NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 4, 2019
Angazi ukuthi abantu abaningi e-United States bake bazi yini ukuthi i-Fallujah yayisho ukuthini. Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi amasosha ase-US ngabe asekhona uma ekhona. Kodwa ngokuqinisekile selikhohliwe kakhulu - inkinga engalungiseka uma wonke umuntu ethatha ikhophi yayo Ukuthengwa kwe-Fallujah: Umlando wabantu, nguRoss Caputi (umakadebona wase-US kokunye kokuvinjezelwa kwe-Fallujah), uRichard Hill, noDonna Mulhearn.
“Wamukelekile enkonzweni!”
I-Fallujah 'yayiyidolobha lama-mosque,' elakhiwe abantu abangaba ngu-300,000 kuya ku-435,000. Kwakunesiko lokumelana nokuhlasela kwamanye amazwe - okuhlanganisa nokuhlasela kweBrithani. Yahlupheka, njengoba kwenza yonke i-Iraq, ngenxa yezinhlawulo ezinonya ezabekwa yi-United States eminyakeni eyaholela ekuhlaselweni kuka-2003. Phakathi nalokhu kuhlasela, u-Fallujah wabona izimakethe ezigcwele ibhomu. Ngemva kokuwa kukahulumeni wase-Iraq e-Baghdad, i-Fallujah yasungula uhulumeni wayo, igwema ukuphanga kanye nezinxushunxushu ezibonakala kwenye indawo. Ngo-Ephreli, i-2003, i-US 82nd Airborne Division yathuthela e-Fallujah futhi ayizange ihlangane.
Ngokushesha umsebenzi waqala ukukhiqiza uhlobo lwezinkinga ezibonwa yonke imisebenzi yonke indawo. Abantu bakhala ngoHumvees abagijima ngesivinini emigwaqweni, ukuhlanjalazwa ezindaweni okuseshwa kuzo abantu besifazane, ukuxhashazwa kwabesifazane, ukuchama kwamasosha emigwaqweni, namasosha emi phezu kophahla ephethe izibonakude okuphula umthetho wezakhamuzi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, abantu baseFallujah babefuna ukukhululwa “kubakhululi” babo. Ngakho, abantu bazama imibhikisho engenalo udlame. Futhi amasosha aseMelika adubule kubabhikishi. Kodwa ekugcineni, abahlali bavuma ukumiswa ngaphandle kwedolobha, banciphise ukuhamba kwabo, futhi bavumele i-Fallujah izinga lokuzibusa ngaphezu kwalokho okuvunyelwe yi-Iraq yonke. Umphumela ube yimpumelelo: I-Fallujah yagcinwa iphephile kune-Iraq yonke ngokugcina abahlali bephuma kuyo.
Leso sibonelo sasidinga ukuchotshozwa. I-United States ibifuna isibopho sokuziphatha sokukhulula isihogo e-Iraq ukuze "sigcine ukuphepha" futhi "sisize ekuguqukeleni kuntando yeningi." UViceroy uPaul Bremer wanquma "ukuhlanza i-Fallujah." Kwangena amasosha “omfelandawonye”, ngokungakwazi kwawo okujwayelekile (ahlekwa usulu ngempumelelo enkulumweni yefilimu kaBrad Pitt yeNetflix. Umshini Wezempi) ukuhlukanisa abantu ababebanika inkululeko nobulungisa kubantu ababebabulala. Izikhulu zaseMelika zichaze abantu ezazifuna ukubabulala “njengomdlavuza,” futhi zahamba zibabulala ngokugasela nokucisha umlilo okwabulala iningi labantu abangenawo umdlavuza. Bangaki abantu i-United States eyayibanikeza umdlavuza ababengaziwa ngaleso sikhathi.
