Amakhulu oqhanqalazo, aVimba amaNgeno kuMbono wezixhobo omkhulu waseMntla Melika

By World BEYOND War, UJuni 1, 2022

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I-OTTAWA - Amakhulu abantu avale ukufikelela ekuvuleni kwe-CANSEC, izixhobo ezinkulu zaseMntla Melika kunye nendibano "yeshishini lokhuselo" kwiziko le-EY e-Ottawa. Izibhengezo zeenyawo ezingama-40 ezithi “Igazi Ezandleni Zakho,” “Yeka Ukuzuza Inzuzo Emfazweni,” kwaye “Abathengisi Ngezixhobo Abamkelekanga” bathintele iindlela zokuhamba kunye nokungena kwabahambi ngeenyawo njengoko ababezileyo bebezama ukubhalisela nokungena kwiziko lendibano ngokukhawuleza ngaphambi kokuba kubekwe uMphathiswa wezoKhuselo waseCanada uAnita Anand. ukunika intetho ephambili yokuvula.

“Olu ngquzulwano lunye kwihlabathi jikelele oluzise usizi kwizigidi zabantu luzise inzuzo erekhodiweyo kubavelisi bezixhobo kulo nyaka,” utshilo uRachel Small, umququzeleli. World BEYOND War. "Aba baxhamli bemfazwe banegazi ezandleni zabo kwaye senza ukuba kube nzima ukuba nabani na azimase izixhobo zakhe ngaphandle kokujongana ngqo nobundlobongela nokuphalazwa kwegazi ababandakanyeka kulo. Siphazamisa i-CANSEC ngokubambisana nezigidi zabantu kwihlabathi jikelele aba bayabulawa, ababandezelekayo, abagxothwayo ngenxa yezixhobo ezithengiswayo kunye nezivumelwano zomkhosi ezenziwa ngabantu kunye nemibutho engaphakathi kule ndibano. Ngelixa abangaphezu kwezigidi ezithandathu ababaleki babaleke eUkraine kulo nyaka, ngelixa abantu abangaphezu kwe-400,000 bebulewe kwiminyaka esixhenxe yemfazwe eYemen, ngelixa ubuncinci. I-13 labantwana basePalestina babulawa kwi-West Bank ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2022, iinkampani zezixhobo ezixhasayo kunye nokubonisa kwi-CANSEC zenza irekhodi yeebhiliyoni zengeniso. Ngabo kuphela abantu abaphumeleleyo kwezi mfazwe.”

U-Lockheed Martin, omnye wabaxhasi abakhulu be-CANSEC, ubone ukuba izitokhwe zabo zinyuka malunga neepesenti ezingama-25 ukususela ekuqaleni konyaka omtsha, ngelixa uRaytheon, iGeneral Dynamics kunye neNorthrop Grumman nganye babone amaxabiso abo esitokhwe enyuka malunga ne-12 ekhulwini. Ngaphambi nje kohlaselo lwaseRussia lwaseUkraine, uLockheed Martin oyiNtloko yeGosa eliLawulayo uJames Taiclet wathi kumnxeba womvuzo awathi waqikelela ukuba ungquzulwano luya kukhokelela kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokhuselo olunyusiweyo kunye neentengiso ezongezelelweyo zenkampani. UGreg Hayes, iCEO yeRaytheon, omnye umxhasi we-CANSEC, xelelwe abatyali-mali ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ukuba inkampani kulindeleke ukuba ibone "amathuba okuthengisa kumazwe ngamazwe" phakathi kwesoyikiso saseRashiya. Yena wongezelela: "Ndilindele ukuba siza kubona inzuzo kuyo." UHayes ufumene iphakheji yembuyekezo yonyaka $ 23 yezigidi ngo-2021, ukwanda kwe-11% kunonyaka ophelileyo.

"Izixhobo, izithuthi kunye nobuchwepheshe obukhuthazwayo kulo mboniso wezixhobo zinefuthe elinzulu kumalungelo oluntu kweli lizwe nakwihlabathi jikelele," utshilo uBrent Patterson, uMlawuli we-Peace Brigades International Canada. "Oko kubhiyozelwa kwaye kuthengiswe apha kuthetha ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu, ukubeka iliso kunye nokufa."

