NguKelly Kelly
NgoJanuwari ka-2004 ngavakashela i- “Bucca Camp,” ikhempu ye-POW eyayiphethwe yi-US eyayiqokelwe isicishamlilo esalahleka ekuweni kweWorld Trade Center eNew York ngo-2001. Kutholakale eduzane nechweba ledolobha lase-Umm Qasr, eningizimu ye-Iraq, uxhaxha lwamajele amatende lwakhiwe ngabaphathi be-US Coalition. Abangani bezinsizwa ezinhlanu okucatshangwa ukuthi baboshelwe lapho babenxuse ithimba lethu lamazwi amathathu abantu ukuba bazame ukuvakashela ikamu bathole ukuthi kwenzekeni kubathandekayo babo.
Lokhu bekungunyaka ngaphambi kokubanjwa kuka-Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al-Samarrai, ozoqala ngo-2005, ozohlala iminyaka emine ekhempini ngaphansi kwegama elithi Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, esendleleni yokuba yinhloko yalabo abasanda kuba khona. yasungula i-Islamic State of Iraq neSyria.
Abangane bethu namaChristian Peacemaker Teams babesungule imininingwane yabantu ababecabanga ukuthi babanjwe amasosha aseMelika. Bahlanganisa uhlu lwabo lweziboshwa ezingama-6,000 ngokuxhumana nabathandekayo abethukile njengokuxhumana ngokungakhathali nokuphikelela neziphathimandla zase-US.
Bakwazile ukuthola izinombolo ze- “Capture Tag” zeziboshwa ezimbili. Laba bantu ababili, okungenani, bebesaphila nasekamu.
Ngotolika, ithimba lethu elincane lamaVoices lasuka eBaghdad laya eBasra labe selidlulela e-Umm Qasr, ngokuqinisekile engenye yezindawo ezimnyama kakhulu emhlabeni. Bekuyi Saturday ntambama. Emaphethelweni etilongweni, isosha lase-US lasitshela ngokuthula ukuthi siphuzile kakhulu. Saturday amahora wokuvakasha ayedlulile, kanti usuku olulandelayo lokuvakashela luyoba olulandelayo NgoLwesine. Sinqena ukuhamba, sichaze ukuthi sizofika kude, ngomgwaqo oyingozi, nokuthi ngeke sikwazi ukubuya okwesibili. Ngemuva kwehora, sigxunyekana emabhentshini e-jeep yamasosha, sathathwa sayonqamula ezindaweni eziwugwadule saya etendeni lezivakashi zasejele.
Lapho sasihlangana nezinsizwa ezine eziyisihlanu, zonke ziseneminyaka eyi-20 ubudala, futhi zilalele njengoba zatshela izindaba zokuhlazeka, ukungahambi kahle, ukuzithemba, ukuzungulelwa kanye nokwesaba okukhulu okuzalwe iziboshwa ezingenakuqinisekiswa okubhekene nobufakazi obunokwethenjelwa ngamandla enonya akukho izinhlelo ezicacile zokuzikhulula. Babonakala bekhululekile ngokukhululekile ukuthi okungenani singatshela izihlobo zabo ukuthi zisaphila.
Lapho sihamba, sacela ukukhuluma nesikhulu esiphethe iBucca Camp. Uthe umbono wezinsizwa ezikhishwayo ubungemuhle neze, kodwa ucabange ukuthi kungakuhle ukuzama ukuya kwiKhomishini Yomhlaba Wonke yeRed Cross. “Thokozani ukuthi balapha nathi hhayi eBaghdad,” kusho yena, esibheka kahle. “Sibanika ukudla, izingubo zokugqoka nendawo yokuhlala lapha. Jabula ngokuthi abekho eBaghdad. ” Ngamangala. Okungenani eBaghdad bekungeke kube nzima kangako ukuwavakashela. Uyaziphinda, "Ngiyakutshela nje, thokozani ukuthi abekho eBaghdad."
Kamuva, ngoMeyi ka-2004, ngaqala ukuqonda ukuthi wayesho ukuthini. Vuliwe Kwangathi 1, I-CNN ikhiphe izithombe esejele i-Abu Ghraib: Indoda efakwe izigqoko. Indoda ebambe iqhaza. Umbhoshongo. Lezi zithombe sezishiselwe ezingqondweni zabantu. Ngokushesha kwase kunezindawo ezimbalwa kakhulu ezazibukeka zimbi njengalelo jele. Yebo, sajabula kakhulu ukuthi izinsizwa esazivakashela zazingekho eBaghdad.
