By Ellen Davidson, Afrilu 28, 2022
Duka masu gabatar da kara da masu tsaro sun kammala shari'arsu a yau a cikin shari'ar Shannon Biyu, tsoffin sojojin Amurka biyu wadanda aka kama da shiga filin jirgin sama a filin jirgin sama na Shannon a ranar 17 ga Maris, 2019.
Tarak Kauff, mai shekaru 80, da Ken Mayers, mai shekaru 85, sun shiga filin jirgin domin duba duk wani jirgin da ke da alaka da sojojin Amurka da ke filin jirgin. Haƙiƙa akwai jirage uku a wurin a lokacin — jirgin ruwa na Marine Corps Cessna, da jirgin sama na Air Force Transport C40, da kuma jirgin Omni Air International guda ɗaya da ke kwantiragin sojan Amurka da suka yi imanin ya ɗauki sojoji da makamai ta filin jirgin a kan hanyarsu. zuwa yaƙe-yaƙe ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda ya saba wa tsaka-tsakin Irish da dokokin ƙasa da ƙasa.
Wadanda ake tuhumar ba sa hamayya da cewa sun kirkiro wani rami a shingen shingen filin jirgin kuma sun shiga yankin ba tare da izini ba. Sun ce sun yi hakan ne saboda “uzuri na halal,” domin a kawo hankali kan safarar sojoji da makamai ta wurin ba bisa ka’ida ba, da kuma matsawa hukumomi lamba kan su duba jiragen, maimakon amincewa da tabbacin diflomasiyyar Amurka na cewa harsasai ba sa yawo a filin jirgin. .
Duk da haka, yawancin shari'ar da masu gabatar da kara suka yi sun kunshi shaidu daga 'yan sanda da kuma jami'an tsaron filin jirgin da ke ba da labarin abin da mutanen suka aikata da martani daga hukumomi. A yayin da ake gudanar da wannan sheda, an bayyana cewa, jiragen na Omni da aka yi hayar su, an san su na dauke da dakaru, kuma babu jami’an tsaron filin jirgin sama ko ‘yan sanda da suka taba binciken wadannan jiragen ko kuma wani jirgin sojin Amurka domin sanin ko akwai makamai ko alburusai a cikin jirgin. .
Shaidu biyu na karshe na masu gabatar da kara sune Colm Moriarty da Noel Carroll, dukkansu daga tashar Shannon Garda ('yan sanda). Su biyun sun kula da hirar da Kauff da Mayers suka yi a ranar da aka kama su. Mai gabatar da kara ya karanta bayanan tambayoyin da jami’an ‘yan sandan biyu suka tabbatar.
Tattaunawar ta nuna a fili manufar wadanda ake tuhuma kan shiga filin jirgin sama. Dukkansu sun bayyana karara cewa suna da niyyar duba jirgin Omni Air International da ke kasa a lokacin da sojoji ko kuma makamai.
Mayers ya ce ikonsa "ya zama wajibi 'yan kasa su yi abin da ya dace." Da aka tambaye shi ko ayyukansa na jefa mutane cikin hatsari, sai ya ce, “Na gane cewa [ta] shiga filin jirgin sama ba tare da izini ba, na ƙirƙiri wani ɗan ƙaramin abu amma ƙaƙƙarfan haɗari, duk da haka, na sani ta hanyar kyale sojojin Amurka da na CIA su wuce ta. Shannon, tabbas gwamnatin Irish tana jefa mutane da yawa marasa laifi cikin babban hatsari. "
Haka Kauff ya bayyana a kan abubuwan da ya sa a gaba. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko ya fahimci menene "lalacewar laifi", ya amsa, "Ina jin haka. Wani abu ne da sojojin Amurka suka dade suna yi a cikin adadi mai yawa." Ya bayyana "kasuwancinsa na halal a filin jirgin sama na Shannon" a wannan rana kamar haka: "A matsayinsa na dan kasar Amurka kuma a matsayin tsohon soja wanda ya yi rantsuwa ba tare da ranar karewa ba don kare kundin tsarin mulki daga duk makiya na waje da na gida, kuma a ƙarƙashin dokar ƙasa da ƙasa, Yarjejeniyar Geneva, bisa doka an ba ni izinin yin adawa da ayyukan gwamnati na aikata laifuka, kamar yadda Jamusawa suka yi, waɗanda ba su yi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II da na Nazi ba.”
