“Ona Nyika Nemaziso Avo”

(Zvita 6, 2007) Kwemwedzi yakati wandei ikozvino, vashanyi vasiri veku UK vanowana webhusaiti yeGuardian vakaratidzwa animation isingaperi muzvikamu zvitatu zvisingataridzike paFAIR, ZNet, kana Media Lens.

Chikamu chekutanga chinoratidza murume ane maziso ebhuruu akapfeka magirazi ane mifananidzo yevaratidziri vanopikisa hondo inoratidzwa mumagirazi. Varatidziri vakatakura chikwangwani chinoti: "Pedzisa Hondo IZVI!" Inobva yarangarira iyo huru Kukadzi 15, 2003 kufora kwekurwisa hondo muLondon.

Chikamu chechipiri chinoratidza mukadzi anotaridzika kuvhunduka akapfeka hembe dzechivanhu dzechiArab aine marimi anopisa airatidzwa mumaziso ake. Wechitatu ane vakadzi vaviri vakasuwa, zvakare vakapfeka chiArab, mumwe akatakura mwana anotya - mifananidzo yavo inoratidzwa mumagirazi emusoja. Animation inopera nemashoko anoti:

“Ona nyika nemaziso avo. The Guardian Weekly Global Network (theguardian weekly.co.uk)”

Iyi mifananidzo inoratidzwa awa neawa, vhiki nevhiki, kune vanhu vanoshanyira saiti. Iri zvirokwazvo ipepanhau rinoisa mitemo yekuMadokero kuongororwa kunotyisa. Inofanira kunge yakatarisa zvisingaregi kuIraq, Afghan uye kumwe kutambura kwevanhu nekuda kwezvirongwa izvi.

Asi muchokwadi, Guardian ane nhoroondo refu yekutsigira mhirizhonga yenyika yekuMadokero uye nekudzvinyirira chokwadi chemhedzisiro yayo.

Muna 1956, vapepeti veGuardian vakatsigira mauto panguva yedambudziko reSuez:

"Hurumende ine kodzero yekugadzirira kuita zvechiuto kuSuez", bepa rakanyora, nekuti kutonga kweEgypt kwemugero kungave "kukuvadza kutengeserana kuMadokero uye pamwe chikamu chechirongwa chekugadzira Humambo hutsva hweArabu hwakavakirwa paNairi" . (Mutungamiri, Nyamavhuvhu 2, 1956; akataura, Murray Mcdonald, '50,000 editions of the imperialist, warmongering, bepanhau reGuardian rakazara ruvengo,' Chikunguru 2007; http://www.medialens.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2617&highlight=murray+McDonald)

Muna 1991, mutungamiri weGuardian akarumbidza kururama kweOperation Desert Storm mumashoko anenge ebhaibheri:

"Chikonzero chiri nyore, pakupedzisira, chakarurama. Hutongi hwakaipa muIraq hwakatanga huipi nehutsinye hunopinda nechisimba. Masoja edu nevendege varipo, pakuraira kweUN, kugadzirisa zvakaipa izvozvo. Mabasa avo akajeka… (Mutungamiri, January 17, 1991, ibid)

Eric Hoskins, chiremba wokuCanada uye murongi weboka rezvidzidzo reHarvard, akazotaura kuti kubhomba kwakatevera kwakatevera “kwakagumisa zvachose zvinhu zvose zvinokosha pakurarama kwevanhu muIraq – magetsi, mvura, pombi dzetsvina, kurima, indasitiri uye utano”. (Yakatorwa, Mark Curtis, 'The Ambiguities of Power - British Foreign Policy kubvira 1945', Zed Books, 1995, pp.189-190)

The Guardian yakashandisa izwi rekuti 'zvakaipa' katatu mundima imwe chete mumutungamiri wayo. Izwi rimwechete remanzwiro harina kumboshandiswa kamwe mune chero Guardian edhita kutsanangura kupinda kweBush-Blair-Brown muIraq - mhosva yehondo iyo yakauraya hupenyu hwemirioni imwe chete uye yakamanikidza 4 miriyoni kubva mudzimba dzavo.

