I ka hiki ʻole ʻana o Saddam Hussein me ke poʻo puaʻa i ka hoʻoinu ʻana i nā pūʻali koa US me nā mea kaua kemika i ko lākou komo ʻana i Iraq, no laila e hoʻonele ai iā lākou i ka hōʻoia hope ʻana no kēia kaua, ua wehewehe nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika e hana ʻo ia i ka wā e hele ai lākou i ka "laina ʻulaʻula". a puni Bagdad. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā manawa, e ʻōlelo ʻo ka dictator manaʻoʻiʻo i nā mea kaua āpau i loaʻa iā ia.
ʻAe, ua hala ka laina a hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kahi pua o ka sinapi a i ʻole VX i kēia manawa. ʻO kēia paha kekahi o nā mea ʻekolu. Ua haki paha ka ʻōnaehana kauoha a Saddam (ua make paha ʻo ia, a ʻaʻole paha i loaʻa ʻole i kāna pūʻali koa i kāna mau kauoha); ke pale nei ia, mai ka hoohana ana ia mau mea; a i ole ia ia lakou.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā pūʻali kūikawā i hoʻouna ʻia e hopu i nā mea kaua o ka luku nui ʻana o Iraq i kekahi o nā pūnaewele 12 (i ʻike ʻia e ka Pentagon ʻo ia nā wahi kūpono loa) a lākou i nānā ai i kēia manawa. E like me ka Newsweek i hōʻike ʻia ma Pepeluali, aia paha ke kumu o kēia: ma 1995, ʻo General Hussein Kamel, ka mea pale i hōʻike ʻia ʻo George Bush, Tony Blair a me Colin Powell i mea e hōʻoia ai i kā lākou hoʻouka kaua ʻana, haʻi aku i ka UN ʻo ka pūʻali koa Iraqi. e like me kana mau kauoha, ua luku aku i ka hope loa o ka lakou mau mea kaua i papaia. 1 Aka, ina paha e hiki ia Saddam Hussein ke hoohana ia mau mea kaua a i ole, ua kokoke mai ko lakou hookomo ana ma Iraq, no ka mea, me he mea la ua paa ka manao o na Amerika e hana pela.
Hiki i nā kemika ke huli i nā kihi, ʻike ma lalo o nā puka, hoʻopiha piha i kahi hale a i ʻole ke kahua kaua. Hiki iā lākou ke pepehi a hoʻopau paha i nā mea olaola i ka waiho ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana paʻa. ʻO ia nā mea kaua e hiki ai i nā ʻāpana ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kaua ʻē aʻe. ʻO lākou kekahi o nā mea kaua weliweli loa: ʻo ia ke kumu i hoʻohana ai ʻo Saddam Hussein iā lākou i ka hopena weliweli, ma Iran a me nā Kurds o Halabja. A, no ka pūʻali koa e hoʻāʻo nei ʻaʻole e hoʻokaʻawale i ka poʻe kūloko a i ʻole ka manaʻo o ka honua, ʻike ʻia kēlā mau mea kemika i kapa ʻia ʻo "non-lethal" e hāʻawi i kahi hiki ke hopu i nā mea hakakā me ka pepehi ʻole ʻana i nā makaʻāinana.
ʻO kēia, i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana ma ke kauoha a ka pelekikena a me kahi ʻano o nā ʻōlelo i hala iho nei, i kēia manawa ʻo ke ʻano o ke aupuni US i koho ʻia no ka hana ʻana me nā koa Iraqi e hūnā ana ma hope o nā pale kanaka, i ka wā i pau ai kāna mau mea maʻamau e hoʻopau ai i ka hopu ʻana iā Baghdad. Hana ia i kekahi ʻano manaʻo, a hiki i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ʻelua pilikia kūpono ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o kēia mau mea e uhaʻi i nā kuʻikahi i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā lākou; a ʻo ke kumu o kēia kaua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻole ʻia mai iā mākou, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika.
