Los ntawm Edward Horgan, World BEYOND War, Lub Plaub Hlis 26, 2022
Qhov kev foob tau plam txoj hauv kev los ntawm nws rooj plaub hauv hnub thib ob ntawm kev sim ntawm Shannon Ob. Txij li thaum qhov kev tiv thaiv twb tau teev tseg rau feem ntau ntawm cov lus tseeb uas cov lus pov thawj tau tsim los tsim, cov ntaub ntawv tshiab tseem ceeb uas pawg neeg txiav txim tau txais los ntawm cov neeg tim khawv niaj hnub no yog cov neeg raug foob Ken Mayers thiab Tarak Kauff yog cov qauv raug ntes, zoo siab, koom tes, thiab ua raws, thiab hais tias lub tshav dav hlau tus thawj saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg tsis muaj lub tswv yim seb puas muaj riam phom tsiv los ntawm tshav dav hlau nws tiv thaiv.
Mayers thiab Kauff raug ntes thaum Lub Peb Hlis 17, 2019, ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon rau kev mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau los tshuaj xyuas txhua lub dav hlau cuam tshuam nrog Asmeskas tub rog uas nyob hauv tshav dav hlau. Thaum lawv nkag mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau muaj ob lub dav hlau tub rog Asmeskas ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, ib lub dav hlau US Marine Corps Cessna, thiab ib lub dav hlau US thauj C40 thiab ib lub dav hlau Omni Air International ntawm daim ntawv cog lus rau US cov tub rog uas lawv ntseeg tau nqa cov tub rog thiab riam phom hla. lub tshav dav hlau ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau kev ua tsov ua rog tsis raug cai nyob rau hauv Middle East, ua txhaum ntawm Irish neutrality thiab thoob ntiaj teb txoj cai. Tsoomfwv Meskas thiab Irish, thiab Irish Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm Txawv Tebchaws (uas tau pom zoo rau refueling ntawm US tub rog aircraft ntawm Shannon) tuav cov lus tseeb hais tias tsis muaj riam phom raug nqa ntawm US tub rog aircraft, thiab hais tias cov aircraft kuj tsis nyob rau. kev ua tub rog thiab tsis yog kev ua tub rog. Txawm li cas los xij, txawm hais tias qhov no yog qhov tseeb, qhov muaj nyob ntawm cov dav hlau no dhau los ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau thaj chaw ua tsov rog yog ua txhaum cai thoob ntiaj teb kev cai lij choj ntawm nruab nrab.
Inexplicably, Irish Department of Transport, uas pom zoo refueling ntawm pej xeem aircraft tau cog lus rau US cov tub rog thauj tub rog los ntawm Shannon tshav dav hlau kuj pom zoo rau qhov tseeb hais tias feem ntau cov tub rog Asmeskas mus rau lub dav hlau no nqa phom tsis siv neeg nrog lawv los ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon. Qhov no kuj tseem ua txhaum cai thoob ntiaj teb kev cai lij choj ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb thiab tseem muaj kev sib cav hauv kev ua txhaum cai ntawm Irish Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm Txawv Tebchaws txwv tsis pub hla kev riam phom ntawm cov xeev belligerent los ntawm Irish thaj chaw.
Ob tug txiv neej tau thov kom tsis txhob ua txhaum rau kev ua txhaum cai txhaum cai, ua txhaum cai, thiab cuam tshuam rau kev ua haujlwm hauv tshav dav hlau thiab kev nyab xeeb.
Qhov kev foob tau nthuav tawm yim tus neeg tim khawv nyob rau hnub thib ob ntawm kev sim ntawm Dublin Circuit Court - peb Garda (tub ceev xwm) los ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb hauv Shannon thiab Ennis Co Clare, ob tug tub ceev xwm hauv tshav dav hlau Shannon, thiab lub tshav dav hlau lub luag haujlwm, tus saib xyuas kev saib xyuas, thiab nws. tus thawj saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg.
