Donald Rumsfeld anoti kurwiswa kweAmerica kuBaghdad "kwakanangana nemushandirapamwe wemhepo sezvakambovepo" asi haafanire kuedza kuudza izvozvo kuDoha Suheil ane makore mashanu. Akanditarisa nezuro mangwanani, drip feed yakanamatira pamhino yake, kufinyamisa kwakadzika pamusoro pechiso chake chidiki sezvaaiedza zvisina maturo kufambisa rutivi rworuboshwe rwemuviri wake. Chombo chechikepe chakaputika pedyo nekumba kwake muRadwaniyeh sabhabhu yeBaghdad chakaputira twunhu twake mumakumbo madiki – akanga akasungwa nejecha - uye, zvakanyanya, kumusana kwake. Iye zvino gumbo rake rekuruboshwe harichakwanisi kufamba.
Mai vake vanokotama pamubhedha ndokutwasanudza gumbo ravo rekurudyi iro kamusikana kaye kanorovera kunze kwegumbeze. Neimwe nzira, amai vaDoha vanofunga kuti kana makumbo maviri emwana wavo akarara padivi pemumwe nemumwe, mwanasikana wavo achapora kubva mukuoma mitezo. Aive wekutanga pavarwere zana vakaunzwa kuAl-Mustansaniya College Hospital mushure meAmerica's blitz paguta yakatanga neChishanu manheru. Mimwe mitezo minomwe yemhuri yake yakakuvadzwa mubhomba rimwe chetero rechikepe; gotwe, mwana ane gore, akanga achiyamwiwa naamai vake panguva iyoyo.
Pane chinorwara, chinonyadzisa pakushanya kuchipatara uku. Tinobhomba. Vanotambura. Tinobva tasimuka totora mifananidzo yevana vavo vakuvara. Gurukota rezvehutano reIraqi rinofunga kuita musangano usingagoneki wevatori venhau kunze kwemawadhi kuti vasimbise "zvakanakisa" hunhu hwekurwiswa kweAmerica. Vanhu vekuAmerica vanoti havadi kukuvadza vana. Uye Doha Suheil anonditarisa ini navanachiremba kuti vasimbiswe, sekunge achamuka kubva kuhusiku uhwu uye ofambisa gumbo rake rekuruboshwe uye asingachanzwi kurwadziwa.
Saka ngatikanganwei, kwechinguvana, nhema dzakachipa dzehutongi uye netsika dzakachipa dzaMessrs Rumsfeld naBush, uye titore rwendo rwekutenderera Al-Mustansaniya College Hospital. Nekuti chokwadi chehondo hachizi chekukunda kwemauto nekukundwa, kana manyepo nezve "mauto emubatanidzwa" ayo vatori venhau vedu "vakanyudzwa" vava kuita zvekutamba nezve kupindira kunosanganisira maAmerican chete, maBritish uye vashoma veAustralia. Hondo, kunyangwe iine mvumo yepasirese – iyo hondo iyi isingaite – inyaya yekutambudzika.
Tora Amel Hassan ane makore makumi mashanu okukura, mukadzi murombo ane ma tatoo mumaoko nemakumbo asi zvino avete pamubhedha wake wemuchipatara aine mavanga makuru epepuru pamapfudzi ake – zvino apetwa kaviri saizi yepakutanga – anga akapfeka. nzira yake yekushanyira mwanasikana wake apo chombo chekutanga chekuAmerica chakarova Baghdad. "Ndakanga ndichangobuda mutekisi pakaitika kuputika kukuru uye ndakawira pasi ndikawana ropa rangu kwose kwose," akandiudza. "Yaiva pamaoko angu, makumbo angu, pachipfuva changu." Amel Hassan achine maronda akawanda muchipfuva chake.
Mwanasikana wake ane makore mashanu okukura Wahed akarara pamubhedha unotevera, achihwihwidza nokurwadziwa. Akanga atanga aburuka mutekisi uye akanga ava kutosvika pamusuo watete vake apo kuputika kwacho kwakamugura. Tsoka dzake dzichiri kubuda ropa kunyangwe ropa rakagwamba muzvigunwe zvake uye rakatsikirirwa nemabhandeji ezvitsitsinho zvake nekuzasi kwemakumbo. Vakomana vaduku vaviri vari mukamuri rinotevera. Sade Selim ane makore gumi nerimwe; munun'una wake Omar ane makore 11. Vose vane maronda emakumbo nechipfuva.
