Kwiiveki ezintathu eziqala ngo-Oktobha 14, ithi imithombo kwi-Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, ukuhlaselwa kwe-Falluja kwakuyi-PSYOPS ecocekileyo, isibhengezo nje sokuhlaselwa, okwenzelwe ukuxhokonxa "ukuchaswa" kwimpendulo yangaphambi kwexesha. Ubuxoki busebenze kakuhle. โInkcasoโ yakushiya oko kwakubizwa ngokuba ziindawo ezikhuselekileyo yaza โyanyibilika kwada kwasebusuku.โ Ngesi sizathu, abahlali abaninzi besixeko balindele ukuba i-PSYOPS yeqonga ikhuphe kwangoko, nayo.
Ugqirha ongonwabanga, u-Hakim Mirzoev, uthi wayelindele ukuba abantu baseMelika bajikeleze isixeko, badubule izithonga ezimbalwa, kwaye babhengeze uloyiso. Akazange aqonde ukuba isikimu esikhulu se-PSYOPS sasisenziwe, isicwangciso sokuthambisa i-Falluja phantsi kwe-boot kunye nodaka ukuze
IsiXeko seMosque sinokuphinda sakhiwe ngaMajoni angamaKristu ukuba abe sisiXeko esingumzekelo "iPasadena ngase-Euphrates." Ngalo mlando we-Crusade engqondweni, i-Falluja yachithwa, amawaka abulawa kwaye angxwelerheka, amakhulu amawaka afuduka, ukuze iMelika ikwazi ukuzibona inkulu ekujongeni ihlabathi.
Ke ngubani owenza i-Falluja inokwenzeka? Ngubani owenze ukuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali luzaliswe zizicwangciso zamakomkhulu? Abahlawuli berhafu baseMelika benza njalo. Umkhondo wokuziphatha kule nkxaso-mali ukhokelela kum kunye nawe, abatyalo-mali abancedisayo abaxhasa le saphulelo sangaphambi kweholide kubomi baseFallujans, amawaka obomi, abalahlekileyo ngonaphakade kwaye bangaphili. Ukuze sihlawulele oku kudodobala kokuziphatha, sasivuka ekuseni, sisebenze imini yonke, saza sathumela imali kumajoni. Ungabuzi ukuba ngubani oye wabhalisa iFalluja.
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Utitshala wesikolo saseTexas uShirley Smith wenza unxibelelwano phakathi kweedola zakhe zerhafu kunye nemfazwe yase-Iraq kwiveki yokuqala yohlaselo. KwakungoMatshi 27, 2003, kwaye wayephulaphule uBitta Mostofi ethetha kwikhampasi yeYunivesithi yaseTexas eAustin. U-Mostofi wayeye e-Iraq kunye neVoices in the Wilderness, ekhonza ubungqina kwiimbandezelo ezibangelwa zisohlwayo ezixhaswa yi-USA.
Kwaku kanye emva kohlaselo kwaye kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi komhla wokugqibela werhafu, ukhumbula uSmith. UMostofi uthe iya kuba luqhanqalazo olusebenzayo ngokuchasene nemfazwe ukuba wonke umntu uyala ukuhlawula irhafu. Kungelo xesha ke kwakhanya ukukhanya. Ngoko nangoko, uSmith wafaka ifom entsha ye-W-4, ukuze kungabikho rhafu iya kubanjwa. Kwakungasayi kuphinda kuphume imali kuye ukuya emfazweni. NgoAprili 15, 2003, uSmith wajoyina uqhanqalazo lonyaka kwiofisi yeposi yaseAustin. Abasebenzi bekhamera bafote umfanekiso wakhe njengoko wayencedisa ekusasazeni amaphecana. Ngosuku olulandelayo isibini esisebenza nabo sathetha naye ngokubona imifanekiso kwiindaba zasekuhlaleni. Omnye umntu osebenza naye waba nemincili.
โWandixelela ukuba naye angathanda ukuyeka ukuhlawula irhafu yakhe,โ ukhumbula oko uSmith. โNgoko ndamcacisela ukuba imali yethu yerhafu siyijika ibe ngamaqela asebenzela uxolo. Kwaye ke wayengenamdla kangako. Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukugxininisa ukuba asikho kule nto ukuze sizuze thina. " Njengabaninzi abaxhathisa irhafu yemfazwe, uSmith umthumelela imali yerhafu kwingxowa-mali ye-escrow, apho inzala isetyenziswa kumsebenzi woxolo.
