Tariq Aziz, Prime Minister wakale wa Iraq wamwalira. Zaka khumi ndi ziwiri zakuzunzika kundende zaku Iraq zatha ndipo atha kupumula mwamtendere. Osachita bwino, atachotsedwa chithandizo chokwanira chachipatala ndikusiyidwa ndi mayiko akunja, adagwidwa ndi maboma a Iraq pambuyo pa kuukira kosaloledwa kwa Iraq ndi maboma a US ndi UK ku 2003. Tariq Aziz ankafunika ndi ulamuliro wovutikira monga chizindikiro cha chigonjetso. atalandira dziko lowonongedwa pambuyo pa zaka zolangidwa ndi kulephera kugwira ntchito.
Zilibe kanthu kwa ife kuti mawu athu achisoni ndi ulemu kwa Tariq Aziz - mtsogoleri m'masiku ambiri amdima m'dziko lake - adzagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi ena kutinyoza ife chifukwa chogwirizana ndi ulamuliro wankhanza.
Tariq Aziz anatichititsa chidwi mobwerezabwereza ndi kudzipereka kwake komwe adagwirizana ndi United Nations pamene tinkatumikira nthawi zosiyanasiyana monga ogwirizanitsa ntchito za UN ku Baghdad. Khama lake losatha poletsa nkhondo ya 2003 silidzaiwalika. Anali mphunzitsi wovuta koma wodalirika kwambiri yemwe popanda kuyankha kokwanira kwa UN Security Council pakuzunzika kwa anthu ku Iraq kukanakhala ndi zotsatira zoyipa kwambiri.
Tili ndi lingaliro labwino momwe masikelo a chilungamo angayankhire zikadakhala zotheka kuwerengera kuchuluka kwa zolakwa zomwe anthu aku Iraq adapereka kuchokera ku Iraq ndi kunja.
M’zaka zapitazi, tinkayembekezera kuti atsogoleri otchuka adzaona kuti ndi udindo wawo kuona kuti Tariq Aziz, yemwe ndi mkulu wa boma yemwe akudwala komanso wachikulire, aloledwa kukhala ndi moyo masiku ake otsiriza motonthoza banja lake. Tinalakwitsa. Tidapempha mlembi wakale wa boma wa US, James Baker, yemwe adatsogolera limodzi ndi Tariq Aziz pazokambirana za Geneva za 1991 ku Iraq, kuti athandizire kuyitanidwa kwa chifundo kwa mnzake wakale. Baker anakana kukhala mtsogoleri wa boma. Tinkayembekezeranso kumva mawu a Papa kwa mkhristu mnzathu Tariq Aziz kutsatira kulumikizana kwathu ndi nduna ya zakunja ya Holy See. Vatican anakhalabe wosalankhula. Atsogoleri ena ku Ulaya ndi kwina kulikonse ankakonda kukhala chete kusiyana ndi chifundo.
Ngakhale bungwe lathu lomwe, bungwe la United Nations, silingathe kulimba mtima kufuna kuchitiridwa zinthu mwachilungamo kwa munthu amene bungweli linamudziwa kwa zaka zambiri ngati woteteza ufulu wa Iraq.
Pamene nthawi ikupita, tili otsimikiza kuti Tariq Aziz adzakumbukiridwa mowonjezereka ngati mtsogoleri wamphamvu yemwe adayesetsa kuteteza kukhulupirika kwa Iraq ku zovuta zonse zomwe zili m'dziko lake komanso kuti asasokonezedwe ndi andale odzikonda okha.
Hans-C. von Sponeck ndi Denis J. Halliday,
Othandizira Alembi Akuluakulu a UN & Ogwirizanitsa a UN Humanitarian Coordinators ku Iraq (ret.) (1997-2000) Müllheim (Germany) ndi Dublin (Ireland)
Yankho Limodzi
Wokondedwa Hans ndi Denis,
Zikomo chifukwa cha lipotili komanso ndemanga zanu zanzeru komanso zowona. Ndimakumbukira bwino nthawi iyi ya mbiri yakale komanso njira yolemekezeka yomwe Tariq adayendera zovuta zosiyanasiyana zapadziko lonse lapansi. Ndidamva koyamba za Tariq Asis pomwe amalankhula pa teleconference yokonzedwa ndi World Beyond War kumbuyo mu 1990s. Ndinachita chidwi kwambiri pamenepo. Iye analidi wothandiza anthu ndipo ndinaganiza kuti zinali zamanyazi momwe iye anachitidwira pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Saddam Hussein ndi mayiko. Zowonadi zonyansa.
Ndinali m'modzi mwa omwe adakonza bungwe la Uniting for Peace Coalition lomwe lidayitanitsa UN General Assembly kuti achite msonkhano wadzidzidzi pavuto la Iraq ku 2003 lomwe nonse munathandizira. Zikomo kwambiri. Ndizoipa kwambiri kuti palibe atsogoleri andale ambiri ngati inu. Titha kuletsa kuukira kosaloledwa kwa US ndi kuwukira ku Iraq kusanayambe.
Nthawi ina ngakhale ngati simulandira yankho ku ndondomeko ngati iyi kuchokera ku ndale zomwe zilipo, chonde bwerani ku mabungwe a anthu kuti mudzagwire ntchito nafe kudzera m'magulu monga AVAAZ, IPB, UFPJ, ndi zina zotero kuyesa kudziwitsa anthu komanso kuthandizira kwambiri kuchitira anthu ngati Tariq Aziz - ngwazi ya anthu enieni.
Zikomo,
Rob Wheeler
Wolimbikitsa Mtendere ndi Woimira UN
robwheeler22 @ gmail.com