NgoMashi, 2004, amasosha amane akwaBlackwater abulawa e-Fallujah, izidumbu zabo zashiswa zalengiswa ebhulohweni. Imithombo yezindaba yase-US iveze la madoda amane njengezakhamuzi ezingenacala okwathi ngandlela thize zazithola ziphakathi kwempi kanye nokuhloswe ngengozi kodlame olungenangqondo nolungenanjongo. Abantu baseFallujah “babeyizigebengu” kanye “nabayizixhwanguxhwangu” kanye “namaqaba.” Ngenxa yokuthi isiko lase-US alikaze lizisole ngoDresden noma i-Hiroshima, kwakukhona ukukhala okuvulekile ngokulandela lezo zibonelo e-Fallujah. Owake waba ngumeluleki kaRonald Reagan, uJack Wheeler wafinyelela imodeli yasendulo yaseRoma efuna ukuthi i-Fallujah yehliswe ngokuphelele ibe yimfucumfucu engaphili: "Fallujah delenda est!"
Abahlali bazama ukubeka umthetho wewashi nokuvinjelwa ukuphatha izikhali, bethi badinga lezi zinyathelo ukuze bahlukanise abantu abazobulala kubantu ukuze banikeze intando yeningi. Kodwa lapho abantu sekufanele bashiye amakhaya abo bayofuna ukudla noma imithi, babedutshulwa. Imindeni yadutshulwa, ngamunye ngamunye, njengoba umuntu ngamunye ephuma ezama ukuhlenga isidumbu esilimele noma esingaphili sothandekayo. “Umdlalo womndeni” wawubizwa kanjalo. Okuwukuphela kwenkundla yebhola edolobheni yaguqulwa yaba ithuna elikhulu.
Umfana oneminyaka eyisikhombisa ogama lakhe linguSami wabona udadewabo omncane edutshulwa. Wabuka uyise ephuma egijima endlini eyomlanda bese bedutshulwa bededelana. Walalela uyise ekhala kabuhlungu. USami nomndeni wakhe wonke babesaba ukuphuma. Ekuseni udadewabo noyise base beshonile. Umndeni kaSami ulalele ukudubula nokukhala ezindlini ezizungezile, njengoba kwenzeka okufanayo. AmaSami ajikijela izinja ngamatshe ezama ukuzigcina zikude nezidumbu. Abafowabo bakaSami abadala babengamvumeli umama wakhe ukuthi aphume ayovala amehlo omyeni wakhe ongasekho. Kodwa ekugcineni, abafowabo bakaSami ababili abadala banquma ukuphuthuma ngaphandle befuna izidumbu, ngethemba lokuthi oyedwa wabo uzosinda. Omunye umzalwane wadutshulwa ekhanda ngaso leso sikhathi. Lona omunye ukwazile ukuvala amehlo kayise wakhipha isidumbu sikadadewabo kodwa wadubuleka eqakaleni. Naphezu kwemizamo yomndeni wonke, lowo mzalwane wafa kancane kancane futhi kabuhlungu ngenxa yenxeba leqakala, kuyilapho izinja zilwela isidumbu sikayise nomfowabo, futhi iphunga elivela endaweni yezidumbu lithatha.
U-Al Jazeera ubonise umhlaba okunye okwesabekayo kokuvinjezelwa kokuqala kwe-Fallujah. Futhi-ke ezinye izitolo zakhombisa umhlaba ukuhlukunyezwa i-US eyayikwenza e-Abu Ghraib. Isola abezindaba, futhi ixazulula izenzo ezingcono zokuqothulwa kohlanga esikhathini esizayo, i-Liberators ihoxile ku-Fallujah.
Kodwa i-Fallujah yahlala iyinhloso ekhethiwe, eyayizodinga amanga afana nalawo ayeqale impi yonke. U-Fallujah, umphakathi wase-US manje wawutshelwe ukuthi, kwakuyi-hotbed ye-Al Qaeda elawulwa ngu-Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - inganekwane evezwa sengathi yangempela eminyakeni kamuva efilimini yaseMelika. I-American Sniper.
