naRobert Mills, LowellSun
WILMINGTON — Boka revanhu vangangosvika makumi matatu vakaratidzira kunze kweTextron Weapon uye Sensor Systems muWilmington neChitatu, vachidana kuti kambani iyi imiswe kugadzira mabhomba emapoka, uye kunyanya kumisa kutengesa kwavo kuSaudi Arabia.
Massachusetts Peace Action uye ungano yeQuaker kubva kuCambridge yakatungamira kuratidzira, nevarongi vachiti kusvika gumi muzana yemasumbu emunition anoramba asina kuputika mushure mekushandiswa, zvichiisa njodzi huru kuvanhu, vana nemhuka munzvimbo dzehondo.
Human Rights Watch yakapomera Saudi Arabia kushandisa zvombo kurwisa vanhu muYemen muna 2015, izvo zvinopokana nehurumende yeSaudi.
Mabhomba eCluster zvombo zvinoparadzira mabhomba madiki akawanda pane chinangwa. Iyo Sensor Fuzed Weapons inogadzirwa naTextron inoumbwa ne "dispenser" iyo ine gumi submunitions, neimwe yegumi ma submunitions ane mana ehondo, maererano nepepa rechokwadi rakapihwa nemutauriri wekambani.
"Icho chombo chinotyisa," akadaro John Bach, mumwe wevarongi vekuratidzira uye mufundisi weQuaker anonamatira pane imwe imba yemisangano muCambridge.
Bach akati mauto asina kuputika kubva kuzvombo zvemasumbu ane njodzi kune vana, vanogona kuvatora nekuda kuziva.
"Vana nemhuka vachiri kupeperetswa nemakumbo," akadaro Bach.
Massoudeh Edmond, wekuArlington, akati anotenda kuti "imhosva" kuti zvombo zvakadaro zvinotengeswa kuSaudi Arabia.
“Tese tinoziva kuti Saudi Arabia iri kubhomba vanhuwo zvavo, saka handizivi kuti nei tiri kuvatengesera chero chinhu,” akadaro Edmond.
Textron, iye ega asara anogadzira mabhomba emapoka muUnited States, anoti varatidziri vari kuvhiringa maSensor Fuzed Weapons avo neshanduro dzekare dzemabhomba esumbu anga akachengeteka zvishoma.
Mutauriri wekambani akapa kopi ye-op-ed yakaburitswa muProvidence Journal kutanga kwegore rino, umo CEO Scott Donnelly akataura nezvekuratidzira pamusoro pezvombo muProvidence.
Donnelly akataura kuti nepo shanduro dzechinyakare dzemabhomba emapoka akashandisa ordnance iyo yakaramba isina kuputika zvakanyanya se40 muzana yenguva, Textron's Sensor Fuzed Weapons zvakachengeteka zvakanyanya uye zvakanyatsojeka.
Donnelly akanyora kuti mabhomba matsva emasumbu ane masensor ekuona zvinonangwa, uye kuti chero pfuti dzisingarove chinangwa kana kuzviparadza kana kuzvibvisa pakurova pasi.
A Textron fact-sheet inoti Sensor Fuzed Weapons inodiwa neDhipatimendi reDziviriro kuti iite isingasviki 1 muzana yezvombo zvisina kuputika.
"Isu zvakare tinonzwisisa uye tinogovana chishuwo chekudzivirira vanhuwo zvavo munzvimbo dzese dzine mhirizhonga," Donnelly akanyora.
Bach anopomera Textron kunyepa pamusoro pehuwandu hwemabhomba anoramba asina kuputika, uye nezvekuchengetedzwa kwavo, achiti kunyange zvishoma zvezvombo zvichiramba zvine ngozi mumamiriro e laboratory, hapana ma laboratory mamiriro ehondo.
"Mumhute yehondo, hapana maLab mamiriro uye haagare achizviparadza," akadaro. "Pane chikonzero pasi rose kunze kweUS, Saudi Arabia neIsrael dzakarambidza kushandiswa kwezvombo zvemapoka."
Mumwe Quaker, Warren Atkinson, wekuMedford, akatsanangura mabhomba eboka se“chipo chinoramba chichipa.”
"Mushure menguva refu tabva kuAfghanistan, vana vachange vachiri kurasikirwa nemaoko nemakumbo," akadaro Atkinson. "Uye isu tiri kuvabatsira."
Bach akataura kuti pamusoro pekuratidzira kweChitatu, maQuaker anga achiita basa rekunamata pamberi penzvimbo iyi neSvondo yechitatu yemwedzi wega wega kwemakore anopfuura matanhatu izvozvi.
Kunyange vazhinji vevaratidziri vakabva kumaodzanyemba kweWilmington, angangoita mugari weLowell aivepo.
"Ndiri pano semunhu ane meseji yehunhu yatinoda kurambidza zvombo zvakaungana, uye isu tinofanirwa kufunga nezve mabatiro anoita zvombo zvedu kune vagari vepasirese, kunyanya munzvimbo yakaita seYemen uko maSaudis. tiri kushandisa zvombo zvedu nguva dzose,” akadaro Garret Kirkland, wekuLowell.
Cole Harrison, director director weMassachusetts Peace Action, akati boka iri riri kusundidzira maSeneta Elizabeth Warren naEdward Markey kuti vatsigire kuvandudzwa kwemutemo weSeneti wekudzivirira mari inorambidza kutengeswa kwemabhomba eSaudi Arabia.
Pamwero wakakura, boka iri riri kukurudzirawo kuti US ibatane nedzimwe nyika dzinopfuura zana dzakabatana neChibvumirano cheCluster Munitions, icho chinorambidza kugadzirwa, kushandiswa, kuunganidza uye kuendesa chero mauto emapoka.
