka ba, kamar yadda alkalai akai-akai ba za su kyale kariya ta bi wannan layin na gardama ba. Ya ce, "Idan alkalai suka same mu ba mu da laifi saboda tanade-tanaden doka na Irish na uzuri na halal, misali ne mai karfi wanda ya kamata Amurka ta bi."
Akwai kuma wani jigon da ya fito daga cikin shaidar yau: Kauff da Mayers an kwatanta su a duk duniya a matsayin masu ladabi da haɗin kai. Garda Keating ya ce, "watakila su ne mafi kyawun masu kula da ni da na taɓa samu a cikin shekaru 25." Jami’in kashe gobara a filin jirgin Moloney ya ci gaba da cewa: “Ba rodeo dina na farko da masu zanga-zangar zaman lafiya ba ne,” in ji shi, amma wadannan biyun sun kasance “mafi kyawu da ladabi da na hadu da su cikin shekaru 19 da na yi a Filin jirgin sama na Shannon.”
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