Muna Kurume 1999, kushaikwa kwemvumo yeUnited Nations hakuna kutadzisa Guardian kubva zvakare kutsigira hondo:

"Nzira chete inokudzwa yeEurope neAmerica ndeyekushandisa mauto kuyedza kuchengetedza vanhu veKosovo." (Mutungamiri, 'Kuda kusiririsa kwesimba,' The Guardian, Kurume 23, 1999)

Muna Zvita 2001, Guardian akapemberera kukunda nekukurumidza muAfghanistan:

"... mushandirapamwe unotungamirwa neUS muAfghanistan unoramba uchibudirira zvakanyanya kupfuura vasina tariro, uye kunyangwe vazhinji vane tariro, vakambofunga kuti zvinogoneka. Zvinogara zvakaoma kuita pane kusaita chimwe chinhu, asi chiito chakatorwa neU. asi chokwadi chinofanira kunge chiri chikonzero kune avo vanogara vachitaura kuti vanoziva kuti nhanho yega yega yekuvhiya yaizogadzira imwe njodzi uye yakaipisisa kuti vareurure kuti vakakanganisa. Chivimbo chavo chakava kutya. Kuziva kwavo kwaive kusaziva. Kutenda kwavo kuti nhoroondo yaizovaratidza kuti vakarurama kwakangoratidza chidzidzo chinokosha zvikuru icho nhoroondo inozvidzokorora kutozosvikira isingadaro. Hondo yacho yakapedzwa zvikuru neKrisimisi.” (Mutungamiri, 'Vakazviita nenzira yavo: George Bush, kwete Tony Blair, ndiye mukundi,' The Guardian, December 8, 2001)

Muna Kukadzi 2003, makore mana chete mushure meKosovo, Guardian akafara zvakare kukweretesa kutenderwa kwehunyengeri huri pachena hwehondo:

"Hazvitenderwi kupokana, sezvakaitwa neIraq payakatanga kuita kuna VaPowell [kuSecurity Council], kuti inhema chete ... Iraq inofanira kubvisa zvombo." (Mutungamiri, 'Powell anopfura kuuraya,' The Guardian, Kukadzi 6, 2003)

Mazuva mana mushure mekunge matangi eUS apinda muBaghdad muna Kubvumbi 2003, anotungamira mutsigiri weGuardian Hugo Young akakurumidza kupembedza hondo yaBlair yehukasha - mhosva huru yehondo:

“Kumutungamiriri wezvamatongerwe enyika, marapiro mashomanene anoenzaniswa nokukunda kwehondo. Kune mutungamiri akaenda kuhondo pasina mubatsiri mumwechete wezvematongerwo enyika aitenda muhondo asingazezi sezvaaiita, Iraq zvino inoita serevedzo pamwero unoshamisa… Hapana anogona kuramba kuti kukunda kwakaitika. Chokwadi chiripo chinobvisa kushungurudza kwakamboitika. " (Mudiki, 'Ndizvo zvinotanga kudzika kwaBlair muunyoro husina simba,' The Guardian, Kubvumbi 13, 2003)

Nguva Yekuonekana

Sezvinoita mifananidzo yeThe Guardian, munyori wechikamu uye Guardian mubatsiri wemupepeti Madeleine Bunting anopa pfungwa yekuti bepanhau rake inzwi rine tsitsi pamusoro pemhirizhonga. Bunting nguva pfupi yadarika akachema chema kuti kuuraya muIraq "kwaive kwakajairwa kumashure kwehupenyu hwedu". "Kumukira veruzhinji" pamhirizhonga kunoramba kuchiripo, asi "kutyisa kunopa kuneta". (Bunting, 'Hondo yeIraq yave njodzi yatakasarudza kukanganwa,' The Guardian, Mbudzi 5, 2007)

Chikamu chedambudziko, Bunting akaenderera mberi, yaive yekuti hondo yave isingaite kutaura, ichitora "hushingi hunotyisa kana huchenjeri hunoshamisa" kuunza mifananidzo kune yedu skrini yeavo vakabatwa munjodzi.

Asi chimwe chinhu hachina kuwedzera. Sezvakataurwa naBunting muchinyorwa chake, muIraqi mumwe chete pavatanhatu akadzingwa munyika, vazhinji vakatizira kuSyria (1.4 miriyoni) neJorodhani (750,000). Tiri kunyatsotenda here kuti zvinoda "kushinga kunotyisa" kuti vatori venhau vabhururuke kuenda kuDhamasiko neAmman kuti vavhare dambudziko ravo? Uye zvakadaro kufukidzwa kwekutambura kwevapoteri veIraq kunenge kusipo zvachose kubva kuBritish media. Muchokwadi, pave paine kushoma kwakadzama kushuma isu tinogona kunetseka kufungidzira kuti inotaridzika sei.

