Chiyambireni udindowu, Purezidenti Obama adavomereza zosachepera 41 Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) ku Pakistan zomwe zapha anthu pakati pa 326 ndi 538, ambiri a iwo, otsutsa akuti, "owona osalakwa, kuphatikizapo ana," malinga ndi malipoti odalirika. Drone ndi ndege yoyendetsedwa patali, yopanda munthu.
"Ngakhale nkhani yeniyeni ikasoweka," alemba Jane Mayer mu October 26th The New Yorker, "zolembazo zikuwonekeratu: C.I.A. yalowa nawo gulu lazamalamulo la Pakistani pa kampeni yolimbana ndi kuthetsa zigawenga zakunja ndi zakunja, zomwe zathawira. mโzigawo zina za dzikolo zosafikirika.โ
Kutengera kafukufuku yemwe wangomalizidwa ndi bungwe lopanda phindu, New America Foundation yaku Washington, D.C., "chiwerengero cha drone chakwera kwambiri kuyambira pomwe Obama adakhala Purezidenti," adatero Mayer.
M'malo mwake, mikangano iwiri yoyambirira idachitika pa Januware 23, tsiku lachitatu la Purezidenti ali paudindo ndipo yachiwiri mwa izi idagunda nyumba yolakwika, ya mtsogoleri wafuko wochirikiza boma yemwe adapha banja lake lonse, kuphatikiza ana atatu, m'modzi yekha. zaka zisanu.
Nthawi iliyonse, C.I.A. mwachiwonekere ali ndi โndege zambiri zowuluka pa dziko la Pakistan, kufunafuna chandamale,โ magaziniyo inatero. Predators ambiri ndi mnzake yemwe ali ndi zida zamphamvu kwambiri, Wokolola, akugulidwa kotero kuti wopanga chitetezo General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, waku Poway, Calif., sangawapangitse kukhala othamanga mokwanira. A Air Force akuti ali ndi 200.
Mayer alemba kuti, "kukumbatira kwa pulogalamu ya Predator kudachitika ndi zokambirana zochepa zapagulu, chifukwa zikuyimira kugwiritsa ntchito kwatsopano komanso kopanda malire kwamphamvu zakupha zomwe zavomerezedwa ndi boma." Lero, Mayer akulemba kuti, "palibenso chikayikiro chilichonse kuti kupha anthu omwe akufuna kukhala nawo kwakhala ndondomeko yovomerezeka ya US." Ndipo malinga ndi Gary Solis, yemwe amaphunzitsa pa Law Center ya Georgetown University, palibe m'boma amene amachitcha kupha. "Sikuti tikanangosonyeza kudana ndi mfundo zotere zaka zingapo zapitazo; tidatero," adatero Solis.
David Kilcullen, wamkulu wankhondo zolimbana ndi zigawenga yemwe adalemba nawo kafukufuku ku Center for New American Security, ku Washington, DC, akuti kuukira kwa drone kwabweza. Monga adauza nyuzipepala ya New Yorker, "Aliyense mwa anthu osamenya nkhondo omwe adamwalirawa akuyimira banja lotalikirana, mkangano watsopano wobwezera, komanso olembetsa ambiri kugulu la zigawenga lomwe lakula kwambiri ngakhale kumenyedwa ndi ma drone kwakula."
Ndipo chifukwa cha C.I.A. chinsinsi cha pulogalamuyo, Mayer akulemba kuti, "palibe njira yowonekera yoyankhira mlandu, ngakhale kuti bungweli lapha anthu wamba ambiri m'dziko lopanda ndale, la zida zanyukiliya lomwe US โโsilikumenya nawo nkhondo."
Nyuzipepala ya New Yorker inanenanso kuti Obama Administration yawonjezeranso gawo la zigawenga zovomerezeka ku Afghanistan. Lipoti la Ogasiti la Senate Foreign Relations Committee linanena kuti mndandanda wa Pentagon wa zigawenga zovomerezeka uli ndi mayina 367 ndipo unaphatikizanso olamulira 50 a mankhwala osokoneza bongo ku Afghanistan "omwe akuwaganizira kuti amapereka ndalama zothandizira a Taliban," atero Mayer. Amagwira mawu lipoti la Senate kuti, "Palibe umboni wosonyeza kuti kuchuluka kwa mankhwalawa kumapita ku Al Qaeda."
Ndilo gulu lankhondo lankhondo lomwe likugwira ntchito ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, pomwe ma drones a C.IA. amasaka anthu omwe akuwakayikira m'maiko omwe asitikali aku US alibe ndipo "amayang'ana anthu omwe akuwakayikira padziko lonse lapansi," alemba Mayer. Chithunzi cha C.I.A. khama linayambika ndi wotsogolera Obama, ndipo yemwe kale anali wothandizira Pulezidenti George W. Bush akuti Obama wasiya pafupifupi antchito onse ofunika.
Kuthamanga kwa C.I.A. Pulogalamuyi ndi gulu la ogwira ntchito omwe amayendetsa ndege za Predator kuchokera ku Afghanistan ndi Pakistan. Akakwera pamwamba, Predators amaperekedwa kwa olamulira ku C.I.A. Likulu ku Langley, Va., Omwe amayendetsa zisangalalo ndikuwunika zochitika kuchokera pa kanema wamoyo kuchokera ku kamera ya drone.
Nkhani ya m'magaziniyi ikuti boma likukonzekera kutumiza "mazana ena" a drones, kuphatikizapo "mibadwo yatsopano ya ma drones ang'onoang'ono a 'nano', omwe amatha kuwulukira nyama zawo ngati njuchi yakupha pawindo lotseguka."
(Sherwood Ross ndi wolemba wochokera ku Miami yemwe kale ankagwira ntchito ku Chicago Daily News ndi nkhani zina zazikulu za tsiku ndi tsiku. [imelo ndiotetezedwa])
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