Donald Rumsfeld wati kuukira kwa America ku Baghdad "ndikungoyang'ana ndege ngati kale" koma sayenera kuyesa kunena izi kwa Doha Suheil wazaka zisanu. Adandiyang'ana dzulo m'mawa, chakudya cha drip cholumikizidwa ndi mphuno yake, tsinya lakuya pankhope yake yaying'ono pomwe amayesa mopanda phindu kusuntha kumanzere kwa thupi lake. Chombo chomwe chinaphulika pafupi ndi nyumba yake ku Radwaniyeh ku Baghdad chinaphulitsa timiyendo ting'onoting'ono —adamangidwa ndi gauze– ndipo, mozama kwambiri, kumsana kwake. Panopa mwendo wake wakumanzere wasiya kuyenda.
Amayi ake amawerama pabedi ndikuwongola mwendo wake wakumanja womwe kamtsikana kamapunthira kunja kwa bulangeti. Mwanjira ina, amayi a Doha akuganiza kuti ngati miyendo iwiri ya mwana wawo yagona molunjika pambali pa inzake, mwana wawo wamkazi adzachira kudwala kwake. Anali woyamba mwa odwala 101 omwe adabweretsedwa ku chipatala cha Al-Mustansaniya College pambuyo poti blitz yaku America idayamba mumzindawu Lachisanu usiku. Ziŵalo zina zisanu ndi ziŵiri za m’banja lake zinavulazidwa m’kuphulitsidwa kwa mizinga komweko; wotsiriza, wachaka chimodzi, anali kuyamwitsidwa ndi amayi ake panthawiyo.
Pali china chake chodwala, chonyansa pamaulendo akuchipatala awa. Timabomba. Iwo amavutika. Kenako timafika ndikujambula zithunzi za ana awo ovulala. Unduna wa Zaumoyo ku Iraq waganiza zochititsa msonkhano wa atolankhani kunja kwa ma ward kuti atsindike "zabwino" za kuukira kwa America. Anthu a ku America amanena kuti sakufuna kuvulaza ana. Ndipo Doha Suheil amandiyang'ana ine ndi madotolo kuti anditsimikizire, ngati kuti adzuka ku zoopsazi ndikusuntha mwendo wake wakumanzere osamvanso kupweteka.
Chifukwa chake tiyeni tiyiwale, kwakanthawi, zabodza zotsika mtengo za boma komanso kutsika mtengo kwa Messrs Rumsfeld ndi Bush, ndikuyenda kuzungulira Chipatala cha Al-Mustansaniya College. Pakuti zoona zake za nkhondo sizili za kupambana ndi kugonjetsedwa kwa nkhondo, kapena mabodza okhudza "mgwirizano wamagulu" omwe atolankhani athu "ophatikizidwa" tsopano akuyendetsa za kuwukira komwe kumakhudza anthu aku America okha, aku Britain ndi ochepa aku Australia. Nkhondo, ngakhale pamene ili ndi zovomerezeka zapadziko lonse – zomwe nkhondoyi ilibe – makamaka za kuvutika.
Tengani Amel Hassan wazaka 50, mayi wamba yemwe ali ndi zizindikiro m'manja ndi m'miyendo koma yemwe tsopano wagona pabedi lake lachipatala ali ndi mikwingwirima yofiirira pamapewa ake – tsopano akuwirikiza kawiri kukula kwawo koyambirira – yemwe anali ulendo wake wokacheza ndi mwana wake wamkazi pamene mzinga woyamba waku America unakantha Baghdad. "Ndinkangotuluka mu taxi pamene kunachitika kuphulika kwakukulu ndipo ndinagwa pansi ndikupeza magazi anga paliponse," anandiuza. "Zinali m'manja mwanga, miyendo yanga, pachifuwa." Amel Hassan akadali ndi mabala angapo pachifuwa chake.
Mwana wake wamkazi wazaka zisanu Wahed wagona pabedi lotsatira, akusisima ndi ululu. Iye anali atatsika kaye m’takisiyo ndipo anatsala pang’ono kufika pakhomo la azakhali ake aang’ono pamene kuphulika kunamugwetsa. Mapazi ake akutulukabe magazi ngakhale kuti magaziwo atsekereza zala zake ndipo amamangidwa ndi mabandeji a m’mapazi ndi m’miyendo yake. Anyamata awiri aang'ono ali m'chipinda china. Sade Selim ali ndi zaka 11; mchimwene wake Omar ali ndi zaka 14. Onsewa ali ndi mabala a shrapnel m'miyendo ndi pachifuwa.
