Irish Ua Haujlwm kom nres US Tub Rog Flights

Los ntawm Caroline Hurley, LA Progressive, Lub Ib Hlis 30, 2023

Tom qab ncua sij hawm ntev, thiab ntau qhov tsis tseeb pib xav kom tuaj koom ntawm 25 lub rooj sib hais ua ntej, Dr Edward Horgan, tus qub tub rog Commandant thiab United Nations tus neeg saib xyuas kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb, thiab Dan Dowling, ob tus neeg Kerry, tau ntsib kev sim siab ntawm Dublin Circuit Court Criminal Court rau lawv txoj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb. Qhov kev sim tau khiav ntawm 11th mus rau 25th^th Lub Ib Hlis 2023 thiab xaus nrog lawv qhov kev txiav txim siab los ntawm kev raug txim txhaum cai.

Ob tus tswvcuab ntawm Shannon Watch, uas tawm tsam kev siv tub rog ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon, cov neeg raug foob sawv cev rau lawv tus kheej, txhawb nqa los ntawm McKenzie cov phooj ywg, hauv qhov kev tshawb nrhiav kev ncaj ncees.

Txij li xyoo 2001, ntau tshaj li peb lab tus tub rog Asmeskas tub rog thiab tsis paub txog riam phom, riam phom thiab lwm yam khoom siv tub rog tau raug thauj los ntawm Shannon, feem ntau mus rau thiab los ntawm Middle East, qhov chaw Asmeskas tau koom nrog ntau yam kev tsov kev rog nrog rau Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, thiab Syria, nrog rau muab kev txhawb nqa rau Saudi Arabian tsov rog hauv Yemen, thiab Israeli kev ua phem thiab kev tsim txom tib neeg rau cov neeg Palestinian. Asmeskas tub rog siv lub tshav dav hlau Shannon yog qhov txhaum cai ntawm thoob ntiaj teb kev cai lij choj ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb nrog rau kev sib cav ua rau tsoomfwv Irish ua txhaum cai ntawm UN Convention Against Torture thiab Geneva Conventions on War.

Qhov xwm txheej hauv nqe lus nug tau tshwm sim ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon tsib xyoos thiab cuaj lub hlis dhau los, ntawm 25th Plaub Hlis 2017, ua rau muaj ob qhov nqi. Thawj qhov kev ua txhaum cai yog kev ua txhaum cai ntawm lub tshav dav hlau tsis sib haum rau Tshooj 11 ntawm Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Ncaj Ncees (Public Order) Txoj Cai, 1994 raws li tau hloov kho los ntawm Txoj Cai Kev Cuam Tshuam Liquor, 2008. Qhov thib ob yog kev puas tsuaj los ntawm kev sau ntawv graffiti rau ntawm US Navy aircraft contrary rau Tshooj. 2(1) Kev Ua Phem Txhaum Cai, 1991.

Hais lus ua ntej ntawm qhov kev sim siab, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Shannonwatch tau hais tias "Qhov xwm txheej no tsis yog hais txog kev ua txhaum cai thoob ntiaj teb, txawm tias cov no tseem ceeb. Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Ncaj Ncees (UN Convention Against Torture) Txoj Cai 2000 coj UN Convention Against Torture rau hauv Irish txoj cai lij choj, thiab Geneva Conventions (Hloov Kho) Act 1998 kuj coj Geneva Conventions nyob rau hauv txoj cai ntawm Irish txoj cai. "

"Qhov tseeb dua, txawm li cas los xij, yog qhov tseeb tias muaj txog tsib lab tus tib neeg tau poob lawv txoj sia vim yog kev tsov rog cuam tshuam thoob plaws Middle East txij thaum xyoo 1990s. Qhov xav tsis thoob, tam sim no tau kwv yees tias ib lab tus menyuam yaus yuav poob lawv txoj sia vim kev ua tsov rog tsis ncaj ncees no. "

Thaum Edward Horgan raug ntes ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon rau 25th Plaub Hlis 2017, nws tau muab ib daim ntawv rau tus tub ceev xwm ntes Garda. Nws muaj cov npe ntawm 1,000 tus menyuam yaus uas tau tuag hauv Middle East.

