Wolemba Ed Horgan, World BEYOND War, January 25, 2023
Mlandu wa anthu awiri olimbikitsa mtendere, Edward Horgan ndi Dan Dowling, watha lero ku Circuit Criminal Court mu Parkgate Street, Dublin pambuyo pa mlandu womwe unatenga masiku khumi.
Pafupifupi zaka 6 zapitazo pa 25th April 2017, omenyera mtendere awiriwa anamangidwa ku Shannon Airport ndipo anaimbidwa mlandu wowononga milandu polemba graffiti pa ndege ya US Navy. Adayimbidwanso mlandu wophwanya lamulo la Shannon Airport. Mawu akuti “Ngozi Yowopsa Musawuluke” analembedwa ndi cholembera chofiira pa injini ya ndege yankhondo. Inali imodzi mwa ndege ziwiri za US Navy zomwe zidafika ku Shannon kuchokera ku Oceana Naval Air Station ku Virginia. Pambuyo pake adawulukira ku bwalo la ndege la US ku Persian Gulf atakhala mausiku awiri ku Shannon.
Detective Sergeant anapereka umboni pamlanduwo kuti zolemba zolembedwa pa ndegeyo sizinawononge ndalama. Zambiri ngati sizomwe zidachotsedwapo ndegeyo isananyamukenso kupita ku Middle East.
Kuwongolera chilungamo kunali kwanthawi yayitali pankhaniyi. Kuwonjezera pa kuzenga mlandu kwa masiku khumi ku Dublin kunakhudza oimbidwa mlanduwo ndi oimira boma awo kukakhala nawo pamilandu yokwana 25 ku Ennis Co Clare ndi ku Dublin.
Polankhula mlanduwu utatha, mneneri wa Shannonwatch adati "Asitikali aku US opitilira mamiliyoni atatu adutsa pa Shannon Airport kuyambira 2001 panjira yopita kunkhondo zosaloledwa ku Middle East. Izi zikuphwanya malamulo a dziko la Ireland osalowerera ndale komanso malamulo apadziko lonse okhudza kusalowerera ndale.”
Umboni unaperekedwa kukhothi kuti Shannon Airport yagwiritsidwanso ntchito ndi CIA kuti ithandizire pulogalamu yake yomasulira yodabwitsa yomwe idapangitsa kuti akaidi mazanamazana azunzike. Edward Horgan anapereka umboni wakuti asilikali a US ndi CIA amagwiritsa ntchito Shannon analinso kuphwanya malamulo aku Ireland kuphatikizapo Geneva Conventions (Amendments) Act, 1998, ndi Criminal Justice (UN Convention Against Torture) Act, 2000. Zinanenedwa kuti pa Kuzengedwa kochepera 38 kwa omenyera mtendere kudachitika kuyambira 2001 pomwe palibe kuimbidwa mlandu kapena kufufuza koyenera komwe kudachitika chifukwa chophwanya malamulo aku Ireland omwe tawatchulawa.
Mwina umboni wofunikira kwambiri womwe unaperekedwa pamlanduwo unali chikwatu cha masamba 34 chomwe chili ndi mayina a ana pafupifupi 1,000 omwe anamwalira ku Middle East. Izi zidanyamulidwa ku eyapoti ndi a Edward Horgan ngati umboni wa chifukwa chomwe adalowa. Inali gawo la pulojekiti yotchedwa Naming the Children yomwe Edward ndi ena olimbikitsa mtendere anali kuchita kuti alembe ndikulemba mndandanda wa ana okwana miliyoni imodzi omwe anamwalira chifukwa cha nkhondo za US ndi NATO ku Middle East. East kuyambira nkhondo yoyamba ya Gulf mu 1991.
Edward Horgan adawerenga ena mwa mayina a ana omwe adaphedwa pamndandandawu pomwe adapereka umboni, kuphatikiza mayina a ana a 10 omwe adaphedwa patangotsala miyezi itatu kuti achitepo zamtendere mu Epulo 2017.
Tsoka ili linachitika pa 29th Januware 2017 pomwe Purezidenti watsopano wa US Trump adalamula gulu lankhondo lapadera la US Navy Seals kuwukira mudzi wa Yemeni, womwe udapha anthu opitilira 30 kuphatikiza Nawar al Awlaki yemwe abambo ake ndi mchimwene wake adaphedwa pakumenya koyambirira kwa US ku Yemen. .
Zomwe zidalembedwa mufodayi ndi ana 547 aku Palestine omwe adaphedwa pakuwukira kwa Israeli ku 2014 ku Gaza.
Edward anaŵerenga mayina a magulu anayi a ana amapasa amene anaphedwa pa zigawenga zimenezi. Chiwawa chimodzi chomwe chidalembedwa muumboni wake chinali zigawenga zomwe zidaphulitsa bomba zomwe zidachitika pafupi ndi Aleppo pa 15 Epulo 2017, patangotsala masiku khumi kuti achite zamtendere ku Shannon pomwe ana osachepera 80 adaphedwa mowopsa. Zinali nkhanzazi zomwe zinalimbikitsa Edward ndi Dan kuti achitepo kanthu mwamtendere chifukwa anali ndi zifukwa zomveka zoyesera kuti aletse kugwiritsa ntchito Shannon Airport pa nkhanza zoterezi ndipo potero kuteteza miyoyo ya anthu ena makamaka. ana akuphedwa ku Middle East.
A Jury a amuna asanu ndi atatu ndi akazi anayi adavomereza zonena zawo kuti adachita ndi zifukwa zovomerezeka. Woweruza Martina Baxter adapatsa otsutsawo phindu la Probation Act pa mlandu wa Trespass, pokhapokha avomereza kuti akhale omangidwa ku Mtendere kwa miyezi 12 ndikupereka ndalama zambiri ku Co Clare Charity.
Onse omenyera mtendere anena kuti alibe vuto kukhala "omangidwa ku mtendere" ndikupereka thandizo ku zachifundo.
Panthawiyi, pamene mlanduwu unali ku Dublin, kubwerera ku Shannon Airport, thandizo la Ireland pa nkhondo zomwe zikuchitika ku US ku Middle East zinali kupitirira. Lolemba 23 Januware, gulu lalikulu lankhondo laku US C17 Globemaster nambala yolembetsa ndege 07-7183 idawonjezeredwa ku Shannon Airport kuchokera ku McGuire Air base ku New Jersey. Kenako idapita ku bwalo la ndege ku Jordan Lachiwiri ndikuyimitsa mafuta ku Cairo.
Kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika kwankhondo kwa Shannon kukupitilirabe.
