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Ummi waseYemeni ophulukene nezalamane ezibini ezimsulwa kugwayimbo olufihlakeleyo lwe-2012 ubhalele uMongameli u-Obama ukuba acele uxolo - ngenxa yokuba uya kususa ityala lenkundla, ngenxa yokumanyelwa eWashington DC ngomso.
UFaisal bin ali Jaber waphulukana nomninawa wakhe - umshumayeli owayekhankasela i-Al Qaeda - kunye nomtshana wakhe, ipolisa lasekhaya, ngogwayimbo lwango-Agasti 29, 2012 kwilali yaseKashamir eYemen.
Umnumzana Jaber - injineli yokusingqongileyo - ngomso (ngoLwesibini) uza kuya eWashington DC ukuya kuzimasa into eya kuba yeyokuqala ukuxoxwa kwenkundla yesibheno yase-US kwityala eliziswe lixhoba lenkqubo efihlakeleyo yedrone.
Nangona kunjalo, umnumzana Jaber ubhalele uMongameli emazisa ukuba "uzakuliyeka ngovuyo ityala ukuze acele uxolo," kwaye evuma ukuba umninawa wakhe uSalem kunye nomtshana wakhe uWaleed "babemsulwa, hayi abanqolobi."
Umnumzana Jaber wadibana namalungu eCongress kunye namagosa oLawulo luka-Obama ngo-2013, kodwa akazange afumane ngcaciso okanye uxolo ngogwayimbo olwabulala izalamane zakhe. Kwi-2014, intsapho yakhe yanikezwa i-$ 100,000 kwiibhilidi zeedola zase-US kwintlanganiso kunye ne-Yemeni National Security Bureau (NSB) - apho igosa likaRhulumente lase-Yemeni libaxelele ukuba imali ivela e-US kwaye wayeceliwe ukuba ayidlulise. Kwakhona, kwakungekho kuvuma okanye uxolo oluvela e-US.
Kwileta yakhe ethunyelwe kuMongameli kule mpelaveki, umnumzana Jaber uchaza ukuba "ukuphendula okwenyani kuvela ekuziphatheni iimpazamo zethu." Ucela umnumzana u-Obama ukuba amisele umzekelo kwabo baza kungena ezihlangwini zakhe ngokuyivuma impazamo eyabulala izalamane zakhe, axolise, kwaye adize iinkcukacha zotyando olubabuleleyo ukuze kufundwe izifundo. Umnumzana Jaber ukwacela ukuba phambi kokuba ashiye isikhundla, uMongameli u-Obama akhuphe ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga nokwenzakala kwabantu kuqhanqalazo lwe-drone, kubandakanya namagama ababalwayo nokuba ngubani ongabalwanga.
Ukuphawula, UJennifer Gibson, igqwetha labasebenzi kumbutho wamazwe ngamazwe wamalungelo oluntu Reprieve, oncedisa uMnumzana Jaber wathi:
"UMongameli Obama ulungile ukuba akhathazeke malunga nokuba uLawulo lukaTrump lungenza ntoni ngenkqubo yakhe eyimfihlo ye-drone. Kodwa ukuba uzimisele ukuyikhupha emthunzini, makayeke ukulwa nxamnye nokuphenduliswa. Kufuneka abe ngumnikazi wawo ukuya kumakhulu abantu abathe nolona qikelelo luthi inkqubo ibulele, kwaye axolise kwabo baphulukene nabantu babo ababathandayo.
“Izalamane zikaFaisal zibeke emngciphekweni omkhulu ukuthetha ngokuchasene ne-Al Qaeda, nokuzama ukugcina uluntu lukhuselekile. Nangona kunjalo babulawa yinkqubo yedrone engalawulekiyo eyenza iimpazamo ezothusayo kwaye yenza umonakalo omkhulu kunokulunga. Endaweni yokulwa noFaisal enkundleni, uMongameli Obama kufuneka acele uxolo, avume impazamo yakhe, kwaye achithe lonke ixesha lakhe e-ofisini ekwakheni uxanduva lokwenyani kwinkqubo efihlwe emthunzini ixesha elide.