Barrister Michael Hourigan ya bude karar tsaro ta hanyar sanya Mayers a kan tsayawar shaidu. Mayers ya bayyana yadda mahaifinsa ya yi yaƙi a yakin duniya na biyu da kuma yakin Koriya a matsayin Marine, don haka "ya sha mai yawa Marine Kool-Aid" yana girma. Ya shiga jami'a a kan tallafin karatu na soja kuma ya shiga sojan ruwa lokacin da ya kammala a 1958. Bayan shekaru takwas da rabi ya yi murabus daga hukumarsa bayan ya ga abin da ke faruwa a Vietnam. Ya ce sojojin ruwan sun koya masa cewa "Amurka ba ita ce karfin samar da zaman lafiya a duniya da aka kai ni ga imani ba."
Daga karshe ya shiga Veterans For Peace, kuma ya karanta wa alkalai bayanin manufar kungiyar, wanda ke magana akan yin aiki ba tare da tashin hankali ba don kawo karshen yaki a matsayin kayan aiki na manufofin kasashen waje, da dai sauransu.
Mayers ya bayyana cewa, ko da yake ya san yana yiwuwa ya keta doka tare da ayyukansa, yana ganin ya zama dole a hana mummunar cutarwa. Ya ba da misali da yakin Yemen, wanda Amurka ke tallafawa da kayan aiki da kayan aiki. "Ko a yau, al'ummar Yemen na fuskantar barazanar yunwa," in ji shi. "Daga dukkan mutane, ya kamata mutanen Irish su san mahimmancin hana irin wannan nau'in yunwar."
Ya kuma lura cewa lokacin da jirage daga wata ƙasa mai fama da rikici suka sauka a cikin ƙasa mai tsaka-tsaki, “wannan ƙasar tana da hakki a ƙarƙashin dokar ƙasa da ƙasa ta duba [jirgin].” Ya kawo misali da Yarjejeniyar Hague ta Hagu ta 1907 akan Nutrality da ke buƙatar ƙasashe masu tsaka-tsaki don karbe makamai daga ƙasashen da ke fama da rikici.
Ya bayyana amfani da Shannon da Amurka ta yi don dalilai na soji a matsayin "babban rashin aiki ga mutanen Irish," kuma ya nuna cewa yawancin 'yan Irish suna son nuna tsaka tsaki ga kasarsu. "Idan za mu iya ba da gudummawa ga aiwatar da tsaka-tsakin Irish," in ji shi, "wanda zai iya ceton rayuka."
Mayers ya bayyana matakin nasa a matsayin "mafi kyawun dama da muka samu don yin tasiri." Ya ce, "Na ji cewa sakamakon karya wannan doka ya kasance gare ni da kaina bai kai sakamakon rashin keta wannan doka ba." Da yake kira ga ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a na Amurka na shekarun 1960, ya ce, "Aiki kai tsaye da 'yan ƙasa suka yi shi ne ke haifar da canji," canjin da ba zai faru ba "ba tare da ci gaba da sa hannun 'yan ƙasa ba."
A yayin jarrabawar, lauya mai shigar da kara Tony McGillucuddy ya tambayi Mayers ko ya yi yunkurin duba jiragen a filin tashi da saukar jiragen sama na Shannon, kamar shigar da jami'an gwamnati ko kuma neman 'yan sanda su yi hakan. Ya yanke Mayers lokacin da ya yi ƙoƙari ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa bai binciko waɗannan hanyoyi ba a cikin wannan harka, amma a sake kai tsaye, an yarda Mayers ya bayyana cewa yana sane da yunƙurin da masu fafutuka na Irish suka yi don shiga cikin dukkan tashoshin da mai gabatar da kara ya ambata, sannan kuma galibin wadannan yunƙurin ba su samu ko da wani martani daga jami’ai ba, ko da kuwa wani mataki.
Shaidu na biyu kuma na ƙarshe na tsaro shine Tarak Kauff, wanda ya bambanta da auna sautin Mayers har ma da fuskantar tambayoyi masu tsanani da kuma wani lokacin maƙiya da mai gabatar da kara ya yi, ya bayyana matukar takaici da fushinsa game da amfani da sojojin Amurka na Shannon.
