Yemen: Nkhondo Yomwe Siikuchitika Ngakhale Pamene Ikuchitika

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Kuwongolera nkhani ndi kupotoza zenizeni ndizo zida zamphamvu kwambiri m'manja mwa mphamvu. Iwo akhoza kupangitsa chenicheni chonse kutha.

Mwachitsanzo, Yemen.

Mwana amamwalira ku Yemen mphindi khumi zilizonse chifukwa cha zinthu zomwe zingathe kupewedwa, UNICEF inanena mu June. Imfazi ndi gawo limodzi chabe la tsoka lothandizira anthu, pakati pa zoopsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikizapo mliri wa kolera womwe ukufalikira, komwe umboni wa anthu ambiri akumadzulo a Goebbelist akuwonetsa kuti ndi ogontha, osalankhula, ndi akhungu.

Komabe, zambiri zimapezeka. Pali zopatula apo ndi apo pa chiwembu chokhala chete mu boma ndi atolankhani. Sabata ya Julayi 10, Ngwachikwanekwane lofalitsidwa mu gawo la "Mawu" pempho la Wael Ibrahim, wogwira ntchito ku Yemen:

"Zitenga zaka kuti tikonzenso zida zilizonse zachipatala, ndikuyatsanso magetsi mumzinda [Sana'a]. Tikufuna anthu ambiri kuti alankhule za Yemen. "

Saudi Arabia, mothandizidwa ndi US ndi Britain, idayamba kuphulitsa mabomba ku Yemen, dziko losauka kwambiri m'derali, pa 23 Marichi 2015-popanda chigamulo cha Security Council, monga momwe zakhalira mwambo woyambitsa nkhondo zakumadzulo kuyambira Nkhondo ya Kosovo ya Bill Clinton ya 1999 (kuphulika kwa bomba. ku Serbia).

Cholinga cha Anglo-American kuthandizira kuukira kwa Saudi chinali kubwezeretsa boma la Yemen lothandizidwa ndi US la Purezidenti Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, lomwe linathawira ku Saudi Arabia mokakamizidwa ndi zigawenga za Houthi Shia, zomwe zikutsutsidwa ndi United States. zigawenga zaku Iran, kapena, mosasamala, zothandizidwa ndi Iran.

Amagwedeza malingaliro kuti aganizire za malingaliro olakwika omwe amavomereza kuthandizira kwa United States chifukwa cha zipolowe (zabodza) ku Syria pamene Iran saloledwa kuthandizira Houthis ku Yemen, kumenyana ndi nkhondo yapachiweniweni yeniyeni, mosiyana ndi zomwe zimatchedwa Free. Asilikali aku Syria ndi magulu awo a 80% akunja a al-Qaeda ndi Isis adagwirizana ndi oukira dziko la Syria mu 2011.

Chinyengo cha ufumu, wina amati: kuthandiza opanduka pazochitika zina ndi boma lovomerezeka pamtundu wina.

Pachifukwa ichi - thandizo la Iran - a Saudis adatsekereza mlengalenga ndi madoko a Yemen kuti ayang'anire kutuluka kwa zida zankhondo zaku Iran kupita kwa zigawenga, ndikuwonjezera mbiri yankhondoyi mbiri yakuzunguliridwa kwachuma - mbiri yoyipa chifukwa kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa ozunzidwa. mwa njira iyi yozungulira dziko la Iran ndi anthu wamba, womwe ndi mwambo wina womwe umalemekezedwa ndi chisoni, chachinyengo Nkhondo Yowopsya.

Kutsekedwa kumayang'ananso "kuyenda" kwa chakudya ndi mankhwala ndi zofunikira zina zaumoyo, ndi zotsatira zowononga, monga momwe tidzaonera.

Ndi ochepa owona mtima omwe amakayikira kuti nkhondo ya ku Yemen, yoyambitsidwa ndi kayendetsedwe ka Obama ndi mabwenzi awo aang'ono a British mu nduna ya Cameron, ndi nkhondo ya ndondomeko yomwe cholinga chenicheni ndi Iran. Monga ku Iraq ku 2003, mgwirizano wa Britain ndi wofunika kwambiri chifukwa chokhala ndi nthawi yayitali mu "kuwongolera" madera akale monga Iraq ndi Yemen, pamene doko la Aden linali malo apakati komanso ofunikira kwambiri pamalonda oyendetsa British. ufumu, womwe unali magawo awiri mwa magawo atatu a dziko lapansi.

Ponena kuti Iran ikusokoneza chigawochi, motsutsana ndi umboni wa mbiri yakale ya kusokonezedwa ndi ziwawa za US & Co., mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko la Trump adati mu Januwale: "Kuyambira lero, tikudziwitsa Iran." Yemen, motero, ndi dziko lomvetsa chisoni lomwe silinakhazikitsidwe bwino ndi malo pakati pa Iran ndi zolinga zakumadzulo, kuphulitsidwa, kuzingidwa ndi chuma, ndalama zake zikugwa - njira zankhondo za Middle Ages.

