Wolemba Fintan Bradshaw, Znetwork, January 25, 2023
The Shannon Stopover
January 11th, 2023 idakhala 21st chikumbutso cha kutsegulidwa kwa ndende ya Guantanamo Bay. Ndende akukhalabe akaidi 35 zikuyimira chitsanzo chodabwitsa cha kulephera kwa malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi kuteteza amuna omwe akubedwa ndikukokedwa padziko lonse lapansi. ndege zoperekera kuti 'abise' malo ozunza padziko lonse lapansi. Zina mwa ndege zowonetsera zidadutsa Ndege ya Shannon ku Ireland. Ngakhale dziko la Ireland likunena kuti sililowerera ndale, boma lalola kuti ndege zankhondo zaku America zigwiritse ntchito bwalo la ndege la Shannon ngati malo oimapo, kukana kusaka ndege m'malo mwake kunyalanyaza kumasulira kwa anthu osawerengeka. Pamodzi ndi izi asitikali aku US atha kugwiritsa ntchito Shannon kunyamula asitikali ndi zida zambiri kudzera ku Ireland ndikupita kunkhondo ku Iraq ndi kwina ku Middle East. Kuyambira 2002 akuti pafupifupi 3 miliyoni US asilikali adutsa Shannon.
Irish Resistance
January 11th 2023 idawonetsanso chiyambi cha mlandu yomwe ndi gawo la mbiri yakale yaku Ireland yokana nkhondo yolimbana ndi kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwankhondo kosaloledwa kwa eyapoti ya Shannon komanso kukhudzidwa kwa Ireland pankhondo zosaloledwa ndi boma komanso kumasulira kodabwitsa. Ed Horgan ndi Dan Dowling's adadikirira kwa nthawi yayitali kuti ayesedwe kulowa mu eyapoti ya Shannon ndikujambula zithunzi - ZOYANG'ANIRA ZOYANG'ANIRA MUSAwuluke pandege yankhondo yaku US. Patha zaka zoposa 25 kuchokera pa XNUMXth Epulo 2017 pomwe Ed ndi Dan adamangidwa pa eyapoti ya Shannon.
Pa nthawiyo Ed anali wotchulidwa pofotokoza kuti zochita zawo "zinali mbali ya zionetsero zodziwitsa anthu - kudziwitsa anthu kuti ndife okhudzidwa, ndipo a gardaí [apolisi aku Ireland] sakusaka ndege zankhondo zaku US ndipo ayenera kutero. Sakugwira ntchito yawo, ndipo monga nzika ndikuona kuti ndikuyenera kuwathandiza kuchita zimenezi.”
Pamene Ed anamangidwa anapatsa gardaí ndandanda ya masamba 35 yokhala ndi mayina a ana 1000 amene anaphedwa m’mikangano ya ku United States ku Middle East. Iye anati, "Mndandanda wonse, mwatsoka, ndi ana miliyoni imodzi kuyambira 1991. Ngati mukufuna chilimbikitso changa, ndikupha ana ku Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan ndi Yemen".
Mlanduwo utatsala pang'ono kutha Ed Horgan adapita ku bokosi la umboni kuti apereke umboni ndikuwunikidwa ndi omwe akuzenga mlandu. Izi zidathetsa chitetezo Lolemba 23rd ya Jan. Lero woweruza amaliza kufotokoza mwachidule mlanduwo ndikupereka malangizo kwa oweruza. Oweruza apuma pantchito kuti akambirane chigamulo chomwe chingakhale madzulo ano kapena mawa Lachitatu 25.th wa Jan.
Ed ndi Dan, pakali pano pamaso pa khothi, ali m'gulu la anthu ochita ziwonetsero agogo, oimira osankhidwa Clare Daly ndi Mick Wallace, Asilikali ankhondo aku US Ken Mayers ndi Tarak Kauff ndi zochita zozikidwa pa chikhulupiriro monga zomwe zachitika Dave Donnelan ndi Colm Roddy ndipo makamaka ndi Zolima za Pitstop. The 20th chikumbutso cha zochita za Plowshares chikubwera pa February 3rd . Opitilira 38 omenyera mtendere awumbidwa pochita zamtendere zopanda chiwawa pa Shannon Airport kuti awulule ndikuyesera kuletsa kuyanjana kwa Ireland pamilandu yankhondo.
