A
pril
28 yana da ma'ana ta musamman ga dangin Ben Linder a cikin
Oregon, a gare ni, da waɗanda ke Jami'ar Oregon waɗanda suka taimaka
sadaukar da dakin taro da sunansa. Ita ce ranar sa
kisan kai yayin ƙoƙarin taimakawa manoma a Nicaragua a lokacin Iran-Contra
rikici a cikin 1980s.
It
A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, ya fi mayar da hankali ga nadin Bush na 2005
zuwa babban matsayi na mutumin da ke da alhakin Ben
Mutuwar Linder - John Negroponte. Kwanan nan an sanya shi a cikin kulawa
na sabon mukamin tarayya na Intelligence, Negroponte ya yi aiki a cikin biyu
manyan mukamai a baya a karkashin Bush-U.S. jakadan zuwa
Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, sannan jakadan Iraki.
Aiwatarwa
ayyukan boye ba sabon abu bane ga Negroponte. Ya kasance a shirye ya ci gaba
manufofin gwamnati - sau da yawa sirri - karkashin Bush kamar yadda ya kasance
shekaru biyu a baya karkashin Reagan. A tsayin Iran- Contra
abin kunya, Negroponte ya kasance jakadan Honduras, matsayi daga
wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na manufofin Reagan a Amurka ta tsakiya.
As
Reagan's "point-man," Negroponte ya hanzarta ɓoye
mu'amalar makamai ga masu garkuwa da mutane da suka shafi Amurka da Iran. Linder
ƙaramin ɗan wasa ne a cikin hoton gaba ɗaya. Amma yana cikin hanya
kuma, a cikin 1987, an yi niyya, tare da wasu marasa adadi, ta hanyar
Contras wanda Negroponte ya ba su umarni.
Charges
na haɗin gwiwar Negroponte tare da Reagan sun dogara ne akan shaida
cewa ya sanya jami'an azabtarwa da kuma kisa da kuma kewaye
Majalisa da Kundin Tsarin Mulki. Marc Lacey asalin
New York Times
ya rubuta a cikin 2004: "Binciken da CIA ta yi shekaru da yawa da suka gabata an samo
Babban take hakki a Honduras ba a kai rahoto ga Washington da kyau ba
a lokacin Negroponte. Yawancin rahoton CIA baƙar fata ne
fita. Sassan da ba a tantance su ba suna haifar da tambayoyi game da Negroponte's
ayyuka, amma ba da amsa. "
Reporters
Gary Cohn da Ginger Thompson
Baltimore Sun
wallafa
rahoto game da kwararan hujjoji daga majiyoyi daban-daban wadanda suka ce
Negroponte ya san laifukan haƙƙin ɗan adam na Honduras. Inter-American
Hukumar kare hakkin dan Adam a Honduras ta shaida musu Negroponte ya sa ido
Fadada sansanin horar da Amurka inda aka tsare 'yan ta'addar Contra, da azabtarwa,
tare da kashe wadanda ake zargin ‘yan adawa ne.
The
Gwamnatin Bush ta kware wajen ɓoyewa ko kawar da laifuffuka
data da mutane. A
Los Angeles Times
labarin Maggie Farley
kuma Norman Kempster ya ba da labarin korar ba zato ba tsammani daga Amurka.
na tsoffin 'yan kungiyar mutuwa ta Honduras wadanda za su iya ba da shaida
da Negroponte a zaman majalisar dattijai da ya kai ga nadin nasa na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.
The
Toronto Star
ya rubuta cewa magajin Negroponte a
Honduras, Jack Binns, ya bayyana damuwarsa game da yancin ɗan adam
cin zarafi daga sojojin Honduras kuma sun ba Negroponte cikakken bayani
akan cin zarafi. Binns ya kasance kai tsaye a cikin sukarsa: “Negroponte
ya musanta cewa an gaya masa komai. Shi mutum ne mai hatsarin gaske
mutumin da rawar Honduras yayi kama da gwamnatin Bush
matsayi a Iraki. Negroponte ya wakilci Amurka a lokacin daya daga cikin
mafi yawan lokutan cin hanci da rashawa na manufofinta na kasashen waje karkashin Ronald Reagan da
George Bush, Sr. Da ƙarfin hali, zai iya ƙalubalantar abin da yake
faruwa." Negroponte ya kalubalanci komai.
Ben
Linder yana da shekaru 27 lokacin, yayin da ya gina ƙaramin dam (weir) zuwa
auna magudanar ruwa a rafi domin aikin kawo wutar lantarki
zuwa wani kauye da ke kusa, 'yan tawayen Contra ne suka kashe shi. Yanayin
na mutuwar Ben, kamar sauran mutane da yawa a hannun sojojin Amurka
Contras, ba a bayyana.
Ben
Ya halarci Jami'ar Washington inda a 1983 ya sami digiri
a cikin injiniyan injiniya. Bayan aiki a babban birnin Managua
don Cibiyar Makamashi ta Nicaragua, ya zaɓi ya shiga cikin ƙasa don ginawa
tushen wutar lantarki na karkara. Yana da haɗari. 'Yan tawaye daga makwabta
Honduras za ta firgita yankin da rana, sannan ta koma
Honduras - don kare Negroponte.
da
uba, David, ya ce Ben ya je Nicaragua don ba da “wanda ya dace
fasaha”—ƙananan tsire-tsire masu amfani da wutar lantarki don taimakawa mutane
kawo sauyi a rayuwarsu. Yayin da yake mu'amala da shi
Nicaraguans, Linder ya zama sananne a matsayin mawaƙin da ke hawan keke,
wani abu da ya yi a cikin kaya don nishadantar da yara. Kafin Dauda
mutuwa, shi da mahaifiyar Ben, Elisabeth, sun yi tafiya a ƙasar
don yin lecture game da mutuwar ɗansu bisa zalunci. Wutar lantarki
An kammala shuka a San Jose de Bocay inda aka kashe Ben
1993. Iyayensa sun tara kudi don su taimaka wajen kammala sauran shuke-shuken ruwa
da tsarin tsaftace ruwa a yankin.
A lokacin da
ya zaɓi ya je Nicaragua, Linder ya gaya wa mahaifinsa: “Ina mamaki
idan za mu iya kirga kan yatsun injiniyoyin hannu daya zuwa na Uku
Kasashen duniya inda suke fatan kyautata rayuwa."
I
tunanin zai ɗauki fiye da hannu ɗaya - lulluɓe da jini - zuwa
Tally abokan aikin Reagan da magadansu, waɗanda suka ci gaba
irin wannan aiki a karkashin George Bush.
George Beres
ya kasance a cikin kwamitin da ya sadaukar da dakin taro na Ben Linder a
Jami'ar Oregon.