Kuyambira March 2015, Yemenis 3.2 miliyoni achotsedwa; Anthu wamba 13,000 akhala ovulala (chiwerengero cha akuluakulu a UN); Ana 2 miliyoni sangathe kupita kusukulu; pafupifupi anthu 15 miliyoni alibe mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala.

October watha, bomba la Saudi linakantha maliro ku Sana'a, kupha anthu a 114 (m'malipoti ena, 140) ndi kuvulaza 613 mwa olira 750 pa kupha anthu wamba kumodzi kotereku kwa anthu ambiri - kuphatikizapo m'misika ndi m'misasa ya othawa kwawo - zomwe zinachititsa bungwe la United Nations. akatswiri kunena kuti Saudis anaphwanya malamulo mayiko, mwa zifukwa zina chifukwa iwo anaukira kawiri, pamene holo ya maliro akadali ovulazidwa kuukira koyamba, kupha ovulala ndi oyamba kuyankha. M'mwezi wa Marichi, ndege yaku Saudi idapha othawa kwawo aku 40 aku Somalia m'boti, akuthawa dziko lomwe lawonongedwa ndi nkhondo; posachedwapa msika pamalire a Saudi unagundidwa, kupha ana asanu ndi mmodzi.

Ndege zaku Saudi zawononga masukulu, zipatala, ndi zida zofunika kwambiri monga ma gridi amagetsi ndi madzi amapereka milandu yonse yolimbana ndi anthu komanso milandu yankhondo.

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KS Relief), yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi Mfumu Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud yomwe yangochoka kumene mu 2015, ikunena motsimikiza kuti Saudi Arabia "ilibe cholinga chopha anthu wamba." M'malo mwake, akufuna "kubwezeretsanso chifuniro cha anthu aku Yemeni, otengedwa mokakamiza" ndi zigawenga za Houthi.

KS Relief yalemba ntchito kampani ya British PR kuti ifalitse uthenga wabwino wokhudza thandizo la anthu la Saudi ku Yemen: "Tabwera kudzathandiza," Zowonadi, KS Relief yapereka ndalama zoposa $3 biliyoni zothandizira Yemen: chitukuko ku Yemen," KS Relief ikudzitamandira. Koma, ngakhale amakana, chithandizocho chimagawidwa kudzera m’zosefera zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo mabungwe a UN, okhala ndi ziletso zachinsinsi ponena za ndani, kuti, ndi liti. Mulimonsemo, kampeni ya "mitima ndi malingaliro" ku Yemen, ikuwoneka ngati yowopsa monga momwe zidakhalira kale pankhondo yaku America ku Vietnam: bomba loyamba, kenako perekani bandeji.

Andrew Smith, wa British Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), adanena Ngwachikwanekwane, thandizo la Saudi ku Yemen,

"Thandizo lililonse lomwe likuthandiza anthu liyenera kulandiridwa, koma chinthu chabwino kwambiri chomwe boma la Saudi lingachitire anthu aku Yemen ndikuletsa ntchito yankhanza yophulitsa mabomba yomwe yapha anthu masauzande ambiri ndikubweretsa mamiliyoni ku njala."

Mwa anthu 27 miliyoni ku Yemen, 20 miliyoni alibe chakudya, anjala mwanjira ina. Wael Ibrahim amatanthauza ziwerengero zomwe zatulutsidwa ndi UN ndi mabungwe ena:

“Pamene mkangano ukupitirira, ndikuwona umphaŵi ukuchulukirachulukira. Pali anthu 20 miliyoni omwe akufunika thandizo pagulu la anthu 27 miliyoni. Ndawonapo zinthu ngati njala monga ana okhala ndi mikwingwirima yofiyira m’tsitsi lawo – chizindikiro cha kusoŵa zakudya m’thupi, ndi chiŵerengero chochititsa mantha cha anthu m’malo odyetserako anthu achirengedwe.”

Komabe, sitimva phokoso lachiwonetsero chotsutsa kuzunzika kwakukulu kumeneku pakati pa anthu aku America - kumanzere kuphatikizirapo - komwe kumamveketsa mawu m'malo mwa ufulu wachibadwidwe pomwe komanso pomwe kuphwanya komwe akunenedwa kumagwirizana ndi zolinga zaku Western zosintha maulamuliro ndi ntchito.