Ntau lab tus tib neeg raug txim raug tua hauv kev ua tsov rog tsis raug cai uas yuav tsum tsis txhob tshwm sim. Tsawg kawg ib lab cov menyuam yaus tau tuag vim yog kev ua tsov rog muaj feem cuam tshuam thoob plaws Middle East txij li xyoo 1990. Cov menyuam yaus no tsim nyog tau txais kev nyab xeeb zoo ib yam li cov menyuam yaus tsis muaj tsov rog.

Dhau li ntawm kev lees paub cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb no, Cov Kws Tiv Thaiv tau thov kom muaj cov teeb meem tawm tsam lawv raug tshem tawm ntawm ntau yam kev qhia xws li: kev cob qhia lossis kev sib koom tes ntawm cov pov thawj raug foob, cov teeb meem hais txog kev raug cai ntawm Kev Pabcuam rau Txoj Cai Lij Choj, txoj cai lij choj raws li Irish Defense. Tub Ceev Xwm Cov Neeg Ua Haujlwm thiab cov tswv cuab ntawm Garda Siochana tau ua haujlwm ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon thaum Lub Plaub Hlis 25th 2017, tsis ncaj ncees rau kev tuav tes ntawm cov neeg raug foob thaum thiab tom qab raug ntes, tsis raug ncua ntawm tsib xyoos thiab cuaj lub hlis hauv kev nqa cov ntaub ntawv mus rau qhov kev sim, tsis ua pov thawj cov tswv cuab thiab cov ntsiab lus ntawm ib qho kev iab liam. Kev puas tsuaj ntawm US Navy lub dav hlau koom nrog, tsis ua tiav ntawm kev foob los ua pov thawj tias cov neeg raug foob tau ua txhaum cai, tsis raug foob los tsim tus kws tsav dav hlau US Navy uas tau suav nrog hauv phau ntawv pov thawj, thiab tsis ua pov thawj tias US Navy aircraft uas nyob ntawm. Lub tshav dav hlau Shannon rau 25th Plaub Hlis 2017 tau tso cai nyob rau ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon vim nws tau ua tub rog los yog kev ua tub rog.

Ib tug kws tshawb nrhiav tub ceev xwm twb tau ua pov thawj tias qhov graffiti tau ua rau tsis muaj nuj nqis. Feem ntau yog tias tsis yog tag nrho cov cim tau raug tshem tawm ntawm lub dav hlau ua ntej nws rov qab mus rau Middle East. Cov lus "Danger Danger Do Not Fly" tau sau nrog lub cim liab ntawm lub cav ntawm ib qho ntawm ob lub dav hlau US Navy uas tuaj txog ntawm Oceana Naval Air Station hauv Virginia thiab tau siv sijhawm ob hmos ntawm Shannon ua ntej ya mus rau US lub hauv paus huab cua hauv lub Persian Gulf.

Cov ntawv thov no tau tawm tsam los ntawm lub xeev foob thiab tom qab ntawd txiav txim los ntawm Tus Kws Txiav Txim. Dab tsi tseem tshuav yog rau kev tiv thaiv los ua cov lus kaw, thiab rau Tus Kws Txiav Txim kom sau thiab qhia rau Pawg Neeg Txiav Txim.

Hais lus tom qab qhov kev sim siab, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Shannonwatch tau hais tias "Ntau tshaj peb lab tus tub rog Asmeskas tub rog tau hla dhau tshav dav hlau Shannon txij li xyoo 2001 ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau kev ua tsov rog tsis raug cai hauv Middle East. Qhov no yog ua txhaum Irish neutrality thiab thoob ntiaj teb kev cai lij choj ntawm nruab nrab. "

CIA kev siv lub tshav dav hlau Shannon los pab txhawb nws txoj haujlwm txawv tshaj plaw uas ua rau muaj kev tsim txom ntau pua tus neeg raug kaw raug lees paub hauv tsev hais plaub. Edward Horgan tau muab pov thawj tias Asmeskas tub rog thiab CIA siv Shannon ua txhaum cai Irish txoj cai suav nrog Geneva Conventions (Hloov Kho) Act, 1998, thiab Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Ncaj Ncees (UN Convention Against Torture) Act, 2000. Hauv kev sib piv nrog tsawg kawg 38 kev foob. ntawm kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb txij li xyoo 2001, tsis muaj kev foob lossis kev tshawb nrhiav kom raug rau kev ua txhaum cai ntawm Irish txoj cai saum toj no.