Ed ndi Dan amathandizidwa ndi omenyera nkhondo padziko lonse lapansi. Kathy Kelly, yemwe akukonza masewerawa The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, adafotokozanso za mlandu wa Pitstop Plowshares,
'Bambo. Brendan Nix, wolankhula bwino komanso woyimira milandu, woyimilira Pitstop PlowshareOmenyera nkhondo omwe, masiku angapo US isanayambe kuphulitsa bomba ku Iraq mu 2003, adayimitsa ndege yankhondo ya US Navy yomwe idayimitsidwa pa phula la Shannon Airport. M’mawu ake omalizira, a Nix analankhula ku khoti lonse kuti: “Funso nlakuti, ‘Kodi asanu ameneŵa anali ndi chifukwa chomveka chochitira zimene anachita? Funso ndilakuti, 'chowiringula chathu chotani kuti tisachite zambiri?' Inu mudzauka chiyani?
Ed Horgan ndi Dan Dowling akwera pang'onopang'ono pazovuta zochotsa usilikali ku eyapoti ya Shannon, kufuna kuti boma la Ireland lilemekeze Constitution yake ndikuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito bwalo la ndege la Shannon kunyamula zida, kapena ankhondo, kapena anthu omwe akuyenera kuzunzidwa m'maiko ena. Anthu aku Ireland ali bwino chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwa Dan ndi Ed komanso kulimba mtima. Dziko likanakhala bwino ngati anthu ku Ireland apanga ntchito yaikulu pabwalo la ndege la Shannon, kutsutsa zamanyazi zogwiritsa ntchito ngati Pitstop ya nkhondo za US.
Ed posachedwapa analemba kuti pamene akudutsa m’bwalo la maseŵero kumene ana akuseŵera mosangalala, amamva bwino kwambiri za ana amene ali amasiye, olumala, othaŵa kwawo kapena ophedwa ndi nkhondo, kulikonse. Ed ndi Dan sali zigawenga, koma mlandu wawo umadzutsa mafunso ofunika kwambiri okhudza upandu wophwanya uchete wolengezedwa wa Ireland potumikira ziwembu zankhanza za akazembe ankhondo.'
Membala wapano wa Nyumba Yamalamulo ku Europe komanso wotsutsa nkhondo wodziwika bwino a Clare Daly, yemwe adamangidwa ku Shannon, adawonetsa mgwirizano ndi Ed ndi Dan,
"Tikhala tikutsatira nkhaniyi mosamala kuchokera ku Brussels. Palibe kukayika kuti potengera momwe EU ikuchulukira zankhondo, yokhala ndi mfundo zakunja zogonjera NATO ndi US, kusalowerera ndale kwa Ireland ndichizindikiro chofunikira kwa ambiri. Ndikuphwanya nthawi zonse ndi maboma otsatizana kulola kugwiritsa ntchito Shannon tsiku lililonse ndi asitikali aku US popita kumalo ochitira masewera ankhondo ndi chamanyazi. Mkhalidwe wa Ed & Dan pankhani yamtendere ndi kusalowerera ndale ukufunika tsopano kuposa kale. ”
Ciaron O'Reilly, wantchito wachikatolika ndiponso membala wa gulu la Pitstop Plowshares, anali kukhoti ku Dublin pamene Ed anali kuchitira umboni. Pokumbukira zomwe adachita, adawonetsa chiyembekezo chamtsogolo kuti kupitilirabe kukana nkhondo monga momwe amachitira ndi zomwe Ed ndi Dan akuwonetsa kuti pali chiyembekezo kwa anthu.
"February 3. 2023 idzakhala chikumbutso cha 20th chachitetezo chathu cha zida za Pitstop Plowshares ku Shannon Airport komwe tidatha kuyimitsa ndege yankhondo yaku US panjira yopita ku Iraq ndikuitumiza ku Texas! Ndizowopsa kusinkhasinkha kuti ndi ma Iraqi & Afghani angati omwe adaphedwa ndi zida ndi asitikali omwe adadutsa ku Ireland kuyambira pomwe tidachita ku Shannon. Zochita ngati za Ed & Dan, kumene anthu amaika ufulu wawo pamaso pa makhoti pokana chiwawa, ndi chimodzi mwa magwero ochepa a chiyembekezo kwa banja la anthu.”
Chiyembekezo ichi ndi chimodzi chomwe chiyenera kulimbikitsidwa ndi kusamaliridwa ngati tikufuna kukumana ndi vuto lomwe likubwera la kusintha kwa nyengo, kupewa kuwonongeka kwa nyukiliya komanso kupewa mikangano yoopsa chifukwa cha zinthu zomwe zikusowa kuti tikhale ndi mwayi wokhala ndi tsogolo labwino kwa ana a 2017 ndi kupitilira apo zomwe Ed ndi Dan adafuna kuteteza.