Feem ntau ntawm cov lus pov thawj muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog cov ntsiab lus xws li thaum cov neeg nkag tebchaws tau pom thawj zaug, leej twg raug hu, thaum twg thiab qhov twg lawv raug coj mus, pes tsawg zaus lawv tau nyeem lawv txoj cai, thiab lub qhov nyob hauv tshav dav hlau perimeter laj kab uas lawv nkag mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau. raug kho. Kuj tseem muaj lus pov thawj txog kev kaw ib ntus ntawm tshav dav hlau ua haujlwm thaum lub tshav dav hlau cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ua kom paub tseeb tias tsis muaj lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm tsis raug tso cai ntawm lub tshav dav hlau, thiab peb lub davhlau tawm thiab ib lub davhlau tuaj uas tau ncua mus txog ib nrab teev.
Cov kev tiv thaiv twb tau lees paub tias Kauff thiab Mayers tau "tau koom nrog hauv kev qhib lub laj kab ib puag ncig," thiab tias lawv tau nkag mus rau "kho" (ib puag ncig thaj av) ntawm tshav dav hlau, thiab lawv tsis muaj teeb meem nrog. lawv raug ntes thiab tom qab kev kho mob los ntawm tub ceev xwm, ntau ntawm cov lus pov thawj no tsis xav tau los tsim cov teeb meem ntawm kev pom zoo-raws li qhov tseeb.
Hauv kev tshuaj xyuas hla, cov kws tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv, Michael Hourigan thiab Carol Doherty, ua haujlwm nrog cov kws lij choj David Johnston thiab Michael Finucane, tau tsom mus ntxiv rau cov teeb meem uas tau ua rau Mayers thiab Kauff nkag mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau-kev thauj tub rog thiab foob pob hluav taws los ntawm nruab nrab Ireland ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau kev ua tsov ua rog tsis raug cai - thiab qhov tseeb tias ob leeg tau koom nrog kev tawm tsam. Kev tiv thaiv tau nthuav tawm lub ntsiab lus uas feem ntau paub tias kev ya davhlau los ntawm pej xeem dav hlau Omni tau chartered los ntawm US cov tub rog thiab nqa cov tub rog mus thiab los ntawm Middle East, qhov twg lub tebchaws United States tab tom ua txhaum cai tsov rog thiab kev ua hauj lwm.
Richard Moloney, Shannon Tshav Dav Hlau Tub Ceev Xwm Hluav Taws Xob, hais tias lub dav hlau Omni uas Kauff thiab Mayers xav tshuaj xyuas "yuav nyob ntawd rau lub hom phiaj ntawm kev thauj cov tub rog." Nws piv rau Shannon tshav dav hlau mus rau "chaw nres tsheb loj loj nyob rau saum ntuj," hais tias nws yog "tseem ceeb nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb no-zoo meej nyob deb ntawm America thiab zoo meej nyob deb ntawm Middle East." Nws hais tias Omni troop flights siv Shannon "rau kev nres tsheb lossis zaub mov nres ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau Eastern Europe thiab Middle East."
Shannon Garda Noel Carroll, uas yog thawj tus tub ceev xwm ntes ntawm qhov chaw, nyob hauv tshav dav hlau thaum lub sijhawm ua qhov nws hu ua "kev tiv thaiv ze ntawm ob lub dav hlau Asmeskas tub rog" uas nyob ntawm Taxiway 11. Nws piav qhia tias qhov kev koom tes tseem tshuav "nyob ze. nyob sib ze" rau cov dav hlau thaum lawv nyob ntawm txoj kev tsheb tavxij thiab peb cov tub rog tau raug muab rau lub luag haujlwm no. Thaum nug seb nws puas tau raug yuam kom mus rau hauv ib lub dav hlau tub rog Asmeskas ntawm Shannon los tshuaj xyuas nws rau riam phom, nws teb tias, "Tsis tau."
Cov lus pov thawj uas xav tsis thoob yog los ntawm John Francis, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg Hauv Tshav Dav Hlau ntawm Shannon txij li xyoo 2003. Nyob rau hauv nws txoj haujlwm, nws yog lub luag haujlwm rau kev ruaj ntseg aviation, kev ruaj ntseg hauv tsev kawm ntawv, thiab kev ruaj ntseg systems, thiab yog lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev sib cuag rau Garda, tub rog, thiab lwm yam. tsoom fwv cov koom haum.
