Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Chief of Staff kuU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, vakapa humbowo hutsva hunokatyamadza kubva mukati meBush Administration kuti mazana evarume vakavharirwa kuGuantanamo vaive vasina mhosva, vanhu vepamusoro muBush Administration vaiziva zvizere kuti vaive vasina mhosva. , uye ruzivo irworwo rwakachengetwa kubva kuvanhu.
Wilkerson akati Mutungamiri Bush, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Cheney uye Munyori weDziviriro Rumsfeld "vakachengetedza vasina mhosva nezvikonzero zvezvematongerwo enyika" uye vazhinji vari muhutungamiri vanozviziva. Vasungwa vakanga vakasungwa zvisiri izvo havana kusunungurwa nemhaka yezvamatongerwe enyika zvaiva nechinangwa chokuvanza zvikanganiso zvehurumende.
Colonel Wilkerson, akashanda muU.S. Army kwemakore anopfuura makumi matatu, akasaina chiziviso chemhiko kudare rehurumende reOregon achiti akawana muna Nyamavhuvhu 2002 kuti US yaiziva kuti vasungwa vazhinji kuGuantanamo vakanga vasiri varwi vevavengi. Wilkerson akakurukurawo izvi mune inoburitsa uye yakakosha chinyorwa paGuantanamo yeWashington Note.
Ko Colonel Wilkerson akatanga sei kuziva nezvevasina mhosva muGuantanamo? MunaAugust 2002, Wilkerson, uyo akanga achishanda pamwe chete naColin Powell kwemakore, akagadzwa Mukuru weVashandi kune Munyori weHurumende. Muchinzvimbo ichocho, Wilkerson akatanga kuenda kumisangano yemazuva ese yaisanganisira makumi mashanu kana kupfuura vakuru veDhipatimendi reHurumende uko Guantanamo yaigarokurukurwa.
Nenguva isipi zvakava pachena kwaari nevamwe vashandi veDhipatimendi reHurumende โkuti vasungwa vazhinji vakavharirwa paGuantanamo vakanga vaiswa muchitokisi pasina hanya kana vakanga vari varwi vevavengi zvechokwadi, kana kuti chokwadi kuti vazhinji vavo vakanga vari vavengi zvachose.โ
Zvaikwanisika sei kuti mazana evasungwa veGuantanamo vaive vasina mhosva? Wilkerson akati zvese zvakatanga pakutanga, zvakanyanya nekuti mauto eUS haana kutora vazhinji vevanhu vakatumirwa kuGuantanamo. Vanhu vakapedzisira vava kuGuantanamo, akadaro Wilkerson, vakanyanya kuendeswa kuUS nevakuru vehondo vekuAfghan nevamwe vakagamuchira mari inosvika madhora zviuru zvishanu pamunhu wega wega wavakaendesa. Ruzhinji rwevasungwa 5000 โvakanga vasati vamboona Musoja weU.S. panguva yekuvharirwa kwavo kwekutanga. "
Vakuru vemauto vakaudza Wilkerson kuti "vasungwa vazhinji vakachinjirwa nezvikonzero zvisiri izvo, kunyanya nekuda kwemari uye zvimwe zvinokurudzira." VeUS vaiziva "kuti mukana waive wakakura wekuti vamwe vevasungwa veGuantanamo vakaendeswa kumauto eUS kuti vagadzirise zvibodzwa zvemuno, nekuda kwezvikonzero zvedzinza, kana senzira yekuita mari."
Somuuyo, akadaro Wilkerson โpakanga pasina nzira chaiyoiyo yokuziva chikonzero nei musungwa wacho akanga avharirwa pakutanga.โ
Wilkerson akanyora kuti vanhu vekuAmerica havana ruzivo rwe "kusakwanisa zvachose kwekutsvaga munhandare yehondo muAfghanistan panguva dzekutanga ... vaienda kuCuba kunovharirwa nekubvunzurudzwa."