Isra Riad ari mukamuri rechitatu aine kukuvara kwakada kufanana, mune yake maronda akaputika kumakumbo paakamhanya achitya kubva kumba kwake achipinda mubindu rake sezvo blitz yakatanga. Imam Ali ane makore makumi maviri nematatu uye ane maronda akawanda mudumbu nemuzasi medumbu. Najla Hussein Abbas achiri kuyedza kuvhara musoro wake nejira dema asi haakwanise kuvanza maronda epepuru kumakumbo ake. Multiple shrapnel maronda. Pashure penguva yakati, “maronda akawanda ezviputi” anonzwika sehosha yakasikwa iyo, ndinofunga kuti – pakati pevanhu vakatambura kwemakore anopfuura 23 ehondo - ndizvo.
Uye zvese izvi, ndakazvibvunza nezuro, zvese izvi zvaive zve11 Gunyana 2001? Zvese izvi kwaive "kutsiva" kune vatirwisa, kunyangwe Doha Suheil, Wahed Hassan naImam Ali havana ― hapana zvachose – chine chekuita nemhosva idzo dzakaitirwa vanhu, sezvakaita Saddam anotyisa? Ndiani akasarudza, ndinoshamisika, kuti vana ava, vakadzi vadiki ava, vatambure 11 Gunyana?
Hondo dzinozvidzokorora. Nguva dzose, apo “isu” tinoshanyira avo vatakabhomba, tine mubvunzo mumwe chetewo. MuLibya muna 1986, ndinorangarira kuti vatori venhau vekuAmerica vairamba vachibvunza vakakuvadzwa sei: vangave vakarohwa nezvimedu kubva kumoto wavo wekurwisa ndege? Zvakare, muna 1991, "isu" takabvunza muIraqi akakuvara mubvunzo mumwe chete. Uye nezuro, chiremba akazviwana abvunzwa nemutori wenhau weredhiyo weBritish - hongu, wakazvifungidzira - "Munofunga here, chiremba, kuti vamwe vevanhu ava vangadai vakarohwa neIraqi inorwisa ndege?"
Tinofanira kuseka kana kuchema pane izvi? Tinofanira nguva dzose kupa mhaka “ivo” nokuda kwamaronda avo vamene here? Chokwadi isu tinofanirwa kubvunza kuti sei izvo zvombo zvechikepe zvakaputika kwaakaita, angangoita mazana matatu nemakumi maviri muBaghdad chete, neruremekedzo rweUSS Kitty Hawk.
Isra Riad yakabva kuSayadiyeh kune nzvimbo huru yemauto. Imba yaNajla Abbas iri kuRisalleh uko kune mavillas emhuri yaSaddam. Vakoma vaviri vaSelim vanogara muShirta Khamse uko kune imba yekuchengetera motokari dzemauto. Asi ndiro dambudziko rose. Zvinangwa zvakapararira muguta rose. Varombo – uye vose vakakuvadzwa vandakaona nezuro vaiva varombo– vanogara mudzimba dzakachipa, dzimwe nguva dzemapuranga dzinoputsika nekuparara kwekuputika.
Ndiyo imwe nyaya yekare. Kana tikaita hondo – zvisinei nekuti tinopopotera zvakanyanya pamusoro pekuchengeta kwedu vanhuwo zvavo - tichauraya nekuremadza vasina mhosva.
Dr Habib Al-Hezai, ane FRCS yakawanikwa paYunivhesiti yeEdinburgh, akaverenga varwere ve101 vevose 207 vakakuvadzwa mukurwiswa muchipatara chake chete, avo makumi masere nevashanu vaiva vanhuwo zvavo - 85 vavo vakadzi uye vatanhatu vavo vana – uye varwi gumi nevatanhatu. Mumwe murume wechidiki nemwana wemakore 20 vakanga vafa vachivhiyiwa. Hapana achataura kuti varwi vangani vakaurayiwa panguva yekurwisa chaiko.
Kutyaira mhiri kweBaghdad nezuro chaive chiitiko chinotyisa. Zvinangwa zvamazvirokwazvo zvakasarudzwa nokungwarira kunyange zvazvo kuparadzwa kwavo nenzira isingadzivisiki kwakarova vasina mhaka. Paive nemuzinda wemutungamiri wenyika wandakaona une zviumbwa zvakakwirira makumi mana zvemurwi wechiArab Salaheddin mukona yega yega - chiso chemumwe nemumwe chaive, chokwadi, cheSaddam – uye, nepakati nepakati, gomba guru dema rakabayiwa mukati. façade yechivakwa. Bazi rekugadzira zvombo zvemhepo rakaputswa, murwi mukuru wekongiri yakasimbiswa isati yasimbiswa uye marara.
