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Owesilisa waseYemeni, owabulawa umshana wakhe kanye nomlamu wakhe abangenacala esitelekeni sezindiza zaseMelika ngo-Agasti 2012, namuhla uvule icala enkantolo njengoba eqhubeka nokucela uxolo ngokufa kwezihlobo zakhe.
UFaisal bin Ali Jaber, ofake icala namuhla eWashington DC, ulahlekelwe umlamu wakhe u-Salem kanye nomshana wakhe u-Waleed esitelekeni. USalem ubeyi-imam emelene ne-al Qaeda oshiye umfelokazi nezingane eziyisikhombisa. UWaleed ubeyiphoyisa elineminyaka engu-26 ubudala nonkosikazi nengane yakhe ewusana. USalem wayenikeze intshumayelo emelene nokweqisa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba yena noWaleed babulawe.
Icala licela ukuthi iNkantolo Yesifunda ye-DC ikhiphe isimemezelo sokuthi isiteleka esabulala u-Salem no-Waleed sasingekho emthethweni, kodwa ayiceli isinxephezelo semali. UFaisal umelwe ngokuhlanganyela uReprieve kanye nomeluleki we-pro bono enkampanini yabameli iMcKool Smith.
Ukuputshuka kobunhloli - kubikwe ku-Intercept - kukhombisa ukuthi izikhulu zaseMelika zazi ukuthi zibulale izakhamizi ngemuva kwesiteleka. NgoJulayi 2014 umndeni kaFaisal wanikezwa isikhwama esine-$100,000 yezikweletu zamadola aseMelika abhalwe ngokulandelanayo emhlanganweni ne-Yemeni National Security Bureau (NSB). Isikhulu se-NSB ebesicele umhlangano sitshele omele umndeni ukuthi imali ibivela e-US nokuthi ucelwe ukuthi ayidlulise.
NgoNovemba 2013 uFaisal waya eWashington DC futhi wahlangana ukuze axoxe ngesiteleka namaSenator kanye nezikhulu ze-White House. Abantu abaningi uFaisal ahlangana nabo bazisola ngokufa kwezihlobo zikaFaisal, kodwa uhulumeni wase-US wenqabile esidlangalaleni ukuvuma noma ukuxolisa ngokuhlaselwa.
Ngo-Ephreli walo nyaka, uMongameli u-Obama waxolisa ngokushona kwendizamncane yaseMelika kanye nesakhamuzi sase-Italy esasibanjelwe ePakistan - uWarren Weinstein noGiovanni Lo Porto - futhi wamemezela uphenyo oluzimele ngokubulawa kwabo. Isikhalo siphawula ukungqubuzana ekusingatheni kukaMongameli lawo macala kanye necala lika-bin ali Jaber, ebuza: “UMongameli usevumile manje ukuthi wabulala abantu baseMelika kanye namaNtaliyane abangenacala ngezindiza ezingenazindiza; kungani imindeni eshonelwe yabantu baseYemenis abangenacala ingenalo ilungelo lokuthola iqiniso?”
UFaisal bin Ali Jaber wathi: “Kusukela osukwini olubi lapho ngishonelwa abathandekayo bami ababili, mina nomkhaya wami besilokhu sicela uhulumeni wase-US ukuba uvume iphutha labo futhi uxolise. Izicelo zethu azinakanga. Akekho ozokusho esidlangalaleni ukuthi i-drone yaseMelika yabulala uSalem noWaleed, nakuba sonke sikwazi. Lokhu akulungile. Uma i-US ibizimisele ukukhokhela umndeni wami ngemali eyimfihlo, kungani ingeke ivele ivume esidlangalaleni ukuthi izihlobo zami zibulawe kungafanele?”
Cori Crider, Reprieve US ummeli kaMnu Jaber, yathi: “Indaba kaFaisal ibonisa ubuhlanya bohlelo lukaMongameli Obama lwendiza engenazindiza. Kwakungezona kuphela izihlobo zakhe ezimbili phakathi kwamakhulu ezakhamuzi ezingenacala eziye zabulawa yile mpi engcolile, kwakungabo kanye abantu okufanele ngabe siyabeseka. Umlamu wakhe wayengumshumayeli onesibindi ngokuphawulekayo owayephikisa esidlangalaleni i-Al Qaeda; umshana wakhe wayeyiphoyisa lendawo elizama ukugcina ukuthula. Ngokungafani nezisulu zakamuva zaseNtshonalanga zeziteleka ze-drone, u-Faisal akakutholanga ukuxolisa. Akufunayo nje ukuthi uHulumeni wase-US azibambele mathupha futhi axolise - kuyihlazo ukuthi uphoqeleke ukuba aphendukele ezinkantolo ukuze athole lokhu kubonakalisa isithunzi somuntu.”
URobert Palmer weMcKool Smith, ifemu emele umndeni kaMnu Jaber onguchwepheshe, uthe: “Isiteleka se-drone esibulale u-Salem no-Waleed bin Ali Jaber sithathwe ezimeni ezingahambisani nhlobo nendlela uMongameli nabanye abachaza ngayo ukusebenza kwe-drone yase-US, kanye nomthetho wase-US nowamazwe ngamazwe. Kwakungekho "ingozi eseduze" kubasebenzi base-US noma izithakazelo, futhi amathuba angenakuphikwa okubulawa kwabantu okungadingekile awazange anakwe. Njengoba uMongameli ngokwakhe evumile, i-United States inesibopho sokubhekana namaphutha ayo e-drone ngokwethembeka, futhi izisulu ezingenacala ze-drone nemindeni yazo, njengalaba bamangali, banelungelo lobo buqotho obuvela e-United States. "
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