Sei pakanga paine kusagona zvachose munhandare yehondo? "Ichi chaive chikonzero chekuve nemauto mashoma munzvimbo yekurwiwa, mauto nevanhuwo zvavo vaivepo vaine vanhu vashoma vakadzidziswa uye vane hunyanzvi mukuvhota kwakadaro, uye kumanikidzwa kunoshamisa kunobva kuMunyori weDziviriro Donald Rumsfeld nevamwe kuti" endesai vana vemheremhere kuvabvunzurudza.โโ
Nekuda kweizvozvo, chirevo chaWilkerson chinoenderera mberi, "pakanga pasina nzira ine musoro yekuona kuti vaive magandanga, Taliban, kana vanhuwo zvavo vasina mhosva vakanhonga munhandare yehondo yakavhiringika kana munharaunda yeimwe nyika yakaita sePakistan."
Pamusoro pezvo, chirevo ichi chinonongedza "dambudziko rakasiyana asi rine hukama nderekuti kazhinji hapana humbowo hune chekuita nemusungwa hwakapinzwa, saka pakanga pasina nzira chaiyo yekuziva chikonzero nei musungwa akavharirwa pakutanga."
"Boka rekutanga revasungwa 742 rakanga risati vasungwa pasi pemaitiro andainge ndajaira semukuru wemauto," Wilkerson akadaro. โZvakanga zvichiva pachena zvikuru kuti vazhinji vevarume vacho vakanga vasina mhosva, kana kuti kunyange zvazvo mhosva yavo yakanga isingabviri kutaurwa tisingarevi umboo mudare ripi neripi remutemo, munhuwo zvake kana kuti wechiuto. Kana pakanga paine humbowo, cheni yekuidzivirira yakanga isina kufuratirwa zvachose. "
Vanoverengeka muhutungamiriri hweUS vakaziva izvi pakutanga uye vakaziva "zvechokwadi kuti vazhinji vevasungwa vaive vasina mhosva yekukanganisa kukuru, vaive nehungwaru hudiki, uye vanofanirwa kusunungurwa nekukurumidza," akanyora kudaro Wilkerson.
Saka sei Bush Administration isina kuburitsa varume ava kubva mutirongo pakaonekwa kuti vaive vasina mhosva? Sei uchiramba uchichengeta varume vasina mhosva mujeri?
"Kubvuma chokwadi ichi kungadai kwakave chiratidzo dema pahutungamiriri hwavo kubva zuva rekutanga rainzi Hondo Yehugandanga uye vatungamiriri ava vagara vaine mavara matema akakwana: vakafa mumunda muPennsylvania, mumadota ePentagon. , uye mumatongo eWorld Trade Towers,โ akanyora kudaro Wilkerson.
"Vanga vasiri kuda kubvuma zvimwe zvikanganiso zvavo kuGuantanamo Bay. Zvirinani kutaura kuti munhu wese aive negandanga rakaoma, aive nekutsungirira kukosha kwehungwaru, uye aizodzokera kuJihad kana akaburitswa, "maererano naWilkerson. "Ndine hurombo kutaura kuti ndinotenda kuti kune mauto akapfeka yunifomu akabatsira uye akatsigira nhema idzi, kunyangwe pamatunhu epamusoro emauto edu."
Kuramba kuti vasungwa vacho vaende, kunyange vaya vangangove vasina mhosva, kwakavakirwa pazvikonzero zvakawanda zvematongerwe enyika. Kana US ikavaendesa kune imwe nyika uye nyika iyoyo ikavawana vasina mhosva, zvaizoita kuti US iite seyakashata, akadaro Wilkerson. "Chimwe chainetsa ndechekuti kuvharirwa kuGuantanamo kwaizoburitswa sekunge kuvhiringika kwavaiita. Mhedzisiro yakadai yanga isingagamuchirwe kuDhipatimendi uye ingadai yakakanganisa zvakanyanya hutungamiriri kuDhipatimendi reDziviriro. "
Kudhipatimendi reDziviriro, Secretary Rumsfeld, "akaramba kurega vasungwa vachienda" akadaro Wilkerson.
