Wolemba Sherrill Hogen, Greenfield Recorder, January 17, 2023
Amuna makumi atatu amwalira kuyambira pomwe adatulutsidwa ndikumasulidwa kundende ya Guantanamo. Anafa ndi chiyani? Kodi iwo anali kuti? Kodi alipo amene akudziwa? Kodi ife kuno ku US kusamala? Kodi sanali “oipitsitsa” amene anakonza chiwembu cha 9/11?
Boma lathu, kupyolera mu maulamuliro anayi, likanatipangitsa ife kuiwala amuna awa, ndi kuiwala amuna 35 achisilamu omwe adakali m'ndende ku Guantanamo. Angatichititse kuti tiyiwale zinthu zambiri za Guantanamo zomwe zikanawululira mfundo zankhanza komanso zopanda chilungamo zowononga anthu kuti athandizire Nkhondo Yachigawenga.
Ndinali ku Washington, DC monga membala wa Mboni Yotsutsa Chizunzo kutsutsa chikondwerero cha 21 cha kutsegulidwa kwa Guantanamo, ndipo ndili ndi mafunso.
Kodi tikufunika Nkhondo Yachigawenga? Ambiri aife timaganiza choncho, kuti tiyankhe 9/11, kuteteza United States. Koma, kodi inayenera kukhala nkhondo yankhondo? Kodi zidayenera kulunjika amuna achisilamu? Kodi zidayenera kuyambitsa Islamophobia yobisika? Mafunso ambiri. Ndiye mayankho owona ochepa. Koma tili ndi mfundo zina.
Ndende ya Guantanamo, kunja kwa malire a US, pachilumba cha Cuba, inalandira akaidi ake oyambirira pa Jan. 11, 2002. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, amuna ndi anyamata achisilamu a 779 akhala akumangidwa kumeneko, pafupifupi onse popanda kuimbidwa mlandu kapena kuweruzidwa pamlandu, pafupifupi. onse anamasulidwa pambuyo pa zaka za m’ndende kotero kuti kwatsala 35 okha. 35. Ndithu, iwo 2021 Ali olakwa Pachinthu. Koma ayi. Makumi awiri aiwo adaloledwanso kuti amasulidwe, kuyambira February XNUMX, akadali otsekeredwa - akudikirira.
Kumasulidwa kumatanthauza kuti dziko lina lachitatu liyenera kuwachotsa m'manja mwathu, chifukwa ife, omwe takhala tikuwazunza kwa zaka 20, timakana kuwatenga, mwa dongosolo la Congress. Pamene a US akupempha ndi kupereka ziphuphu maiko ena kuti alandire amunawa, amunawo amakhala m'maselo awo ndikudikirira, motero amatalikitsa ululu wosadziwa ngati ufulu udzabwera kapena liti.
Komabe, ufulu sunatsimikizike kukhala waufulu. Kupatulapo anthu 30 omwe tawatchulawa amene amwalira chichokereni pamene anamasulidwa, ena mazanamazana agwidwa m’chimake, opanda pasipoti, opanda ntchito, opanda chithandizo chamankhwala kapena inshuwalansi, ndi opanda kukumananso ndi mabanja awo! Ena ali m’mayiko amene salankhula chinenerocho; ena amapezedwa ngati Gitmo wakale, ngati iwo anali anapalamula mlandu.
Tili ndi ngongole yanji kwa amuna awa? - pakuti iwo ndi amuna, anthu monga ife, oyenerera ulemu ndi chisamaliro. (Tinazunza ena mwa iwo m'njira zonyansa kwambiri, koma chowonadi chimenecho nachonso chabisika muchinsinsi cha Senate "Lipoti lachizunzo"). Ngati mukuganiza kuti tili ndi ngongole yokonza zizindikiro, mutha kuthandiza kudzera mu Guantanamo Survivors Fund. (www.nogitmos.org)
Kuwulura kwathunthu: Amuna khumi mwa amuna 35 ku Guantanamo lero ayimbidwa mlandu, koma kuvomereza kwawo kunapezedwa pozunzidwa ndipo motero akufunsidwa. Amuna awiri azengedwa mlandu ndikuweruzidwa. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, omwe amatchedwa, omwe amadzitcha kuti ndiye mtsogoleri wa zigawenga za 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, ndi anzake anayi omwe adagwirizana nawo, onse ku Guantanamo ali m'ndende zankhondo monga ena onse, sanazengerezedwe. Kodi izi zikuwoneka ngati dongosolo la makhothi lomwe likugwira ntchito? Kodi iyi ndiyo njira yowonongera chuma chathu, pamtengo wa $14 miliyoni pa mkaidi aliyense pachaka?
Tisaiwale Guantanamo, koma m'malo mwake tigwire ntchito yothetsa. Ndi mbali ya ndondomeko yolakwika, yachiwawa, yankhanza ya boma lathu. Ndi udindo wathu. Tiyeni tipange machitidwe abwino omwe ali ophatikizana komanso ozikidwa pa chilungamo kwa onse. Guantanamo si choncho.
Sherrill Hogen, membala wa Witness Against Torture, No More Guantanamos, ndi World BEYOND War, amakhala ku Charlemont.