Hauv tsev hais plaub, Edward Horgan tau nyeem los ntawm 34-nplooj ntawv, muaj cov npe ntawm kwv yees li 1,000 tus menyuam yaus uas tau tuag hauv Middle East, uas nws tau nqa mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau los qhia tias vim li cas lawv thiaj nkag mus. Nws yog ib feem ntawm txoj haujlwm hu ua Naming the Children uas nws thiab lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb tau ua kom sau thiab sau ntau li ntau tau ntawm txog li ib lab tus menyuam uas tau tuag vim yog US thiab NATO coj kev ua tsov ua rog nyob nruab nrab. Sab hnub tuaj txij li thawj Tsov Rog Gulf hauv xyoo 1991.

Kaum tus menyuam tau raug tua tsis ntev ua ntej lawv txoj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb xyoo 2017, thaum Thawj Tswj Hwm Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump raug xaiv tsa tshiab US Navy Seals cov tub rog tshwj xeeb tawm tsam rau lub zos Yemeni, uas tau tua txog 30 tus neeg nyob rau 29 Lub Ib Hlis 2017 suav nrog Nawar al Awlaki, uas nws txiv thiab kwv tij. tau raug tua nyob rau yav dhau los US drone ntaus hauv Yemen.

Kuj tau teev nyob rau hauv daim ntawv tais ceev tseg yog 547 Palestinian cov me nyuam raug tua nyob rau hauv 2014 Israeli tawm tsam rau Gaza. Cov npe ntawm plaub pawg menyuam ntxaib raug tua raug nyeem tawm. Cov neeg ua phem tua neeg tua neeg tua tus kheej tau ua nyob ze Aleppo thaum lub Plaub Hlis 15th 2017, uas tsawg kawg 80 tus menyuam raug tua nyob rau qhov xwm txheej txaus ntshai, kuj tau txhawb Edward thiab Dan ua lawv txoj kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb kaum hnub tom qab vim tias lawv muaj kev zam txim raug cai sim. los tiv thaiv kev siv lub tshav dav hlau Shannon nyob rau hauv xws li kev phem thiab yog li los tiv thaiv lub neej ntawm ib co ntawm cov neeg tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov me nyuam raug tua nyob rau hauv Middle East.

Pawg neeg txiav txim plaub tus txiv neej thiab plaub tus poj niam lees txais lawv cov lus sib cav tias lawv tau ua nrog kev zam txim raug cai. Tus kws txiav txim plaub Martina Baxter tau muab cov neeg raug foob qhov txiaj ntsig ntawm Probation Act ntawm tus nqi ntawm Trespass, nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej hais tias lawv pom zoo yuav khi rau kev thaj yeeb rau 12 lub hlis thiab ua ib qho tseem ceeb pub dawb rau Co Clare Charity.

Lub caij no, thaum lub sijhawm sim hauv Dublin, Ireland qhov kev txhawb nqa rau kev ua tsov rog tsis tu ncua hauv Asmeskas hauv Middle East tau txuas ntxiv rov qab los ntawm kev siv tub rog tsis raug cai hauv tshav dav hlau Shannon. Hnub Monday 23 Lub Ib Hlis, ib tug tub rog Asmeskas loj C17 Globemaster lub dav hlau sau npe 07-7183 tau refueled ntawm Shannon tshav dav hlau los ntawm McGuire Air puag hauv New Jersey. Tom qab ntawd nws tau taug kev mus rau lub tshav dav hlau hauv Jordan rau hnub Tuesday nrog lub refueling nres ntawm Cairo.

Kev tawm tsam rau txoj cai-ua raws cai raws li txoj cai world beyond war ntxiv mus.

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Tau ua haujlwm hauv Irish kev tswj hwm kev noj qab haus huv rau 20 xyoo, Caroline Hurley tab tom yuav tsiv mus rau ecovillage hauv Tipperary. Ib tug tswv cuab ntawm World Beyond War, nws cov ntawv thiab tshuaj xyuas tau tshwm sim hauv ntau qhov chaw suav nrog Arena (Au), Phau ntawv Ireland, Zos Magazine, Dublin Review of Books, thiab lwm qhov.