U-Tariq Aziz, owayenguNdunankulu wase-Iraq ushonile. Iminyaka eyishumi nambili yokuhlupheka emajele ase-Iraq isiphelile futhi ekugcineni angaphumula ngokuthula. Engaphilile, enqatshelwe usizo olwanele lwezokwelapha futhi elahlwa yizwe langaphandle, wabanjwa ohulumeni base-Iraq kulandela ukuhlasela ngokungemthetho kwe-Iraq ohulumeni base-US kanye nohulumeni wase-UK ngo-2003. UTariq Aziz wayedingwa iziphathimandla ezazizabalaza njengophawu lokunqoba. ngemva kokuthola ifa lesizwe esibhujisiwe kulandela iminyaka yezijeziso kanye nokwehluleka ukusebenza.
Akusho lutho kithina ukuthi amazwi ethu okudabukisa nokuhlonipha uTariq Aziz - umholi wezinsuku eziningi zobumnyama ezweni lakhe - azosetshenziswa ngabathile ukudicilela phansi isithunzi sethu ngezinsolo zokweseka umbuso wondlovukayiphikiswa.
U-Tariq Aziz usihlabe umxhwele ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokuzibophezela kwakhe abambisana ngakho neNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene lapho sisebenza ngezikhathi ezihlukene njengabaxhumanisi bezobuntu be-UN e-Baghdad. Imizamo yakhe engapheli yokuvimbela impi ka-2003 ngeke ilibaleke. Ubeyingcweti yemisebenzi enzima kodwa enezimiso eziphakeme ngaphandle kwayo impendulo yoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha ye-UN enganele ekuhluphekeni kwabantu e-Iraq bekungaba nomthelela omubi nakakhulu.
Sinombono omuhle ukuthi isikali sobulungiswa singasabela kanjani ukube bekungenzeka ukulinganisa isisindo sokwenza okungalungile kubantu base-Iraq okunikelwe ngaphakathi kwe-Iraq nangaphandle.
Eminyakeni edlule, besinethemba lokuthi abaholi abanethonya bazokubona kuwumthwalo wabo wemfanelo ukubona ukuthi uTariq Aziz, isikhulu sezwe esigulayo nesikhulile, uzovunyelwa ukuba aphile izinsuku zakhe zokugcina ngokunethezeka komndeni wakhe. Sasinephutha. Besinxuse lowo owayenguNobhala Wombuso wase-US, u-James Baker, owayengusihlalo ngokubambisana no-Tariq Aziz ezingxoxweni zase-Geneva ngo-1991 nge-Iraq, ukuthi asekele izicelo zokuphathwa ngobuntu kozakwabo wangaphambili. U-Baker wenqabile ukusebenza njengosopolitiki. Besinethemba lokuzwa izwi likaPapa lomKrestu esikanye naye uTariq Aziz kulandela ukuxhumana kwethu nongqongqoshe wezangaphandle weHoly See. IVatican yahlala iyisimungulu. Abanye abaholi eYurophu nakwezinye izindawo bancamela ukuthula kunozwelo.
Ngisho nenhlangano yethu, iNhlangano Yezizwe, ayizange ibe nesibindi sokufuna ukuphathwa ngendlela efanele indoda le nhlangano eyayimazi amashumi eminyaka njengomvikeli okholisayo nothembekile wamalungelo e-Iraq.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, siyaqiniseka ukuthi u-Tariq Aziz uzokhumbuleka ngokuqhubekayo njengomholi onamandla owazama konke okusemandleni akhe ukuvikela ubuqotho be-Iraq kuzo zonke izingqinamba ezweni lakhe kanye nokugxambukela kwangaphandle kwamabutho ezombusazwe azisebenzelayo.
Hans-C. u-von Sponeck no-Denis J. Halliday,
Abasizi Bomabhalane-Jikelele be-UN & Abaxhumanisi Bosizo Lobuntu be-UN e-Iraq (ret.) (1997-2000) Müllheim (Germany) kanye neDublin (Ireland)
Impendulo eyodwa
UHans noDenis othandekayo,
Siyabonga ngalo mbiko kanye nokuphawula kwakho okunokuqonda nayiqiniso. Ngisikhumbula kahle lesi sikhathi somlando kanye nendlela ehloniphekile uTariq abhekana ngayo nalezi zingqinamba ezihlukahlukene zamazwe ngamazwe. Ngaqala ukuzwa ngoTariq Asis ngesikhathi ekhuluma ngesikhathi kune-teleconference eyayihlelwe ngabakwa World Beyond War emuva ngawo-1990. Ngahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi. Wayengumuntu wangempela futhi ngacabanga ukuthi kwakuyihlazo indlela aphathwa ngayo ngemva kokuwa kukaSaddam Hussein wumphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe. Ukuganga ngempela.
Ngangingomunye wabahleli be-Uniting for Peace Coalition eyacela ukuthi i-UN General Assembly ibambe umhlangano ophuthumayo mayelana nenkinga yase-Iraq ngo-2003 nobabili nawusekela. Ngibonga kakhulu. Kubi ngempela ukuthi abekho abaholi bezepolitiki abafana nawe. Kungenzeka ukuthi sikwazile ukumisa ukuhlasela okungekho emthethweni kwe-US kanye nokuhlasela kwe-Iraq ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale.
Ngokuzayo nakuba ungayitholi impendulo yohlelo olufana nalolu oluvela esimweni sezombusazwe sicela uze emphakathini ukuze usebenze nathi ngamaqembu afana ne-AVAAZ, IPB, UFPJ, njll ukuzama ukuqwashisa umphakathi kanye nokwesekwa okwengeziwe ukuphathwa nje kwabantu abafana noTariq Aziz – iqhawe labantu bangempela.
Ngiyabonga,
Rob Wheeler
Isishoshovu Sokuthula kanye noMmeleli we-UN
robwheeler22 @ gmail.com