Wolemba Robert Mills, LowellSun
WILMINGTON - Gulu la anthu pafupifupi 30 adachita ziwonetsero kunja kwa Textron Weapon ndi Sensor Systems ku Wilmington Lachitatu, kuyitanitsa kutha kwa kampani yopanga mabomba amagulu, makamaka kuti athetse kugulitsa kwawo ku Saudi Arabia.
Massachusetts Peace Action ndi mpingo wa a Quaker ochokera ku Cambridge adatsogolera ziwonetserozi, pomwe okonza akuti mpaka 10 peresenti yamagulu amagulu ankhondo amakhalabe osaphulika atagwiritsidwa ntchito, ndikuyika chiopsezo chachikulu kwa anthu wamba, ana ndi nyama zomwe zili m'malo ankhondo.
Human Rights Watch idadzudzula Saudi Arabia kuti idagwiritsa ntchito zida zolimbana ndi anthu wamba ku Yemen mu 2015, zomwe boma la Saudi limatsutsa.
Mabomba a Cluster ndi zida zomwe zimabalalitsa mabomba ang'onoang'ono ambiri pa chandamale. Ma Sensor Fuzed Weapons opangidwa ndi Textron amapangidwa ndi "dispenser" yomwe ili ndi ma submunitions 10, ndi gawo lililonse la 10 lomwe lili ndi zida zinayi zankhondo, malinga ndi chikalata choperekedwa ndi wolankhulira kampani.
"Ndi chida choopsa kwambiri," anatero John Bach, m'modzi mwa okonza ziwonetsero komanso wansembe wa Quaker yemwe amalambira m'nyumba yochitira misonkhano ku Cambridge.
Bach adati zida zosaphulika kuchokera ku zida zamagulu ndizowopsa kwambiri kwa ana, omwe amatha kuzitola chifukwa cha chidwi.
"Ana ndi nyama zikuwomberabe miyendo," adatero Bach.
Massoudeh Edmond, wa ku Arlington, adati akukhulupirira kuti "ndizolakwa kwambiri" kuti zida zoterezi zimagulitsidwa ku Saudi Arabia.
“Tonse tikudziwa kuti Saudi Arabia ikuphulitsa mabomba anthu wamba, choncho sindikudziwa chifukwa chake tikuwagulitsira chilichonse,” anatero Edmond.
Textron, yemwe ndi yekhayo amene amapanga mabomba ophatikizika ku United States, akuti ochita ziwonetsero akusokoneza zida zawo za Sensor Fuzed Weapons ndi mitundu yakale ya mabomba apagulu omwe anali otetezeka kwambiri.
Mneneri wa kampaniyo adapereka kope la op-ed lofalitsidwa mu Providence Journal koyambirira kwa chaka chino, pomwe CEO Scott Donnelly adalankhula zotsutsa zida za Providence.
Donnelly adati ngakhale mitundu yakale yamabomba am'magulu adagwiritsa ntchito zida zomwe sizinaphulike mpaka 40 peresenti ya nthawiyo, Zida za Textron's Sensor Fuzed Weapons ndizotetezeka kwambiri komanso zolondola.
Donnelly adalemba kuti mabomba atsopanowa ali ndi masensa kuti azindikire zomwe akufuna, komanso kuti zida zilizonse zomwe sizigunda chandamale zimatha kudziwononga zokha kapena kudzipangira zida zikagunda pansi.
Tsamba lowona la Textron likuti Sensor Fuzed Weapons ikufunika ndi dipatimenti yachitetezo kuti ipangitse zida zosaphulika za 1 peresenti.
"Timamvetsetsanso ndikugawana chikhumbo chofuna kuteteza anthu wamba m'malo onse omenyera nkhondo," adatero Donnelly.
Bach akuimba mlandu Textron kuti ananama za mlingo umene mabomba amakhalabe osaphulika, komanso za chitetezo chawo, ponena kuti ngakhale zida zochepa zimakhalabe zoopsa m'ma laboratory, palibe zochitika za labotale pankhondo.
"Mu chifunga chankhondo, kulibe ma labu ndipo sizidziwononga nthawi zonse," adatero. "Pali chifukwa chake dziko lonse kupatula US, Saudi Arabia ndi Israel aletsa kugwiritsa ntchito zida zamagulu."
Quaker wina, Warren Atkinson, wa ku Medford, analongosola mabomba a maguluwo kukhala “mphatso imene ikupitiriza kupereka.”
"Tikachoka ku Afghanistan, ana adzakhala akutaya manja ndi miyendo," adatero Atkinson. "Ndipo tikuyenera kuwathandiza."
Bach adati kuwonjezera pa zionetsero za Lachitatu, a Quaker akhala akuchita utumiki wopembedza pamaso pa malowa Lamlungu lachitatu la mwezi uliwonse kwa zaka zoposa zisanu ndi chimodzi tsopano.
Ngakhale ambiri mwa ochita ziwonetsero adachokera kumwera kwa Wilmington, munthu m'modzi wa ku Lowell analipo.
"Ndili pano monga munthu wokhala ndi uthenga wofunikira kuti tiletse zida zankhondo, ndipo tikuyenera kuganizira za momwe zida zathu zimakhudzira anthu wamba padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka kumalo ngati Yemen komwe Saudis. tikugwiritsa ntchito zida zathu nthawi zonse," adatero Garret Kirkland, wa ku Lowell.
Cole Harrison, mkulu wa bungwe la Massachusetts Peace Action, adati gululi likukakamiza a Senators Elizabeth Warren ndi Edward Markey kuti athandizire kusintha kwa malamulo a chitetezo cha Senate omwe angaletse kugulitsa mabomba a magulu ku Saudi Arabia.
Pamlingo waukulu, gululi likukakamizanso US kuti igwirizane ndi mayiko ena opitilira 100 omwe alowa nawo Pangano la Cluster Munitions, lomwe limaletsa kupanga, kugwiritsa ntchito, kusunga ndi kusamutsa zida zilizonse zamagulu.
