Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo Laila al-Arian i kona puʻu poʻo ma kāna pākaukau ma Nation Books, kekahi o kaʻu mea hoʻopuka New York. ʻAʻole, haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu, he mea paʻakikī ke kelepona i kona makuakāne. Ma ke keʻena lapaʻau o kāna hale paʻahao ʻo North Carolina, hiki iā ia ke hana i kekahi mau kelepona - nānā ʻia, ʻoiaʻiʻo - a ke ulu mau nei ʻo ia.
He 49 makahiki ʻo Sami al-Arian akā ua noho ʻo ia ma ka pōloli no 60 mau lā e kūʻē i ka huhū o ke aupuni i hana ʻia iā ia, kahi hana hoʻopono a ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i hoʻāla i nā ʻīlio hiamoe o ka nūpepa ʻAmelika ma New York, Wakinekona a Los Angeles.
No laila, mahalo ʻia i ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo John Sugg mai Tampa, Florida, nāna i hoʻopaʻa inoa i kā Golgota liʻiliʻi o al-Arian no nā mahina, me Alexander Cockburn o Counter Punch.
ʻO ka moʻolelo a hiki i kēia manawa: ʻO Sami al-Arian, he Palestinian hānau ʻia ma Kuwaiti, he loea kamepiula kaulana ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui o South Florida nāna i hoʻāʻo, akā naʻe me ka lapuwale, e haʻi aku i ka pōʻino maoli o nā Palestinian Arabs i ke aupuni US. Akā e like me ka ʻōlelo a Sugg, ua huhū ka poʻe lobbyist o ʻIseraʻela e kāna mau haʻawina - ua kipaku ʻia ka ʻohana al-Arian mai Palesetina i 1948 - a i ka makahiki 2003, ma ke ʻano o ka Loio Kuhina Ashcroft, ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia a hoʻopiʻi ʻia me ka kipi. E pepehi kanaka a hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ma waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka hoʻonui kālā no ka Islamic Jihad ma "Palestine". Ua paʻa ʻia ʻo ia no ʻelua makahiki a me ka hapa i loko o ka hale paʻahao me ka hoʻoluliluli ʻana i ka hapalua mile, ua paʻa kona mau lima a me nā wāwae, e kamaʻilio wale me kāna mau loio.
ʻEono mahina ko Al-Arian's $50m (£25m) Tampa hoʻokolokolo; Ua kāhea ke aupuni i nā mea hōʻike 80 (21 mai ʻIseraʻela) a hoʻohana i 400 mau kelepona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā hōʻike o ke kamaʻilio ʻana i loaʻa i kahi mea hoʻopiʻi me al-Arian i loko - e kali iā ia - he moeʻuhane. Ua hoʻopiʻi ka luna kānāwai kūloko, ʻo James Moody, i kekahi ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka noho pūʻali koa o ka ʻIseraʻela a i ʻole e pili ana i ka UN Security Council Resolution 242, ma ke kumu e hoʻoweliweli lākou i ka ʻae ʻole o nā jure.
I Dekemaba, 2005, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo al-Arian ma nā hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi loa a me nā mea i koe; Ua koho ka poe kiure i ka 10 a elua no ka hookuu ana. Ma muli o ka makemake o ka FBI e hoʻopiʻi hou aku, ua ʻōlelo nā loio o al-Arian iā ia e hana i kahi noi e hoʻopau ai i ka hoʻopiʻi hou ʻana. I ka hōʻea ʻana no kāna hoʻopaʻi, akā naʻe, ʻo al-Arian - ʻo ia ka mea i manaʻo ʻo ia ka manawa e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ai, a ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana - ua ʻike ʻo Moody e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ke 'koko' ma nā lima o ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia a hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia e hoʻolimalima hou i 11 mau mahina. iloko o ka halepaahao. A laila koi ʻo ka luna hoʻopiʻi ʻo Gordon Kromberg e hōʻike kūʻē ka paʻahao Palestinian i kahi pahu manaʻo Islam. Ua manaʻo ʻo Al-Arian ua hōʻole ʻia kāna palapala noi a hōʻole ʻo ia e hōʻike. Ua mālama ʻia ʻo ia me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia. A ke hoʻomau nei ka luhi i loko o ka hale paʻahao.