Ukucaca kahle, la madoda aseBucca ayemakwe enqunu phambi kwamasosha abesifazane. Babetshelwe ukuthi bathi "Ngiyamthanda uGeorge Bush" ngaphambi kokuba bathole izabelo zabo zokudla. Babelala emhlabathini ovulekile lapho kubanda ngesijeziso bengenamata ngaphansi kwabo nengubo eyodwa kuphela. Onogada babebaklolodele futhi babengenayo indlela yokutshela abangani babo ukuthi basaphila. Kodwa ukuthotshiswa nokuhlukunyezwa okukhulu kwenzelwa ababoshiwe kwezinye izikhungo zasejele laseMelika kulo lonke elase-Iraq.
I-November 3, inkinga ye-2005 ye- New York Review of Books wacaphuna izikhulu ezintathu, ezimbili zazo ezingazange zithunyelwe, zihlelwe yi-US Army's 82nd I-Airborne Division ku-Base Base Basebenzayo (FOB) iMercury e-Iraq.
"Bekhulume ngesimo sokungadalulwa, bachaze ezingxoxweni eziningi abenazo neHuman Rights Watch ukuthi ibutho labo ngo-2003-2004 lalijwayele kanjani ukusebenzisa ukuhlukunyezwa ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo njengendlela yokuqoqa ubuhlakani kanye nokuqeda ukukhathazeka… Iziboshwa e-Iraq zazihlale zibizwa ngama-PUCs. Ukuhlukunyezwa kwababoshiwe kubikwa ukuthi kwakusakazeke kakhulu futhi kwamukelwa ukuthi kwaba yindlela yokukhululeka kwengcindezi, lapho amasosha ayeya etendeni le-PUC ngamahora abo okusebenza ukuze “ayobhema iPUC” noma “abheme iPUC.” "Ukufunxa i-PUC" kubhekiswe ekushayweni kwesiboshwa, kuyilapho "ukubhema iPUC" kubhekisa ekuzikhandeni ngenkani kwesinye isikhathi kuze kube sezingeni lokuquleka.
"Ukubhema" kwakungagcini nje ekukhululekeni kwengcindezi kepha kwakumaphakathi kohlelo lokuphenya olusetshenziswa yi-82nd Airborne Division eFOB Mercury. Izikhulu nama-NCO ophiko lwe-Military Intelligence bazoyalela onogada ukuba "babheme" labo ababoshiwe ngaphambi kokuphenywa ngemibuzo, futhi babeyalela ukuthi ababoshiwe abathile kwakungamelwe bathole ukulala, amanzi, noma ukudla ngaphandle kwabaqaphi. "Ukubhema" okuqondisiwe kungahlala amahora ayishumi nambili kuya kwamashumi amabili nane ngaphambi kokuphenywa ngemibuzo. Njengoba elinye isosha likubeka: “[Isikhulu sezobunhloli samasosha] sathi sifuna ama-PUC adinwe kangaka, abheme kakhulu, adumale kangangokuba bafuna ukusebenzisana.
Mhlawumbe uhhafu wababoshiwe eCamp Mercury, odedelwe ngoba bekucaca ukuthi bebengathinteki kulombhikisho, noma kunjalo babenezinkumbulo nezibazi zokuhlukunyezwa. Njengoba elinye usayitsheni latshela iHuman Rights Watch, “Uma eyindoda elungile, uyazi, manje usengumuntu omubi ngenxa yendlela esimphathe ngayo.”
Lapho osopolitiki baseMelika befuna ukuthengisa impi, ukumaketha kwabo kuyinto ephezulu kakhulu: bangathembela emphakathini wase-US ukuthi bayithenge leyo mpi okungenani isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuthi bazibophezele kuyo ngokungenakuphikiswa, inqobo nje uma ukukhangisa kwaleyo mpi kubashiya bezizwa besongelwa. Futhi akukho mkhiqizo, esikhathini eside impela, obesabekayo njengombuso wamaSulumane.
Ubudlova obuletha uHulumeni WamaSulumane, futhi manje obuthembisa ukwelulela ifa lakhe ekuhlukunyezweni kwesifundazwe nokwandisa, kunomlando omude.
Phakathi kwezimpi ezimbili zokuqala e-Iraq, ohambweni oluningi oluya e-Iraq kusuka ngo-1996 kuya ku-2003, amalungu ethu eVoices akhula aqonda ukukhathala nokuhlupheka okungabekezeleleki kwemindeni yase-Iraq okuzama ukuthi kube khona okungaqinisekile ngaphansi kokujeziswa ngoswinyo lwezomnotho.
