Garin Mugu: Shekaru 20 Bayan Harin Iraki

By Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Maris 14, 2023

Yawan yawa qarya daga manyan jami'an gwamnatin Amurka da suka kai harin Iraki. Yanzu, bikin cika shekaru 20 da kafuwa, kafafen yada labarai iri daya da ɗokin ƙarfafa waɗannan ƙaryar suna ba da ra'ayi na baya. Kada ku yi tsammanin za su ba da haske a kan gaskiya mafi wahala, gami da nasu hadin kai wajen tura yaki.

Abin da ya tunzura Amurka ta fara yakin Iraki a watan Maris na shekara ta 2003 shi ne sauye-sauyen kafafen yada labarai da siyasa wadanda har yanzu suna tare da mu a yau.

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan 9/11, ɗaya daga cikin bulala na furucin da shugaba George W. Bush ya yi ta yi ta zama marar tabbas. tabbatarwa yayin da yake magana da taron haɗin gwiwa na Majalisa a ranar 20 ga Satumba, 2001: “Kowace ƙasa, a kowane yanki, yanzu tana da shawarar da za ta yanke. Ko dai kuna tare da mu, ko kuma kuna tare da ‘yan ta’adda”. An jefar da shi, wannan gauntlet ya sami sha'awa da kuma zargi a cikin Amurka. Kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullun da membobin Majalisa sun kusan sha'awar a Manichean duniya view wanda ya samo asali kuma ya dawwama.

Wannan zamanin da muke ciki yana cike da muryoyin irin wadannan maganganu daga shugaban kasa na yanzu. 'Yan watanni kafin cin duri Sarkin Saudiyya Mohammed bin Salman - wanda ke jagorantar azzaluman gwamnatin Yaman, wanda ya haifar da yakin basasa. mutuwar dubu dari da dama tun 2015 tare da taimakon gwamnatin Amurka - Joe Biden ya hau kan mimbari na kyawawan halaye yayin jawabinsa na Jiha na 2022.

Biden wa'azi "ƙaddamar da ba ta yankewa cewa 'yanci koyaushe zai yi nasara akan zalunci." Kuma ya kara da cewa "a cikin yakin da ake yi tsakanin dimokuradiyya da mulkin kama karya, dimokuradiyya na karuwa zuwa yanzu." Tabbas, ba a ambaci goyon bayansa ga mulkin kama-karya da yakin Saudiyya ba.

A cikin waccan jawabin na Kungiyar Tarayyar Turai, Biden ya mai da hankali sosai kan yin Allah wadai da yakin da Rasha ke yi a Ukraine, kamar yadda ya saba yi. Munafuncin shugaban kasa na Biden ba ta kowace hanya ya ba da hujjar ta'addancin da sojojin Rasha ke yi a Ukraine. Haka kuma wannan yaki ba ya halatta ga munafunci masu kisa wanda ya mamaye manufofin harkokin wajen Amurka.

A wannan makon, kar ku yi shiru don duban kafofin watsa labarai game da mamayar Iraki don haɗa bayanai na asali game da muhimman ayyukan Biden da kuma mutumin da yanzu shine sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka, Antony Blinken. Lokacin da kowannensu ya yi Allah wadai da Rasha yayin da suke dagewa da cewa ba za a amince da wata kasa ta mamaye wata kasa ba, kokarin Orwellian ya kasance abin kunya da rashin kunya.

Last watan, Magana ga Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Blinken ya kira "ka'idoji da ka'idoji da ke sa dukkan kasashe su kasance mafi aminci da tsaro" - kamar "ba za a kwace ƙasa da karfi" da "ba yaƙe-yaƙe na zalunci." Amma Biden da Blinken sun kasance mahimman kayan haɗin gwiwa ga babban yaƙin ta'addanci wanda shine mamayewar Iraki. A lokuta da ba kasafai ba lokacin da aka sanya Biden a kan yadda ya taimaka ya sanya mamayewar ta hanyar siyasa, martanin da ya bayar shi ne ya watse ya fada. karairayi kai tsaye.

"Biden yana da dogon tarihin da'awar da ba daidai ba" game da Iraki, masanin Stephen Zunes nuna shekaru hudu da suka gabata. "Alal misali, a gaban babban zaben majalisar dattijai da ke ba da izinin mamayewa, Biden ya yi amfani da matsayinsa na shugaban kwamitin hulda da kasashen waje na majalisar dattawa. nace cewa ko ta yaya Iraki ta sake kafa wani babban arsenal na makamai masu guba da na halitta, shirin makaman nukiliya da nagartaccen tsarin isar da kayayyaki da aka dade da kawar da su." Da'awar karya da ake zaton makamin halaka jama'a a Iraki shi ne babban dalilin mamayewa.

Wannan karya aka kalubalanci a hakikanin lokaci, watanni da yawa kafin mamayewar, da masu yawa masana. Amma sai Sanata Biden, wanda ke rike da ragamar kwamitin hulda da kasashen waje, ya cire su duka daga cikin kwanaki biyu na babban tasiri. ji a tsakiyar lokacin rani 2002.

Kuma wanene shugaban ma’aikatan kwamitin a lokacin? Sakataren Gwamnati na yanzu, Antony Blinken.

Mun dace mu sanya Biden da Blinken cikin wani nau'i daban-daban fiye da wani kamar Tariq Aziz, wanda shi ne mataimakin firaministan Iraki a karkashin Saddam Hussein. Amma, ina tunanin koyo game da tarurruka uku da Aziz da na halarta a Bagadaza a cikin watannin kafin mamayewar, ina da wasu shakku.

