Los ntawm Robert Mills, LowellSun
WILMINGTON - Ib pawg neeg txog 30 tus neeg tau tawm tsam sab nraum Textron Weapon thiab Sensor Systems hauv Wilmington hnub Wednesday, hu rau kev xaus rau lub tuam txhab kev tsim cov foob pob, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau qhov kawg ntawm lawv muag rau Saudi Arabia.
Massachusetts Kev Thaj Yeeb Kev Nyab Xeeb thiab ib lub koom txoos ntawm Quakers los ntawm Cambridge tau coj kev tawm tsam, nrog cov kws tshaj lij tau hais tias txog li 10 feem pua ntawm pawg foob pob tseem tsis tau tawg tom qab siv, ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau cov neeg phem, menyuam yaus thiab cov tsiaj hauv thaj chaw ua tsov rog.
Human Rights Watch tau liam Saudi Arabia tias siv riam phom tawm tsam cov neeg hauv tebchaws Yemen hauv 2015, ib qho kev foob ntawm Saudi Arabia cov lus tsis txaus siab.
Pawg foob pob yog riam phom uas tawg cov tawg me me ntau dhau ntawm lub phiaj. Sensor Fuzed Riam Phom uas tsim los ntawm Textron yog suav nrog "dispenser" uas muaj 10 lub foob pob me, nrog txhua ntawm 10 rab phom me muaj plaub qhov taub, raws li cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj muab los ntawm lub tuam txhab cov kws tshaj lij.
John Bach, ib tug ntawm cov neeg tawm tsam kev tshaj tawm thiab tus txiv plig Quaker tus uas tuaj pe hawm Vajtswv hauv lub tsev sib ntsib hauv Cambridge hais tias, "Nws yog qhov muaj riam phom txaus ntshai heev."
Bach tau hais tias lub foob pob tawg los ntawm pawg riam phom yog qhov phom sij tshwj xeeb rau cov menyuam yaus, uas tuaj yeem khaws lawv tawm ntawm qhov tsis xav paub.
"Me nyuam yaus thiab tsiaj txhu tseem tau txais lawv nqaj pov tseg," Bach hais.
Massoudeh Edmond, ntawm Arlington, nws ntseeg tias nws yog "muaj kev txhaum loj" uas cov riam phom ntawd tau muag rau Saudi Arabia.
"Peb txhua tus paub tias Saudi Arabia tau foob pob foob pob, yog li kuv tsis paub vim li cas peb thiaj muag lawv yam," Edmond tau hais.
Textron, tsuas yog tus tsim cov foob pob ua ke nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas, hais tias cov neeg tawm tsam yog ua rau lawv cov Sensor Fuzed Riam phom nrog cov laus qub ntawm cov foob pob tawg tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb.
Ib lub tuam txhab cov kws tshaj lij tau muab ib daim qauv ntawm op-ed luam tawm hauv Cov Ntawv Tshaj Lij Tshaj Tawm dhau los xyoo no, uas tus yawg Scott Donnelly hais tawm qhov kev tawm tsam tshaj qhov riam phom hauv Providence.
Donnelly tau hais tias thaum cov tshaj lij ntawm cov foob pob tawg tau siv cov foob pob uas tseem tshuav tsis tau tawg li 40 feem pua ntawm lub sijhawm, Textron's Sensor Fuzed Riam phom yog qhov muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab meej dua.
Donnelly tau sau tias cov foob pob tshiab muaj cov pa hluav taws kom paub txog lub hom phiaj, thiab tias txhua lub foob pob hluav taws uas tsis ntaus lub phiaj los yog rhuav tshem lawv tus kheej lossis cuam tshuam lawv tus kheej thaum tsoo hauv av.
Ib phau ntawv xov xwm ntawm Textron hais tias Sensor Fuzed Riam Phom yog qhov yuav tsum tau los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv kom ua rau tsawg dua 1 feem pua ntawm cov khoom tawg.
Donnelly tau sau tias "Peb kuj nkag siab thiab sib koom los tiv thaiv cov neeg hauv zej zog txhua qhov chaw tsis sib haum xeeb."
Bach liam tias Textron tau dag txog tus nqi uas cov pob tawg tsis tau tawg, thiab txog lawv qhov kev nyab xeeb, hais tias thaum tseem muaj riam phom ntau txaus ntshai nyob hauv chav kuaj mob, tsis muaj qhov chaw kuaj nyob hauv kev ua rog.
Nws tau hais tias "Huab cua kev ua tsov ua rog, nws tsis muaj qhov teeb meem nyob hauv tsev sim thiab lawv ib txwm tsis ua rau lawv tus kheej raug puas tsuaj," "Muaj ib qho laj thawj thoob plaws ntiaj teb uas tsis yog Asmeskas, Saudi Arabia thiab Israel tau txwv txoj kev siv riam phom."
Lwm tus Quaker, Warren Atkinson, ntawm Medford, tau piav qhia txog pawg foob pob yog "khoom plig uas pheej muab."
"Ntev tom qab peb tawm hauv Afghanistan, menyuam yuav tseem poob lawv caj npab thiab txhais ceg," Atkinson tau hais. "Thiab peb yuav tsum pab lawv."
Bach tau hais tias ntxiv rau hnub Wednesday kev tawm tsam, cov neeg Qib Siab tau tuav lub tsev pehawm Vajtswv ua ntej hnub Sunday thib peb ntawm txhua lub hli rau rau lub xyoo tam sim no.
Thaum muaj ntau tus neeg tawm tsam tuaj sab qab teb ntawm Wilmington, tsawg kawg ib tus neeg nyob hauv Lowell tau nyob ntawm tes.
"Kuv tsuas nyob ntawm no los ua tib neeg nrog cov lus ncaj ncees uas peb yuav tsum tau txwv txiav riam phom, thiab peb yuav tsum xav txog qhov kev cuam tshuam peb cov riam phom muaj rau cov pej xeem thoob ntiaj teb, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw zoo li Yemen uas Saudis tab tom siv peb cov riam phom tas mus li, "Garret Kirkland, ntawm Lowell hais.
Cole Harrison, tus thawj coj ntawm Massachusetts Peace Action, hais tias pab pawg no tau thawb Senators Elizabeth Warren thiab Edward Markey los txhawb nqa tsab cai hloov kho rau Senate tsab cai lij choj tiv thaiv kev tsim cai uas yuav txwv txoj kev muag cov foob pob mus rau Saudi Arabia.
Ntawm qhov ua kom dav dua, pab pawg tseem txhawb kom Asmeskas mus koom nrog ntau dua 100 lwm lub teb chaws uas tau koom nrog hauv Kev Pom Zoo ntawm Cov Pab Pawg Sib Tw, uas txwv kev tsim, siv, khaws cia thiab hloov chaw ntawm txhua pawg foob pob.
