Ibhalwe nguRobert Mills, LowellSun
WILMINGTON — Iqembu labantu abangaba ngu-30 libhikishe ngaphandle kwe-Textron Weapon and Sensor Systems e-Wilmington ngoLwesithathu, licela ukuthi kuqedwe ukukhiqizwa kwenkampani yamabhomu e-cluster, futhi ikakhulukazi ukuthi kuphele ukudayiswa kwabo eSaudi Arabia.
I-Massachusetts Peace Action kanye nebandla lamaQuaker avela eCambridge bahole umbhikisho, nabahleli bethi kuze kufike kumaphesenti angu-10 ezikhali zamaqoqo zihlala zingaqhumeki ngemva kokusetshenziswa, okubeka ingozi enkulu kubantu, izingane kanye nezilwane ezindaweni zempi.
I-Human Rights Watch yasola iSaudi Arabia ngokusebenzisa izikhali ngokumelene nezakhamuzi zaseYemen ngo-2015, isimangalo uhulumeni waseSaudi aphikisana ngaso.
Amabhomu e-Cluster ayizikhali ezihlakaza inani elikhulu lamabhomu amancane phezu kwethagethi. I-Sensor Fuzed Weapons ekhiqizwe yi-Textron iqukethe "i-dispenser" equkethe imibhalo engezansi eyi-10, ngayinye kweyi-10 equkethe ama-warheads amane, ngokusho kwephepha leqiniso elinikezwe umkhulumeli wenkampani.
“Kuyisikhali esisabekayo,” kusho uJohn Bach, omunye wabahleli bombhikisho nomfundisi wamaQuaker okhonza endlini yemihlangano eCambridge.
U-Bach uthe izikhali ezingaqhunyiswanga ezivela ezikhalini ezihlangene ziyingozi ikakhulukazi ezinganeni, ezingazilanda ngenxa yelukuluku.
"Izingane nezilwane zisaqhunyiswa izitho zazo," kusho uBach.
UMassoudeh Edmond, wase-Arlington, uthe ukholelwa ukuthi “kuwubugebengu ngempela” ukuthi izikhali ezinjalo zidayiselwe iSaudi Arabia.
“Sonke siyazi ukuthi iSaudi Arabia iqhumisa izakhamuzi ngamabhomu, ngakho angazi ukuthi kungani sibadayisela okuthile,” kusho u-Edmond.
U-Textron, okuwukuphela komkhiqizi osele wamabhomu ayiqoqo e-United States, uthi ababhikishi badida i-Sensor Fuzed Weapons yabo nezinguqulo ezindala zamabhomu eqoqo abengaphephile kangako.
Umkhulumeli wenkampani unikeze ikhophi ye-op-ed eshicilelwe ku-Providence Journal ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, lapho i-CEO uScott Donnelly ekhuluma ngemibhikisho mayelana nezikhali e-Providence.
UDonnelly uthe yize izinguqulo ezindala zamabhomu eqoqo zisebenzisa i-ordnance ehlala ingaqhumi ngamaphesenti angama-40 wesikhathi, i-Textron's Sensor Fuzed Weapons iphephe kakhulu futhi inembe kakhudlwana.
U-Donnelly ubhale ukuthi amabhomu amasha eqoqo aqukethe izinzwa zokukhomba okuqondiwe, nokuthi noma yiziphi izikhali ezingashayi okuqondiwe zingazilimaza ngokwazo noma zizikhiphe izikhali lapho zishaya phansi.
Iphepha leqiniso le-Textron lithi i-Sensor Fuzed Weapons idingwa nguMnyango Wezokuvikela ukuze kuholele ku-1% yezikhali ezingaqhunyiswanga.
"Siyaqonda futhi futhi sabelana ngesifiso sokuvikela izakhamizi kuzo zonke izindawo ezinezingxabano," kubhala uDonnelly.
U-Bach usola u-Textron ngokuqamba amanga ngezinga lapho amabhomu ehlala engaqhumi, futhi mayelana nokuphepha kwawo, ethi nakuba izikhali ezimbalwa zihlala ziyingozi ezimweni zaselabhorethri, azikho izimo zaselabhorethri empini.
“Enkungwini yempi, azikho izimo zaselabhu futhi azizibhubhisi ngaso sonke isikhathi,” kusho yena. "Kunesizathu sokuthi umhlaba wonke ngaphandle kwe-US, Saudi Arabia kanye ne-Israel bevimbe ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali eziyiqoqo."
Omunye umQuaker, uWarren Atkinson, waseMedford, wachaza amabhomu eqoqo ngokuthi “isipho esiqhubeka sinikeza.”
"Sekukudala sihamba e-Afghanistan, izingane zisazolahlekelwa izingalo nemilenze," kusho u-Atkinson. “Futhi kuthiwa siyabasiza.”
UBach uthe ngaphezu kombhikisho wangoLwesithathu, amaQuaker abenenkonzo yokukhulekela phambi kwalesi sikhungo ngeSonto lesithathu nyanga zonke iminyaka engaphezu kweyisithupha manje.
Ngenkathi iningi lababhikishi liqhamuka eningizimu yeWilmington, okungenani isakhamuzi saseLowell esisodwa sasikhona.
"Ngilapha nje njengomuntu onomyalezo oyisisekelo wokuziphatha okufanele sivimbe izikhali ezihlangene, futhi sidinga ngempela ukucabanga ngomthelela izikhali zethu ezinawo kubantu emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi endaweni efana neYemen lapho amaSaudis. sisebenzisa izikhali zethu njalo,” kusho uGarret Kirkland, waseLowell.
UCole Harrison, umqondisi omkhulu weMassachusetts Peace Action, uthe leli qembu licindezela uSenator u-Elizabeth Warren no-Edward Markey ukuthi basekele ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosivivinywa wezokuvikela weSenate ozovala ukuthengiswa kwamabhomu ayiqoqo eSaudi Arabia.
Ngezinga elibanzi, leli qembu liphinde liphushele i-US ukuthi ijoyine amanye amazwe angaphezu kwe-100 ajoyine i-Convention on Cluster Munitions, evimbela ukukhiqizwa, ukusetshenziswa, ukuqoqwa kanye nokudluliselwa kwanoma yiziphi izikhali zeqoqo.
