Na Robert Mills, LowellSun
WILMINGTON - Ua kūʻē kekahi hui ma kahi o 30 ma waho o Textron Weapon and Sensor Systems ma Wilmington i ka Pōʻakolu, e kāhea ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka hui ʻana i nā pōpoki pūpū, a ʻoi aku hoʻi no ka hoʻopau ʻana i kā lākou kūʻai aku iā Saudi Arabia.
ʻO Massachusetts Peace Action a me kahi hui o Quakers mai Cambridge i alakaʻi i ka kūʻē, me nā mea hoʻonohonoho e ʻōlelo nei a hiki i ka 10 pakeneka o nā pūʻali koa puʻupuʻu e noho ʻole ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana, e kau ana i kahi pōʻino nui i nā makaʻāinana, nā keiki a me nā holoholona i nā wahi kaua.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Human Rights Watch iā Saudi Arabia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua e kūʻē i nā kānaka kīwila ma Yemen ma 2015, kahi ʻōlelo i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai ke aupuni Saudi.
He mau mea kaua e hoʻopuehu i ka nui o nā pōkā liʻiliʻi ma luna o kahi pahu hopu. ʻO ka Sensor Fuzed Weapons i hana ʻia e Textron he "dispenser" i loaʻa he 10 submunitions, me kēlā me kēia o nā submunitions he ʻehā mau poʻo kaua, e like me ka pepa ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e kahi waha ʻōlelo o ka hui.
"He mea kaua weliweli loa ia," wahi a John Bach, kekahi o nā mea hoʻonohonoho kūʻē a me kahi kahuna pule Quaker e hoʻomana ana ma kahi hale hālāwai ma Cambridge.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bach, ʻo nā mea kaua i hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia mai nā mea kaua cluster he mea weliweli loa ia no nā keiki, hiki iā lākou ke kiʻi iā lākou ma waho o ka ʻimi.
"Ke hoʻomau nei nā keiki a me nā holoholona i kā lākou mau lālā," wahi a Bach.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Massoudeh Edmond, o Arlington, ua manaʻo ʻo ia he "hewa loa" ke kūʻai ʻia aku ia mau mea kaua i Saudi Arabia.
"Ua ʻike mākou a pau ʻo Saudi Arabia ke hoʻopā nei i nā kānaka kīwila, no laila ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu e kūʻai aku ai mākou iā lākou," wahi a Edmond.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Textron, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea nāna i hana i nā pōkā pūpū ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e huikau ana ka poʻe kūʻē i kā lākou Sensor Fuzed Weapons me nā ʻano kahiko o nā pōpoki pūpū i ʻoi aku ka palekana.
Ua hāʻawi aku kahi haʻi'ōlelo o ka hui i kope o kahi op-ed i paʻi ʻia ma ka Providence Journal ma mua o kēia makahiki, kahi i ʻōlelo ai ʻo CEO Scott Donnelly i nā kūʻē i nā mea kaua ma Providence.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Donnelly, ʻoiai ua hoʻohana nā mana kahiko o nā pōkā puʻupuʻu i nā ordnance i hoʻomau ʻole ʻia e like me ka 40 pakeneka o ka manawa, ʻoi aku ka palekana a ʻoi aku ka pololei o Textron's Sensor Fuzed Weapons.
Ua kākau ʻo Donnelly, aia nā pūʻulu hou i nā mea ʻike e ʻike ai i nā pahuhopu, a ʻo kēlā me kēia pū kaua i paʻi ʻole i kahi pahu hopu a hoʻopau iā lākou iho a hoʻopau paha iā lākou iho i ka paʻi ʻana i ka lepo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo Textron e koi ʻia ka Sensor Fuzed Weapons e ke Keʻena ʻo Defence e hopena i ka liʻiliʻi o ka 1 pākēneka unexploded ordnance.
"Hoʻomaopopo pū mākou a kaʻana like i ka makemake e pale i nā makaʻāinana ma nā wahi hakakā a pau," i kākau ai ʻo Donnelly.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Bach iā Textron no ka wahaheʻe ʻana e pili ana i ka wikiwiki o ka pahū ʻole ʻana o nā pōkā, a me ko lākou palekana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi o nā mea kaua e noho pōʻino i nā kūlana hoʻokolohua, ʻaʻohe kūlana hoʻokolohua i ke kaua.
"I ka noe o ke kaua, ʻaʻohe kūlana lab a ʻaʻole lākou e luku mau iā lākou iho," wahi āna. "Aia kahi kumu i pāpā ai ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka US, Saudi Arabia a me ʻIseraʻela i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua cluster."
ʻO kekahi Quaker, ʻo Warren Atkinson, o Medford, i wehewehe i nā pōpoki pūpū ʻo "ka makana e hāʻawi mau ana."
"Ma hope o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana iā Afghanistan, e nalowale ana nā lima a me nā wāwae o nā keiki," wahi a Atkinson. "A ke kōkua nei mākou iā lākou."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bach, ma waho aʻe o ka kūʻē ʻana o ka Pōʻakolu, ua mālama ka Quakers i kahi ʻoihana hoʻomana i mua o ka hale i ka lā Sābati ʻekolu o kēlā me kēia mahina no ʻeono makahiki i kēia manawa.
ʻOiai ka nui o ka poʻe kūʻē i hele mai mai ka hema o Wilmington, aia ma kahi o hoʻokahi kamaʻāina Lowell.
"Aia wau ma ke ʻano he kanaka me kahi ʻōlelo maʻamau e pono ai mākou e pāpā i nā mea kaua cluster, a pono mākou e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hopena o kā mākou mea kaua i nā poʻe kīwila ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi loa ma kahi e like me Yemen kahi o ka Saudis. ke hoʻohana mau nei lākou i kā mākou mau mea kaua," wahi a Garret Kirkland, no Lowell.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cole Harrison, ka luna hoʻokele o Massachusetts Peace Action, ke koi nei ka hui iā Senator Elizabeth Warren lāua ʻo Edward Markey e kākoʻo i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka bila a ka Senate e pale aku ai i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā pōpoki pūpū i Saudi Arabia.
Ma kahi ākea ākea, ke koi nei ka hui i ka US e hui pū ma mua o 100 mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe i hui pū me ka Convention on Cluster Munitions, ka mea e pāpā ai i ka hana ʻana, hoʻohana, hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻoili ʻana i nā pūʻali koa cluster.
