Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 4, 2019
Sindikudziwa ngati anthu ambiri ku United States adziwa konse zomwe Fallujah amatanthauza. Ziri zovuta kukhulupirira kuti asilikali a US akadalipo ngati atatero. Koma ndithudi zakhala zikuiwalidwa - vuto lomwe lingathe kukonzedwa ngati aliyense atenga kopi Kutengedwa kwa Fallujah: Mbiri ya Anthu, ndi Ross Caputi (msilikali wa ku United States wa umodzi mwa maulendo a Fallujah), Richard Hill, ndi Donna Mulhearn.
"Mwalandiridwa chifukwa cha utumiki!"
Fallujah anali "mudzi wa mzikiti," wopangidwa ndi 300,000 kwa anthu a 435,000. Iwo anali ndi mwambo wokana alendo - kuphatikizapo British - invasions. Zili zowawa, monganso dziko lonse la Iraq, ku chilango chokhwima chimene dziko la United States linapanga m'zaka zomwe zatsogolera ku nkhondo ya 2003. Panthawi imeneyi, Fallujah anaona misika yodzaza ndi mabomba. Pambuyo pa kugwa kwa boma la Iraqi ku Baghdad, Fallujah inakhazikitsa boma lawo, kupeŵa zofunkha ndi chisokonezo kuwona kwinakwake. Mu April, 2003, bungwe la US 82nd Airborne Division linasamukira ku Fallujah ndipo silinatsutse.
Nthawi yomweyo ntchitoyo inayamba kubweretsa mavuto omwe amawonedwa ndi ntchito iliyonse kulikonse. Anthu amadandaula za Anthu omwe amamvetsera mwamsanga pamisewu, amanyalanyazidwa pa malo owona malo, azimayi akuchitiridwa mosayenera, a msilikali akukwera m'misewu, ndi a asilikali omwe ali pamwamba pamwamba ndi mabotolo akuphwanya ufulu wa anthu. Patangotha masiku angapo, anthu a Fallujah ankafuna kumasulidwa ku "omasula" awo. Choncho, anthu adayesa zosonyeza zosayera. Ndipo asilikali a ku United States adathamangitsira otsutsa. Koma potsirizira pake, anthu ogwira ntchitoyo adagwirizana kuti akhale kunja kwa mzinda, kuchepetsa malipiro awo, ndikulola Fallujah kuti adzilamulire kuposa zomwe Iraq inaloledwa. Chotsatiracho chinali chopambana: Fallujah inali yotetezeka kuposa Iraq yense poyikweza iwo.
Chitsanzo chimenecho, ndithudi, chiyenera kuwonongedwa. United States inali kunena kuti inali ndi udindo wowombola gehena kuchokera ku Iraq kuti "ukhalebe wotetezeka" ndi "kuthandizira kusintha kwa demokalase." Viceroy Paul Bremer anaganiza "kutsuka kunja kwa Fallujah." M'gulu la "mgwirizano" kawirikawiri chosatheka (kunyoza kwambiri mu filimu ya Netflix Brad Pitt nkhondo Machine) kusiyanitsa anthu omwe anali kupereka ufulu ndi chilungamo kuchokera kwa anthu omwe anali kuwapha. Akuluakulu a boma la United States adalongosola anthu omwe akufuna kupha ngati "khansa," ndipo adawapha ndi kupha ndi kuwombera moto kumene kunapha anthu ambiri omwe sali ndi khansa. Ndi anthu angati omwe United States anali kwenikweni kupereka khansa kwa osadziwika panthawiyo.
