NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War
I-US Air Force ithi ayimisi ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwezikhali ze-Uranium, isanda kuzithumela eMiddle East, futhi izimisele ukuzisebenzisa.
Uhlobo lwendiza, i-A-10, efakwe kulenyanga eMiddle East yi-122nd Fighter Wing yase-US Air National Guard, ibhekele ukungcola okungaphezulu kwe-Uranium (DU) ukwedlula noma iyiphi enye ingxenyekazi, ngokusho kwe-International Coalition to Ban Uranium Izikhali (ICBUW). "Kusetshenziswe isisindo sesisindo nangezinombolo ezingama-30mm PGU-14B ammo kunanoma imuphi omunye umzuliswano," kusho umxhumanisi we-ICBUW uDoug Weir, ebhekisa ezinhlamvini ezisetshenziswa ngama-A-10s, uma kuqhathaniswa nezinhlamvu ze-DU ezisetshenziswa ngamathangi.
Umphathi wezindaba zomphakathi uMaster Sgt. UDarin L. Hubble we-122nd Fighter Wing wangitshela ukuthi ama-A-10s aseMpumalanga Ephakathi kanye "nabasebenzi bethu abanohlonze abangama-300" bathunyelwe lapho ngokuthunyelwa okuhlelelwe iminyaka emibili edlule futhi kababelwe ukuthatha ingxenye ekulweni kwamanje e-Iraq noma eSyria, kodwa "lokho kungashintsha noma yinini."
Abasebenzi bazolayisha imijikelezo ye-uranium esephelile ku-14mm Gatling canons yabo bese beyisebenzisa njengoba kudingeka, kusho uHubble. "Uma kunesidingo sokuqhuma okuthile - isibonelo ithangi - kuzosetshenziswa."
Okhulumela iPentagon uMark Wright ungitshele wathi, “Akukho ukwenqatshelwa kokusetshenziswa kwemijikelezo ye-Uranium esephelile, futhi [amasosha aseMelika] ayayisebenzisa. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-DU kumishini yokubhoboza izikhali kuvumela amathangi ezitha ukuthi abhujiswe kalula. ”
NgoLwesine, amazwe amaningi, kufaka phakathi i-Iraq, Wakhuluma ekomitini lokuqala leNhlangano Yezizwe, ngokumelene nokusetshenziswa kwe-Uranium Esetshenzisiwe kanye nokusekelwa kokufunda nokulungisa umonakalo ezindaweni ezisevele zingcolile. Okungabophanga isixazululo kulindeleke ukuthi livotelwe yiKomiti kuleli sonto, linxusa amazwe asebenzisa i-DU ukuhlinzeka ngemininingwane yezindawo eziqondiswe kuzo. Izinhlangano eziningi zethula a isikhalazo kwizikhulu zaseMelika kuleli sonto ebanxusa ukuthi bangaphikisi isinqumo.
Ngo-2012 isinqumo nge-DU sasekelwa amazwe ayi-155 futhi saphikiswa yi-UK, i-US, iFrance kanye ne-Israyeli kuphela. Izizwe eziningana ziye zavala i-DU, kwathi ngoJuni i-Iraq yaphakamisa isivumelwano somhlaba wonke sokuyivimba - okuyisinyathelo esasekelwa yiPhalamende laseYurophu nelaseLatin America.