Phakathi kwezimpi, inani lokufa ezimpilweni zezingane zodwa, kusukela ekuweni komnotho okwenziwe ngaphandle nokuvinjelwa kokudla, imithi, ukuhlanzwa kwamanzi nezinye izinto ezibalulekile ekusindeni, kulinganiselwa yi-UN ezinganeni ezingama-5,000 XNUMX ngenyanga, isilinganiso esamukelwa ngaphandle umbuzo wezikhulu zase-US.
Izimpawu zokufa ezishaqisayo kunazo zonke ezivela ekuhlaselweni kwethu kwe-2003, ukulinganisa umonakalo wokugcina wezimpi nokuhlukunyezwa kwezenhlalakahle ngokwethembeka ngaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa, bekunganaki njengoba kungenakwenzeka ukuthi bathatha izimo ezingekho ngaphansi kwamanye amazwe ngaphansi kweminyaka yethu yempi yezomnotho e-Iraq.
Ngomhla ka-September 16, i-2014, i-New York Times ibike ngokusanda kukhishwa Umbiko we-UN okushiwo ukuthi e-Iraq, "isabelo sabantu abalambile sesisondele: cishe cishe eyodwa kwabangu-4 base-Iraqyi ayidli kahle, ngokusho kombiko, kusukela ku-7.9 amaphesenti wabantu esikhathini se-1990-92."
Futhi manje, uhulumeni wase-US uthi ukungenelela kwe-US kuyaphinda kudingeke ukuba kuthuthukiswe futhi kuvuselele isizwe sase-Iraq,
Kuye kwavunywa ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-2003 kwe-Iraq ku-al-Baghdadi, ngokuhlazeka kwakhe eCamp Bucca kuqhubeka kumqinisa. Khona-ke izikhukhula ezingapheliyo zezikhali nokukhokha kalula kuma-Iraq nase-Syria kwasusa amandla okuba nempi eqhubekayo.
Lokhu ngeke kube ukuhlasela kwethu kwesithathu e-Iraq. Ukuhlaselwa kwe-US, kufinyelelwa ngemishini, ngendlala ephoqelelwe yezingane, ngokusebenzisa i-phosphorus emhlophe, ngomlilo wezinhlamvu, ngemithi evinjiwe, amadamu angenalutho nezintambo zikagesi ezilahliwe, ngamaphoyisa ahlakazekile kanye nezimboni zombuso ezilahliwe kanye namadolobha ashiywe ukuba ancibilike emiphakathini yokuhlanzwa kobuhlanga - konke kuyimpi eyodwa eqhubekayo, eqala kudala ngaphambi kokuthi sigcine sivule iklayenti lethu lakudala uSaddam ngo-1991, impi ende kunazo zonke emlandweni wase-US, eyaqhubeka manje, yaya esikhathini esizayo kuze kube yilapho ingenasiphelo esingayibona kusengaphambili.
Ngonyaka owodwa kuze kube wusuku lwangaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uDkt Martin Luther King wanxusa ukuba kuhlukane nempi yaseVietnam kanye nokuzalwa kabusha okwakudingeka kakhulu, "ukuguqulwa kwamanani" okwakungakhulula iMelika ekuzibophezeleni okunjalo esikhathini esizayo. Kungaba ngcono kakhulu emhlabeni uma, esikhundleni sokuzwa inkulumo kaMongameli u-Obama kaSepthemba 10 ethethelela ukuvuselelwa kwamasosha aseMelika esifundeni, besingamuzwa uMfu uDkt Martin Luther King's "Ngaphandle kweVietnam" inkulumo. Kuwo, usincenga ukuba sizibone njengoba sibonwa yilabo okuthiwa yizitha zethu. Akulula ukubheka kuleso sibuko, kepha ukuqonda umlando wezimpi nezinqubomgomo zangaphambilini zase-US, ngokumelene ne-Iraq, kungasisiza ukuthi sikubheke ezinye izindlela.
Akudingeki sikhethe ubumpumputhe, noma inzondo esivumela ukuba sithole ukwesaba. Singaphumelela ngeqiniso, ngesihawu, nesibindi sezishoshovu esiqhamuka enhliziyweni ngenhliziyo, sakha kabusha imvelo, umphakathi, umphakathi, ubuntu, ukumelana. Singathola ithemba emsebenzini wethu osebenzayo ukufakazela ukuthi ubuntu buyaqhubeka, ukuthi umlando ungalangazelela ubulungiswa nokuthi uthando olungenakuphefumula, u-bosh uzwela usebenza ngamandla ezweni elinesidingo salo.
Lesi sihloko sitholakala kuqala ku-Telesur English.
Kathy Kelly (UKathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org) 