Ndizodabwitsa kuti chifukwa chiyani akuluakulu sakulangiza atolankhani kuti apereke chilolezo chankhondo yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ku Yemen monga adachitira ku Libya ndi Syria kuti afotokoze zomwe akufuna. Kodi sangapeze “chiwanda” chodzutsa mkwiyo wolungama? Mtundu, umene ufulu wawo waumunthu ukuphwanyidwa moipitsitsa ndi “chiwanda”? N'chifukwa chiyani nkhondo ku Yemen ili mkangano wotsika kwambiri?

Ndikhululukireni kukayikira kwanga, koma kusakhalapo kodzilungamitsa kumamveka ngati mzimu womwe umakana kugwira ntchito yovutitsa. Mwinamwake, chinthu chochititsa manyazi kwambiri chingadziŵike kwa anthu. Mwinamwake mgwirizano wopindulitsa ukhoza kuwonongeka.

Mwinanso.

Makampani a zida zankhondo aku America ndi Britain amapindula ndi nkhondo ku Yemen-monga momwe amachitira, mosakayika, mamembala onse a mgwirizano wa NATO ndi kupitirira apo. Oyang'anira a Obama adagulitsa pamsika wapadziko lonse wa zida zankhondo zokwana $200 biliyoni pazaka zisanu ndi zitatu, kugulitsa zida zazikulu kwambiri zaku US kuyambira WW II-kupitilira $100 biliyoni kupita ku Saudi Arabia kokha. Ulamuliro wa a Trump wadzisiyanitsanso chifukwa chowonetsa zonyansa zaufumu wa satraps. Mu June, Nyumba Yamalamulo yaku US idavomereza (53 kwa; 47 motsutsana) Kugulitsa zida za Trump za Epulo 110 biliyoni ku Riyadh: $ 500 miliyoni mu zida zotsogozedwa bwino.

Mafakitale ankhondo ku Britain akuyenda bwino pakuvutika kwa Yemen. Bungwe la British Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) linanena kuti Wodziimirat mu Julayi:

"UK ili ndi chilolezo cha zida za £3.3 bn ku Saudi Arabia. Pakali pano, ndege zankhondo zaku UK zikuwulutsidwa ndi asitikali ophunzitsidwa ndi UK ndikuponya mabomba opangidwa ndi UK ku Yemen. Dziko la UK silimangoyang'ana pankhondoyi, ndikutenga nawo mbali. ”

"Othandizana nawo pamilandu" angandidziwitse zolondola: monga tafotokozera, boma la Britain likuphunzitsa asilikali a Saudi Air Force kuti awononge ndege ku Yemen, panthawi yomwe Theresa May akuletsa lipoti-kufufuza kwa Riyadh "zogwirizana ndi monyanyira." Oyendetsa ndege aku Saudi akuphunzitsidwa kuponya mabomba a magulu, "ndendende" m'malingaliro, opangidwa ndikugulitsidwa ndi Britain. Mabomba a Cluster ndi ma WMD ngati agwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo opezeka anthu wamba. Amaloledwa kokha kuvulaza ndi kupha asilikali a adani. Kukongola kwa nkhondo zaposachedwapa ndikuti "ankhondo" asanduka lingaliro losamvetsetseka. Kotero, chirichonse chimapita.

M'masiku angapo apitawa, Khothi Lalikulu la Britain lakana pempho la CAAT, likufuna kuti boma liyimitse kugulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito ku Yemen, "kudikirira kuwunika [koweruza] ngati malondawo akugwirizana ndi UK ndi EU. lamulo lotumiza zida zankhondo," monga Andrew Smith adalembera CAAT mu Ngwachikwanekwane, kutsatira kukana.

Zikuwoneka kuti zida zankhondo ndi zida zankhondo ku Saudi Arabia-ndege, helikopita, ma drones, mabomba ophatikizika, ndi zida zoponya - KODI zikuphwanya malamulo a Britain ndi European Union, apo ayi bwanji khothi likanira pempho la Judicial Review la mchitidwe wa boma?

Izi ndizopanda changu cha bungwe lakumadzulo pofuna kuteteza ufulu wa anthu kuti tizikumbukira chisankho choyipa ichi pamene tikukopeka ndi bloodhounds m'ma TV kuti tithandizire nkhondo zachinyengo za ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso wosankha padziko lonse lapansi ndi opanda mtima komanso mercenary paladins.

Kunena zowona, magawo awiri mwa atatu a anthu aku Britain amatsutsa kugulitsa zida ku Saudi Arabia. Jeremy Corbyn akugwirizana ndi ambiri, akutcha kulowererapo kwa mafumu a petro ku Yemen "kuukira," poyankhulana ndi Al Jezeera English.

