On
he awakea malamalama o Ianuari, he huakai o na papa kaulua ekolu
Ua haʻalele nā kaʻa kaʻa i Lākana no Baghdad me ka ʻā ʻana o ka hoʻolaha pāpaho. Ma luna o ka moku
aia ma luna o 50 mau pale kanaka; ʻo ka mua o nā haneli he nui o ke Komohana
nā mea hoʻoikaika kaua e hele i Iraq. ʻAʻohe o lākou i ʻike i ka mea
mau mahina e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻike nā mea a pau ʻaʻole paha lākou e hele mai
hoʻi.
It
ua hoʻomaka nā mea a pau i ʻekolu pule ma mua me kahi ʻatikala ma Lākana
kilo kahi i hōʻike ʻia e kahi Marine mua, ʻo Ken O'Keefe
ʻO kona manaʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hui pale kanaka e hoʻāʻo a kū
ka wikiwiki i ke kaua. He hui liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe i heluhelu i ka ʻatikala
hui me O'Keefe. Me nā pūʻali koa e ʻākoakoa nei ma ke Kaiwa,
ua maopopo he mea nui ka manawa. A convoy would take at
ʻelua mau pule e holo ai ma uka o Iraq a no laila he haʻalele
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka lā no Ianuali 25.
It
pono e loaʻa kālā, kaʻa, hoʻolaha, visa a me
ʻO ka mea nui, makemake nā mea manawaleʻa e haʻalele i ko lākou mau home a me nā ʻohana
i ka pōkole a me ka ʻīpuka o ka hale keaka kaua.
Kupaianaha
ua hoʻokō ʻia kēia mau mea a pau. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā kaʻa a pena ʻia, he pūnaewele
ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia a hoʻomaka nā mea manawaleʻa pale kanaka e hele mai i mua.
He mau ʻaha kūkā a me nā ʻelele i ke alanui Downing a
nā nīnauele me kēlā me kēia pūnaewele nūhou nui o ka honua.
As
ua hele nā kaʻa kaʻa i ʻEulopa e kiʻi ana i nā pale hou aʻe ma ke ala, nā hoʻoikaika
ua hana ʻia e hoʻonui i ka hoʻolaha a hōʻoia i ke kanaka
ua hoʻonui ʻia ka papahana pale. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi keʻena ma Amman a
ʻelua mau pūʻulu pale i lele mai Lākana a hiki i Iraq ma o Ioredane.
ʻO ka pule ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka huakaʻi he 60,000
pā ma ka pūnaewele pale kanaka a ma luna o 1,000 mau nīnau e pili ana
lilo i mau pale. Ua ulu nā hui pale kanaka a puni ka
honua ma Farani, Italia, Sepania, Slovenia, ʻAmelika, Australia, India,
ʻApelika Hema, Mexico, Argentina, New Zealand, Korea, a me Iapana.
ka
nui nā pilikia i loaʻa i ka convoy; mechanical a me ka logistical
ua hoʻopili ʻia nā pilikia me nā hakakā ʻino o ke kanaka. ʻOiai
ʻO nā pilikia, ua holo ka huakaʻi i Bagdad i kahi haunaele
Welina. I laila naʻe, ua ala hou aʻe ka haunaele, i kēia manawa
me ko lakou poe koa Iraqi. ʻAʻole i loaʻa nā wahi no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā pale
ua hoʻoholo ʻia ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o nā pale a ua lilo koke ia
ʻIke ʻia e koho ʻia nā pūnaewele e nā luna aupuni o Iraqi
makaʻala i ka hoʻokomo ʻia e nā kiu Komohana. Ma hope o ʻelua pule o ka wela
kūkākūkā, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā pale i kahi papa inoa o nā pae ʻehiku a me kahi
ultimatum e "hoʻomaka i ka pale a hoʻomaka e haʻalele." ʻO nā pūnaewele
ʻO nā hale hana kīwila a pau me ka mālama wai
nā hale hana, nā mana uila a me nā silo meaʻai, a ua mālama pono ʻia
me ka pahuhopu i hōʻike ʻia o ka hui pale.
ka
pono e hana pili me ke aupuni Iraqi ʻaʻole ia he mea
ua ʻoluʻolu ka nui o nā mea manawaleʻa pale. Ua manaʻo kekahi
ʻo ka papa inoa i hāʻawi ʻia e nā luna i hoʻohālikelike i ko lākou mana kūʻokoʻa.