Isra Riad ali m'chipinda chachitatu ali ndi zovulala zofananira, m'malo mwake mabala a shrapnel m'miyendo pomwe adathamanga ndi mantha kuchokera kunyumba kwake kupita kumunda wake pomwe blitz idayamba. Imam Ali ali ndi zaka 23 ndipo ali ndi mabala angapo m'mimba ndi m'mimba mwake. Najla Hussein Abbas amayesabe kuphimba mutu wake ndi mpango wakuda koma sangathe kubisa mabala ofiirira kumiyendo yake. Mabala angapo a shrapnel. Patapita kanthawi, "zilonda zambiri za shrapnel" zimamveka ngati matenda achilengedwe omwe, ndikuganiza - pakati pa anthu omwe avutika zaka zoposa 20 za nkhondo - ndi choncho.
Ndipo zonsezi, ndidadzifunsa dzulo, zonse izi zinali za 11 September 2001? Zonsezi zinali "kubwezera" omwe atiukira, ngakhale kuti Doha Suheil, Wahed Hassan ndi Imam Ali alibe kalikonse – kalikonse – chochita ndi zolakwa za anthu, monga momwe Saddam woyipayo alibe? Ndani adaganiza, ndikudabwa, kuti ana awa, atsikanawa, azunzike pa 11 September?
Nkhondo zikubwereza. Nthawi zonse, pamene "ife" tibwera kudzacheza ndi omwe tawawombera, timakhala ndi funso lomwelo. Ku Libya mu 1986, ndikukumbukira momwe atolankhani aku America amafunsa mobwerezabwereza ovulala: mwina adagundidwa ndi ziboliboli zochokera kumoto wawo wotsutsana ndi ndege? Apanso, mu 1991, "ife" tidafunsa aku Iraq omwe adavulala funso lomwelo. Ndipo dzulo, dotolo adafunsidwa ndi mtolankhani wawayilesi waku Britain kuti – inde, mwaganizapo - "Kodi mukuganiza, adotolo, kuti ena mwa anthuwa akadawotchedwa ndi moto wotsutsana ndi ndege waku Iraq?"
Kodi tiyenera kuseka kapena kulira? Kodi nthawi zonse tiyenera kuwaimba mlandu “iwo” chifukwa cha zilonda zawo? Zachidziwikire kuti tifunse chifukwa chake zida zapamadzi zidaphulika komwe zidaphulika, osachepera 320 ku Baghdad kokha, mothandizidwa ndi USS Kitty Hawk.
Isra Riad adachokera ku Sayadiyeh komwe kuli nyumba yayikulu yankhondo. Nyumba ya Najla Abbas ili ku Risalleh komwe kuli nyumba zogona za banja la Saddam. Abale awiri aang'ono a Selim amakhala ku Shirta Khamse komwe kuli nyumba yosungiramo magalimoto ankhondo. Koma ndilo vuto lonse. Zolinga zabalalika mumzinda. Osauka – ndi onse ovulala omwe ndinawawona dzulo anali osauka - amakhala m'nyumba zotsika mtengo, nthawi zina zamatabwa zomwe zimagwa chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa bomba.
Ndi nkhani yakale yomweyi. Ngati tipanga nkhondo – ngakhale tinene mochuluka bwanji za chisamaliro chathu kwa anthu wamba – tidzapha ndi kuvulaza osalakwa.
Dr Habib Al-Hezai, yemwe FRCS inapezedwa ku yunivesite ya Edinburgh, anawerengera odwala 101 mwa 207 onse omwe anavulazidwa m'chipatala chake chokha, omwe 85 anali anthu wamba - 20 mwa iwo akazi ndi asanu ndi mmodzi mwa ana – ndi asilikali 16. Mnyamata ndi mwana wazaka 12 anamwalira atachitidwa opaleshoni. Palibe amene anganene kuti ndi asilikali angati omwe anaphedwa panthawi ya chiwembu chenichenicho.
Kuyenda kudutsa Baghdad dzulo kunali kochititsa mantha. Zolingazo zinasankhidwadi mosamala ngakhale kuti chiwonongeko chawo chinakhudza anthu osalakwa. Panali nyumba yachifumu imodzi yapurezidenti yomwe ndidawona yokhala ndi ziboliboli zazitali za 40ft za wankhondo wachiarabu Salaheddin pakona iliyonse – nkhope ya aliyense inali ya Saddam – ndipo, mwabwino pakati, dzenje lalikulu lakuda lomwe linakumbidwa. mbali ya nyumbayo. Unduna wopanga zida zamlengalenga udaphwanyidwa, mulu waukulu wa konkriti wosakanizidwa kale ndi zinyalala.