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei ua ʻae ʻo George Bush i nā pūʻali koa US e hoʻohana i ke kinoea waimaka ma Iraq.2 Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e hana pēlā e kahi kauoha hoʻokō i paʻi ʻia ma 1975 e Gerald Ford, ka mea e hoʻopau ana, i loko o ka US, ka 1925 Geneva Protocol ma nā mea kaua kemika. ʻOiai e pale ana kēia i kona hoʻopiʻi ʻana ma ʻAmelika, ʻaʻohe ona kūlana ma ke kānāwai honua.
ʻO ka Chemical Weapons Convention, i hāpai ʻia e ka makuakāne o George W a ua hōʻoia ʻia e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1997, ke koi nei "e hoʻohiki kēlā me kēia Moku'āina ʻaʻole e hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻomalu haunaele ma ke ʻano o ke kaua." hoʻohana ʻia ma ke kānāwai ma kou ʻāina ponoʻī no ke kumu o ka mākaʻi. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ka ʻāina ʻē e hoʻomalu a lanakila paha i ka ʻenemi.
No nā mahina ʻelua i hala iho nei, ke ʻimi nei nā luna o ʻAmelika e hoʻokaʻawale i kēia kaohi. I ka malama o Feberuari, ua hai aku ke kakauolelo pale, o Donald Rumsfeld, i ke komite o na lawelawe kaua o ka Ahaolelo, "he mau manawa kupono loa ka hoohana ana i na mea hana hoohaunaele." Myers, "e ho'āʻo ana e hana i nā lula pili" no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika ma Iraq.4
ʻO Rumsfeld, ʻo ia ka luna nui o GD Searle, kekahi o nā ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau nui loa ma US, ʻaʻole ia i makemake nui i ka Hui Kūʻai Weapons Chemical. I ka makahiki 1997, oiai ka senate e hoomakaukau ana e apono i ke kuikahi, ua hai aku oia i kona komite no ka pili ana i na aina e, "e hookau aku ana ka ahaolelo i ke kaumaha o ka hooponopono ana i ka oihana US". mai ka wā i kamaʻāina ai ʻo ia, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia ʻaʻole ia he "ʻoiaʻiʻo", no ka mea, "ʻaʻole he mea hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke ao holoʻokoʻa".
I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua kākau ʻo Victoria Clarke, he kākau ʻōlelo kōkua ma ke keʻena ʻo Chemical Donald, i ka Independent ma ka Lāpule, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka hoʻoholo e hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻomalu haunaele ma Iraq, a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, me ka ʻole o ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hōʻike, ʻo kā lākou hoʻouna ʻana e lilo i kānāwai. Ua haʻi aku ka Marine Corps i ka Asia Times "ua hoʻouna mua ʻia ke kinoea CS a me ka pahū pepa i ke Kaiwa".9 Ua ʻike ʻia ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ke ʻano o ka hana hewa kaua ma Iraq.
Hāʻawi ʻia ke kaua holoʻokoʻa i ke kānāwai o ka honua, pono anei ia? Hana ʻia, no ʻekolu kumu. ʻO ka mea koke loa, ʻaʻohe mea e like me ka mea make kemika ʻole. ʻO nā kinoea i hiki ʻole ke hana ma nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ma nā wahi hoʻoluʻu maikaʻi, e pepehi i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai i loko o nā lumi, e like me ka ʻike ʻana o nā pūʻali kūikawā Lūkini ma ʻOkakopa i ka wā i luku ai lākou i ka 128 o ka 700 mau mea paʻa i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai kahi hale keaka ʻo Moscow. ʻAʻole hiki ke hāʻawi i kahi lāʻau kūpono e kikeke ai i nā mea hakakā me ka ʻole o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi lāʻau kūpono e pepehi ai i kekahi o kā lākou mau pio.11
ʻO ke kumu ʻelua, inā loaʻa iā lākou, hiki iā ia ke hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe hakakā Iraqi e hoʻopaʻi me nā mea kaua ponoʻī. I ka manawa like, paipai ia i nā aupuni ʻē aʻe i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e George Bush e hoʻomaka i ke kūkulu ʻana i kā lākou mau mea hana kemika: inā ʻaʻole mākaukau ʻo ʻAmelika e pāʻani i nā lula, no ke aha lākou?