Manaʻo kekahi e makemake lākou e hoʻonoho ʻia i nā kula, nā halemai,
a me na keiki makua ole. Ua haʻalele kēia mau mea manawaleʻa pale iā Iraq. Ua lawe ke koena
up residence ma nā kahua, kahi papa inoa i hoʻouna ʻia i ka Hui
ʻO nā aliʻi o nā limahana me kahi noi e ʻike lākou i kēlā
ʻo ka huli ʻana i kēia mau pūnaewele e kūʻē i ka Paukū 54 Protocol
Hoʻohui i ka Convention Geneva. ʻAʻohe pane i ka
nā leka a ma nā hola mua o Malaki 18, ke kahua mana o Al Durah,
home o 23 mau koa pale kaua, ua pa ia e ka poma.
At
ʻO kona kiʻekiʻe ka heluna o nā mea manawaleʻa pale ma Baghdad
500, akā ʻo ka ʻike e pono ai i nā tausani ke loaʻa kahi manawa
o ka hooki ana i ka blitz ma Baghdad i ole materialized, hui me
ʻo ka hiki ʻole o nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa ke pale aku i ke kaua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pahū ʻana
ua kokoke mai. Nui nā pale i koho e noho; nui nā mea ʻē aʻe i koho
e haʻalele. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like me O'Keefe, ua kauoha ʻia e ka
aupuni Iraqi. I loko o kahi hoʻohenehene a me ka pōʻino, he kanaka 21 makahiki
pale, Tom Hurndall, haʻalele iā Baghdad no nā kumu palekana. Ua hele 'o ia
i Palesetine kahi i pana ʻia ai ʻo ia ma ke poʻo e ka ʻIseraʻela sniper
oiai e hana ana me ka International Solidarity Movement.
As
ke kokoke mai nei ke kaua, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe media Pelekāne e lilo i mea koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka papa inoa o nā wahi e hoʻokau pinepine ʻia ai nā pale
i wehewehe ʻia ʻo "nā hoʻonohonoho koa" a, ʻoiai nā moʻolelo
ʻO nā pale e haʻalele ana iā Iraq i hōʻike nui ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea nui
Ua koe ka helu a ua hui pū nā pale hou iā lākou i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo ia
mālama ʻole ʻia. Ma ka lā 3 o Malaki, ua holo ka nūhou BBC i kahi moʻolelo ma nā kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua
haʻalele iā Baghdad, "hoʻopiha ʻia me nā pale kanaka hope loa."
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he 4 mau kānaka ma nā kaʻa a ʻoi aku ma mua o 150
mau pale kaua ma Bagdad. Hoʻopili ʻia me kahi moʻolelo e pili ana i nā mea manawaleʻa pale
i ka noho ʻana ma kahi hale mālama meaʻai, ua pane mai kekahi mea nūpepa:
“ʻO nā pale kanaka? Luhi mākou iā lākou. Kāhea iaʻu i ka wā hoʻokahi
o lakou ua make.
Laki nō
ʻaʻohe o nā pale kaua 80 i noho ma Bagdad i ke kaua
ua pepehi ʻia a ʻeha paha. ʻAʻohe o nā wahi a lākou i noho ai
ua lukuia. Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou ke kūʻokoʻa o ka neʻe ʻana e ke aupuni
a mālama ʻia me ka pumehana nui e ka poʻe Iraqi, akā ʻaʻole mālama ʻia
e ka media. ʻO kēia manaʻo ʻaʻole i holo nā pale a pau
ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa wale i ka maikaʻi o ka hana, akā alakaʻi pū i
hoohenehene. Ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana me he koa a me ka manaʻo ʻole, ʻo ka
ua kapa ʻia nā pale kaua ma ke ʻano he peaceniks naʻaupō a makaʻu ʻole.
He aha,
inā he mea, ua hewa me ka hana pale kanaka iā Iraq? ʻO ka
Hiki ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka media no ka manaʻo ua hāʻule ka neʻe,
akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kuleana no nā hemahema maoli. ʻO ka hiki
ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ka pale kanaka e pale i ke kaua e hilinaʻi nei i nā helu. ʻO ka
ʻAʻole hoʻopunipuni nā mea manawaleʻa pale. Ua maopopo ia lakou
e lawe ma mua o kekahi mau haneli mau pale kanaka o ke Komohana e hooki i ke kaua.
Akā naʻe, manaʻo lākou ua pale ʻia ke kaua lōʻihi a me nā palena
wehe ʻia, e ulu ana ka nui o nā mea hana pale. Me
ʻoi aku ka palekana a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe e ikaika
e hui. Hiki ke loaʻa i kahi nui koʻikoʻi.