Mu March, 2004, asilikali anayi a Blackwater anaphedwa ku Fallujah, matupi awo anatenthedwa ndi kupachikidwa kuchokera pa mlatho. Mafilimu a ku United States adasonyeza kuti amuna anayi ndi anthu osalakwa omwe adapezeka kuti ali pakati pa nkhondo ndi zolinga zoopsa za nkhanza zosayenerera, zosasokonezeka. Anthu a Fallujah anali "zipolowe" ndi "osadziwika" komanso "osakondera." Chifukwa chikhalidwe cha US sichidandaulapo ndi Dresden kapena Hiroshima, kunali kulira koyera kuti atsatire zomwe zakhala zikuchitika ku Fallujah. Munthu yemwe kale anali mlangizi wa Ronald Reagan, Jack Wheeler anafika ku chitsanzo cha Aroma chakale pofuna kuti Fallujah iwonongeke kukhala yopanda moyo: "Fallujah delenda est!"
Anthu ogwira ntchitoyi anayesera kuti apange nthawi yofikira panyumba komanso kuletsa zida zogwiritsa ntchito zida, kuti adziwe zoyenera kuti athe kusiyanitsa anthu kuti aphe anthu kuti apatse demokarasi. Koma pamene anthu adasiya nyumba zawo kuti akapeze chakudya kapena mankhwala, adagwidwa mfuti. Mabanja adagwidwa mfuti, mmodzi ndi mmodzi, pamene munthu aliyense adayeseranso kuyesa kuchiritsa thupi lopweteka kapena lopanda moyo la wokondedwa. "Masewera a pabanja" adatchedwa. Masewera okhaokha a mumzindawu adasandulika m'manda ambiri.
Mnyamata wina wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri dzina lake Sami anaona mbale wake wamng'ono akuwombera. Anayang'ana abambo ake atatuluka m'nyumba kuti amutenge ndi kumuwombera. Anamvetsera bambo ake akufuula kwambiri. Sami ndi banja lake lonse ankaopa kutuluka. Mmawa wonse, mlongo wake ndi bambo ake anamwalira. Banja la Sami linamvetsera kufuula ndikufuula pa nyumba zozungulira, monga momwe nkhani yomweyi idayimbira. Sami anaponyera agalu miyala kuti ayese kuwateteza kutali ndi matupi. Abale ake a Sami sanalole kuti amayi ake apite kukatsegula maso a mwamuna wake wakufa. Koma potsirizira pake, achimwene awiri a Sami anasankha kuthamangira kunja kwa matupi awo, akuyembekeza kuti mmodzi wa iwo adzapulumuka. M'bale wina anaponyedwa pamutu pang'onopang'ono. Wina anakwanitsa kutseka maso a bambo ake ndi kutenga thupi la mlongo wake koma anaponyedwa pamakolo. Ngakhale kuti banja lonse likuyesetsa, mchimwene wakeyo anafa imfa yochepa komanso yoopsa kuchokera pachilonda cha ambalo, pomwe agalu anamenyana ndi matupi a bambo ake ndi mchimwene wake, ndipo kununkhira komweku kunayambira.
Al Jazeera adawonetsa dziko lapansi zinthu zina zochititsa mantha pa Kuyamba koyamba kwa Fallujah. Ndipo malo ena adasonyezeratu kuti dziko la US likuzunzidwa ndi Abu Ghraib. Kudzudzula zofalitsa, ndikukhazikitsa njira zabwino zowononga mtsogolo zamakono, omasulawo adachoka ku Fallujah.
Koma Fallujah anakhalabe chandamale, chomwe chikanafuna mabodza ofanana ndi omwe adayambitsa nkhondo yonse. Fallujah, anthu a ku United States anali atauzidwa kale, anali malo otentha a Al Qaeda omwe ankalamulidwa ndi Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - nthano yomwe ikuwonekera ngati zaka zenizeni pambuyo pa filimu ya US American Sniper.
