By Shannonwatch, Agasti 19, 2019
AbakwaShannonwatch bafuna ukuthi kubuyekezwe ngokushesha amazinga okuphepha asetshenziswa ezindizeni zase-US nezamabutho asenkontilekeni eShannon Airport. Umlilo kumthwali webutho i-Omni Air International ulethe isikhumulo sezindiza ngoLwesine Agasti 15th. Lokhu kuphinde kugqamise izingozi ezibangelwa ukuthobeka kwamasosha nsuku zonke esikhumulweni sezindiza esinjengeShannon.
Umthwali wamasosha, okuthiwa uthwele cishe amabutho we-150, ubesendleleni eya e-Middle East. Kwakufike kuqala eTinker Air Force Base, e-Oklahoma USA.
“Siyazi ukuthi kungumkhuba ojwayelekile ukuthi amasosha akulezi zindiza abe nezikhali zawo,” kusho uJohn Lannon waseShannonwatch. "Kodwa esingakwazi, ngoba uhulumeni wase-Ireland uyenqaba ukwenza ukuhlolwa okufanele kwezindiza zamasosha aseMelika eShannon, ukuthi ngabe zazikhona yini izikhali ezazikhona."
U-Edward Horgan weVeterans for Peace uthe “Kubukeka sengathi kube nomlilo omkhulu ngesikhathi kuthuthwa ibhanoyi ngesikhathi lisuka, nokuthi lokhu kudinga ukuthi izicishamlilo zisebenzise amagwebu abuyisa amalangabi ukucisha umlilo. Amagwebu avimbela ilangabi asetshenziswa ezikhungweni zamasosha aseMelika emhlabeni jikelele abelokhu edala ukungcola okukhulu kakhulu. Ngabe kusetshenziswa amagwebu acima umlilo afanayo eShannon njengengxenye yebhizinisi lezempi laseMelika? ”
Kubikwe ngoJulayi ukuthi iShannon bekuyisikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala ezweni ukuletha amathenda amasha okucisha umlilo eHigh Reach. "Ingabe lesi ngesinye isibonelo semikhuba yamasosha aseMelika eShannon yokulwa nobungozi obudalwa ukusebenzisa kwabo isikhumulo sezindiza?" kubuza uMnu Horgan.
Ngokokwaziswa okuqoqwe yiShannonwatch, indiza ebisenkontilekeni yamasosha umlilo oqubuke kuyo, ngesonto eledlule ibiseBiggs Air Force Base eTexas, Shaw Air Force Base eSouth Carolina, kanye nase-US Air Bases eJapan ( IYokota) neSouth Korea (Osan). Ubuye futhi waya e-Al Udeid Air Base eQatar, nge-Kuwait. Futhi nokuba yisizinda saseMelika, i-Al Udeid ibuye ibuyele neQatari Air Force ebilokhu iyingxenye yokuhlaselwa ngamasosha e-Saudi e-Yemen. Lokhu kushiye izigidi zabantu zibhekene nendlala kusukela nge2016.
Eduze kwe-3 izigidi zamasosha ase-US adlule eShannon Airport kusukela e-2001. Izithwali ze-Troop ziyaqhubeka zifika emhlabeni futhi zisuka eShannon nsuku zonke.
Ngaphezu kwezindiza ezithwala abantu baseMelika, izindiza zisebenza ngokuqondile yi-US Air Force neNavy futhi ifika eShannon. Uhulumeni wase-Ireland uvumile ukuthi kukhona izikhali ezithwala abagibeli bebutho. Kepha bathi enye indiza yamasosha aseMelika ayiziphathi izingalo, izinhlamvu noma iziqhumane futhi ayiyona ingxenye yezokuzivocavoca kwezempi noma imisebenzi.
"Lokhu kuyamangalisa impela," kusho uJohn Lannon. “Kuyinqubo evamile ngabasebenzi bezindiza zamasosha aseMelika ukuphatha izikhali zabo, futhi njengoba izinkulungwane zalezi zinikezwe amandla eShannon kusukela ngo-2001 akucabangeki ukuthi kwakungekho sikhali esisodwa kwesinye sazo. Ngakho-ke sikuthola kungenakwenzeka ukukholelwa noma yikuphi "ukuqinisekiswa" ngokusetshenziswa kwamasosha aseMelika eShannon. "
"Ngenxa yendiza yamasosha aseMelika eShannon, izehlakalo ezinjengalezi zomlilo ngoLwesine ekuseni zingase zibe yinhlekelele elindele ukwenzeka." Kusho u-Edward Horgan. "Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuba khona kwamakhulu amasosha aseMelika kubeka ezingozini ezinkulu zokuphepha kuwo wonke umuntu osebenzisa noma osebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza."
Ukusetshenziswa kwesikhumulo sezindiza iShannon nakho kuphambana nenqubomgomo yase-Ireland yokungathathi hlangothi.
"Ukusetshenziswa kukaShannon ukuxhasa ngqo izimpi zase-United States ezingekho emthethweni eMiddle East, kubalwa namacala ezimpi enziwa ngamasosha aseMelika nababambisene nawo akunasisekelo futhi akwamukelekile," kusho u-Edward Horgan weVeterans for Peace.
Ngokusho kwe-RTÉ TG4 Exit Poll ngemuva kokhetho lwangoMeyi, i-82% yalabo abavotelwayo ithe i-Ireland kufanele ihlale iyizwe elingathathi hlangothi kuzo zonke izici.
URoger Cole, onguSihlalo we-Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA), uthe "Ingozi eShannon Airport kanye nabagibeli abadalwe yizindiza zamasosha aseMelika ezithwala imishini yezempi ezimpini ezingapheli zaseMelika zigqanyiswe yiShannonwatch nePANA. IPANA iphinde yacela ukunqanyulwa ngokushesha kokusetshenziswa kweSikhumulo Sezindiza SaseShannon ngamasosha ase-US ”.
"Okubaluleke kakhulu kunanoma yini, uHulumeni wase-Ireland kufanele ayeke ukusebenzisana ne-US ekubulaweni kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zamadoda, abesifazane nezingane," engeza.
IShannonwatch iphinda izingcingo zayo ukuze kuphele konke ukusetshenziswa kwamasosha ase-US eShannon Airport, ngenhloso yokuphepha kwendawo nokuqina komhlaba.