โChimwe chikamu chedambudziko rezvematongerwo enyika chakatangira muHofisi yeMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri weNyika, VaRichard B. Cheney,โ maererano naWilkerson, โvane chinzvimbo chaigona kupfupikiswa sekuti 'kuguma kunoruramisa nzira', uye vakanga vasina zvachose hanya kuti yevasungwa veGuantanamo vaive vasina mhosva, kana kuti pakange pasina humbowo hunoshanda kune ruzhinji rwavo. Kana mazana evanhu vasina mhosva aifanira kutambura kuti asunge mashoma emagandanga akaoma, ngazvive zvakadaro. "
Mutungamiri Bush akabatanidzwa mune zvese sarudzo pamusoro pevarume muGuantanamo maererano nemishumo kubva kuna Secretary Powell kuna Wilkerson. "Maonero angu pachangu," akadaro Wilkerson "ndewekuti zvaive nyore kuti Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Cheney atenderere Mutungamiriri Bush zvisina tsarukano nekuti Cheney aive netiweki mukati mehurumende kuita kudaro. Pamusoro pezvo, nekushandisa izvo zvakanzi naMunyori Powell 'masikirwo emombe,' Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Cheney anogona kazhinji kazhinji kuwana kugamuchirwa kweMutungamiri.
Zvisinei neruzivo rwakapararira mukati mehutongi hweBush kuti US yakaramba ichichengeta vasina mhosva kuGuantanamo, kwemakore hurumende yeUS yakaramba ichitaura pachena zvakasiyana - kuti vanhu vekuGuantanamo vaive magandanga.
Mushure mekuzivisa uku kubva pakadzika mukati meBush Administration, nyaya nyowani ikozvino pamberi pevanhu veUS haisi yekungoti Bush Administration yaive isiriyo pamusoro peGuantanamo asi kuti yaigara ichinyengedza mukubata mazana evarume vasina mhosva mujeri kuti vavhare. zvikanganiso zvako.
Sei Colonel Wilkerson ari kuburitsa izvi izvozvi? Akapa mhiko yekubatsira International Human Rights Clinic paWillamette University College of Law muOregon uye Federal Public Defender vari kumhan'ara vakuru veUS nekuvharirwa nekushungurudzwa zvisiri izvo kwaAdel Hassan Hamad. Hamad aive mushandi werubatsiro kubva kuSudan achishanda kuPakistan paakapambwa kubva mufurati yake, akatambudzwa uye akaendeswa kuGuantanamo kwaakachengetwa kwemakore mashanu asati aburitswa.
Pakupera kwemapeji mapfumbamwe akapika chirevo, Wilkerson anotsanangura zvikonzero zvake zvekuburitsa ruzivo urwu runotyisa. "Ini ndakaita sarudzo yangu yekuuya kuzokurukura nezvekushungurudzwa kwakaitika nekuti ruzivo rwekuti ndakashandira Hurumende yaitambudza nekushungurudza avo yaisunga munzvimbo dzeGuantanamo Bay nekumwe uye nekuchengeta vasina mhosva nezvikonzero zvezvematongerwo enyika kwakaratidza kushomeka. pfungwa pabasa rangu rehunyanzvi uye ndinoshuvira kuita kuti rekodhi rijeke pane zvakaitika. Ndinonetsekawo zvikuru kuti Mauto Ehondo eUnited States, kwandakapedzera makore 31 oupenyu hwangu hwounyanzvi, akanga akabatanidzwa zvikuru muidzi zvikanganiso zvinosuruvarisa.โ
Wilkerson akapedzisa chinyorwa chake pamusoro peGuantanamo nekubudisa dambudziko. "Ini - uye kana - chokwadi pamusoro pevasungwa kuGuantanamo Bay chichaburitswa nenzira yavanofanirwa kunge vari, kana Congress ichasimuka nekutakura dzimwe mhosva, kana hutongi hutsva hwaObama huchave nehushingi hwekutevera zvakanyanya. mushandirapamwe wayo unovimbisa nezve GITMO, kutambudzwa nezvimwe zvakadaro, zvinoramba zvichionekwa. "
IUS inotsoropodza Iran neChina nekusunga vanhu zvisirizvo. Saka isu senyika tichaitei iye zvino kuti munhu wemukati kubva kuBush Administration akashinga kuburitsa chokwadi uye kuvhara pamusoro pevezvematongerwo enyika veUS vakaisa mazana nemajeri zvisiri izvo uye vasingavasunungure kunyangwe ivo vaiziva kuti havana mhosva? Mhinduro yedu ichataura zvakawanda nezvekuzvipira kwedu kwenyika kururamisiro kune vese.
Bill Quigley ndiye Legal Director paCentre for Constitutional Rights uye purofesa wezvemitemo paLoyola University New Orleans. Bill anogona kubatika pa [email inodzivirirwa]