Muenzaniso wakanaka unopihwa nemunyori wechidiki wekuIraq akashinga, Riverbend, pawebhusaiti yake yeBaghdad Burning: http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

Mukupinda kwake kwaGunyana 7, 'Kubva kumba,' akapa nzwisiso yenjodzi yakabata vapoteri veIraq 4 miriyoni. Kusuwa kwehupenyu hwakasimudzwa nekutya nechisimba kwakaziviswa kuburikidza nechokwadi chakapfava chezvinyorwa zvakanyorwa. Sezvo iye nemhuri yake vachigadzirira kubva muBaghdad, musha wavo weupenyu hwose, mumwe nomumwe wemhuri akakwanisa kutora sutukesi imwe chete yakanga yakazara nezvinhu zvake. Riverbend akanyora kuti:

“Mwedzi miviri yapfuura, masutukesi akanga akazara. Sutukesi yangu, hombe yakagara muimba yangu yekurara kweanoda kusvika mavhiki matanhatu, izere nembatya nezvinhu zvangu, zvekuti zvakanditorera ini, E. nemuvakidzani wedu ane makore matanhatu kuti ivharwe…. Ndakarongedza ndokuburitsa kana. Pese pandaiburitsa, ndaipika kuti ndaizobvisa zvimwe zvinhu zvaisatombodiwa. Pose pandaiirongedza zvakare, ndaiwedzera ‘zvinhu’ kupfuura zvandaimboita.”

“Kwaiva kuoneka misodzi ichiyerera tichibuda mumba. Vamwe maiguru nasekuru vakauya kuzoonekana makuseni erwendo. Aive ari mambakwedza uye ndakanga ndagadzirira kwemazuva maviri apfuura kuti ndisachema. Iwe haucheme, ndakaramba ndichiti, nekuti uri kudzoka. Haucheme nekuti rwendo rudiki serwaimboenda narwo kuMosul kana Basrah hondo isati yatanga…

"Yakanga yave nguva yekuenda uye ndakafamba mukamuri nekamuri ndichionekana kune zvese. Ndakaonekana nedhesiki rangu - randakanga ndashandisa kubva kuchikoro chesekondari nekukoreji. Ndakaonekana nemachira nemubhedha nemubhedha. Ndakaonekana nechigaro chemaoko E. uye ndakatyora tichiri vadiki. Ndakaonekana patafura hombe yataiungana tichidyira nekuita basa rechikoro. Ndakaonekana nezvipoko zvemifananidzo yaive yakarembera kumadziro, nekuti mapikicha acho atove nenguva abviswa akachengetwa - asi ndaiziva kuti chii chakarembera. Ndakati zvakanaka kumitambo yebhodhi yakapusa yatakarwisana nayo - iyo Arabic Monopoly ine makadhi asipo nemari iyo pasina aive nemoyo yekurasa.

"Ndakaziva ipapo sekuziva kwangu ikozvino kuti izvi zvese zvaingova zvinhu - vanhu vakanyanya kukosha. Kunyange zvakadaro, imba yakafanana nemiziyamu pakuti inotaura nhoroondo yakati. Iwe unotarisa kapu kana toyi yakarongedzwa uye chitsauko chendangariro chinovhurika pamberi pemeso ako chaiwo. Zvakabva zvandibata zvekuti ndaida kusiya zvishoma pane zvandaifunga.

“Ndakachema patakabva – zvisinei nevimbiso dzekusadaro. Mainini vakachema… sekuru vakachema. Vabereki vangu vakamboda kuita stoic asi misodzi yaingoyerera pavakaonekana. Chinhu chakanyanya kushata ndiko kutaura zvakanaka uye kufunga kuti uchaona vanhu ava zvakare. Sekuru vakasunga shawl yandakanga ndakanda pamusoro pebvudzi rangu ndokundiraira zvakasimba kuti 'irambe zvakadaro kusvika wasvika pabhodha'. Mainini vakamhanya vachibuda mumashure medu mota ichibuda mugaraji ndokurasira mbiya yemvura pasi, inova tsika - ndeyekushuvira vafambi kudzoka zvakanaka… pakupedzisira."