Asi kunze, pagedhi, pakanga pane masaga maviri ejecha ane masoja eIraq akanga akapfeka zvakachenjera, pfuti pamusoro pekarusvingo, vachiri vakagadzirira kudzivirira hushumiri hwavo kubva kumuvengi akanga atoiparadza.
Kufamba kwemangwanani kwakazara mumigwagwa pedyo neTigirisi. Hapana mutyairi aitarisa zvakanyanya kuRepublican Palace mhiri kwerwizi kana shumiro inopfungaira yekutengwa kwezvombo. Vakapisa kwemaawa gumi nemaviri mushure mekurohwa kwekutanga kwe missile. Zvaiita sokuti kupisa mizinda yehumambo uye hushumiri hunopisa uye mirwi yemarara anosvuta zvaiva zvinhu zvemazuva ose zveBaghdad. Asi zvakare, hapana munhu ari pasi pehurumende iripo angada kupedza nguva yakareba achitarisa zvinhu zvakadaro, vangadaro here?
Uye maIraqi aona kuti izvi zvinorevei. Muna 1991, vanhu vekuAmerica vakarova marefineries, gidhi remagetsi, pombi dzemvura, kufambiswa kwemashoko. Asi nezuro, Baghdad inogona kuramba ichishanda. Nharembozha dzaishanda; internet inoshanda; simba remagetsi rakanga rakazara; mabhiriji pamusoro peTigirisi akaramba asina kubhombwa. Nekuti, hongu, kana – "kana" ichiri mutsara unonzwisisika mazuva ano - vanhu vekuAmerica vasvika pano, vachada hurongwa hwekufambiswa kwemashoko, magetsi, zvekufambisa. Izvo zvakachengetwa hachisi chipo kune vanhu veIraqi: ndezvekubatsirwa kwevanofungidzirwa vatenzi vatsva veIraq.
Bepanhau reIraq zuva nezuva rakabuda nezuro nepeji yemapeji mana chete, chidimbu chezvinyorwa pamusoro pe "kusimba" kwenyika - kusimba muchiArabic soummoud, zita rimwechete sechipotsera chakaparadzwa neIraq Bush asati amanikidza UN. vaongorori kuti vaende kuhondo – uye musoro wenyaya waiti “Mutungamiriri: Kukunda kuchauya [sic] mumaoko eIraq”.
Zvakare, hapana kumboedza neUS kuparadza zvivakwa zveterevhizheni nekuti vangangove vachida kuzvishandisa pakusvika. Munguva yekubhomba neChishanu manheru, mukuru wemauto weIraq akaoneka paterevhizheni kuti avimbise nyika kuti ichakunda. Paaitaura, masaisai ekuputika kubva mukuputika kwemakoni akafuridzira mumaketeni kumashure kwake uye akazunungusa kamera yeterevhizheni.
Saka zvese izvi zvinotisvitsa kupi? Mangwanani-ngwanani ezuro mangwanani, ndakatarisa mhiri kweTigris pamariro eRepublican Palace uye neshumiro yakakomberedzwa parutivi payo. Paiva nemwenje yemoto mhiri kweBaghdad uye denga rakanga richidzika noutsi, muzinda wakakombwa, wakafanana nerusvingo – machira emurazvo aikwira achibva pamadziro ayo – aiita senhare yemuMiddle Ages iri kupfuta; Tsesiphon yakaparadza, Mesopotamia panguva yekuparadzwa kwayo sezvayave ichionekwa kwenguva zhinji pamusoro pezviuru zvakawanda zvemakore.
Xenophon akarova kumaodzanyemba kwepano, Alexander kuchamhembe. MaMongolia akaparadza Baghdad. Macaliphs akauya. Uye zvakare maOttoman uyezve maBritish. Vose vakaenda. Zvino kwauya maAmerica. Hazvisi zvepamutemo. Zviri pamusoro pechimwe chinhu chinonyengetedza, chimwe chinhu Saddam pachake anonzwisisa zvakanyanya, rudzi rwakasiyana rwesimba, simba rimwechete iro mukundi wese weIraq aishuvira kuratidzira paakarova nzira yake kupinda munyika yebudiriro yekare.
Nezuro masikati maIraq akabatidza moto mukuru wemafuta kutenderedza guta reBaghdad netarisiro yekutsausa nzira yekutungamira yezvombo zvechikepe. Kusvuta pakombiyuta. Sairini dzemhepo dzakatanga kurira zvakare mushure menguva dza3.20pm muLondon, zvichiteverwa neruzha rwekuputika kwakaringana.
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