By Ellen Davidson, UEpreli 28, 2022
Bobabini abatshutshisi kunye nezokhuselo bawaqukumbele amatyala abo namhlanje kwityala likaShannon ezimbini, amagqala omkhosi waseMelika amabini ababanjelwe ukungena kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseShannon nge-17 kaMatshi ka-2019.
UTarak Kauff, oneminyaka engama-80, kunye noKen Mayers, oneminyaka engama-85, baye kwibala leenqwelomoya ukuya kuhlola nayiphi na inqwelomoya enxulumene nomkhosi wase-US eyayikwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Kwakukho iinqwelomoya ezintathu apho ngelo xesha-ijethi yaseMarine Corps iCessna, kunye nenqwelomoya ye-Air Force Transport C40, kunye nenqwelomoya enye ye-Omni Air International kwisivumelwano somkhosi wase-US ababekholelwa ukuba bathwele imikhosi nezixhobo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya endleleni yabo. kwiimfazwe ezingekho mthethweni kuMbindi Mpuma, ngokuchasene nokungathathi hlangothi kweIreland kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Abamangalelwa abaphikisi into yokuba benze umngxuma kwi-airport yocingo lokubiyela kwaye bangena kwindawo ngaphandle kwesigunyaziso. Batsho ukuba bakwenzele "isizathu esisemthethweni," ukuze bazise ingqalelo ekuthuthweni ngokungekho mthethweni kwemikhosi kunye nezixhobo ngokusebenzisa indawo kunye nokunyanzela abasemagunyeni ukuba bahlole iinqwelomoya, kunokuba bamkele iziqinisekiso zezozakuzaku zase-US zokuba iimbumbulu azihambi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. .
Sekunjalo, uninzi lwetyala lomtshutshisi lwalungamangqina avela emapoliseni nabezokhuseleko kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya ebalisa iinkcukacha zezenzo zala madoda nempendulo yabasemagunyeni. Ebudeni bobu bungqina, kuye kwacaca ukuba iinqwelomoya eziqeshiweyo ze-Omni zaziwa ngokuba zithwele amajoni kwaye akukho magosa okhuseleko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya okanye amapolisa akhe agqogqa ezo nqwelomoya okanye naziphi na iinqwelomoya zomkhosi wase-US ukufumanisa ukuba kukho izixhobo okanye izixhobo zokulwa. .
Amangqina amabini okugqibela omtshutshisi yayinguColm Moriarty kunye noNoel Carroll, bobabini abasuka kwiSikhululo saseShannon Garda (amapolisa). Aba babini bajongene nodliwano-ndlebe lukaKauff kunye noMayers ngosuku lokubanjwa kwabo. Umtshutshisi wafunda imibhalo yodliwano-ndlebe, eyaqinisekiswa ngamapolisa amabini.
Udliwano-ndlebe lubonisa ngokucacileyo iinjongo zabamangalelwa ekungeneni kwibala lomoya. Bobabini bachaza ngokucacileyo ukuba bajonge ukuhlola indiza ye-Omni Air International eyayisemhlabeni ngelo xesha yemikhosi okanye izixhobo.
UMayers uthe igunya lakhe "yimfanelo yabemi ukwenza okulungileyo." Xa ebuzwa malunga nokuba izenzo zakhe zibeka abantu engozini, wathi, "Ndiyaqaphela ukuba [ngokungena] ngokungekho mthethweni kwibala leenqwelomoya ndenze into encinci kodwa engapheliyo yengozi, nangona kunjalo, ndiyazi ngokuvumela umkhosi waseMelika kunye ne-CIA ukuba idlule. Shannon, urhulumente waseIreland ngokuqinisekileyo ubeka abantu abaninzi abamsulwa engozini enkulu. ”
UKauff wayecace ngokulinganayo kwizinto eziphambili kuye. Xa ebuzwa ukuba uyawuqonda na “umonakalo wolwaphulo-mthetho,” waphendula wathi, “Ndicinga njalo. Yinto ebisenziwa ngumkhosi waseMelika ixesha elide ngezixa ezikhulu. ” Wachaza "ishishini lakhe elisemthethweni kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseShannon" ngaloo mini: "Njengommi wase-United States kunye negqala eliye lathatha isifungo ngaphandle kokuphelelwa kwexesha lokukhusela uMgaqo-siseko kuzo zonke iintshaba zangaphandle nezasekhaya, kwaye phantsi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, iNgqungquthela yaseGeneva, ndigunyaziswe ngokusemthethweni ukuchasa izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho zorhulumente wam, njengoko ayenjalo amaJamani, awazange enze njalo ebudeni beMfazwe Yehlabathi II nolawulo lwamaNazi.”
