Ngu-Sam Knight, Umlindi Wesifunda
Abameli bamadoda ase-Yemeni abamangalela uhulumeni wase-US, ngokubulala izihlobo ezimbili ezitelekeni zama-drone, baveze udaba lwabo ngoLwesibili phambi kwamajaji ezikhalazo zombuso.
Bephikisana e-DC Circuit eWashington, abameli bathi inkantolo encane yenza iphutha ngoMashi, lapho iphetha ngokuthi izinkantolo akufanele “ziqagele okwesibili isinqumo senqubomgomo yesiGungu.” IJaji lesiFunda u-Ellen Huvelle ulichithile icala Februwari.
"Abamangali abaphikisani nobuhlakani beziteleka zama-drone noma ukuhlasela i-Al-Qaeda," kusho isitatimende esifakwe abameli abeseka leli cala. "Abamangali bagomela ngokuthi lokhu kwakuwukubulala ngokungemthetho kwabantu abangenacala okwenziwa ngokwazi ukwephulwa komthetho."
Abameli bomunye wabamangali ababili base-Yemeni baphawule ngoLwesibili ukuthi ikhasimende lakhe alifuni ukunxeshezelwa ngokwezimali - "ukuxolisa kanye nencazelo yokuthi kungani izihlobo zakhe zabulawa," njengoba kubika i-Courthouse News.
"Lesi yisinyathelo esibaluleke ngempela sale nkantolo," kusho ummeli uJeffrey Robinson ezigcawini zomlomo.
Icala lizungeze isiteleka sika-Agasti 2012 esabulala uSalem bin Ali Jaber noWaleed bin Ali Jaber. UWaleed wayeyiphoyisa lomgwaqo, naye owayesebenza njengonogada eSalem; umshumayeli oneziqu ze-post-graduate.
Lesi sakamuva "safuna ukufundisa izingane i-Islam elinganiselayo nebekezelelayo, kanye nokuphikisana nemibono eyeqisayo yokuthi amaqembu anobudlova njenge-al Qaeda asekela," icala lokuqalakushiwo.
Lapho la madoda amabili ebulawa ukuhlasela kwezindiza zaseMelika, “ayenabasha abathathu ababengene ngemoto edolobheni ekuseni futhi bacela ukuhlangana noSalem.”
"Lezi zinsizwa ezintathu bekusobala ukuthi bekuhloswe ngazo isiteleka sama-drone," kusho abameli bezihlobo zikaSalem noWaleed.
"Akucaci ukuthi ngisho nalabo abathathu bekuhloswe okusemthethweni noma okunengqondo," kuphawula abameli. “Izithombe zangemuva kwesiteleka, nakuba zimbi, ziphakamisa ukuthi okungenani eyodwa yamadoda yayimncane kakhulu.
UMongameli u-Obama ubelokhu evikela umbuso wakhe we-drone-okwaziwa nangokuthi uhlelo lokubulala okuhlosiwe-njengendlela esemthethweni, yokuhlinzwa yokuqeda izinsongo zamaphekula.
Ukwethemba kwangaphandle kwabaphathi kuhulumeni kuyabonakala asikho isizathu sokuqinisa iziqondiso zokubulala ngaphambi kokunikeza "Kill list" kuMongameli oqokwe uDonald Trump–indoda evame ukuchazwa ngesikhathi somkhankaso ka-Obama njengongakufanelekeli ukuhola izwe.
Ngaphandle kwenkantolo yokudlulisa amacala eWashington ngoLwesibili, omunye wabafowabo bakaSalem uthe ukusebenza kwe-drone yaseMelika eYemen bekubudedengu futhi kungasebenzi.
Ekhuluma ngotolika, uFaisal bin Ali Jaber uthe abantu endaweni yakhe yaseYemen “abazi lutho nge [US] kodwa ngama-drones.”
Ngokuvumelana ne Izindaba zasenkantolo, waphawula ukuthi i-Al-Qaida yandise ukufinyelela kwayo eYemen ngo-2015, cishe ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi ngemva kokuba u-Obama ekhuphule ukusebenza kwe-drone ukukhomba i-Al-Qaida eNhlonhlweni yase-Arabia.
I-US, uFaisal uthe, "ingatshala imali lapho ngezinye izindlela ezingathuthukisa eminye imibono phakathi kwabantu lapho."
"Lawa ma-drones empeleni asiza i-Al-Qaida ukuthi ihehe abantu ngoba ithi, 'bheka - i-United States iyakubulala," wengeza. Woza uhlanganyele nathi ukuze sibabulale.'
