MuColfax, Echoes yeimwe Kupokana

Mutori wemifananidzo akafukidza hondo muIraq anotenda kuti kutyisidzira kunogona kuita seinongoitika.

NaAshley Gilbertson, Chikunguru 21, 2017, ProPublica.

COLFAX, Louisiana Mangwanani mamwe manheru, ndakabuda kunomhanya. Ndakatora nzira yekubuda neLake Iatt, ndichipfuura nemaeka mushure meeka yemunda wakatemwa, dzimba dzetirarera nemapurazi akasvibira. Kwakanga kuri nyore kubuda nokudzoka, asi sezvandaitenderera pakona yokupedzisira, ndakavhundutswa namakore outsi hutema hwaifuridza munzira yangu. Mabhomba akaputika nechekure. Mitsindo iyi yakandidzosera kuIraq, kwandakanga ndapedza nzendo dzakawanda semutori wemifananidzo, ndichiteerera kurwa kwepfuti kwairwiwa mumataundi ari pedyo kana nharaunda.

Mapurisa aya aibva kunzvimbo inopisirwa moto kunze kweguta iri. Mauto eUS ane makumi ezviuru zvemapaundi ezvombo zvawo uye marara anopisirwa panzvimbo iyi gore rega rega. Uye ane makumi emakore.

Vanhu veColfax, somugumisiro, kare vakarega kuvhundutswa nenzira yandakanga ndaitwa. Kuputika kwacho - "Senge Hondo Yenyika III kana Yechina Chikunguru," akadaro mumwe mugari - ingori ruzha rwehupenyu mutaundi rekumwe kugadzirisa, hurombo hukuru uye kusiya basa kwakawanda.

Mumaawa anotonhorera emangwanani, unogona kuona vanhu, kunyanya veAfrica-America, vachiyambuka njanji dzechitima kuti vafambe kuenda kuDixie pharmacy iyo inopetwa sechitoro chekofi.

Pakazosvika masikati, zvakadaro, Colfax yese asi idhorobha remweya, kunze kweresitorendi yaDarrell, ndiyo chete yekudyira yakasara muguta mushure mekunge imwe yakavharwa apo muridzi akafa negomarara mwedzi mishoma yapfuura. Nekuda kwemasikati, kunouya kuzorodzwa kubva pakupisa.

Vanhu vanooneka zvakare.

Kune varume vari kufamba nevanocheka uswa vachitarisira kunotora basa. Ndiri pasi pemugwagwa wainge wakafa, ndakawana vakomana vaviri vachipwanya bhiza munzvimbo yakanga isina vanhu, ine marara pakati pematirarera. Vana vakanga vachiedza kumisa bhiza kuti risakwire, kunyange zvazvo pose paraisvetuka richidzokera shure, kunyemwerera kwevakomana kwaipa mufaro wavo.

Vamwe vakomana vakatamba bhora mumugwagwa, vachiramba kutenda sangano renhau rakaita seProPublica raishanyira dhorobha ravo. Pandakatsanangura nyaya yandanga ndichivhara, vazhinji vavo vakasuduruka ndokubvunza kana zvaizova pa Instagram.

Kwakanga kune vanhu vaibata hove, zvakare, kusanganisira mhuri yakakura kuLake Iatt. Ndakabvunza nezvemabhomba uye utsi hune chepfu, asi Caroline Harrell, mutungamiriri wezvizvarwa zvitatu zvaiva netsvimbo mumaoko avo, akaratidza kushushikana kana kutsamwa kushoma. Vanhu vanoita sevasingazvioni. Kunze kwezvo, makwikwi okuredza akanga atanga.

Ndakateerera zvakare kune ruzha rweColfax, uye zvakare yakadzoserwa kuBaghdad, 7,000 mamaira kure uye akati wandei ehupenyu hwapfuura. Ikoko, ndaiedza nepandinogona napo kuzorora, kunwa doro uye kusvuta fodya panzvimbo yekuAmerica kana muhofisi yesangano renhau. Hondo dzepfuti dzaitanga pedyo, asi hadzina kunyoresa seruzha rwekunakidzwa. Vakanga vari rutivi rwoupenyu ikoko panguva iyoyo. Ngozi yakanga isiri kukurumidza; zvaiita sokuti pakanga pasina chikonzero chokuvhundutsa.

Iyi nyaya chikamu chenhevedzano inoongorora kutarisa kwePentagon kwezviuru zvenzvimbo dzine muchetura paivhu reAmerica, uye makore eutariri anoratidzwa nekuzvidza uye kunonoka. Read more.


Ashley Gilbertson mutori wemifananidzo wekuAustralia ane basa rakabata zviitiko zvemasoja muhondo dzemuAfghanistan neIraq. Muna 2004, Gilbertson akahwina mubairo weRobert Capa Gold Medal kubva kuOverseas Press Club nebasa rake panguva yeHondo yeFallujah. Muna 2014, Gilbertson yakatevedzana yemifananidzo, "Mabhedha eVakadonha," yakaburitswa mufomu rebhuku neYunivhesiti yeChicago Press.

Dhizaini nekugadzira ne David Sleight.

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