Kungani uDaniel Hale efanele ukubongwa, hhayi ukuboshwa

nguKathy Kelly,  PeaceVoice, Julayi 8, i-2021

Umpempe wenza egameni lelungelo lomphakathi lokwazi okwenziwa egameni lawo.

"Uxolo Daniel Hale."

Lawa mazwi alengiswe emoyeni ngoMgqibelo wamuva nje kusihlwa, akhonjiswe ezakhiweni eziningi zaseWashington, DC, ngaphezu kobuso bompempe onesibindi obhekene neminyaka eyishumi ejele.

Abaculi bahlose ukwazisa umphakathi wase-US ngoDaniel E. Hale, owayengumhlaziyi we-Air Force owashaya impempe ngemiphumela yezimpi ze-drone. Hale kuthanda avele ukukhishwa kwesigwebo phambi kweJaji uLiam O'Grady ngoJulayi 27.

Umbutho Wezempi wase-US wabela uHale ukuthi asebenzele iNational Security Agency. Ngesinye isikhathi, wakhonza nase-Afghanistan, eBagram Air Force Base.

“Kule ndima njengomhlaziyi wezimpawu, uHale wayebandakanyekile kwi ukukhonjwa kwezinhloso yohlelo lwe-US drone, ”kuphawula uChip Gibbons, umqondisi wenqubomgomo ye-Defending Rights and Dissent, embhalweni omude ngecala likaHale. “UHale wayezotshela abenzi bamafilimu be-documentary yango-2016 I-Bird kazwelonke ukuthi wayephazanyiswa 'ukungaqiniseki ukuthi noma ubani engangibandakanyeka ekubulaleni noma ekuthumbeni wayengumuntu wezwe noma cha. Ayikho indlela yokwazi. '”

UHale, 33, ukholelwe ukuthi umphakathi awutholi imininingwane ebalulekile ngohlobo nangokubulawa kwabantu base-US Drone kwabantu. Bengenabo lobo bufakazi, abantu base-US abakwazanga ukwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi. Ethintwe unembeza wakhe, wakhetha ukuba ngumkhulumeli weqiniso.

Uhulumeni wase-US umphatha njengosongo, isela elantshontsha amadokhumende nesitha. Uma abantu abavamile bebazi okuningi ngaye, bebengambheka njengeqhawe.

Hale kwaba icala ngaphansi kwe-Espionage Act ngezinsolo zokunikeza intatheli imininingwane ehlukanisiwe. Umthetho i-Espionage Act ngumthetho wesikhathi esidala weMpi Yezwe I, owaphasiswa ngo-1917, owenzelwe ukusetshenziselwa ukulwa nezitha zase-US ezisolwa ngokuhlola. Uhulumeni wase-US uyisuse uthuli, muva nje, ukuze isetshenziselwe ukulwa nabashaya amakhwela.

Abantu ababekwe icala ngaphansi kwalo mthetho Akuvunyelwe ukuphakamisa noma yiziphi izindaba maqondana nokugqugquzela noma inhloso. Ngokwangempela abavunyelwe ukuchaza isisekelo sezenzo zabo.

Omunye owayebuka izimpi zabampimpi nezinkantolo naye uqobo wayengumpempe. Wazama futhi walahlwa yicala ngaphansi komthetho i-Espionage Act, uJohn Kiriakou wachitha iminyaka emibili nohhafu ejele ngokudalula amaphutha kahulumeni. Yena uthi uhulumeni wase-US kulawa macala ubamba iqhaza "ekuqoqeni imali" ukuze kuqinisekiswe isikhathi eside sejele kanye "nokuthenga indawo" ukuzama amacala anjalo ezifundeni ezigcina izwe.

UDaniel Hale wayebhekene necala esifundeni saseMpumalanga saseVirginia, ikhaya lePentagon kanye nama-CIA amaningi kanye nabanye abasebenzela uhulumeni. Ube kade ebhekene nazo kuze kube yiminyaka engama-50 ejele uma utholakala unecala kukho konke ukubalwa.

NgoMashi 31, Hale uphinde unecala ngesibalo esisodwa sokugcinwa kanye nokudluliswa kolwazi lokuvikela lukazwelonke. Manje ubhekene neminyaka eyishumi ebhadla ejele.

Akukaze kube khona lapho akwazi ukwethula khona phambi kwejaji i-alamu yakhe mayelana nezinsolo zamanga zePentagon zokuthi ukubulawa kwe-drone okuhlosiwe kunembile futhi ukufa kwabantu okungekho emthethweni kuncane.