If
he mau tausani ma mua o nā haneli o nā pale kanaka i kēlā manawa
e koi ʻia nā generals e hoʻohui i kahi ʻano hōʻaiʻē hou
poino i ka lakou helu. ʻO ke kumu i loaʻa ʻole ai kēia
ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka liʻiliʻi o ka manaʻo ma mua o ka hana ʻana
ka nele i ka manawa e hoʻonohonoho a hoʻouluulu.
ʻOiai ua
ʻAʻole hiki i nā pale kanaka ke pale aku i ka pana ʻana o Bagdad, nā hōʻike
hōʻike ʻia ua kūleʻa lākou i ka pale ʻana i nā pūnaewele i loaʻa ai
ua hoʻonoho ʻia lākou. ʻO nā wahi āpau i kau ʻia ai nā pale
ua hoʻopahū ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Gulf mua. I kēia manawa, hoʻokahi wale nō
ua poino iki na kahua. I ka lā ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o nā pale kanaka,
ua hoopahu ia ke kikowaena uwea ma Baghdad. Ma Basra kahi
ʻAʻohe pale kanaka, ka wai a me ka mana i pā i ka mua
nā lā o ke kaua. ʻO coincidence a i ʻole kahi hōʻailona e pale ai ke kanaka
ua loaʻa kekahi hopena?
ka
ka wikiwiki a me ka huhū i hoʻohewa ʻia nā pale kanaka
nā aupuni o Beretania a me ʻAmelika a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau
he hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o ka hopena o ka neʻe. I ka lā ma hope
ka haʻalele ʻana o ka hui, Luna Nui o ka Hale Keʻokeʻo, ʻo Andrew
Kāleka, hoʻokuʻu i kahi ʻōlelo e hoʻohewa ana i ka hana a me "Fox News"
ua hōʻike ʻia e noʻonoʻo ana nā alakaʻi o ʻAmelika e hoʻopiʻi i ke kanaka US
pale no na hewa kaua.
In
Mei, ua hoʻi mai ʻo Faith Fippinger lāua ʻo Ryan Clancy mai Baghdad e ʻimi
nā leka mai ka US Treasury Department e hōʻike ana iā lākou
hiki ke hoʻopaʻi ʻia ma waena o $10,000 a me $1,000,000 a i ʻole 12 mau makahiki
i loko o ka hale paʻahao no ka uhaki ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻi US. ʻO nā hoʻopaʻi, i loaʻa
i kēia manawa ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia, pāpā ʻia nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika mai ke komo ʻana
ma ka "kokoke i nā pāʻoihana kūʻokoʻa a i ʻole ʻokoʻa, kālā
a i ʻole kālepa kālepa me Iraq. He mea hiki ole nae,
ʻO nā kūʻai liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia e Clancy a me Fippinger ke ʻano
o "kalepa" i manaoia e pale aku na hoopa'i.
ʻAʻole ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i nā lula,
akā, he hoʻoikaika politika e hoʻopaʻi i ka manaʻo kūʻē. I Iulai i hala,
ma kahi hana punitive like, ua hoʻopiʻi ke aupuni US iā Voices
ma ka wao nahele, he hui o Kikako i haawi i ka laau lapaau i
ʻO Iraq mai ka makahiki 1996 i ka uhaki ʻana i nā lula, e ʻae ai i ke kanaka
kōkua, akā na ka poʻe i hāʻawi ʻia i ka laikini.
kanaka
ʻAʻole he manaʻo hou nā pale, akā ʻo ka pālākiō a me ka hopena o nā mea hou
ʻaʻole i ʻike mua ʻia ka neʻe ʻana. Hoʻohui i ka idealism a me ka lōkahi
o ka International Brigades me nā loina o ka non-violent
ka hana pololei, ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ka pale kanaka ka mea hou loa i kahi lōʻihi
kuʻuna kūʻē. ʻO ka hopena o nā pale kanaka i kēia hakakā
hiki ke nīnau ʻia, akā ʻo ko lākou koʻikoʻi i ka moʻolelo o ke kūʻē
hiki ole. Inā he hana kūʻē hoʻokahi a i ʻole ka hānau ʻana o kahi mea ākea
Ke ʻike ʻia nei ka neʻe ʻana, akā ʻaʻole pono mākou e kānalua i ka mana
o na makaainana noonoo a paa e hoololi i ke ao nei: oiaio, oia
ʻo ka mea wale nō i loaʻa.
ʻO Stefan
Ua hoʻokumu a hui pū ʻo Simanowitz i ka Human Shield Action i
ʻIlaka. No ka ʻike hou aku, e kelepona iā [email protected].