Umthetheli wenkundla uMichael Hourigan uvule ityala lokhuselo ngokubeka uMayers kwindawo yokuma ubungqina. UMayers wachaza indlela uyise aye walwa ngayo kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II kunye neMfazwe yaseKorea njengoMkhosi waseLwandle, kwaye ngoko "wasela kakhulu i-Marine Kool-Aid" ekhula. Waya ekholejini efumana imfundo yasemkhosini waza wangenela umkhosi waManzi xa waphumelela ngowe-1958. Kwiminyaka esibhozo enesiqingatha kamva wawuyeka umsebenzi wakhe emva kokubona oko kwakusenzeka eVietnam. Uthe iiMarines zamfundisa ukuba "i-US yayingengomandla oxolo kwihlabathi endikhokelwe ukuba ndikholelwe."
Ekugqibeleni wajoyina iVeterans For Peace, kwaye wafundela ijaji ingxelo yenjongo yombutho, ethetha ngokusebenza ngokungenabundlobongela ukuphelisa imfazwe njengesixhobo somgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle, phakathi kwezinye iinjongo.
Mayers wachaza ukuba, nangona wayesazi ukuba mhlawumbi waphula umthetho ngezenzo zakhe, wayevakalelwa kukuba kuyimfuneko ukuthintela ingozi enkulu. Ubalule imfazwe e-Yemen, exhaswa zizixhobo zase-US kunye nempahla. “Nanamhlanje, abantu baseYemen boyikiswa yindlala enkulu,” utshilo. "Kubo bonke abantu, abantu baseIreland kufuneka baqonde ukubaluleka kokuthintela olu hlobo lwendlala."
Kwakhona waphawula ukuba xa iinqwelo-moya ezisuka kwilizwe elinogonyamelo zifika kwilizwe elingathabath’ icala, “elo lizwe linembopheleleko yokuhlola [inqwelo-moya] phantsi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.” Ucaphule iNgqungquthela yeHague ngo-1907 yokungathathi hlangothi efuna amazwe angathathi hlangothi ukuba athathe izixhobo kumazwe alwayo.
Uchaze ukusetyenziswa kweShannon e-US ngeenjongo zomkhosi “njengento enkulu kubantu baseIreland,” kwaye wachaza ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseIreland bathanda ukungathathi cala kwilizwe labo. Wathi: “Ukuba sinokuba negalelo ekunyanzeliseni ubundilele baseIreland, oko kunokusindisa ubomi.”
UMayers uchaze isenzo sakhe "njengelona thuba libalaseleyo esinalo lokwenza impembelelo." Wathi, “Ndandivakalelwa kukuba imiphumo yokwaphula lo mthetho yayingenkulu kangako kum njengemiphumo yokungawaphuli loo mthetho.” Ecenga intshukumo yamalungelo oluntu e-US ngeminyaka yoo-1960s, wathi, "Inyathelo elithe ngqo ngabemi ekugqibeleni yeyona nto ivelisa utshintsho," inguqu engayi kwenzeka "ngaphandle kokungenelela okunyanzelekileyo kwabemi."
Ekuxilongweni, umtshutshisi otshutshisayo uTony McGillucuddy ubuze uMayers ukuba uzamile na amanye amanyathelo okufumana iinqwelomoya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iShannon, njengokucela amagosa karhulumente okanye acele amapolisa ukuba enze njalo. Wamnqumla uMayers xa ezama ukucacisa ukuba kutheni engakhange ahlolisise ezi ndlela kweli tyala, kodwa ngokuthunyelwa kwakhona, uMayers wavunyelwa ukuba achaze ukuba wayesazi iinzame ezininzi zabaphembeleli base-Ireland ukuba bahambe kuzo zonke iziteshi ezikhankanywe ngumtshutshisi, kwaye uninzi lwale nzame aluzange lufumane mpendulo kumagosa, singasathethi ke ngalo naliphi na inyathelo.
Ingqina lesibini nelokugqibela elikhuselayo yayinguTarak Kauff, owathi, ngokwahlukileyo kwithoni elinganiselweyo kaMayers naxa ebuzwa imibuzo eqatha kwaye ngamanye amaxesha enobutshaba ngumtshutshisi, wavakalisa ngobubele ukudana nomsindo wakhe ngokusetyenziswa komkhosi wase-US uShannon.