UHale wayeyazi imininingwane yomkhankaso wokusebenza okhethekile enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Afghanistan, i-Operation Haymaker. Wabona ubufakazi bokuthi phakathi kukaJanuwari 2012 noFebhuwari 2013, “izindiza ezikhethekile zase-US wabulawa abantu abangaphezu kwama-200. Kulawo, angama-35 kuphela obekuhlosiwe. Ngokwesikhathi esisodwa salo msebenzi, ngokusho kwemibhalo, cishe amaphesenti angama-90 abantu ababulawa ezitelekeni zezindiza kwakungezona okuhlosiwe. ”

Ukube wayeye ecaleni, ijaji lontanga yakhe ngabe lafunda imininingwane eminingi ngemiphumela yokuhlaselwa yi-drone. Ama-drones anezikhali ngokuvamile afakwa imicibisholo yesihogo somlilo, eyenzelwe ukusetshenziswa ngokumelene nezimoto nezakhiwo.

Ukuphila Ngaphansi KwamaDrones, okuphelele kakhulu imibhalo ngomthelela womuntu wokuhlaselwa kwe-drone yase-US okwenziwe okwamanje, kubika:

Umphumela osheshayo weziteleka ze-drone, kunjalo, ukufa nokulimala kulabo ababhekiswe noma eduze kwesiteleka. Imicibisholo edutshulwe kuma-drones ibulala noma ilimaze ngezindlela eziningi, kufaka phakathi ukushisa, ukuqhuma, kanye nokukhishwa kwamagagasi anamandla akwazi ukuchoboza izitho zangaphakathi. Labo abasinda ezitelekeni ze-drone bavame ukubhekana nokusha okonakele kanye namanxeba e-shrapnel, ukunqunywa izitho, kanye nokubona nokuzwa.

Ukuhluka okusha kwalo mishini jikijela cishe amakhilogremu ayikhulu ensimbi ngenhla kwemoto noma isakhiwo; imicibisholo ibuye isetshenziswe, ngaphambi nje kokuthinteka, izindwani eziyisithupha ezinde, ezibhangayo okuhloswe ngazo ukusika noma imuphi umuntu noma into esendleleni yemicibisholo.

Noma imuphi umsebenzisi we-drone noma umhlaziyi kufanele athuke, njengoba uDaniel Hale wayenjalo, lapho kungenzeka abulale futhi akhubaze izakhamizi ngalezi zindlela ezesabekayo. Kepha ubunzima bukaDaniel Hale kungahle benzelwe ukuthi kuthunyelwe umyalezo othusayo kwabanye ohulumeni baseMelika nabahlaziyi bezempi: thula.

UNick Mottern, we UBan Killer Drones umkhankaso, ehambisana nabaculi ababeveza isithombe sikaHale ezindongeni ezahlukahlukene eDC Wafaka abantu ababedlula ngendlela, ebuza ukuthi bayalazi yini udaba lukaDaniel Hale. Akekho noyedwa umuntu akhulume naye owayenakho. Futhi akekho owayazi lutho ngempi yedrone.

Manje eboshiwe e-Alexandria (VA) Adult Detention Centre, uHale ulindele ukugwetshwa.

Abasekeli banxusa abantu ukuthi “ukuma noDaniel Hale. ” Isenzo esisodwa sobumbano sihilela ukubhala iJaji u-O'Grady ukuzwakalisa ukubonga ngokuthi uHale ukhulume iqiniso ngokusetshenziswa kwama-drones e-US ukubulala abantu abangenacala.

Ngesikhathi lapho ukuthengiswa nokusetshenziswa kwe-drone kukhula emhlabeni wonke futhi kudala umonakalo omubi ngokwandayo, uMongameli uJoe Biden iyaqhubeka nokwethula killer drone ukuhlaselwa emhlabeni wonke, noma ngabe kunemikhawulo ethile emisha.

Ukwethembeka, isibindi, nokuzimisela okuyisibonelo kokwenza ngokuvumelana nonembeza wakhe kuyadingeka kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, uhulumeni wase-US wenze konke okusemandleni ukumthulisa.

Kathy Kelly, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, uyisishoshovu sokuthula nombhali osiza ukuxhumanisa umkhankaso wokufuna isivumelwano samazwe omhlaba sokuvimbela ama-drones ahlomile.