Ngakhale kuti milandu ku Yemen ikunyalanyazidwa mwamphamvu ndi atolankhani ndikuthandizidwa mobisa ndi maboma, zotsatira zake zikuchulukirachulukira. Mliri wa kolera ukupha anthu ambiri. Munthu mmodzi pa ola limodzi akumwalira ndi matenda obwera ndi madzi. Wael Ibrahim akudandaula m'mawu ake Independent chidutswa:

"Izi ndizovuta zomwe zidayambitsa mliri wa kolera ku Yemen - ndiyenera kudziwa, ndimakhala kuno. M'misewu ya ku Sana'a muli zimbudzi zosayeretsedwa. Kuyendetsa galimoto pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege sindingathe kupuma chifukwa cha fungo loipa.”

Izi zili ndi mawu owopsa a zomwe zidachitika ku Iraq mzaka za m'ma 1990, pansi paulamuliro wolamulidwa ndi Bush wamkulu ndikupitilira Bill Clinton, kwa zaka khumi ndi zitatu. Pambuyo pophulitsa malo opangira madzi ku Iraq pa nthawi ya Gulf War, a US mogwira mtima (ndipo mwina mwadala) adayikapo poizoni m'madzimo povomereza kuitanitsa chlorine yoyeretsa. Monga momwe anthu amadziŵikiratu pofika pano, ana 500,000 osakwana zaka zisanu anafa. Secretary of State of Clinton, Madeleine Albright, adavomereza pa CBS kuti kufa kotereku kunali "koyenera." Zilango ku Iraq zidalengezedwa pa Ogasiti 6th, mwezi ndi tsiku la kuphulitsidwa kwa mabomba a nyukiliya ku Hiroshima mu 1945. Ambiri anaona zochitika zomvetsa chisoni zimenezi, akumatsutsa zilangozo monga bomba lachiŵiri la Hiroshima—panthaŵiyi linagwetsedwa ku Iraq.

Matenda a kolera, omwe amadziwika ndi kutsekula m'mimba mwamphamvu, amayamba chifukwa chakumwa madzi oipitsidwa ndi ndowe. Mliri ku Yemen unayamba kuwonekera mu Okutobala 2016, koma pakati pa Epulo ndi Juni 2017, kudakula. Malinga ndi United Nations 'World Health Organisation, 300,000 Yemenis ali kale ndi kachilomboka. Anthu 1,500 amwalira, 55% mwa iwo ndi ana. Zipatala zadzaza ndi odwala omwe akuwonetsa zizindikiro. Madzi aukhondo, zimbudzi, ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo—njira zodzitetezera ku mliri—zikusoŵa kwambiri.

Ndipo palibe amene akufunsabe, "Kodi zinali / zinali zoyenera?" Mwinamwake funso lidzabwera pambuyo pake, pamene kuwerengera akufa sikungawononge kupita patsogolo kwa upandu umenewo, womwe umadziwika kuti "ndondomeko yachilendo" ya United States ku "Middle East," mapu osamveka kwa okonza mapulani - osati gawo lomwe anthu amakhalamo ndipo adzavutika ndi mapulaniwo.

Ine? O, ndimatembenukira ku mabuku nditasowa chonena chifukwa cha mantha a zonsezi. Ndani ali bwino kuposa Sartre? Popanda ellipsis, yopangidwa, kuchokera mundime yayitali m'buku lake loyamba, nseru:

“Mseru mulibe mwa ine. Ine ndikumverera izo kunja uko. Ine ndiri mkati mwake. Ine ndikuzimverera izo kunja uko mu khoma, mu zoyimiritsa, paliponse pondizungulira ine. Chilombo? Carapace wamkulu? Anamira m'matope? Mapeya khumi ndi awiri a zikhadabo kapena zipsepse zikugwira ntchito pang'onopang'ono mumatope? Chilombocho chikuwuka. Pansi pa madzi.”

magwero

Lipoti la Wael Ibrahim pa kolera ku Yemen

http://www.independent.co.uk/author/wael-ibrahim

Britain imaphunzitsa oyendetsa ndege aku Saudi

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/saudi-arabia-yemen-conflict-bombing-latest-uk-training-pilots-alleged-war-crimes-a7375551.html

Nyumba ya Senate yaku US Ikubweza Kugulitsa Zida kwa Trump ku Saudi Arabia

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/world/middleeast/trump-weapons-saudi-arabia.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSaudi%20Arabia&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=25&pgtype=collection

Moyo Pansi pa Mabomba ndi Kutsekereza

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/opinion/yemen-houthis.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSaudi%20Arabia&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection

Mliri wa kolera ku Yemen

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-war-deaths-cholera-epidemic-dying-every-hour-a7782341.html

Chigamulo cha Khothi Lalikulu la Britain pa Kugulitsa Zida ku Saudi Arabia http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/saudi-arabia-yemen-campaign-against-the-arms-trade-lost-case-a7833766.html

Kugulitsa Zida za Trump ku Saudi Arabia

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/world/middleeast/trump-weapons-saudi-arabia.html

Jeremy Corbyn's Stand on Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-yemen-famine-civilian-killed-a7818481.html

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