Ukuvinjezelwa Kwesibili kwe-Fallujah kwakuwukuhlasela okuphelele kukho konke ukuphila komuntu okuhlanganisa ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwezindlu, izibhedlela, futhi ngokusobala noma yikuphi okuhlosiwe okufunayo. Owesifazane odadewabo okhulelwe wabulawa ibhomu utshele intatheli, “Angikwazi ukukhipha isithombe engqondweni yami sokuqhunyiswa kombungu emzimbeni wakhe.” Esikhundleni sokulinda ukuthi abantu baphume ezindlini, ekuvinjezelweni Kwesibili, i-US Marines yadubula ezindlini ezinamathangi namarokhethi, futhi yaqeda umsebenzi ngogandaganda, isitayela sakwa-Israel. Basebenzisa ne-phosphorus emhlophe kubantu, eyayibancibilikisa. Bacekela phansi amabhuloho, izitolo, ama-mosque, izikole, imitapo yolwazi, amahhovisi, iziteshi zesitimela, iziteshi zikagesi, izindawo zokuhlanza amanzi, nazo zonke izingxenye zezinhlelo zokukhucululwa kwendle nezokuxhumana. Lokhu kwakuyi-sociocide. Imidiya yebhizinisi elawulwayo neshumekiwe ikuthethelele konke.
Kungakapheli unyaka ngemva kokuvinjezelwa kwesibili, idolobha liguqulwa libe uhlobo lwejele elivulekile phakathi kwemfucumfucu, abasebenzi baseFallujah General Hospital baqaphela ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle. Kube nokwanda okumangazayo - okubi kakhulu kune-Hiroshima - ukwanda komdlavuza, ukuzalwa kwezingane zishonile, ukuphuphunyelwa yizisu, kanye nokukhubazeka okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili. Ingane yazalwa inamakhanda amabili, elinye iso elilodwa phakathi esiphongweni, elinye linezitho ezengeziwe. Iyiphi ingxenye yecala lalokhu, uma likhona, eliya ku-phosphorus emhlophe, nokuthi yini echithwa i-uranium, yini ezocebisa izikhali ze-uranium, yini ukuvula imigodi yokusha, nokuthi yini kwezinye izikhali ezihlukahlukene, akungabazeki ukuthi i-US-holwa IMpi Yobuntu iyimbangela.
Ama-incubator ayegcwele indilinga. Kusuka emangeni mayelana nama-Iraqi asusa izinsana kuma-incubators (ngandlela thize) athethelela iMpi Ye-Gulf yokuqala, ngokusebenzisa amanga ngezikhali ezingekho emthethweni (ngandlela thize) ezithethelela ubuphekula obukhulu be-Shock and Awe, manje sesifike emakamelweni agcwele ama-incubator aphethe izinsana ezikhubazekile. ngokushesha ukufa ngenxa yenkululeko enomusa.
Ukuvinjezelwa Kwesithathu kwe-Fallujah kukahulumeni wase-US okufakwe e-US kwafika ngo-2014-2016, nenganekwane entsha yabantu baseNtshonalanga ebandakanya ukulawulwa kwe-ISIS kwe-Fallujah. Nalapha, izakhamuzi zabulawa futhi okusele komuzi kwacekelwa phansi. Fallujah delenda est ngempela. Ukuthi i-ISIS iqhamuke eminyakeni eyishumi yesihluku esiholwa yi-US ebanjwe uhulumeni wase-Iraqi ngokuqothula uhlanga kwaSunni azange kushiwo.
Kukho konke lokhu, yiqiniso, i-United States yayihola umhlaba - ngokushiswa kwamafutha izimpi zaliwa, phakathi kweminye imikhuba - ekunikezeni hhayi nje i-Fallujah, kodwa iningi leMpumalanga Ephakathi, kushisa kakhulu ukuba abantu bangakwazi. hlala. Cabanga ngentukuthelo lapho abantu abeseka umuntu ofana noJoe Biden owabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekubhubhiseni i-Iraq (futhi ongakwazi ngisho nokuzisola ngokushona kwendodana yakhe emigodini evulekile, ingasaphathwa eyokufa kukaFallujah) bethola ukuthi cishe akekho eMpumalanga Ephakathi obongayo ngokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu endaweni eshisayo engapheli. Yilapho abezindaba bezobe beqiniseka ukuthi basitshele ukuthi ngobani izisulu zangempela kule ndaba.
