Abantu abane ababoshelwe ukweqa umthetho okubi ngemuva kokungena eRAF Waddington behlome ngamabhanela nemibiko yokufa kwabantu.
By UJon Queally, umbhali wabasebenzi Amaphupho ajwayelekile
Ababhikishi abane abamelene nokungenela kweBrithani isikhathi eside ezimpini zakwamanye amazwe nokusebenzisa ama-drones ahlomile baboshwe ngoMsombuluko ngemuva kokunqamula uthango esikhungweni se-Waddington Royal Air Force ngaseLincolnshire, e-UK.
Ngokusho kuya Guardian, I-RAF Waddington ibilokhu igxile kakhulu emibhikishweni yakamuva mayelana nokusebenza kweBrithani kwezindiza ezingenamuntu, ezilawulwa kusukela endaweni.
“Emuva kokwakhiwa kabusha, impi inesihluku futhi iyabulala njengoba ibilokhu injalo ngokubulawa kwabantu, kucekelwe phansi imiphakathi, futhi isizukulwane esilandelayo sihlukumezekile. Ngakho-ke size kwa-RAF Waddington, okuyikhaya lempi ye-drone lapha e-UK ukuze sisho ngokucacile futhi kalula 'Phelisa Impi Ye-Drone'. "
Ngaphambi kokuba libanjwe futhi liboshwe ngamacala obugebengu, leli qembu elincane lathi inhloso yalo kwakuwukwenza lokho dala "isango Lokuthula Lonyaka Omusha" ngokusika imbobo kupherimitha yezokuphepha. Laba bane babephethe isibhengezo esasithi “Qeda izimpi zamasosha” kanye nemibiko ebhala ngenani labantu abalimala abavela ezihlahleni zezindiza zakamuva zase-UK, NATO kanye ne-coalition e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq.
Njengo-BBC imibiko:
Leli qembu belibhikisha e-RAF Waddington mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwezindiza ezingabambiswano ezihlomile, ezilawulwa endaweni, abathi zenza abantu babulawe.
Laba abane, base-Oxford, Nottingham, Leicester naseCoventry, kumanje basesitokisini samaphoyisa.
Umkhulumeli we-RAF uthe ukusebenza kwezindiza ezingenayo izindiza - ezaziwa ngeReapers - akuthikameki.
Iqembu, elizibiza ngokuthi End The Drone Wars, libize ababhikishi njengoChris Cole, 51, wase-Oxford, uKatharina Karcher, 30, waseCoventry, uGary Eagling, 52, waseNottingham noPenny Walker, 64, waseLeicester.
Bechaza ngezizathu zesenzo sabo ngoMsombuluko, ababhikishi bakhiphe isitatimende ngokuhlanganyela, esifundeka kanje:
Siza kwa-RAF Waddington namuhla ukuzosho ngokucacile ukuthi 'cha' ekukhuleni kokujwayelekile nokwamukeleka kwezimpi zama-drone. Ngenxa yokumakethwa kwe-drone war 'njengengenabungozi', 'enembile' futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke 'eyokusiza abantu', impi isilungisiwe futhi yamukelwa njengejwayelekile yilabo ababona okuncane noma abangawuboni nhlobo umthelela phansi oqhele ngezinkulungwane zamamayela. Izimpi ezikude zisho ukuthi abaningi abasawuzwa, bawuboni noma bahogela umthelela wamabhomu nemicibisholo. Ngomzamo omncane nje singacishe sikholwe ukuthi impi ayenzeki nhlobo.
Kodwa ngemuva kokwakhiwa kabusha, impi inonya futhi iyabulala njengoba ihlale injalo ngokubulawa kwabantu, kucekelwe phansi imiphakathi, futhi isizukulwane esilandelayo sihlukumezekile. Ngakho-ke size kwa-RAF Waddington, ikhaya lezimpi zama-drone lapha e-UK ukuze sisho ngokucacile nangokulula 'Ukuqeda Impi Ye-Drone'.
Isenzo sangoMsombuluko esiqondile singesakamuva ochungechungeni lwemibhikisho eqondiswe ekubambeni iqhaza kwe-RAF ezimpini eziholwa yi-US e-Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, nakwezinye izindawo.