ʻAʻole pēlā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea hoʻomāinoino o ʻAmelika ma Iraq. Hoʻololi kekahi o lākou e hauʻoli i ka inoa ʻo Ric Fair, he "contract interrogator", nāna i hōʻike i kona ʻuhane ma ka Washington Post - nā hoʻomaikaʻi āpau, ma ʻaneʻi, ma ke ala i ka Post - e pili ana i kāna escapades i ka Fallujah ka ninau “facility†o ka 82nd Airborne Division. Ua loaʻa ʻo Fair i nā moeʻuhane e pili ana i kahi Iraqi āna i hoʻonele ai i ka hiamoe i ka wā o ka nīnau ʻana "ma ke koi ʻana iā ia e kū ma kahi kihi a wehe i kona ʻaʻahu". I kēia manawa ʻo Fair ka mea i nele i ka hiamoe. “Hiki mai ke kanaka maka ole ia'u … noi mai i kokua, aka, makau au i ka nee. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia e uē. He leo minamina ia, a ua maʻi iaʻu. Uā ʻo ia, akā i koʻu ala ʻana, ʻike wau naʻu ka uwa.â€
Mahalo i ke Akua, ʻaʻole i kākau ʻo Fair i kahi pāʻani e pili ana i kāna mau ʻike a hāʻawi iā ia i Channel 4 nona nā luna i loaʻa i nā wāwae anuanu e pili ana iā The Mark of Cain, ka pāʻani e pili ana i ka hoʻomāinoino pūʻali koa Pelekania ma Basra. Ua kūʻai koke lākou i ka laina e pili ana ka hoʻoili ʻana o ka pāʻani a Tony Marchant i ka hopena hauʻoli i kēia manawa o ka hana paʻahao Iranian ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka mea kaulana 15 "Servicepersons" - ma ka huhū ʻana i ka honua Muslim me nā moʻolelo o kā mākou mau keikikāne. ma Basra i hahau ai i ka poe Iraqis kūloko. ʻOiai ʻo ka mea kākau moʻolelo nāna i hōʻike mua i ka make ʻana o ka mea hana hōkele ʻo Baha Mousa i loko o ka hale paʻahao Pelekania ma Basra - manaʻo wau e ʻōlelo mau mākou i kona make ʻana he "make" i kēia manawa ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā koa i kona hahau ʻana i ka pepehi kanaka - I hiki ke hōʻoia i ka ʻike ʻana o ka poʻe Mahometa Arab i ke akahai a me ka maʻemaʻe o kā mākou mau keikikāne i ka wā o ka nīnau ʻana. ʻO mākou, ka poʻe Pelekania ma ka home, ʻaʻole i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hoʻomāinoino. Ua ʻike ka poʻe Iraqi i nā mea āpau - a ʻo wai ka mea i ʻike i ka hopena o Mousa ma mua o koʻu haʻi ʻana iā The Independent ma ka Lāpule.
No ka mea e pili ana i ka pani ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka Middle East mai iā mākou. ʻO ia ka mea e pale aku ai i ka poʻe Pelekania a me ʻAmelika mai ka nīnau ʻana i ka noho kolohe ʻana a me ka hoʻomāinoino a puni ka honua i nā ʻāina Muslim. A ma ka Land of the Free, ke hoʻomau nei kēia censorship systematic of Middle East reality a hiki i nā kula o ka ʻāina. I kēia manawa ua pāpā ke poʻo o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Connecticut i kahi pāʻani a nā haumāna, ma muli o nā leka a me nā ʻōlelo a nā koa US e lawelawe ana ma Iraq. ʻO ke poʻo inoa ʻo Voices in Conflict, ʻo Natalie Kropf, Seth Koproski, James Presson a me kā lākou mau hoa haumāna ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Wilton i hōʻuluʻulu i nā manaʻo o nā koa a me nā mea ʻē aʻe - me kahi haumāna Wilton High 19 makahiki i pepehi ʻia ma Iraq - e hana i kā lākou pāʻani ponoʻī. ʻAʻohe pono. E hōʻeha paha ka pāʻani i ka poʻe "ua nalowale nā poʻe aloha a i ʻole nā kānaka e lawelawe ana i kā mākou kamaʻilio," wahi a Timothy Canty, ke poʻo kumu o Wilton High. A - kaʻu laina punahele - ua manaʻo ʻo Canty ʻaʻole lawa ka manawa hoʻomaʻamaʻa e hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka pāʻani i kahi ʻike aʻo kūpono no kā mākou mau haumāna.
A ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ka manaʻo o Mr Canty. Ua haʻi ʻia e Mr Canty nā haumāna i hana i kā Arthur Miller's The Crucible - nona nā ʻike kaua ponoʻī, inā he, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia - ʻaʻole ko lākou wahi e haʻi aku ai i ka poʻe i ka manaʻo o nā koa. Ke hoʻopiha ʻia nei nā haumāna o Wilton High i nā makana e hoʻokani ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO wau iho, manaʻo wau he manaʻo paha ʻo Mr Canty. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kona hoʻoikaika ʻana i kāna mau haumāna e hoʻokani iā Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, kahi hana keaka nui, hoʻomāinoino, hoʻomāinoino, ʻoki a me ka pepehi hanohano. E wehewehe pono ʻia ʻo Iraq i ka poʻe maikaʻi o Connecticut. He 'ike aʻo kūpono' inā loaʻa kekahi.
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