A karkashin tambayoyi daga lauyan tsaro Carol Doherty, Kauff ya bayyana shiga soja yana da shekaru 17 da kuma fita a 1962, a daidai lokacin da shigar Amurka cikin yakin Vietnam ke kara ta'azzara. Ya zama mai fafutuka na antiwar, yana ambaton "hakinsa a matsayinsa na ɗan adam kuma a matsayinsa na tsohon soja don adawa da adawa da wannan dumamar yanayi."
Ya fara koya game da shigar sojojin Amurka a Filin jirgin sama na Shannon a cikin 2016, daga tsoffin sojoji waɗanda ke ƙaddamar da Veterans For Peace Ireland. "Na yi imani alhakina ne na ɗabi'a da na ɗan adam… in ba da hankali ga wannan batun," musamman lokacin da yara ke mutuwa, in ji shi. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da karya doka da ayyukansa, ya ce, “Ina magana ne game da dokokin kasa da kasa, laifukan yaki, yakin haram. Hakki ne na kowa da kowa.”
Kauff ya koma Ireland a cikin 2018 don taron zaman lafiya, kuma a lokacin ya shiga zanga-zangar a cikin tashar Shannon, ta hanyar amfani da tuta guda da shi da Mayers suka yi a filin jirgin sama a 2019. Da aka tambaye shi ko yana tunanin hakan ya yi tasiri, sai ya ce. , "Kaɗan," amma cewa har yanzu jirage suna zuwa ta Shannon.
Ya kwatanta su da gaggawar kutsawa cikin wani gini mai konewa don ceto yara a ciki: "Abin da Amurka ke yi, tare da bin umarnin gwamnatin Irish," ya kasance kamar gini mai konewa.
Da yake yi masa tambayoyi, McGillicuddy ya nuna cewa Kauff ya yanke rami a shingen filin jirgin, inda ya amsa da cewa: "Ee na lalata shingen, ina yin aiki da imani na ɗabi'a," in ji shi. Ya kuma yi nuni da cewa “gwamnatin Amurka da gwamnatin Ireland suna taka doka. Mutanen Irish ba su da lafiya kuma sun gaji da kowwarwar gwamnatinsu zuwa Amurka Wannan shine batun a nan!"
"Akwai wata manufa mafi girma a nan fiye da dokar da ta ce ba za ku iya keta doka ba, cewa ba za ku iya yanke shinge ba," in ji Kauff.
Ya yi magana cikin motsin rai game da yadda shi da kansa ya san tsoffin sojojin da suka taho ta Shannon da makamansu, da kuma yadda tsoffin abokansa suka kashe kansu, sun kasa rayuwa da abin da suka yi a yakin Amurka a Afghanistan da Gabas ta Tsakiya. “Hakikanin lalacewar ke nan… Lalacewar shinge ba komai ba ne. Babu wanda ya mutu kuma ina tsammanin ya kamata ku fahimci hakan kuma."
Wani lokaci yana da wuya a auna tasirin gwagwarmayar siyasa, amma a bayyane yake cewa Kauff da Mayers sun haskaka a cikin motsi na Irish don zaman lafiya da tsaka tsaki tare da ayyukansu a Shannon da kuma tallan da ya biyo baya lokacin da aka daure su na tsawon makonni biyu sannan kuma aka tilasta su. zama a kasar na tsawon watanni takwas kafin a mayar musu da fasfo dinsu ya haska wuta a yunkurin zaman lafiya na Ireland.
Sa’ad da aka tambaye shi ko ya ji cewa aikinsa na neman zaman lafiya yana da tasiri, Mayers ya ce ya sami “samowa daga mutanen da abin da na yi ya motsa shi.” Ya zana kwatanci ga Grand Canyon, wanda ya ce an kafa shi da digon ruwa marasa adadi. A matsayinsa na mai zanga-zangar, ya ce, ya ji "kamar daya daga cikin digon ruwa."
Shari'ar, wacce Patricia Ryan ke jagoranta, tana ci gaba da bayanin rufewa da umarnin juri gobe.
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