Kangani isu takatenderwa kubatwa nerudzi urwu rwechokwadi rwevanhu kuIraq nhamo kumuverengi? Ndekupi nhepfenyuro inotarisa pane zvemunhu ane simba rekushandura vanhu vasingazivikanwe, nhambawo zvayo, kuva vanhu? Ndekupi kudzika kwekunetseka kwakakurudzirwa neGuardian mune yayo webhusaiti animation?

Muchokwadi, The Guardian akaisa parutivi mazwi e625 eRiverbend kuti aburitse chidimbu chisina kujeka muna Chivabvu ('Goodbye Baghdad,' Chivabvu 11, 2007; http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2077244,00.html) - nguva chete yaakambobuda mubepa mumakore mana ekuona tsinhiro yevakaona. Kunyangwe isu takaburitsa kanenge kaviri mazwi akawanda (1,155) muchinyorwa chimwe chete muGuardian panguva imwe cheteyo.

Chimwe chete chitarisiko chakaitwa naRiverbend munhau yeUK chaive mune akanyanya kukura, 2,500-izwi chidimbu muSunday Times (Kubvumbi 2, 2006). Mamwe mashoko gumi nemapfumbamwe aakawana mumapepanhau emhando yepamusoro anga ari wongororo pfupi yebhuku rake rinonzi Baghdad Burning.

Mashoko aRiverbend akanyorwa munyika yakaona zvichida miriyoni yevanhu vakaurayiwa kubvira 2003, uye 1.5 miriyoni vamwe vakaurayiwa nekuda kwezvirango kubvira 1990. Mubhuku rake rakakosha, A Different Kind Of War - The UN Sanctions Regime MuIraq (Barghahn Mabhuku, 2006), aimbova murongi wezvekubatsira muUN muIraq, Hans von Sponeck, anonyora kuti:

"Hapana nguva mukati memakore ezvirango zvehupfumi zvakazara pakanga paine zviwanikwa zvakakwana zvekuzadzisa zvidikanwi zvishoma zvekurarama kwevanhu mumuviri nepfungwa kungave kusati kwaitika, kana panguva yeOil-for-Food Program." (p.144)

Mugumisiro:

"Maitiro e[US-UK] akaomarara akakunda, zvichikonzera kuti nyika yese yave muhurombo, kufa uye kuparadzwa kwenheyo dzayo dzemuviri nepfungwa." (p.161)

Uye ichi ndicho chaiva chikonzero chikuru nei, sezvakataurwa na von Sponeck, nhamba yenzufu dzakanyanyisa dzevana vari pasi pemakore mashanu muna 1991-1998 yaiva pakati pe400,000 ne500,000. (Ibid, p.165)

Izvi zvanga zvisati zvamboitika njodzi yakaipisisa yakatevera kupinda muna 2003. Tinofanira kujeka, kupfuura, kuti mazwi aRiverbend anotsanangura zviitiko zvinofananidzwa nenjodzi dzakaipisisa dzenhoroondo - ndiAnne Frank wemazuva ekupedzisira. Uye zviitiko izvi zviri kuitika izvozvi, maawa mashoma kubva kuLondon, semhedzisiro yezviito zvehurumende yedu.

Zvinokatyamadza kuverenga Riverbend uye kuona kuti takaparadzaniswa sei kubva kuchokwadi cheIraq. Tinoziva nekuti, mukuverenga mazwi ake - emuvakidzani wemakore matanhatu achibatsira kusimudza sutukesi yakavharwa, yetafura inodiwa pakaitwa basa rechikoro - chokwadi chevanhu vekuIraq chinongoerekana chapinda mukutarisa. Tinogona kufungidzira Riverbend achiita basa rake rechikoro, tinoziva misodzi yake pakubva pamba pake, tinogona kufungidzira muvakidzani wake muduku, nokuti tinoziva zvinhu zvose izvi muupenyu hwedu pachedu. Anogona kunge ari mukadzi wechidiki akangwara, akangwara achinyora kubva kuguta ripi neripi muBritain.