ICanada ibe yenye yabathengisi bezixhobo abaphezulu behlabathi kwihlabathi, kwaye lelona shishini umthengisi wezixhobo wesibini ngobukhulu ukuya kummandla oMbindi Mpuma. Uninzi lwezixhobo zaseKhanada zithunyelwa eSaudi Arabia nakwamanye amazwe abandakanyeka kungquzulwano olunobundlobongela kuMbindi Mpuma nakuMntla Afrika, nangona aba bathengi babandakanyeka ngokuphindaphindiweyo kukwaphulwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wobuntu.

Ukusukela ekuqaleni kongenelelo olukhokelwa yiSaudi eYemen ekuqaleni kwe2015, iCanada ithumele malunga ne-7.8 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwiingalo eSaudi Arabia, ngokuyintloko izithuthi ezixhobileyo eziveliswe ngumbonisi we-CANSEC weGDLS. Ngoku kunyaka wayo wesixhenxe, imfazwe e-Yemen ibulale abantu abangaphezu kwe-400,000, kwaye yadala eyona ngxaki imbi yobuntu emhlabeni. Uhlalutyo olupheleleyo yimibutho yoluntu yaseKhanada ibonise ngokuthembekileyo ukuba olu dluliselo lubandakanya ukwaphulwa kwezibophelelo zaseCanada phantsi kweSivumelwano soRhwebo lweArms (ATT), elawula urhwebo kunye nokudluliselwa kwezixhobo, kunikwe iimeko ezibhalwe kakuhle zokuxhatshazwa kweSaudi ngokuchasene nabemi bayo kunye nabantu Yemen. Amaqela ngamazwe afana neYemen-based I-Mwatana yamalungelo oluntu, njengo Amnesty International kwaye Human Rights Watch, unayo nayo ibhaliwe indima eyonakalisayo yeebhombu eziveliswe ngabaxhasi be-CANSEC abanjengoRaytheon, iGeneral Dynamics, kunye ne-Lockheed Martin kuhlaselo lomoya eYemen olubethayo, phakathi kwezinye iithagethi zabahlali, indawo yokuthengisa, umtshato, yaye ibhasi yesikolo.

"Ngaphandle kwemida yayo, iinkampani zaseKhanada ziphanga izizwe ezicinezelekileyo zehlabathi ngelixa impiriyali yaseKhanada ixhamla kwindima yayo njengeqabane eliphantsi kwi-impiriyali ekhokelwa yi-US kwimfazwe enkulu yemfazwe nezoqoqosho," utshilo u-Aiyanas Ormond, kunye ne-International League of Peoples '. Ukuzabalaza. "Ukususela ekuphangweni kwayo ubutyebi bezimbiwa zasePhilippines, ukuya ekuxhaseni kwayo ukuhlala kwamaSirayeli, ucalucalulo kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe ePalestine, kwindima yayo yolwaphulo-mthetho ekuhlaselweni nasekuphangweni kweHaiti, kwizigwebo zayo kunye nolawulo lokuguqula amaqhinga okulwa neVenezuela, ukuya kwizixhobo. ukuthumela ngaphandle kwamanye amazwe ama-impiriyali kunye nolawulo lwabathengi, i-impiriyali yaseKhanada isebenzisa umkhosi kunye namapolisa ukuhlasela abantu, ukucinezela imizabalazo yabo yobulungisa yokuzimela kunye nenkululeko yesizwe nentlalo kunye nokugcina ulawulo lwabo lokuxhaphaza nokuphanga. Masidibaneni sivale lo matshini wemfazwe!”

Ngo-2021, iCanada yathumela ngaphezulu kwe-26 yezigidi zeedola kwimpahla yasemkhosini kwaSirayeli, ukonyuka kwama-33% kunyaka ophelileyo. Oku kubandakanya ubuncinane i-6 yezigidi zeedola kwiziqhushumbisi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iCanada yatyikitya isivumelwano sokuthenga iidrones kumenzi wezixhobo omkhulu kwaSirayeli kunye nomboniso weCANSEC uElbit Systems, obonelela ngeepesenti ezingama-85 zeedrones ezisetyenziswa ngumkhosi wase-Israel ukujonga nokuhlasela abantu basePalestine eWest Bank naseGaza. I-subsidiary ye-Elbit Systems, i-IMI Systems, ngumboneleli oyintloko weembumbulu ze-5.56 mm, uhlobo olufanayo lwembumbulu eyayisetyenziswa yimikhosi yase-Israel ukubulala intatheli yasePalestina uShireen Abu Akleh.

