ULuz Catarineau kuye kwafuneka ahambe ngaphandle kwangoLwesithathu ukuze aviwe ngentla kovuyo kunye nokucula kwiNkundla yeDolophu yaseDeWitt. Wabethelela inombolo yefowuni yonyana wakhe, uJustin, ongumfundi wasekholejini kwisiXeko saseNew York. Wathi xa ephendula, wathi:
“Utata wakho akayi entolongweni.”
Kusapho lwaseConnecticut, oko kwakumangalisa kakhulu.
Umyeni kaCatarineau uMark Colville, oneminyaka engama-53, ngomnye wabo inqwaba yabaqhankqalazi ababanjiwe Kwiminyaka yakutshanje ngaphandle kwamasango e-Hancock Air Base ngokuqhankqalaza uhlaselo lwe-drone yaseMelika e-Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan nase-Iraq.
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Ummangaliso wokukhutshwa ngokwemiqathango yeHancock Drone Resister Mark Colville
UMark Colville, uMsebenzi ongumKatolika ovela eNew Haven Connecticut ugwetywe ngale mvakwemini kwiNkundla yeDolophu yaseDeWitt ngezityholo ezi-5 ezivela kuqhanqalazo lwaseHancock Air National Guard Base ngo. Disemba 9 wonyaka ophelileyo, xa yena nabafundi ababini baseYale Divinity School banikezela ngeentyatyambo kunye noMyalelo woKhuselo waBantu wabantwana baseAfghanistan kunye neentsapho zabo kwisango lokulinda. Kwisigqibo esimangalisayo, uMgwebi uRobert Jokl ugwebe uColville iminyaka eyi-1 yokukhutshwa ngokwemiqathango kunye ne-$ 1000. Uye wathi ukuthumela uColville entolongweni akuzukwenza ubulungisa, kwaye ingqawule ayizukwenza nayiphi na injongo entle, kwaye akazange akhuphe uMyalelo woKhuselo osisigxina.
U-Colville wayejongene neminyaka eyi-2 entolongweni kwiibalo ze-5 ezibandakanya ukunyanyiswa kwesigwebo seJaji kunye nokuthintela uLawulo lukaRhulumente.
Kwingxelo yakhe yaphambi kokuwiswa kwesigwebo uColville uthe uze kwisiseko ephendula "isibongozo esingxamisekileyo" solutsha lwase-Afghan uRaz Mohammad egameni losapho lwakhe. Umninawa ka-Mohammad wabulawa kugwayimbo lwe-drone ngo-2008. Ngaphambili namhlanje uMohammad ubhalele i-Colville. "Udadewethu uthi ngenxa yonyana wakhe oneminyaka esi-7 ubudala, akafuni kuthwala inzondo okanye ukuziphindezela kwimikhosi yase-US NATO ngohlaselo lwedrone olwabulala uyise. Kodwa, ucela ukuba imikhosi yase-US/NATO iluphelise uhlaselo lwabo lwe-drone e-Afghanistan, kwaye banike ingxelo evulekileyo yokufa okubangelwa luhlaselo lwe-drone kweli lizwe.. "
Kwintetho yakhe yangaphambi kwesigwebo, iGqwetha uJonathon Wallace uthe umthetho ufana neseyile; ukuba ngaphandle komoya wokuziphatha koluntu, akukho nto ngaphezu kwemfumba yelaphu phantsi. UColville ubize uMgwebi, esithi akukho nto iya kutshintsha de umntu ohleli esihlalweni sakhe enze isigqibo sokusebenzisa imithetho ekhoyo ukukhusela abamsulwa.
Uqhanqalazo lukaColville luyinxalenye yentshukumo yehlabathi engenabugorha echasene nokusetyenziswa kweedrones ezinezixhobo. NgoJulayi 10, 2014, uMary Anne Grady Flores waseIthaca wagwetywa unyaka entolongweni ngenxa yokwaphula uMyalelo woKhuselo. Ngoku ukhululekile kwisibheno. UJack Gilroy waseBinghamton usanda kukhululwa emva kweenyanga ezimbini entolongweni ngenxa yoqhanqalazo lwakhe olungenabundlobongela ngoAprili 28, 2013. Ujongene neminyaka emithathu ekulingweni. Vula Disemba 10, UJulienne Oldfield waseSyracuse uya kuvavanywa ngesenzo sakhe sokuchasana noluntu kuqhanqalazo olufanayo luka-Epreli. Kukho ezinye iimvavanyo ezili-11 ezicwangciselwe abaqhankqalazi bakaHancock eDeWitt phakathi ngoku kunye noJulayi uzayo. Kukho izilingo ezili-11 ezicwangciselwe abaqhankqalazi bakaHancock.
I-Hancock Air National Guard Base yindawo yoqeqesho lwabaqhubi, amagcisa kunye nabaqhubi beenzwa. Abavuni abaxhobe kakhulu baqhutywa eHancock kwimishini ebulalayo e-Afghanistan kwaye mhlawumbi nakwenye indawo. Abaqhubi beenqwelomoya beHancock nabo babhabha iinqwelomoya zovavanyo ukusuka eFort Drum ngaphaya kweLake Ontario. Isenzo se-Upstate Drone sele siqhankqalaza i-Drones e-Hancock Base ukususela kwi-2009 kunye ne-vigils ye-bimonthly, iindibano zonyaka, iziganeko zemfundo kunye nokuchasana kwabantu abangenalo ubundlobongela. Ngolwazi oluthe vetshe yiya ku upstatedroneaction.org