Tiri kuverenga zvinoonekwa nemweya unonzwa kurwadziwa kwekuparadzaniswa nezvinhu zvakajairika, kune nzvimbo dzisina chinhu pamadziro, kusava nechokwadi kwekuparadzaniswa nevavakidzani nehama - uye zvakadaro ndiwo mweya iwoyo wakatsungirira makore gumi nemaviri ekubhomba kwakashata, udzvanyiriri nezvirango, uye mamwe makore mana emhirizhonga yakaipisisa. Kuziva uku, kunzwa uku, kwaigona kuve kwakabviswa nyore nyore chero nguva, sezvakaita vamwe vazhinji.

Musi waFebruary 20, Riverbend aigara akadziviswa akanyora nezvechikwata chibharo chemukadzi wekuIraq, Sabine, neIraqi "mauto ekuchengetedza". Akapedzisa chidimbu chake nemashoko aya:

"Sezvo mamiriro ezvinhu ari kuramba achiipa kune veIraqi mukati nekunze kweIraq, uye kune vekuAmerica mukati meIraq, vanhu vekuAmerica muAmerica vachiri kukakavara pamusoro pemamiriro ehondo nekugara - vari kukunda kana kurasikirwa? Zviri nani here kana kuti zvakaipa.

“Regai ndizvijekese kune chero manyawi nekukahadzika kunononoka: Zvakaipa. Zvapera. Wakarasika. Wakarasika zuva iro matangi ako akakungurukira muBaghdad kune mufaro wetsoko dzako dzakatorwa kunze, dzakadzidziswa kuAmerica. Wakarasikirwa nemhuri yega yega ine imba yako yakatyorwa nevarwi vako. Wakarasikirwa nemuIraqi wese ane njere, ane ropa dzvuku pakabuda mifananidzo yaAbu Ghraib ikasimbisa hutsinye hwako kuseri kwemadziro ejeri pamwe neatinoona mumigwagwa yedu. Wakarasika pawakaunza mhondi, vapambi, mbavha nevakuru vemauto mukavarumbidza sehurumende yekutanga yeIraq. Wakarasikirwa apo kuurayiwa kunotyisa kwakanzi chiitiko chako chikuru. Wakarasikirwa neruremekedzo nemukurumbira zvawaimbova nazvo. Wakarasikirwa nemauto anopfuura zviuru zvitatu. Ndizvo zvawakarasikirwa neAmerica. Ndinovimba kuti mafuta acho, aita kuti zvive zvakakosha. "

Kutendeseka uku kwakanyadzisa angangoita mutori wenhau wekupedzisira kunyora muUK media. Riverbend zvino anonyora, zvishoma kazhinji, semupoteri muSyria.

The Guardian Performance - Nhamba chete

Mumwedzi mitanhatu yapfuura, Guardian yakatarisa mune isingasviki gumi nembiri zvinyorwa zvakanyanya nezve dambudziko revapoteri veIraq. Kunyanya, aya anga ari mapfupi, akaoma nhau zvidimbu zvinonyora zvichangobva kuitika zvekutambura kubva kune ichangoburwa agency mishumo. Musi waChikunguru 31, Jonathan Steele akavhara chirevo chakaitwa neOxfam pamwe netiweki yemasangano anobatsira makumi masere akatsanangura "dambudziko renyika yese, rine vanhu vanosvika mamirioni masere eIraqi - chinenge chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chevanhu - vanoda rubatsiro rwechimbichimbi". (Steele, 'Vana vakanyanya kurohwa nedambudziko revanhu muIraq,' The Guardian, Chikunguru 80, 8)

Musi waNyamavhuvhu 27, Chirevo chaIan Black chakanzi "Vakadzingwa Iraqis kaviri kunyangwe kuvhiyiwa kwemauto eUS" (Black, The Guardian, Nyamavhuvhu 27, 2007). Hapana kunyomba kwakagadzirirwa kushandiswa kweBlack kwe "zvisinei", kunyangwe zvingave zvisingafungidzike mukuvhara chero humwe hupi hupi husingabvumirwe hweSimba Guru.