Umboniso we-CANSEC we-Canadian Commercial Corporation, i-arhente karhulumente eququzelela izivumelwano phakathi kwabathumeli bezikhali baseKhanada kunye noorhulumente bamazwe angaphandle kutshanje bathengise i-234 yezigidi zeedola ukuthengisa ii-helicopter ze-16 ze-Bell 412 emkhosini wasePhilippines. Ukusukela oko kunyulo lwakhe ngo-2016, ulawulo lukamongameli wasePhilippine Rodrigo Duterte luphawulwe lulawulo loloyiko eye yabulala amawaka-waka phantsi kwesithunzi sephulo lokuchasa iziyobisi, kuquka iintatheli, iinkokeli zabasebenzi, kunye nabalwela amalungelo oluntu.

Abazileyo abayi-12,000 kulindeleke ukuba bahlanganisene kumboniso wezixhobo ze-CANSEC kulo nyaka, bedibanisa ababonisi abaqikelelwa kuma-306, kubandakanya abavelisi bezixhobo, itekhnoloji yasemkhosini kunye neenkampani ezibonelela, amajelo eendaba, kunye neearhente zikarhulumente. Abathunywa bezizwe ngezizwe abangama-55 nabo kulindeleke ukuba bazimase. I-expo yezixhobo iququzelelwe yi-Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI), emele ngaphezu kweenkampani ze-900 zaseCanada zokukhusela kunye nezokhuseleko.

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Amakhulu ee-lobbyists e-Ottawa amele abathengisi bezixhobo bengakhuphisani nje kwizivumelwano zasemkhosini, kodwa bephembelela urhulumente ukuba amise izinto eziphambili kumgaqo-nkqubo ukuze zilingane nezixhobo zomkhosi abazithengisayo. I-Lockheed Martin, i-Boeing, i-Northrop Grumman, i-BAE, i-General Dynamics, i-L-3 yoNxibelelwano, i-Airbus, i-United Technologies kunye ne-Raytheon zonke zineeofisi e-Ottawa ukwenza lula ukufikelela kumagosa karhulumente, uninzi lwawo ngaphakathi kweebhloko ezimbalwa zePalamente. I-CANSEC kunye nomanduleli wayo, i-ARMX, baye bajongana nenkcaso eqatha ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Ngo-Aprili 1989, iBhunga lesiXeko sase-Ottawa lasabela ekuchaseni umboniso wezixhobo ngokuvotela ukumisa umboniso wezixhobo ze-ARMX owenzeka eLansdowne Park nakwezinye iipropati zeSixeko. Ngomhla wama-22 kuMeyi, 1989, abantu abangaphezu kwama-2,000 baqhankqalaza besuka eConfederation Park benyuka ngeSitalato iBank bekhalazela umboniso wezixhobo eLansdowne Park. Ngosuku olulandelayo, ngoLwesibini umhla wama-23 kuCanzibe, i-Alliance for Non-Violence Action yaququzelela uqhanqalazo olukhulu apho kwabanjwa abantu abayi-160. I-ARMX ayizange ibuyele e-Ottawa de kube ngo-Matshi 1993 xa yenzeka kwi-Ottawa Congress Centre phantsi kwegama elihlaziyiweyo lokugcinwa koxolo '93. Emva kokujongana noqhanqalazo olubalulekileyo i-ARMX ayizange iphinde yenzeke de kwangoMeyi ka-2009 xa yavela njengomboniso wokuqala wezixhobo ze-CANSEC, waphinda wabanjwa eLansdowne Park, eyayithengiswe ukusuka kwisixeko sase-Ottawa ukuya kuMasipala weNgingqi wase-Ottawa-Carleton ngo-1999.