Daga Jon Mitchell, Afrilu 10, 2018
daga Portside
A zamansu na kwanaki 10, membobin Prutehi Litekyan: Adana Ritidian - Monaeka Flores, Stasia Yoshida da Rebekah Garrison - sun shiga cikin zanga-zangar zama tare da ba da jerin laccoci da ke bayyana kamance tsakanin Guam da Okinawa.
Yankin Okinawa na Japan yana karbar bakuncin sansanonin Amurka 31, wanda ke ɗaukar kashi 15 na babban tsibirin. A yankin Guam na Amurka, Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta mallaki kashi 29 cikin 19 na tsibirin - fiye da karamar hukumar, wacce ke da kashi XNUMX kawai. Kuma idan sojojin Amurka suka samu hanyarsu, ba da jimawa ba rabon su a can zai karu.
A halin yanzu, gwamnatocin Japan da Amurka suna shirin yin hakan ƙaura kusan ma'aikatan ruwa 4,000 daga Okinawa zuwa Guam - wani mataki, kamar yadda hukumomi suka ce, wanda zai rage nauyin soja a kan Okinawa. Tokyo kuma ta fara mayar da filayen da sojojin Amurka ke amfani da su a halin yanzu - amma sai idan an gina sabbin wurare a wani wurin a tsibirin.
Yayin ziyarar da suka kai Japan, mazauna Guam uku sun ga irin matsalolin da mazauna yankin suke fuskanta.
Bukatar hadin gwiwa
A cikin ƙaramar al'ummar Takae - yawan jama'a kusan 140 - sun haɗu da mazauna Ashimine Yukine da Isa Ikuko, waɗanda suka bayyana yadda rayuwa ta kasance tare da Cibiyar Horar da Yakin Ruwa na Jungle Warfare Centre, wani yanki mai faɗin murabba'in kilomita 35 wanda ya kasance filin gwaji. Agent Orange kuma daga baya Oliver North ya ba da umarni.
A cikin 2016, sun bayyana mazauna, Tokyo ya tattara kusan 'yan sandan kwantar da tarzoma 800 don tilastawa ta hanyar gina sabbin helipad na Amurka a yankin.
"Dukkan tsibirin filin horar da sojoji ne," in ji Isa. "Komai nawa muka nemi gwamnatin Japan ta canza abubuwa, babu abin da ya canza. Jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu na sojan Amurka da Ospreys suna tashi da ƙasa da rana da dare. Mazauna suna kaura.”
A 2017, akwai Hatsarin jirgin sojojin Amurka 25 a Japan - sama da 11 a shekarar da ta gabata. Yawancin waɗannan sun faru a Okinawa. A cikin watan Oktoban da ya gabata, wani jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu na CH-53E ya fado ya kone kusa da Takae.
Mazauna Guam sun kuma ziyarci Henoko, inda gwamnatin Japan ta fara aikin share fage kan wani katafaren aikin sojan Amurka da zai maye gurbin sansanin sojin saman Amurka na Futenma, a Ginowan. Za a gina ginin ne ta hanyar share fage ta Oura Bay, wani yanki mai dimbin tarin halittu.
Mazauna yankin sun kwashe kusan shekaru 14 suna zanga-zangar adawa da shirin. Mazauna Guam guda uku sun shiga Okinawans yayin zamansu na yau da kullun a wajen sabon ginin.
"Ina girmama tsofaffin masu zanga-zangar Okinawan da suka je Henoko don zama. 'Yan sandan kwantar da tarzoma suna kwashe su a jiki har sau uku a rana," in ji Yoshida. "A wasu hanyoyi, na ji tausayin 'yan sanda da aka ba da umarnin cire wadannan jajirtattun tsofaffin Okinawans wadanda suka isa zama kakanninsu."
Daga nan maziyartan Guam sun bi sahun mazauna Takae dake birnin Tokyo, inda suka mika takardar hadin gwiwa ga ma'aikatar tsaro da ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Japan. Da yake neman kawo karshen gina sabbin cibiyoyin USMC a tsibiran biyu, wannan shi ne karon farko da aka gabatar da irin wannan sanarwa.
