Ngakhale kuti mfundo zomaliza sizinalengezedwe kuchokera ku Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse Wapadziko Lonse ku Madrid womanganso Iraq, Australia ikuthandizira zochepa kwambiri kuposa mayiko ena ambiri, ndipo pang'ono poganizira gawo lawo pakuwukira. Mndandanda wa ndalama zomwe zatulutsidwa zomwe zalonjezedwa ndi maboma osiyanasiyana ndi motere:
$20bn kuchokera ku United States
$5bn kuchokera ku Japan
$3bn-$5bn kuchokera ku World Bank
$1bn kuchokera ku Saudi Arabia
$1bn kuchokera ku Kuwait
$835m kuchokera ku Britain
$300m kuchokera ku Spain
$250m kuchokera ku United Arab Emirates
$231m kuchokera ku European Union
$200m kuchokera ku South Korea
$174m kuchokera ku Italy
$150m kuchokera ku Canada
$85m kuchokera ku Australia
$32.6m kuchokera ku Sweden
$24.2m kuchokera ku China
$5.9m kuchokera ku Belgium
Zindikirani kuti ambiri mwa malonjezowa ali ngati ngongole zomwe boma la Iraq liyenera kubweza, motero limapereka udindo waukulu ngakhale boma latsopano lisanakhazikitsidwe.
Kupereka kwa Australia kukuwoneka kuti sikukugwirizana ndi gawo lodziwika bwino lomwe Prime Minister John Howard adachita poganiza zopanga asitikali kuti adzawukire Iraq mu Marichi. M'malo mwake, Australia inali imodzi mwa mayiko ochepa omwe adathandizira US ndi UK potumiza asitikali kuti achotse boma lakale. Izi zidanenedwa kuti zidachitika chifukwa chakuwopseza zida zowononga anthu ambiri komanso kulumikizana kwa Saddam ndi zigawenga. Zifukwa zonsezi zatsimikiziridwa kuti ndi zabodza.
Prime Minister John Howard adalankhula momveka bwino pozindikira zomwe boma la Saddam Hussein likufuna komanso kufunika kochitapo kanthu. Ananenanso kuti ndizofunikira pamtendere wamtsogolo wa dera la Middle East.
Pazifukwa zandale, nduna yayikulu idachita mantha ndi uchigawenga, idasinthiratu mfundo zakunja za Australia ku United States ndikuchoka kwa oyandikana nawo aku Asia. Purezidenti Bush adakwezanso dziko la Australia kuchoka pakuchita ngati รขโฌลDeputy Sheriffรขโฌ mรขโฌTMderali kukhala รขโฌลSheriffรขโฌ , zomwe zidakhumudwitsa dziko la Indonesia ndi Malaysia.
Komabe zikafika pakulipira mtengo womanganso dziko la Iraq - chifukwa cha kuwukira koopsa komanso kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zida zoponya miliyoni imodzi - boma silikuwona kufunika kowolowa manja. Unduna wa Zachitetezo a Robert Hill adanenanso kuti palibe lamulo lapadziko lonse lapansi lofuna thandizo la Australia pakumanganso Iraq.
Koma ndithudi iyi si mfundo yake. Australia ili ndi udindo komanso udindo wotengera mtengo wake womanganso zomangamanga za dzikolo. Ngati Australia ndi maiko ena sakuwonetsetsa kuti dziko la Iraq liyambiranso kukhazikika, zitha kulowa mumtundu wa chipwirikiti chomwe chidasokoneza Afghanistan asitikali aku Russia atachoka m'ma 1980.
Kuphatikiza apo, ndi zachiwerewere komanso zopanda chilungamo kulemetsa anthu aku Iraq ndi ngongole kuchokera pazogulitsa zamtsogolo zamafuta pomwe dzikolo lidzakhala ndi zosowa zina zambiri zachuma posachedwa.
Bungwe la United Nations likuyerekeza kuti ndalama zonse zomanganso zomangamanga ku Iraq zidzaposa $55bn pazaka zingapo zikubwerazi. Mayiko omwe adayambitsa chiwembucho ayenera kunyamula katundu wolemera kwambiri pakumanganso. Zopereka ku Australia, komabe, zimangokwana 0.2% ya ndalamazo.
Zomwe Australia yathandizira ndizoipa kwambiri mukawona kuwonongeka kwa US$85m. A$37.5m okha ndi amene akuperekedwa kuti athandizidwe ndi anthu ndipo zochuluka (A$83m) kukhala zogulira matani 100,000 a tirigu ndi mphero, matumba ndi kugawa tirigu. (onani lipoti la Australian Foreign Affairs la mtengo wa Nkhondo ku Iraq pa http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03Cib24.htm ). Iraq yakhala kasitomala wamkulu ku Australian Wheat Board kwa zaka zambiri ndipo sakufuna kutaya mgwirizano wanthawi yayitali. Zikuwoneka kuti chothandizira chachikulu cha Australia ndi njira yolola Iraq kuti ipewe kulipira chifukwa chogulitsa tirigu wapachaka pazaka zikubwerazi.