Phantsi kwemibuzo evela kwigqwetha lezokhuselo uCarol Doherty, uKauff wachaza ukujoyina umkhosi eneminyaka eyi-17 kwaye waphuma ngo-1962, njengoko ukubandakanyeka kwe-US kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam kwakusanda. Waba litshantliziyo elichasene nemfazwe, ecaphula “uxanduva lwakhe njengomntu nanjengegqala lokuchasa nokuchasa oku kufudumala.”
Uqale wafunda malunga nokubandakanyeka emkhosini wase-US kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iShannon ngo-2016, kumagqala awayesungula iVeterans For Peace Ireland. “Bendikholelwa ukuba luxanduva lwam lokuziphatha nobuntu … ukuzisa ingqwalasela kulo mbandela,” ngakumbi xa abantwana besifa, utshilo. Xa ebuzwa ngokophula umthetho ngezenzo zakhe, wathi, “Ndithetha ngomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe, iimfazwe ezingekho mthethweni. Luxanduva lomntu wonke.”
U-Kauff wabuyela e-Ireland ngo-2018 kwinkomfa yoxolo, kwaye ngelo xesha wabandakanyeka kuqhanqalazo ngaphakathi kwe-terminal yase-Shannon, esebenzisa ibhanile efanayo yena no-Mayers abaqhuba kwi-airfield ngo-2019. , “Ngandlel’ ithile,” kodwa ukuba iinqwelo-moya zaziseza ngeShannon.
Wawathelekisa nokungxamiseka kokuqhekeza isakhiwo esivuthayo ukuze kuhlangulwe abantwana ngaphakathi: “Oko kwakusenziwa yiUnited States, ngokuthobela urhulumente waseIreland,” kwakufana nesakhiwo esitshayo.
Ebuzwa imibuzo, uMcGillicuddy wabonisa ukuba uKauff unqumle umngxuma kucingo lwesikhululo seenqwelomoya, waphendula wathi: “Ewe ndonakalisile ucingo, ndenza ngokwam iinkolelo zokuziphatha,” utshilo. Kwakhona wabonisa ukuba “urhulumente waseUnited States norhulumente waseIreland baye bophula umthetho. Abantu baseIreland bayagula kwaye badinwe ngurhulumente wabo ukuya e-US Nantso ke ingxaki apha! ”
“Kukho injongo engaphezulu apha kunomthetho othi awungekhe ugqithe, ukuba awunoluqhawula ucingo,” utshilo uKauff.
Uthethe ngokweemvakalelo ngendlela awayewazi ngayo buqu amagqala awayeze eShannon nezixhobo zawo, kunye nendlela amagqala omhlobo wakhe awayezibulele ngayo, engakwazi ukuphila nento abayenzileyo kwiimfazwe zase-US e-Afghanistan naseMbindi Mpuma. “Ngumonakalo wokwenyani lowo … Ukonakalisa ucingo akuyonto. Akukho mntu uswelekileyo kwaye kufuneka ndilindele ukuba nawe uyayiqonda loo nto. ”
Ngamanye amaxesha kuba nzima ukulinganisa iziphumo zobutshantliziyo bezopolitiko, kodwa kuyacaca ukuba uKauff kunye noMayers balayite intlantsi kwintshukumo yaseIreland yoxolo nokungathathi hlangothi ngezenzo zabo eShannon kunye nopapasho olwalandelayo xa bavalelwa iiveki ezimbini emva koko banyanzeliswa. ukuhlala kweli lizwe ezinye iinyanga ezisibhozo ngaphambi kokuba babuyiselwe iincwadi zabo zokundwendwela kubo kuye kwavutha intshukumo yoxolo lwaseIreland.
Xa wayebuzwa ukuba uvakalelwa kukuba umsebenzi wakhe woxolo uyasebenza, uMayers wathi ufumene “ingxelo ebantwini abachukunyiswe koko ndikwenzileyo.” Wazoba umzekeliso weGrand Canyon, awathi wayilwa ngamathontsi amanzi angenakubalwa. Njengomqhankqalazi, wathi, waziva “njengelinye lala mathontsi amanzi.”
Ityala, elichotshelwe nguPatricia Ryan, liyaqhubeka nengxelo yokuvala kunye nomyalelo wejaji ngomso.
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