Nws tau sau tseg thaum nug tias nws tau paub txog kev txwv tsis pub thauj caj npab los ntawm lub tshav dav hlau tshwj tsis yog tias muaj kev zam tshwj xeeb, tab sis hais tias nws tsis paub txog seb puas muaj caj npab nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb thauj los ntawm tshav dav hlau lossis yog tias muaj kev zam dhau los. tso cai. Nws hais tias Omni troop flights "tsis tau teem sijhawm," thiab "lawv tuaj yeem tshwm sim txhua lub sijhawm," thiab tias nws "yuav tsis paub" yog tias lub dav hlau nqa riam phom los ntawm tshav dav hlau lossis seb puas tau txais kev zam. tso cai thauj mus los.
Pawg neeg txiav txim plaub kuj tau hnov cov lus tim khawv los ntawm tsib tus neeg foob lwm tus neeg foob: Tshav Dav Hlau Security Officer Noel McCarthy; Raymond Pyne, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Tshav Dav Hlau Duty uas tau txiav txim siab kaw cov haujlwm rau ib nrab teev; Mark Brady, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Saib Xyuas Lub Tshav Dav Hlau uas saib xyuas kev kho vaj tse nyob ib puag ncig, thiab Shannon Gardai Pat Keating thiab Brian Jackman, uas ob leeg tau ua "Tus Tswv Cuab Hauv Lub Luag Haujlwm," lub luag haujlwm los xyuas kom meej tias cov neeg raug ntes raug hwm thiab lawv tsis raug tsim txom.
Txawm hais tias qhov kev foob tau tsom mus rau kev ua pov thawj tias Mayers thiab Kauff tau txiav ib lub qhov hauv lub laj kab ib puag ncig thiab nkag mus rau hauv tshav dav hlau yam tsis tau tso cai, qhov tseeb lawv tau lees paub, rau cov neeg raug foob, qhov teeb meem tseem ceeb ntawm kev sim yog txuas ntxiv US siv lub tshav dav hlau Shannon ua tub rog chaw. , ua rau Ireland cuam tshuam rau nws txoj kev ua txhaum cai thiab kev ua haujlwm. Mayers hais tias: "Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws los tawm ntawm qhov kev sim siab no yuav yog qhov kev lees paub ntau dua ntawm cov neeg sawv cev ntawm Irish xaiv thiab cov pej xeem ntawm qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Irish nruab nrab thiab qhov kev hem thawj loj uas tau nthuav tawm los ntawm Asmeskas kev tswj hwm ntawm tsoomfwv thoob ntiaj teb. ”
Mayers kuj tau sau tseg tias lub tswv yim tiv thaiv yog "kev zam txim raug cai," piv txwv li lawv muaj qhov laj thawj raug cai rau lawv cov kev ua. Qhov kev tawm tsam no, paub hauv Tebchaws Meskas tias yog "kev tiv thaiv qhov tsim nyog," tsis tshua muaj kev vam meej hauv kev tawm tsam hauv Tebchaws Meskas, vim tias cov kws txiav txim plaub feem ntau yuav tsis tso cai rau kev tiv thaiv kom ua raws li kev sib cav. Nws hais tias, "Yog tias pawg txiav txim pom tias peb tsis ua txhaum vim yog Irish cov cai lij choj rau kev zam txim raug cai, nws yog ib qho piv txwv muaj zog uas yuav tsum tau ua raws li Tebchaws Meskas."
Muaj ib lub ntsiab lus uas tau tshwm sim los ntawm zaj lus tim khawv niaj hnub no: Kauff thiab Mayers tau piav qhia thoob plaws ntiaj teb li kev coj zoo thiab kev koom tes. Garda Keating hais tias, lawv yog "tej zaum ob tus neeg saib xyuas zoo tshaj plaws uas kuv tau muaj hauv 25 xyoo." Tshav dav hlau Tub Ceev Xwm Tub Ceev Xwm Hluav Taws Kub Moloney mus ntxiv: Nws tsis yog "Kuv thawj zaug rodeo nrog cov neeg tawm tsam kev thaj yeeb," nws hais tias, tab sis ob tug no yog "qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab zoo siab tshaj plaws uas kuv tau ntsib hauv kuv 19 xyoo ntawm tshav dav hlau Shannon."
Lub nkoj tab tom xa khoom mus rau qhov chaw nres nkoj Is Nrias teb, thiab kev cia siab yuav tuaj txog muaj Lub Ob Hlis 11, 27:XNUMXth Plaub Hlis Ntuj 2022
