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I-Shannonwatch icela uNgqongqoshe Wezokuthutha, Ezokuvakasha Nezemidlalo uShane Ross ukuthi achaze ukuthi kungani indiza eyayisebenzela amasosha aseMelika ivunyelwe ukundiza isuka eShannon Airport iye e-Incirlik Air Base eseNingizimu Turkey futhi ibuye ngoLwesihlanu zingama-30 kuZibandlela.th. Isizinda somoya esiseduze nomngcele waseSyria sisetshenziswa yi-US ukwethula iziteleka zomoya kanye ne-drone kanye nokugcina ingxenye yezikhali zayo zenuzi. Ngakho-ke noma yikuphi ukubandakanyeka ekulethweni kwempahla yezempi noma abagibeli e-Incirlik kuwukwephula ukungathathi hlangothi kwase-Ireland.
Indiza, i-Miami Air International Boeing 737, ifike eShannon ngolwesihlanu at 1pm, futhi wasuka ngaphansi Amahora we-2 ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ichithe isikhathi esifanayo esikhumulweni sezindiza samasosha eTurkey ngaphambi kokubuyela eShannon ngo 4am ngakusasa ekuseni.
“NjengoNgqongqoshe obhekele ukunikezwa kwezimvume zokuthatha izikhali nezikhali ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-Ireland, ingabe uNgqongqoshe uRoss unalo ulwazi mayelana nokuthi yini ebigibele indiza iMiami Air?” kubuza uJohn Lannon weShannonwatch. "Uke wazwakalisa ukukhathazeka esikhathini esidlule mayelana nokungathathi hlangothi kwe-Ireland, pho kungani evumela indiza endizela isuka endaweni enkulu ye-NATO efana ne-Incirlik ukuthi ihlale eShannon, okungenzeka ukuthi izofaka uphethiloli?"
"Ukube indiza iMiami Air inezikhali noma enye impahla eyingozi ebigibele bekungafanele ivunyelwe ukupaka ebhilidini lapho ibibeka engcupheni yezokuphepha kubantu abasebenzisa isikhumulo sezindiza nakubasebenzi." wanezela uJohn Lannon.
"Ukuba khona kwale ndiza eShannon nakho kuphakamisa imibuzo koNgqongqoshe Bezobulungiswa Nezindaba Zangaphandle" kusho u-Edward Horgan weShannonwatch owayesesikhumulweni sezindiza ngesikhathi indiza ifika. “Ngaphambi nje kokuba indiza ihlale imoto egada i-Garda yangena endaweni esemoyeni esikhumulweni sezindiza namalambu ayo aluhlaza akhanya. Iziphathimandla zazixwayiswe ngokusobala ngokufika kwendiza eyayidinga isivikelo esikhethekile. Kungani lokhu kwakudingeka, futhi ubani ogunyaze ukuvikelwa komphathi wezempi waseMelika?”
Amasosha ase-US angaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili nesigamu kanye nezikhali zawo adlule esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Shannon kule minyaka engu-15 edlule ezindizeni eziqashiwe nezempi. Iningi lalaba manje lihamba ngezindiza ze-Omni Air International. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona ukuhlala njalo kwezindiza ze-US Air Force kanye ne-Navy esikhumulweni sezindiza.
"Ngo-2003 iNkantolo Ephakeme yakhipha isinqumo sokuthi inqwaba yamasosha ase-US kanye nempahla yempi eyayidlula eShannon yayiphula iSivumelwano SaseHague Sokungathathi hlangothi" kusho uHorgan. “Nokho ohulumeni base-Ireland abalandelanayo baqhubekile nokubavumela ukuthi bayisebenzise njengendawo yokusebenza phambili yokuhlasela, imisebenzi kanye nemikhankaso yezempi kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. UNgqongqoshe uRoss manje uyaqhubeka nalokhu kulahla okusobala kokungathathi hlangothi kwethu. "
“Lapho ekhuluma ngesimo soMkhandlu WaseYurophu nge-NATO izolo, uTaoiseach Enda Kenny wakhuluma ngezimo ezingokomthetho ezisebenza emazweni anjenge-Ireland ukuze kuvikelwe ukungathathi hlangothi kwethu kobukhosi. Izenzo zikhuluma kakhulu kunamagama nokho, futhi izenzo zikaHulumeni wakhe zokugunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwezempi yase-US esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Shannon zenza inhlekisa ukungathathi hlangothi kobukhosi base-Ireland”.
“Ukuhlaliswa kwamasosha ase-US nakho kwandisa ingozi yokuhlasela kwamaphekula okungase kube nemiphumela ebuhlungu esikhumulweni sezindiza noma ngisho naseDublin. Lokhu kukodwa kuyisizathu esinamandla sokuwaqeda,” kwengeza uMnu Horgan.
NgoDisemba 29th, ngosuku olwandulela ukufika kwendiza ye-Miami Air e-Shannon, i-RAF yaseBrithani i-Hercules C130J nayo yaqoshwa lapho yi-Shannonwatch. Indiza yayisukile endaweni ye-RAF Brize Norton ngaphandle kwaseLondon esikhathini esifushane ngaphambili.
Ngenkathi zombili izindiza zisesikhumulweni sezindiza, uShannonwatch wathintana nabakwaGardaí ebacela ukuthi baphenye ukuthi bebephethe izikhali yini. Ngokwazi kwabo akukho phenyo olwenziwe.
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