Dzimwe nhamba dzakateverwa kubva kuSuzanne Goldenberg munaGunyana 20: "2m Iraqis vakamanikidzwa kutiza misha yavo: Vazhinji vanofamba kakawanda vachitsvaga kuchengeteka uye mabasa Mepu yedzinza yakadhirowewazve, inodaro Red Crescent report." (Goldenberg, 'Vapoteri munyika yavo,' The Guardian, Gunyana 20, 2007)

Pakanga pasina tsananguro dzenzvimbo pamadziro, pasina vavakidzani vadiki vainetseka nemasutukesi, pasina misodzi - nhamba chete.

Mazuva mashanu gare gare, Richard Norton-Taylor akashuma nhamba dzakafanana mune 326-izwi chidimbu. Musi waGumiguru 11, Julian Borger akacherekedza kuti Amnesty International yakatsoropodza Britain pamusoro pekudzoka kwayo kwekumanikidza kwevapoteri veIraq. Masangano erubatsiro akajairwa akati:

"'Kune misasa yakawanda yekuzvimirira munzvimbo dzakashata, iine hutsanana uye mvura inotyisa, hutano hushoma kana husina, uye pasina zvikoro," Ron Redmond, mutauriri weUN mukuru wevapoteri, akadaro nezuro." (Borg, 'mapurovhinzi eIraq akavhara vapoteri vemukati,' The Guardian, Gumiguru 11, 2007)

Kutaura chokwadi, mashoko okusakendenga kwehurumende yeBritain akanga achivhiringidza zvakakwana. Kubva pamitongo ye740 pamusoro pekuguma kwevapoteri veIraqi gore rakapera Britain yakapa hupoteri kune makumi matatu, maererano nehuwandu hweHome Office. IUS yakabvumidza kupinda ku30 Iraqis gore rapfuura, isingasviki chikamu chimwe chete muzvishanu chenhamba yayakabvuma muna 535, makore matatu hondo isati yatanga.

Uye isu tinorangarira kuti Tony Blair akasimbirira sei, aine rushaya rwakadedera, kuti tsitsi dzekupedzisira kwekutambura kwevagari vekuIraq zvaive zvechokwadi pamwoyo weUS-UK yekukurudzira kurwisa nyika iyoyo:

"Asi mhosva yehutsika pamusoro pehondo ine mhinduro yetsika: inyaya yehunhu yekubvisa Saddam… Hongu, kune mhedzisiro yehondo. Kana tikabvisa Saddam nechisimba, vanhu vachafa, uye vamwe vanenge vasina mhosva. Uye tinofanira kurarama nemigumisiro yezviito zvedu, kunyange zvisingatarisirwi. Asi pane zvakare mhedzisiro ye'kumisa hondo'. Hapazove nekufora kwevakabatwa naSaddam, hapana kuratidzira pamusoro pezviuru zvevana vanofa zvisina basa gore rega rega pasi pehutongi hwake, hapana kutsamwa kwakarurama pamusoro pemakamuri ekutambudza ayo kana akasiiwa ari musimba, acharamba aripo… ”(Blair , 'Mutengo wekutendwa kwangu', The Observer, Kukadzi 16, 2003)

Musi wa20 Gumiguru, Guardian's Michael Howard akazopa ndima dzinoverengeka dzeuchapupu hwega ega nezveramangwana rakasangana nevaIraqi vaive vatiza misha yavo muBaghdad pavakatarisana nekuputika kubva kuTurkey kuchamhembe kweIraq. (Howard, 'Kurdistan: VaIraqi vakatiza misha vachitya vanotarisana nehugandanga hutsva sezvo Turkey inonangana nevapanduki vePKK,' The Guardian, Gumiguru 20, 2007)

Uye musi wa5 Zvita, Michael Howard akanyora nezve "zviuru zvevapoteri uye vanhu vakatiza misha vari kudzokera kumisha yavo yaimbova misha zvichitevera kunyarara kwemhirizhonga yemapoka". (Howard, 'UN inovimbisa rubatsiro sevakadzingwa muIraqis kumusha,' The Guardian, Zvita 5, 2007)

Iyi ndiyo propaganda vhezheni yezviitiko zviri kusundidzirwa zvakanyanya munhau dzese. Vhiki yapfuura, Guardian wacho Jonathan Steele akange ataura ongororo yeUN yevapoteri vekuIraq iyo yakatsanangura zvikonzero zvavo zvekudzokera kuIraq: "14% chete vakanzwa kuchengetedzeka kwave nani. Zvikamu makumi mana nevatanhatu kubva muzana vakati havachakwanisa kugara muSyria, uye 25% vakati mavhiza avo akange apera uye "vachisungirwa kubva". (Steele, 'Vapoteri vanopemberera bhazi rekutanga kudzokera kuIraq,' The Guardian, Mbudzi 28, 2007)

Mumwedzi mitanhatu yapfuura, The Guardian yakaburitsa hapana kana mushumo wakadzama wakanangana neakazvionera nhoroondo dzekutambura kwevapoteri vekuIraq.