Cholinga chomwe boma la Australia lidasankha kulowa nawo US ndi UK ngati m'modzi mwa oukira komanso ogwirizana nawo mumgwirizano wapanthawi ya mgwirizano ku Iraq, chinali "kuthandizira kumanga tsogolo labwino la anthu aku Iraq" โฌ (http://www.dfat.gov.au/globalissues/). Australia idalolera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zoposa A $ 500m pakuwukira Iraq koma sakufuna kuchita zoposa A $ 120m pakumanganso. Poyerekeza, Australia idawononga A $ 231m pothandizira anthu ku East Timor ndi A $ 53m ku Afghanistan m'zaka zaposachedwa.
Mayiko omwe adachita nawo usilikali popanda chilolezo ndi thandizo la mayiko ali ndi udindo wina wokhudzana ndi kumanganso Iraq. Ngati satenga udindo waukulu womanganso dziko, ndiye kuti nzika zawo zidzamva chisoni kwambiri chifukwa cha gawo lawo pakuwukirako.
Kamil Mahdi, katswiri wa zachuma ku Iraq yemwe ali ku UK, adanena mu Al Ahram Weekly ya sabata yatha kuti zopereka zambiri za mayiko ena ndizochepa kwambiri kuposa momwe zinapangidwira kuti ziwonekere.http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/663/re7.htm). Mwachitsanzo United Kingdom yaganiza zopereka magawo awiri kapena atatu a ndalama zonse, kuti apeze 12 peresenti ya mtengo wa kontrakiti yomanganso. Izi molingana ndi a Jeremy Greenstock, yemwe kale anali woimira Britain ku UN Security Council, yemwe tsopano akugwira ntchito ngati wachiwiri kwa US Civil Administrator L Paul Bremer ku Iraq.
Monga momwe Mahdi akunenera, chomwe Iraq ikufuna kwenikweni ndikuti funso lakuchotsa ngongole ndi kubweza ndalamazo likhazikitsidwe posachedwa. รขโฌลIraq sikusowa thandizo. Zimafunika kutha kwa kumangidwa kawiri kwa ntchito ndi ngongoleรขโฌ , akulemba motero.
Kuwonjezeka kwaposachedwa kwa ziwawa zolimbana ndi mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi monga Red Cross ndi United Nations zikuwonetsa kupusa ndi kuopsa kwa dongosolo la Coalition "lomasula anthu aku Iraq" powaukira. Mwina mpaka 15,000 aku Iraqi adamwalira paziwopsezo zomwe zidagwiritsa ntchito mivi yowongoka nthawi yayitali, mabomba a uranium ndi masango atha. Ndipo enanso 1,500 aku Iraq akhala akuchitiridwa nkhanza kuyambira pomwe boma lakale lidachotsedwa, malinga ndi malipoti. Ziลตerengero zimenezi ndithudi sizimaphatikizapo chiลตerengero chokulirapo cha ovulala ndi awo amene nyumba zawo zawonongeka.
M'malo mopanga Iraq yamtendere yademokalase, zomwe zikuchitika pano zayambitsa ziwawa ndi uchigawenga kuposa kale lonse m'mbiri ya Iraq, mwina ngakhale m'masiku ovuta kwambiri a ulamuliro wopondereza wa Saddam. Al-Qaeda tsopano yazindikiritsa Iraq ngati kutsogolo kwatsopano paulamuliro wake wankhanza motsutsana ndi Kumadzulo, ngakhale analibe kumeneko mpaka posachedwa.
Pofuna kuchepetsa ndalama zomwe boma la US likufuna, akuluakulu aboma akhazikitsa njira yopezera ndalama zakunja popanda malire komanso kubisa ntchito zambiri zofunika ku Iraq, monga chisamaliro chaumoyo, maphunziro, matelefoni ndi kupanga magetsi. Ngati mafakitalewa agulitsidwa kumakampani amitundu yosiyanasiyana pamitengo yapansi panthaka, mibadwo yamtsogolo ya anthu aku Iraq idzakhala ndi mtengo wokulirapo, mosakayikira kukwiyira omwe adapanga zisankho zotere popanda kufunsa ndi anthu.
Kupanga mwachinsinsi ntchito zoyambira ku Iraq pakadali pano ndikungoyang'ananso kwa oyang'anira katundu, chifukwa cha ziwopsezo zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi osunga ndalama akunja.
Kupanikizika kukukulirakulira pa Bush Administration, mwina chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwa asitikali ku Iraq mpaka kalekale. Boma la Blair likuyang'anizana ndi chiwopsezo chenicheni chodzudzulidwa ndi anthu kuchokera ku zomwe Hutton adafufuza pa imfa ya Dr David Kelly. Ndithudi boma la a Howard liyeneranso kukhala ndi mlandu, osati chifukwa cha mabodza onenedwa polungamitsa nkhondo yachisembwere imeneyi, komanso chifukwa cha zotulukapo zake zowopsa.
Imran Andrew Price ndi nzika yaku Australia yomwe yakhala ku Singapore kwa zaka 9. Ali ndi MBA yochokera ku Australian Graduate School of Management ndipo akuchita Diploma mu Islamic Studies ku International Islamic University of Malaysia. Ndi Wachiwiri kwa Director General wa Center for Contemporary Islamic Studies ku Singapore (www.ccis.org.sg).
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