Palibe kusowa kwa omenyera ufulu, atolankhani, ophunzira, ndi anthu achikumbumtima omwe ali ndi nkhani yoti afotokoze za zotsatira za kanema wa "Collateral Murder".
Zithunzi za asitikali aku US za gulu lankhondo la Apache akuwombera mwachisawawa anthu khumi ndi awiri aku Iraq - kuphatikiza atolankhani a Reuters Namir Noor Eldeen ndi Saeed Chmagh, ndi ana ang'onoang'ono awiri - amadziwika kwambiri poulula zenizeni zankhondo yaku United States ku Iraq komanso kupanga. WikiLeaks ndi mayina apabanja a Julian Assange.
Zaka zitatu WikiLeaks isanapangitse kuti anthu aziwonera vidiyoyi, a Dean Yates, mkulu wa bungwe la Reuters ku Iraq, adadziwa za kukhalapo kwake. Yates adachitira umboni za momwe vidiyoyi idakhudzidwira Belmarsh Tribunal ku Sydney, Australia pa Marichi 4, 2023.
Pambuyo pake mโKhotilo, nthumwi ina, loya wa ku Australia Bernard Collaery, anatcha umboni wa Yates โumboni wovomerezeka,โ umene ungakhale umboni wotetezera Assange. (M'malo mwake, mawu ochokera kwa Yates adaperekedwa ku khoti la ku Britain panthawi ya mlandu wa Assange.)
Patha zaka pafupifupi 13 kuchokera pomwe WikiLeaks idasindikiza kanema, ndipo pafupifupi zaka 16 kuchokera pamene chiwembuchi chinachitika. Palibe amene adayambitsa chiwembuchi kapena kuwukira kwa Iraq yemwe wakumana ndi vuto lodziyankha.
Mosiyana ndi izi, Assange akuzunzika kundende ya Belmarsh pansi pamavuto. Akukhala pamilandu pomwe United States ikupitilizabe kuthamangitsidwa pansi pa milandu ya Espionage Act, pamlandu womwe ukuwopseza ufulu wa atolankhani.
Ngakhale kufalitsa kwa WikiLeaks kwa zikalata zankhondo zochokera ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan kuli pachimake pamlanduwo, kanema wa "Collateral Murder" palibe pamlandu wa 18 womwe umatenga masamba 37.
"Asitikali aku US nthawi zambiri sankafufuza za anthu omwe avulala ku Iraq. Izi zidachitika chifukwa Namir ndi Saeed adagwira ntchito ku bungwe lalikulu lazankhani zapadziko lonse lapansi, "adatero Yates poyambitsa mawu ake.
โNdinasonyezedwaโpopanda chenjezoโpasanathe mphindi zitatu zojambulidwa kuchokera pa kamera yamfuti ya Crazy Horse 1-8, mpaka pamene inatsegula moto kwa nthaลตi yoyamba. Anandiuza kuti gulu lankhondo lija linaukira minivan chifukwa amakhulupirira kuti inkathandiza zigawenga zovulala komanso kutolera zida. Asitikali aku US adachita motsatira malamulo oyendetsera Iraq, adandiuza. "
Yates adakhala zaka zitatu zotsatira akuyesera kutsimikizira Pentagon kuti ipereke chithunzi chonse kudzera mu Freedom of Information Act, komabe kuyesayesa kwake kudakumana ndi kukana mobwerezabwereza.
Kenako, mu 2010, WikiLeaks adatulutsa vidiyoyi. Nthawi yomweyo zinali zoonekeratu kuti zomwe Pentagon idati zinali zachinyengo komanso zosakhulupirika.
"Zinali zodziwikiratu chifukwa chake boma la US silinafune kugawana tepi ndi a Reuters," adatero Yates. "Zinawonetsa ziwerengero zowoneka bwino mumsewu wa Baghdad. Mfuti ya Crazy Horse 1-8's chain clack ikuwombera mozungulira kukula kwa botolo laling'ono lachakumwa chofewa, kutalika kwa dzanja la munthu. Mitambo yafumbi pamene zipolopolo za mizingazo zinkawomba anthu.โ
Yates adafotokozanso muumboni wake kuti adawunikira mbali zina zomwe adatsutsa Assange pomwe milanduyi idalengezedwa. Ananenanso kuti "ndikufuna kuphwanya zomwe atolankhani amachita," ndipo Yates adakumbukira zomwe woululira mbiri yankhondo yaku US Chelsea Manning adafotokoza m'bwalo lake lankhondo.
"Atasunga kope la tepiyo, Mayi Manning adauza khoti lake lankhondo kuti adafufuza ndikupeza ROEs, tchati cha 2007 chofotokoza za malamulo ogwiritsira ntchito mphamvu ku Iraq ndi asilikali a ROE Card". adanyamula nawo omwe adafotokoza mwachidule malamulowo, "adatero Yates. โKenako ndinachipeza. Boma la US silinafune vidiyoyi kukhoti. Zochititsa manyazi kwambiri.โ
โMlandu womwe ungakhalepo pankhondo. Wankhanza woyendetsa ndege. Asitikali aku US adanama mobwerezabwereza za zomwe zidachitika pa Julayi 12, 2007, pomwe antchito anga aku Iraq adaphedwa. "
Yates adatsutsa, mfundo ndi mfundo, mabodza m'mawu oyamba omwe asitikali aku US adapereka zifukwa zomveka zowukira, komanso zifukwa zomwe Mlembi wa Chitetezo ku US Robert Gates adapanga kutsatira kufalitsa kwa WikiLeaks. A Yates adatsimikiza kuti asitikali aku US amadziwa bwino malamulo achitetezo omwe amawaphwanya, ndipo ngakhale kuswa malamulowa momveka bwino, kafukufuku wankhondo waku US adachotsa oyendetsawo.
Pentagon idachita zobisalira kuyesera kuti zithunzi zisawone kuwala kwa tsiku.
"Zonsezi zikuwonetsa chifukwa chake boma la US silinayike tepiyo pamlandu wa Assange - chithunzithunzi chankhondocho chikanavumbulutsa chinyengo cha mlandu wake," adatero Yates. โKuphwanya malamulo a ROE, mmene asilikali ananyalanyazira zolakwazo ndiponso mmene akuluakulu a asilikali ndi anthu wamba ananama ponena za zimenezo. Collateral Murder ndi yamphamvu kwambiri chifukwa imanena zoona. Palibe mkulu wa asilikali amene akanatha kupotoza, kuyeretsa, kapena kupereka 'nkhani.'
Yates adamaliza umboni wake pofanizira kanemayo ndi chithunzi chopambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer chojambulidwa ndi wojambula zithunzi Eddie Adams kumayambiriro kwa Tet Offensive mu Nkhondo ya Vietnam. Chithunzicho chinalemba mwamphamvu za kuphedwa wamba kwa Nguyen Van Lem, ndipo akuti adasintha malingaliro a anthu pankhondo yaku Vietnam.
Kanema wa "Collateral Murder" adakhudzadi malingaliro a anthu pa Nkhondo yaku Iraq. Komabe, zaka 20 pambuyo pa nkhondo ya Iraq, ambiri mwa omanga nkhondoyo akwanitsa kukumbukira zolakwa zawo, mabodza, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu molakwika.
Chifukwa cha Assange ndi WikiLeaks, ngakhale zigawenga zomwe zidayambitsa nkhondo ndi ntchito ku Iraq sizingakumane ndi chilungamo pazochita zawo, vidiyoyi idzakhalapo nthawi zonse kwa aliyense amene akufuna kudziwa zoona za nkhondoyi.
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