By David Swanson, World BEYOND War
Rundunar Sojan saman Amurka ta ce ba ta dakatar da amfani da makamin Uranium din ba, kwanan nan ta tura su Gabas ta Tsakiya, kuma a shirye take ta yi amfani da su.
Wani nau'in jirgin sama, A-10, wanda aka tura a wannan watan zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya ta US Air National Guard's 122 Fighter Wing, shine ke da alhakin karin gurɓataccen Uranium (DU) fiye da kowane dandamali, a cewar accordingungiyar Internationalasa ta Duniya don Ban Uranium Makamai (ICBUW). "Nauyin nauyi don nauyi kuma ta yawan zagaye an yi amfani da ammo 30mm PGU-14B fiye da kowane zagaye," in ji mai kula da ICBUW Doug Weir, yana magana ne da albarushin da A-10s ke amfani da shi, idan aka kwatanta da DU ammonium da tankuna ke amfani da su.
Mai kula da harkokin jama'a Master Sgt. Darin L. Hubble na Fighter Wing na 122 ya gaya mani cewa A-10s da ke yanzu a Gabas ta Tsakiya tare da “300 daga cikin ƙwararrun sojojinmu” an tura su can wurin jigilar da aka shirya tun shekaru biyu da suka gabata kuma ba a ba su izinin ɗauka ba wani bangare na fada a halin yanzu a Iraki ko Syria, amma “hakan na iya sauyawa a kowane lokaci.”
Ma'aikatan za su loda PGU-14 uranium da suka lalace a cikin igiyoyinsu na 30mm Gatling kuma su yi amfani da su kamar yadda ake buƙata, in ji Hubble. "Idan bukatar yin fashewar wani abu - misali tanki - za a yi amfani da su."
Mai magana da yawun Pentagon Mark Wright ya gaya mani, “Babu wani hanin hana amfani da tsaffin Uranium zagaye, kuma [sojan na Amurka] suna amfani da su. Amfani da DU a cikin makaman kare dangi yana ba da damar lalata tankunan abokan gaba cikin sauƙi. ”
A ranar alhamis, kasashe da dama, ciki har da Iraki, ya yi magana ga Kwamitin Farko na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, game da yin amfani da Uranium mai Ruwa da kuma tallafawa nazari da rage raunin da ya faru a wuraren da aka gurbata. Wanda ba ya dauri Ƙuduri ana tsammanin kwamitin za ta zabe shi a wannan makon, yana mai kira ga kasashen da suka yi amfani da DU su ba da bayanai kan wuraren da aka yi niyya. Da yawa daga kungiyoyi suna isar da a takarda ga jami’an Amurka a wannan makon suna masu kira da kar su nuna adawa da kudurin.
A cikin 2012 ƙuduri kan DU ya sami goyon baya daga ƙasashe 155 kuma opposedasar Burtaniya, Amurka, Faransa, da Isra'ila kawai suka nuna adawa. Kasashe da yawa sun dakatar da DU, kuma a cikin watan Yunin Iraki sun gabatar da wata yarjejeniya ta duniya ta haramta shi - matakin da kuma majalisun Turai da Latin Amurka suka goyi bayan.
Wright ya ce sojojin Amurka suna “magance damuwa kan amfani da DU ta hanyar binciken wasu nau’ikan kayan da za a iya amfani da su a cikin harsasai, amma tare da wasu sakamako mabanbanta. Tungsten yana da wasu iyakoki a cikin aikinsa a cikin makamai masu linzami, da kuma wasu matsalolin kiwon lafiya dangane da sakamakon binciken dabba akan wasu gishirin da ke cikin tungsten. Ana ci gaba da bincike a wannan yankin don nemo madadin DU wanda ya samu karbuwa daga jama'a, kuma yake aiwatar da gamsashshiyar cikin kayan yaki. ”
"Ina jin tsoron DU shine Wakilin Orange na wannan ƙarni," in ji ɗan majalisar wakilan Amurka Jim McDermott. “An sami karuwar gaske a cutar sankarar jini ta yara da nakasar haihuwa a cikin Iraki tun daga yakin Gulf da kuma mamayar da ta biyo baya a shekarar 2003. An yi amfani da bindigogin DU a duka wadannan rikice-rikice. Har ila yau, akwai shawarwari masu ban tsoro cewa makaman DU sun haifar da lamuran lafiya ga tsofaffin sojojinmu na Iraki. Ina matukar tambaya kan amfani da wadannan makamai har sai sojojin Amurka sun gudanar da cikakken bincike a kan tasirin ragowar makamin na DU ga dan adam. ”
Doug Weir na ICBUW ya ce sake amfani da DU a Iraki zai zama “juyin mulki ga kungiyar ISIS.” Shi da sauran kungiyoyin da ke adawa da DU suna sa ido suna kallon yiwuwar sauya Amurka daga DU, wanda sojojin Amurka suka ce ba su yi amfani da shi a Libya ba a 2011. Master Sgt. Hubble na 122 Fighter Wing ya yi imanin cewa kawai yanke shawara ce ta dabara. Amma 'yan gwagwarmaya da majalisun kasashe masu kawance, da kuma alkawarin Burtaniya ba za su yi amfani da DU ba sun kawo matsin lamba ta jama'a.
An tsara DU a matsayin Rukunin 1 Carcinogen ta Healthungiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Duniya, kuma shaida na lalacewar lafiya da aka samar ta amfani da shi yana da yawa. An lalata wannan lalacewar, Jeena Shah a Cibiyar Kare Hakkin Kundin Tsarin Mulki (CCR) ta ce da ni, lokacin da ƙasar da ke amfani da DU ta ƙi bayyana wuraren da aka yi niyya. Iska ta shiga kasar gona da ruwa. Anyi amfani da baƙin ƙarfe da gurbataccen ƙarfe a cikin masana'anta ko sanya cikin tukwane ko yara tare da su.
CCR da Iraki Tsohon sojan da ke yaƙin Sun sun shigar da kara Neman 'yancin Dokar Bayanai a cikin ƙoƙari na koyon wuraren da aka yi niyya a cikin Iraq a lokacin da bayan harin 1991 da 2003. Birtaniya da Netherlands sun bayyana wuraren da aka yi niyya, in ji Shah, kamar yadda NATO ta biyo bayan amfani da DU a cikin yankin Balkans. Kuma Amurka ta baiyana wuraren da ta yi niyya da abubuwan tari. To me yasa yanzu?
"Shah ya ce," Shekaru da yawa, "Amurka ta ƙaryata alaƙar da ke tsakanin DU da matsalolin lafiya a cikin farar hula da tsoffin sojoji. Nazarin tsofaffin sojan Burtaniya suna ba da shawarar sosai game da haɗin kai. Amurka ba ta son yin karatu. ” Bugu da kari, Amurka tayi amfani da DU a ciki yankunan farar hula da kuma gano wadancan wuraren na iya ba da shawarar keta dokokin Yarjejeniyar Geneva.
Likitocin Iraki za su ba da shaida kan barnar da DU ya aikata a gabanin Tom Lantos Hukumar Kare Hakkin Dan Adam a Washington, DC, a watan Disamba.
A halin da ake ciki, Gwamnatin Obama ta fada a ranar Alhamis cewa za ta kashe $ 1.6 miliyan don kokarin gano ayyukan kisan-kiyashi da aka yi a Iraki. . . ta hanyar ISIS.
