Umthwebuli wezithombe owamboza impi e-Iraq ubonga ukuthi izinsongo zingabonakala kanjani njengenkambiso.
Ngo-Ashley Gilbertson, uJulayi 21, 2017, I-ProPublica.
COLFAX, Louisiana - Ekuseni ngolunye usuku kusihlwa, ngaphuma ngayogijima. Ngithathe umzila ophuma ngeLake Iatt, ngidlula e-acre ngemuva kwehektare lomhlaba ogxishiwe, amakhaya ama-trailer namapulazi aluhlaza aluhlaza. Kwakungaphandle nokuphuma okulula, kepha lapho ngiqeda ikona lokugcina, ngethuswa amafu omusi omnyama ayengishayisa ngendlela yami. Ukuqhuma kuqhume kude. Imisindo yangibuyisela e-Iraq, lapho ngangichithe khona inqwaba yezivakashi njengomthwebuli zithombe, ngilalele izimpi zezibhamu ezilwelwa emadolobheni aseduze noma komakhelwane.
Lezi zimboni zazivela esiteshini sokushisa ezentengiselwano ngaphandle nje kwaleli chungechunge edolobheni. Ibutho lase-US linamashumi ezinkulungwane zamakhilogremu amamitha alo kanye nemfucumfucu esetshenziselwa ukushisa kulesi sikhungo minyaka yonke. Futhi unamashumi eminyaka.
Abantu baseColfax, ngenxa yalokho, esikhathini esidlule bayeka ukumangala ngendlela engangiyiyo. Ukuqhuma - "NjengeMpi Yezwe III noma Okwesine kaJulayi," kusho omunye owakhileyo - umane nje ungumsindo wokuphila edolobhaneni lokuxazulula okuthile, ubuphofu obukhulu nokuzidela okukhulu.
Emahoreni amahle ekuseni, ungabona abantu, ikakhulukazi ama-African-American, bewela amathrekhi wezitimela beya eDaxie ekhemisi ephindwe kabili njengesitolo sekhofi.
Nokho, emini, iColfax yilawo wonke amadolobha, kodwa ngaphandle kokudlela kukaDarrell, odlayo kuphela oshiya edolobheni ngemuva kokuba omunye evale lapho umnikazi ebulawa umdlavuza emuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa. Ngentambama, kufike ukukhululeka ekushiseni.
Abantu babuya.
Kukhona amadoda ahamba namagundane asetsheni enethemba lokuthatha umsebenzi. Ngaphansi komgwaqo oshonile, ngathola abafana ababili bephule ihhashi endaweni engavumelekile, i-lot-strewn lot phakathi kwamakhamera. Izingane zazizama ukumisa ihhashi ekukhuliseni, nakuba njalo lapho ixhuma emilenzeni yayo yangemuva, ukukhamuluka kwabafana kwanikeza injabulo yabo.
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Kukhona abantu abadoba, futhi, kuhlanganise nomndeni owandisiwe eLake Iatt. Ngabuza mayelana nama-booms nomusi onobuthi, kodwa uCaroline Harrell, umphathi wezizukulwane ezintathu obenamakhanda ezandleni zakhe, wavusa ukukhathazeka okuncane noma ukuthukuthela. Abantu abonakala bengaboni. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ukuncintisana kokudoba kwase kuqalile.
Ngalalela futhi emisindo yeColfax, futhi ngabuye ngaphinde ngabuyela eBaghdad, ngamamayela angu-7,000 kude nesikhathi esithile sokuphila esedlule. Lapho, ngizozama konke okusemandleni ami ukuphumula, ukuphuza ubhiya nokubhema endaweni yaseMelika noma ehhovisi lezinhlangano zezindaba. Izimpi ze-Gun zizophuma eduze, kepha azibhalisanga njengomsindo wokuthakazelisa. Babeyingxenye yokuphila ngaleso sikhathi. Ingozi yayingacindezeli ngokuphuthumayo; kwakukhona, kubonakala sengathi akukho sizathu sokumangala.
Le ndaba iyingxenye yochungechunge oluhlola ukuhlolwa kwePentagon kwezinkulungwane zezingosi ezinobuthi emhlabathini waseMelika, kanti iminyaka yobuphathi ibonakala ngokungahloniphi nokulibala. Funda kabanzi.