Aziz ya sa rigar kasuwanci da aka kera da kyau. Da yake magana da Turanci mai kyau a cikin ma'auni da jimloli masu kyau, yana da iska mai ƙwazo ba tare da rashin ladabi ba yayin da yake gaishe da tawagarmu mai mutane huɗu (wanda na shirya tare da abokan aiki a Cibiyar Nazarin Gaskiyar Jama'a). Ƙungiyarmu ta haɗa da ɗan majalisa Nick Rahall na West Virginia, tsohon dan majalisar dattawa ta Kudu Dakota James Abourezk da shugaban Conscience International James Jennings. Kamar yadda ya faru, da gamuwa ya faru ne watanni shida kafin mamayar.

A lokacin wannan taron a tsakiyar watan Satumba na 2002, Aziz ya iya taƙaice gaskiyar cewa wasu kafafen yada labaran Amurka kaɗan ne suka yarda. Aziz ya ce, "Lalle ne idan kun yi haka, ba za a iya ba," in ji Aziz, yayin da yake magana kan zabin da gwamnatin Iraki ta yi na ko za ta bar masu binciken makamai na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya su koma cikin kasar.

Bayan ganawa da Aziz da sauran jami'an Iraqi, I ya gaya da Washington Post: "Idan batun binciken ne kawai kuma sun ji akwai haske a ƙarshen rami, wannan zai zama matsala ta gaba ɗaya." Amma ya yi nisa da kasancewa tsantsan batun binciken. Gwamnatin Bush ta kuduri aniyar yin yaki a kan Iraki.

Kwanaki biyu bayan taron Aziz, gwamnatin Iraki - wacce ke bayyana daidai da cewa ba ta da makaman kare dangi - ta sanar da cewa za ta ba da damar sufetocin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya su koma cikin kasar. (An janye su shekaru hudu da suka gabata don kare lafiyarsu a jajibirin abin da ake tsammani Harin bama-bamai na Amurka wanda ya yi kwanaki hudu.) Amma bin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya bai yi nasara ba. Shugabannin gwamnatin Amurka sun so su kaddamar da farmaki a Iraki, ko da menene.

A lokacin ganawa biyu na baya tare da Aziz, a watan Disamba 2002 da Janairu 2003, ƙarfinsa ya burge ni akai-akai don ganin kamar mai al'ada ne kuma mai ladabi. Yayin da babban mai magana da yawun muguwar kama-karya, ya yi farin ciki da sophistication. Na yi tunani game da kalmomin "maganin mugunta."

Wata majiya mai cikakken bayani ta shaida min cewa Saddam Hussein ya ci gaba da yin wani abin azo a gani a kan Aziz ta hanyar sanya dansa cikin hatsarin dauri ko kuma mafi muni, don kada Aziz ya zama mai sauya sheka. Ko haka lamarin yake ko a’a, mataimakin firaminista Aziz ya kasance da aminci har zuwa karshe. Kamar yadda wani a cikin fim din Jean Renoir Dokokin Wasan ya ce, "Mummunan abu game da rayuwa shine wannan: Kowa yana da dalilansa."

Tariq Aziz yana da kyawawan dalilai na jin tsoro ga rayuwarsa - da kuma rayuwar ƙaunatattunsa - idan ya yi fatali da Saddam. Sabanin haka, da yawa daga cikin 'yan siyasa da jami'ai a Washington sun bi manufofin kisan kai yayin da rashin amincewa zai iya kashe su kawai sake zaɓe, daraja, kuɗi ko mulki.

Na ƙarshe na ga Aziz a cikin Janairu 2003, yayin da nake tare da wani tsohon jami'in agaji na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Iraki don ganawa da shi. Da yake magana da mu biyu a ofishinsa na Bagadaza, Aziz da alama ya san wani mamayewa ya tabbata. An fara watanni biyu bayan haka. Pentagon ta yi farin cikin sanya alamar ta munanan hare-haren iska a kan birnin "kaduwa da tsoro."

A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2004, ya bayyana a gaban wani alkali Iraqi a cikin wani daki da ke sansanin sojojin Amurka kusa da filin jirgin saman Bagadaza, Aziz. ya ce: “Abin da nake son sani shi ne, shin waɗannan tuhume-tuhumen na sirri ne? Shin Tariq Aziz ne ke aikata wadannan kashe-kashe? Idan ni dan gwamnati ne da ta yi kuskuren kashe wani, to ba za a iya tuhumara da kaina ba. Inda akwai laifin da shugabanni suka aikata, alhakin da’a ya rataya a wuyansa, kuma bai kamata a yi wani lamari na kashin kai ba don kawai wani na cikin shugabanci ne.” Kuma, Aziz ya ci gaba da cewa, "Ban taba kashe kowa ba, ta aikin hannuna."

Yunkurin da Joe Biden ya taimaka wajen kai wa Iraki ya haifar da yakin da aka kashe kai tsaye fararen hula dubu dari da dama. Idan da gaske aka yi masa tambayoyi game da rawar da ya taka, kalmomin Biden na iya kama da na Tariq Aziz.

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Norman Solomon shine darektan kasa na RootsAction.org kuma babban darektan Cibiyar Tabbatar da Gaskiyar Jama'a. Shi ne marubucin littattafai goma sha biyu da suka haɗa da Yaƙi Yayi Sauƙi. Littafinsa na gaba, Yaƙi Ba a Ganuwa: Yadda Amurka ke ɓoye Illar Dan Adam na Injin Sojanta, za a buga a watan Yuni 2023 ta The New Press.