Abasebenzi abasezikhungweni zempi e-UK babambe iqhaza ekukhetheni izinhloso zomkhankaso oyimfihlo wama-drone ase-US obulale amakhulukhulu ezakhamuzi ngokwephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, kukhomba imibhalo etholwe yinhlangano esiza abantulayo iReprieve.
Izikhangiso zemisebenzi nama-CV akhonjwe emithonjeni etholakala esidlangalaleni abonisa ukuthi i-US Air Force iqashe i-“MQ-9 REAPER [drone] ISR Mission Intelligence Coordinator” e-RAF Molesworth e-Cambridgeshire; kuyilapho Usonkontileka Ozimele Wezempi (i-PMC) ekhangise “Umhlaziyi Wonke Wemithombo - Ukuqondisa” ukuthi asebenze endaweni efanayo.
I-RAF Molesworth iqashiselwe e-US, kodwa uHulumeni wase-UK wenqabile ukuphendula imibuzo yokuthi ubamba iqhaza yini emkhankasweni oyimfihlo we-drone - owenza imicibisholo ngaphandle kwezindawo zempi nokuziphendulela okuncane.
ONgqongqoshe baseBrithani bathe "i-US ayisebenzisi i-RPAS [drones] evela e-UK," kodwa benqabile ukuphendula imibuzo yokuthi izisekelo zase-UK zidlala indima ekukhetheni okuhlosiwe kanye nokudweba 'uhlu lokubulala' lwase-US.
Isikhangiso sesithathu somsebenzi esivela kusonkontileka uLeidos sokuthi othile ahlinzeke ngohlaziyo lwezobunhloli “lwe-FMV [ividiyo egcwele enyakazayo] ukweseka i-USAFRICOM…kanye neSpecial Operations Command Africa,” futhi e-Molesworth, sikhombisa ukuthi isisekelo singase sibambe iqhaza ekusekeleni iziteleka ezingekho emthethweni ze-drone amazwe anjengeSomalia, lapho i-US noma i-UK ingekho empini esidlangalaleni. Kanye ne-CIA, i-US Special Operations Command ingumdlali oyinhloko ohlelweni lwe-drone.
Kuphakanyiswe ukukhathazeka ngokuba semthethweni kohlelo lwe-drone eyimfihlo yase-US, ukungafihli lutho, kanye nemibiko yokuthi sekuholele ekufeni kwamakhulu ezakhamuzi. I-UN isixwayise ngokuthi ingase yephule umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, futhi ongqongqoshe baseBrithani benqabile ukudonswa ngombono wabo wokuba semthethweni kwayo. UMengameli u-Obama kuze kube manje wenqabile ngisho nokuvuma ngokusemthethweni ukuthi i-CIA yenza iziteleka ze-drone, ngenxa yesimo somshoshaphansi sohlelo. Ucwaningo olwenziwa ngo-2014 olwenziwa yi-Reprieve lwathola ukuthi iziteleka ze-drone ezifihlekile eYemen nasePakistan zibulale abantu abangaziwa abangaba ngu-1,147 emizamweni ehlulekile yokubulala abantu abangu-41.
Izambulo ziza phezu kwemibhalo eshicilelwe kamuva nje ngu I-Intercept ngeqhaza elibanjwe uMenwith Hill - esinye isizinda sezobunhloli sase-UK/US - ekuhlonzeni okuhlosiwe e-Yemen, enye yetiyetha eyinhloko lapho kusebenza khona uhlelo lwe-drone eyimfihlo. Idokhumenti eyodwa ithi okuhlosiwe emakhefi e-inthanethi e-Yemeni "kwenziwa amahhovisi amaningana okuhlosiwe e-NSA nase-GCHQ." Isihloko salo mbhalo sikhombisa ukuthi sikopishelwe e-UK, okusho ukuthi uHulumeni waseBrithani kumele ngabe useyazi kakade indima edlalwa ubuhlakani nezisekelo zawo.
Ukuphawula, UJennifer Gibson, ummeli wabasebenzi e-Reprieve Wathi:
"Le mibhalo iwubufakazi obuqine kakhulu okwamanje bokuthi i-US kungenzeka ukuthi iqhuba impi yayo engekho emthethweni, eyimfihlo ye-drone evela ezisekelweni zomhlabathi waseBrithani. Uhulumeni wase-UK manje udinga ukuphumela obala ngokuthi iyiphi indima izisekelo esiziqashisa e-US ezidlala indima ekudwebeni izinhlu eziyimfihlo zokubulawa kwabantu base-US - nokuthi kuyini ngempela ukubandakanyeka kwe-UK kulolu hlu.
"Ukusho nje ukuthi ama-drones awandiza esuka e-UK akusho lutho, uma kungabasebenzi basemhlabathini waseBrithani abaphezulu kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi 'iketango lokubulala' kanye nezinhlangano zaseBrithani ezifaka okuhlosiwe kulolo hlu. Uhlelo lwe-drone lwaseMelika, olwenziwe ethunzini, lubulale amakhulukhulu ezakhamizi ngaphandle kokuziphendulela. UHulumeni waseBrithani unemibuzo okufanele ayiphendule ngokubandakanyeka kwakhe kule mpi eyimfihlo nokuthi uthwele umthwalo ongakanani ngalokho kufa.”