UWright uthe amasosha aseMelika “abhekane nokukhathazeka ngokusetshenziswa kwe-DU ngokuphenya ezinye izinhlobo zezinto zokwakha ezingasetshenziswa kumishini, kepha kube nemiphumela exubile. I-Tungsten inokulinganiselwa okuthile ekusebenzeni kwayo ezikhungweni zokubhoboza izikhali, kanye nokunye ukukhathazeka kwezempilo okususelwa kwimiphumela yocwaningo lwezilwane kwamanye ama-alloys aqukethe i-tungsten. Ucwaningo luyaqhubeka kule ndawo ukuthola enye indlela engeyona eye-DU eyamukelwa kalula ngumphakathi, futhi esebenza ngokugculisayo kumishini yokwakha izikhali. ”
"Nginovalo lokuthi i-DU iyi-Agent Orange yalesi sizukulwane," kusho ilungu leCongress of US uJim McDermott. “Kube nokwanda okukhulu ekukhuleni komdlavuza wegazi ebuntwaneni kanye nezinkinga zokuzalwa e-Iraq kusukela ngeMpi YaseGulf kanye nokuhlasela kwethu okwalandela ngo-2003. Kukhona nokusikisela okukhulu ukuthi izikhali ze-DU zibangele izingqinamba ezinkulu zezempilo kumakadebona ethu empi yase-Iraq. Ngikungabaza kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwalezi zikhali kuze kube amasosha aseMelika enza uphenyo olugcwele ngomphumela wezinsalela zezikhali ze-DU kubantu. ”
UDoug Weir we-ICBUW uthe ukusetshenziswa kabusha kwe-DU e-Iraq kuzoba "yinkulumo-ze ye-ISIS." Iinhlangano zakhe nezinye eziphikisana ne-DU zibheke ngokuqapha ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-US isuswe kwi-DU, amasosha aseMelika athi ayizange iyisebenzise eLibya ngo-2011. Master Sgt. UHubble we-122nd Fighter Wing ukholelwa ukuthi leso bekuyisinqumo nje sobuchule. Kepha ingcindezi yomphakathi ibilethwe izishoshovu namaphalamende ezizwe ezihlangene, nangokuzibophezela kwe-UK ukungasebenzisi i-DU.
I-DU ibalwa njenge-Group 1 Carcinogen yi-World Health Organisation, futhi ubufakazi womonakalo wezempilo okhiqizwa ukusetshenziswa kwawo kukhulu. Umonakalo uhlanganiswe, uJeena Shah eCentre for Constitutional rights (CCR) ungitshele, lapho isizwe esisebenzisa i-DU senqaba ukukhomba izindawo eziqondiswe kuzo. Ukungcola kungena emhlabathini nasemanzini. Insimbi yesikhu engcolile isetshenziswa emafektri noma enziwa ezimbizeni zokupheka noma ezidlalwe ngabantwana.
I-CCR ne-Iraq Veterans Against the War bafake a Isicelo Sesicelo Senkululeko Yolwazi emzameni wokufunda izindawo eziqondiswe e-Iraq ngesikhathi nangemva kokuhlaselwa kwe-1991 ne-2003. Izwe lase-UK naseNetherlands seliveze izindawo eziqondisiwe, uSha waveza, njengoba kwenzeka nange-NATO kulandela ukusetshenziswa kwe-DU eBalkan. Futhi i-United States iveze izindawo eziqondise kuzo ngamaqembu ama-cluster munitions. Manje kungani manje?
"Sekuyiminyaka," kusho u-Shah, "i-US ibuphikile ubudlelwano phakathi kwe-DU nezinkinga zezempilo kubantu nje kanye nasemakadebona. Izifundo zezingqalabutho zase-UK zisikisela kakhulu ukuxhumana. I-US ayifuni ukuthi kwenziwe izifundo. ” Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-United States isebenzise i-DU ku izindawo zomphakathi futhi ukuhlonza lezo zindawo kungaphakamisa ukwephulwa Kwezivumelwano zeGeneva.
Odokotela base-Iraq bazobe bethula ubufakazi ngomonakalo owenziwe yi-DU ngaphambi kwe Ikhomishini yamalungelo abantu i-Tom Lantos eWashington, DC, ngoDisemba.
Khonamanjalo, abakwa-Obama Administration bathi ngoLwesine kuzochitha imali eyi- $ 1.6 million ukuzama ukukhomba ubutha obenziwe e-Iraq. . . ngo-ISIS.