Ichi hachisi chiitiko chega chakabatana ne "tsitsi kuneta", sekuda kwaBunting kuti titende. Ongororo yezvinobudisa nhau inoratidza kuti vanhu vanogara vakakamurwa kuva “vakakodzera” uye “vasina kukodzera” vanyajambwa.

Musi wa19 Ndira, zana vanachiremba vane mukurumbira vachitsigirwa neboka remagweta epasi rose vakanyorera Tony Blair wekuIraq:

“Vana vanorwara kana vakakuvara, avo vaigona kurapwa nenzira dziri nyore, vanosara vachifa mumazana avo nekuti vanenge vasina kuwana mishonga kana zvimwewo zvekushandisa. Vana vakarasika maoko, makumbo, uye makumbo nemaoko vanosiyiwa vasina simbi dzakagadzirwa nesimbi.” (Tsamba: 'Vana vanorwara kana vakakuvara, vaigona kurapwa nyore, vanosiyiwa vachifa mumazana'; http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2165471.ece)

Vanachiremba vakawedzera kuti:

tinodaidza Hurumende yeUK kuti isabve padambudziko iri, asi kuti izadzise zvisungo zvayakapinda pasi peSecurity Council Resolution 1483 panguva ya22 Chivabvu 2003 kusvika 28 Chikumi 2004".

Asi hurumende yakabva yaenda uye Guardian akatadza kutaura nyaya iyi.

Musi waGunyana 14, mushumo wesangano rekuvhota reBritish, Opinion Research Business (ORB) yakaratidza kuti mamirioni 1.2 evagari vemuIraq "vakapondwa" kubva munaKurume 2003 US-UK nechisimba. (www.opinion.co.uk/Newsroom_details.aspx?NewsId=78)

The Guardian akatadza kuzivisa sarudzo.

Muna 2006, Hans von Sponeck akaburitsa nhoroondo yake yekuferefeta, inotyisa inotsanangura US-UK mutoro wenjodzi yekukanganisa kwezvirango muIraq. The Guardian haasati aongorora bhuku, kana kumbotaura kuvepo kwaro.

Yakasiiwa nehurumende yeBritish neBritish media, Guardian yaisanganisira, vapoteri veIraq vanoenderera mberi nekurwira kupona. Achitumira kubva kuSyria, mumwe mupoteri achangobva kutamiswa, Riverbend, anonyora kuti:

“Patakayambuka muganhu ndokuona wokupedzisira wemureza weIraqi, misodzi yakatanga zvakare. Mota yainge yakanyarara kunze kwekungopuruzira kwamutyairi uyo aitiudza nyaya dzekutiza kwaakaita achiyambuka bhodha. Ndakanyahwaira ndakatarisa amai vangu vakagara padivi pangu misodzi yavo ichiyererawo. Pakanga pasina chekutaura patakabva kuIraq. Ndakamboda kuchema asi ndaisada kuita semwana mucheche. Ndakanga ndisingadi kuti mutyairi afunge kuti ndakanga ndisingaongi nokuda kwomukana wacho wokusiya nzvimbo yakanga yava nzvimbo yakaipa mumakore mana nehafu akanga apfuura.”

Nemweya mumwechetewo werudo wekutarisa kusinga peri kufunga uye tariro isingachinjiki, anowedzera:

“Tese taiva vapoteri – vapfumi kana varombo. Uye vapoteri vese vanotaridzika zvakafanana - pane chimiro chakasiyana chauchawana pazviso zvavo - zororo, rakasanganiswa nekusuwa, kuzere nekutya. Zviso zvinenge zvese zvakafanana."

Asi kuBritish journalism, zviso zvavo hazvitaridzike zvakafanana - ivo havatombovepo.

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