Kugonjetsedwa kwachiwiri kwa Fallujah kunali chiwonongeko chonse pa moyo waumunthu chomwe chinali kuphatikizapo mabomba a nyumba, zipatala, ndipo mwachiwonekere chomwe chinafunidwa. Mayi wina yemwe mlongo wake wa pakati adaphedwa ndi bomba anamuuza mtolankhani kuti, "Sindikutha kutenga chithunzichi m'maganizo anga kuti mwana wake amachotsedwa kunja kwa thupi lake." M'malo moyembekezera kuti anthu achoke m'nyumba, US Marines anathamangitsidwa m'nyumba ndi matanki ndi rocket-launchers, ndipo anamaliza ntchito ndi bulldozers, Israeli kalembedwe. Anagwiritsanso ntchito phosphorous woyera kwa anthu, omwe adasungunuka. Iwo anawononga milatho, masitolo, masiskiti, sukulu, ma libraries, maofesi, ma sitima, magalimoto a magetsi, zomera zothandizira madzi, ndi zina zonse za kayendedwe ka ukhondo ndi maulendo. Ichi chinali chiwonongeko. Makampani owonetsedwa ndi ogwidwa omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito akugwirizana nawo onse.
Patadutsa chaka chotsatira kuzungulira kwachiwiri, ndipo mzindawu unasandulika kukhala ndende yowonekera pamabwinja, ogwira ntchito ku Fallujah General Hospital anaona kuti chinachake chinali cholakwika. Panali zochititsa chidwi - zoopsa kuposa Hiroshima - kuwonjezeka kwa khansa, kubadwa kumene, kusokonekera, komanso kusanamwalire. Mwana anabadwa ali ndi mitu iwiri, wina ali ndi diso limodzi pakati pamphumi pake, wina ndi miyendo yowonjezera. Kodi ndi gawo lanji la mlandu wa izi, ngati zilipo, zimakhala zofiira, ndi chiyani chomwe chingawononge uranium, chomwe chingapangitse zida za uranium, zomwe mungatsegule maenje oyaka moto, ndi zida zina zotani, palibe kukayika kuti kutsogolera kwa US Nkhondo Yothandizira ndiyo chifukwa.
Incubators anabwera bwalo lonse. Kuchokera ku mabodza onena za Iraq, kuchotsa ana kuchokera ku makina osokoneza bongo (mwa njira inayake) yowonetsera nkhondo yoyamba ya Gulf, kupyolera mu mabodza onena za zida zoletsedwa kuti (mwa njira ina) zowonjezera kuopsa kwauchigawenga cha Shock ndi Awe, tidafika ku zipinda zodzaza ndi makanda olemala mwamsanga kufa chifukwa cha kumasulidwa kwabwino.
Boma lachitatu la boma la Iraq la ku Iraq linakhazikitsidwa ku 2014-2016, ndi nkhani yatsopano kwa Akumadzulo okhudza ISIS kulamulira Fallujah. Apanso, anthu wamba anaphedwa ndipo zomwe zinatsala mumzindawu zinawonongedwa. Fallujah delenda ndi ndithudi. Izi ISIS zinatuluka zaka khumi zowonongeka kwa dziko la United States zomwe zinagwidwa ndi boma la Iraq kuphedwa kwa Sunnis.
Kupyolera mwa izi zonse, ndithudi, United States inali kutsogolera dziko - kupyolera mu kuwotchedwa kwa mafuta nkhondozo zinagonjetsedwa, pakati pa zizoloŵezi zina - osati kutulutsa osati Fallujah chabe, koma ambiri a Middle East, otentha kwambiri kwa anthu khalanimo. Tangoganizani kukwiya pamene anthu omwe akuthandiza munthu wina monga Joe Biden yemwe adagwira ntchito yofunikira kwambiri kuwononga Iraq (ndipo sangathe kukhumudwa imfa ya mwana wake wamwamuna kuchokera ku maenje otentha, kuphatikizapo imfa ya Fallujah). palibe aliyense ku Middle East amene akuyamikira kuti kugwa kwa nyengoyi kwasintha. Ndi pamene azondi atsimikiza kuti atiuza omwe ali enieni enieni ali m'nkhaniyi.