Tarihin Raba…
Daga baya, a wani taron tattaunawa a Jami'ar Kimiyya ta Tokyo, mazauna Guam da Okinawa sun bayyana kamanceceniya tsakanin tsibiran biyu.
A cikin shekaru bayan yakin duniya na biyu, Pentagon ta kwace filaye a tsibiran biyu don gina kayayyakin aikin soji.
A kan Guam, alal misali, sojoji sun karɓi fili a Ritidian, suna karɓar dukiya daga dangin Flores. A Okinawa a cikin 1950s, fiye da mazauna 250,000 - sama da kashi ɗaya bisa uku na yawan mutanen babban tsibirin - sun kasance. kwace ta hanyar kwace kasa. Yawancin wannan ƙasar har yanzu tana hannun sojojin Amurka ko sansanonin Sojojin Kare Kai na Japan.
Shekaru da yawa, duk tsibiran biyu sun gurɓata ta ayyukan soja.
A Okinawa, ruwan sha a kusa Kadena Air Basean gurbata shi da PFOS, wani abu da ake samu a cikin kumfa mai kashe gobara wanda ke da alaƙa da lalacewar ci gaba da cutar kansa. A Guam's Andersen Air Base, EPA ta gano hanyoyin gurɓatawa da yawa, kuma akwai damuwa da ruwan sha na tsibirin yana cikin haɗari.
Tsohon soji na Amurka sun yi zargin cewa tsibiran biyun kuma sun sami yaɗuwar amfani da Agent Orange - iƙirarin Pentagon ya musanta.
"Mun yi asarar shugabanni da yawa tun muna kanana saboda wannan guba," in ji Flores ga masu sauraro a Tokyo, tana mai nuni da yawan cutar kansa da ciwon sukari a tsibirinta.
… Da Raba Present
Gurbacewar soji a Guam da alama ana shirin yin ta'azzara tare da zuwan ƙarin dubban jiragen ruwa. Akwai tsare-tsare gina sabon zangon wuta mai rai kusa da mafakar namun daji a Ritidian. Idan an tabbatar da hakan, yankin zai gurɓata da harsashi kimanin miliyan 7 a shekara - da kuma duk abubuwan da ke tattare da gubar da sinadarai.
A siyasance kuma, duka tsibiran biyu sun daɗe da zama saniyar ware daga manyan ƙasashensu.
A lokacin mamayar Amurka na Okinawa (1945 – 1972), wani mai kula da sojojin Amurka ne ke jagorantar mazauna, kuma a yau Tokyo har yanzu tana watsi da bukatun gida na rufe tushe. A Guam, duk da cewa mazauna suna da fasfo na Amurka kuma suna biyan harajin Amurka, suna samun ƙayyadaddun kuɗaɗen tarayya kawai, ba su da wakilcin jefa ƙuri'a a Majalisa, kuma ba za su iya jefa ƙuri'a a zaɓen shugaban ƙasa ba.
“An ɗauke mu kamar ƴan ƙasa na biyu a ƙasarmu. Ba mu da wata murya a cikin tsarin da za mu sake tsugunar da jiragen ruwa zuwa Guam, "in ji Flores.
Garrison, asalinsa daga California, ya san illolin soja kawai da kyau. Ta gaya wa masu sauraron Tokyo yadda kakanta ya yi yaƙi a yakin Okinawa kuma ya sha wahala daga PTSD a sakamakon haka. Bayan ya koma Amurka, ya zama mashayin giya kuma ya mutu bayan shekaru da yawa.
"Dole ne mu tashi tsaye don duk waɗannan al'ummomin tsibirin da ke fama da aikin soja," in ji ta.
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Jon Mitchell ne adam wata wakilin Okinawa Times ne. A cikin 2015, an ba shi lambar yabo ta 'Yancin 'Yan Jarida ta Japan na Kyautar 'Yancin Jarida don Ci gaban Rayuwa don rahotonsa game da lamuran haƙƙin ɗan adam - gami da gurɓacewar soja - akan Okinawa.