Koma kunja, pachipata, panali zikwama ziwiri za mchenga zokhala ndi asilikali ovala mwanzeru aku Iraq, mfuti pamwamba pa kampanda, akadali okonzeka kuteteza utumiki wawo kwa adani omwe anali atawononga kale.
M'misewu m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Tigirisi munali magalimoto ambiri. Palibe dalaivala yemwe adawoneka movutikira kwambiri ku Republican Palace kutsidya lina la mtsinje kapena unduna wosuta wogula zida. Iwo anawotcha kwa maola 12 pambuyo pa kugunda kwa mizinga yoyamba. Zinali ngati kuti kuotcha nyumba zachifumu ndi mautumiki oyaka moto ndi milu ya zinyalala zosuta zinali zamoyo za tsiku ndi tsiku ku Baghdad. Komano, palibe aliyense mu ulamuliro wamakono amene angafune kuthera nthaŵi yaitali akuyang’ana zinthu zoterozo, kodi angatero?
Ndipo ma Iraqi azindikira tanthauzo la izi. Mu 1991, anthu a ku America adagonjetsa malo oyeretsera, magetsi, mapaipi amadzi, ndi mauthenga. Koma dzulo, Baghdad akanatha kugwirabe ntchito. Mafoni apamtunda anagwira ntchito; intaneti imagwira ntchito; mphamvu yamagetsi inali yokwanira; milatho yodutsa pa mtsinje wa Tigirisi inakhalabe yopanda mabomba. Chifukwa, ndithudi, pamene â€" "ngati" akadali mawu ovuta masiku ano - Achimerika afika kuno, adzafunika njira yolumikizirana yogwira ntchito, magetsi, zoyendera. Zomwe zasungidwa si mphatso kwa anthu aku Iraqi: ndizothandiza kwa omwe akuganiza kuti ndi ambuye atsopano aku Iraq.
Nyuzipepala ya tsiku ndi tsiku ya Iraq idatuluka dzulo ndi kope la masamba anayi okha, zolemba zambiri za "kukhazikika" kwa dzikoli â€" kukhazikika mu Arabic ndi soummoud, dzina lomwelo monga mzinga umene Iraq anawononga pang'ono Bush Bush atakakamiza UN. Oyang'anira kuti achoke popita kunkhondo – ndi mutu wakuti "Pulezidenti: Kupambana kudzabwera [sic] m'manja mwa Iraqi".
Apanso, sipanakhalepo kuyesa kwa US kuwononga zida za kanema wawayilesi chifukwa mwina akufuna kuzigwiritsa ntchito pofika. Pakuphulitsidwa kwa bomba Lachisanu usiku, mkulu wankhondo waku Iraq adawonekera pawailesi yakanema kuti atsimikizire mtunduwo za kupambana. Pamene amalankhula, mafunde ophulika a mizinga yophulika anaomba makatani kumbuyo kwake ndikugwedeza kamera ya kanema wawayilesi.
Nanga zonsezi zikutifikitsa kuti? M’maŵa m’maŵa dzulo m’maŵa, ndinayang’ana tsidya lina la Tigris pamaliro a Nyumba yachifumu ya Republican ndi utumiki wotsekeredwa m’mbali mwake. Panali nyale zamoto kudutsa Baghdad ndipo thambo linali kutsika ndi utsi, nyumba yachifumu yotchingidwa ndi mipanda yonga mpanda – malawi amoto akutuluka kuchokera m’makoma ake – ankawoneka ngati nyumba yachifumu ya m’zaka zapakati pazaka zapakati; Tsesiphon anawononga, Mesopotamiya panthawi ya chiwonongeko chake monga momwe zawonekera kwa zaka zikwi zambiri.
Xenophon anakantha kumwera kwa kuno, Alexander kumpoto. A Mongol adalanda Baghdad. Akhalifa adadza. Ndiyeno Ottoman kenako British. Onse ananyamuka. Tsopano kubwera Achimereka. Sizokhudza kuvomerezeka. Zili pafupi ndi chinthu china chonyengerera, china chake Saddam mwiniwake amamvetsetsa bwino kwambiri, mphamvu yamtundu wapadera, mphamvu zomwezo zomwe wogonjetsa aliyense wa Iraq ankafuna kusonyeza pamene adalowa m'dziko lachitukuko chakale.
Dzulo masana anthu aku Iraq adayatsa moto waukulu wamafuta kuzungulira mzinda wa Baghdad ndi chiyembekezo chosocheretsa njira zowongolera zoponya zapamadzi. Utsi wotsutsana ndi makompyuta. Ma siren owombera mlengalenga adayambanso kulira nthawi ya 3.20pm ku London, kutsatiridwa ndi phokoso lodziwikiratu la kuphulika.
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