ʻO ke kumu ʻekolu, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kinoea ma Iraq e lawelawe, i ka maka o nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika, e kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka papahana hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea kaua kino ʻole o ʻAmelika. E like me ka pūʻulu noiʻi mea kaua US i kākau ʻia e ka Sunshine Project, ke hoʻāʻo nei ke keʻena pale a me ka pūʻali koa i nā mea kemika e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻeha, ka makaʻu, ka ʻāʻī, ka hallucinations a me ka ʻike ʻole, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pōʻai mortar e pono ai e hoʻopakele iā lākou. ʻO ka fentanyl ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, ka lāʻau lapaʻau nāna i hoʻohuli i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Moscow i keʻena kinoea.12 Mai Malaki 13, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ke aupuni "non-lethal weapons directorate" i ka Marine Corps i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika.2002
Hoʻopau kēia mau hana a pau i ka ʻaha kūkā. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kemika ma Baghdad ka hopena e hoʻopau hope ai i nā kuʻikahi i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā lākou, a ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia kahi ala ʻē aʻe i ka wāwahi ʻana i ke kānāwai o ka honua a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke au koko a me ka hoʻomāinoino. ʻaʻole i kāohi ʻia e nā manaʻo āpau o ka pono.
ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā mea kaua kemika e kaua aku i nā mea kaua kemika. ʻO lākou, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻaha kūkā, nā mea hana a nā mea hoʻoweliweli. Ma ka lawe ʻana iā lākou, e holoi ke aupuni US i kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa i koe ma waena o kāna ʻano ponoʻī a me ke kanaka āna e noi ai iā mākou e hoʻopailua.
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1. ʻO John Barry, 3 Malaki 2003. Kūʻokoʻa: Nā mea huna a ka Defector. Nupepa. E ʻike pū i www.InformationClearingHouse.info: Hōʻike ʻo UK Expert's Analysis i nā wahaheʻe hou aʻe mai US a me UK, e pili ana i nā palapala kumu.
2. The Straits Times, 3 ʻApelila 2003. Ua like ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kinoea waimaka? http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/iraqwar/story/0,4395,180954,00.html; ʻO ka Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2nd ʻApelila 2003. Hiki i nā pūʻali koa US ke hoʻohana i ke kinoea waimaka, wahi a Pentagon. 3. ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā no ka pāpā ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hana ʻana, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika a me ko lākou luku ʻana, Paris 13 Ianuali 1993.
4. Ka hoike a ke Kakauolelo o ka Puuku Donald Rumsfeld Mamua o ka 108th Congress House Armed Services Committee, 5 February 2003. Federal News Service.
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6. Kuhi ʻia ma Stephen Kerr, 27 Feberuari 2003. No ka Peresidena a me ke kinoea ʻawaʻawa. Znet. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=3148 7. ibid
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9. Victoria Clarke, 9th March 2003. Letter to The Independent on Sunday.
10. ʻO David Isenberg, 1 ʻApelila, 2003. ʻO ka mea aʻe: 'Non-lethal' kemika e pepehi ana. ʻO ka Asia Times.
11. Eg Alastair Hay, 12 Malaki 2003. Ma waho o ka straitjacket. Ke Kiai.
12. The Sunshine Project, 11 February 2003. Pentagon Perverts Pharma with New Weapons; ʻImi ʻia nā mea kaua "Non Lethal" (a me Biochemical) US: He ʻohi o nā palapala e wehewehe ana i kahi papahana ʻino. http://www.sunshine-project.org/publications/jnlwdpdf/
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14. aelike ka US Marine Corps M67004-99-D-0037, helu noi kūʻai M9545002RCR2BA7, Kekemapa 2001 Nā mea kaua Non-Lethal: Loaʻa, Manaʻo, Aʻo, a me ka Strategy: A Course of Instruction. Loaʻa ma http://www.sunshine-project.org/publications/jnlwdpdf/