Xa usuku lwerhafu lwaluqengqeleka kulo nyaka, uSmith wafaka ileta kwifomu yakhe yerhafu, echaza ukuba kutheni engayi kuthumela mali. NgoAgasti wafumana impendulo yakhe yokuqala kwiNkonzo yeNgeniso yaNgaphakathi. NgoNovemba 16, wafumana eyesithathu. Ifike ngeposi eqinisekisiweyo, ilumkisa uSmith ukuba i-IRS iza kuqalisa ukukhangela ipropati okanye ezinye ii-asethi ukuba zincamathele.
Igosa leMicimbi yoLuntu le-IRS uKen Vargas weofisi yaseAustin uchaza ukuba iofisi yokuqokelela ithumela "izaziso ezithambileyo" kuqala, ilandelwa "izaziso ezinzima" kamva. UVargas uthi i-IRS ayigcini irekhodi eluncedo yabaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe, kwaye unyanzelisa ukuba "iinkqubo zokuqokelela eziqhelekileyo" zisebenza kuzo zonke izifundo, nokuba babhala iileta ezichaza ukuxhathisa kwabo kwirhafu yemfazwe.
Enyanisweni, umthetho wohlaziyo lwerhafu ka-1998 wenza ukuba akukho mthethweni ukuba i-IRS ikhethe abaqhankqalazi berhafu njengodidi olulodwa. Uphicotho-zincwadi lukaJuni 2004 olwenziwa nguMhloli Jikelele we-Ofisi kaNondyebo lwabika โizihlandlo ezingama-233 ezizimeleyoโ apho izifundo ziye zachongwa njengabaqhankqalazi berhafu nangona kunjalo. Ekuphela kwexesha i-IRS inokuthethelela lo mkhuba, yalumkisa i-IG, kuxa amanqaku abonisa ukuba izifundo zithini malunga nazo. I-ofisi ye-IRS ekunokwenzeka ukuba isebenzise kakubi ulwahlulo lwayo lwabaxhathisi berhafu yayiyiofisi yoMcebisi oyiNtloko.
UAndy McKenna, owaqala ukuchasa irhafu yemfazwe emva kweMfazwe yokuQala yeGulf, uthi iileta ezintathu ezithunyelwe kuSmith kulo nyaka zinokusebenza njengomzekelo omnye wengqokelela enobundlongondlongo. Kwingxelo yeendaba, elungiselelwe ukuhanjiswa kule veki, uMcKenna wajoyina nabanye abaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe ukulumkisa ngokunyanzeliswa okwandisiweyo kwindawo yaseAustin. Phakathi kwintlanganiso kaNovemba ye-Austin Conscientious Objectors to Military Taxation (ACOMT), amalungu abelane ngemibono yawo yokuba ixesha elide lokungahoywa kwe-IRS ngoku lilandelwa yimisebenzi yokuqokelela. Phakathi ku-Okthobha, uMcKenna ngokwakhe wabethwa ngomvuzo wakhe wokuqala wokuhombisa, owamshiya kuphela i-$ 330.00 ngomvuzo, kabini ngenyanga.
Ubungqina obungachazwanga obuvela eTexas ayikakuxhasi ukufumanisa ukuba kukho ukuqhekeka kwilizwe lonke kubachasi berhafu yemfazwe. Ukusuka kwii-imeyile ezimbalwa ezithunyelwe kubaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe kwenye indawo, nguMary Loehr kuphela, owayesakuba ngumnxibelelanisi kazwelonke weKomiti yeSizwe yoLungelelaniso lweRhafu yeRhafu (NWTRCC), uphendule ngeendaba zokuzama ukuhombisa okutsha e-Ithaca, e-Albuquerque, naseChicago. ULarry Rosenwald ongumalathisi oncedisana noweZifundo zoXolo noBulungisa kwiKholeji yaseWellesley, uthi ubugcisa bekhompyutha buye banceda ukukhawulezisa i-IRS kule minyaka mihlanu idluleyo, โukwandisa amandla okufumana ii-wtrs [abaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe] neeakhawunti zabo zebhanki ngendlela iirekhodi zekhompyutha.โ URuth Benn, umnxibelelanisi okhoyo ngoku we-NWTRCC, unika ingxelo kwincwadana yamva nje yeqela ukuba, โAkukacaci ukuba kukho ingqokelela yokwenene na kuzwelonke.โ
Emuva e-Austin, uSusan Van Haitsma, umxhathisi werhafu yemfazwe ukususela kwi-1985, uvakalelwa kukuba amalungu akhe e-ACOMT anezizathu ezifanelekileyo zokunika ingxelo ngamava abo, nokuba akukho mkhwa obanzi ovelayo. UVan Haitsma ubhala nge-imeyile, esithi: โIsibakala sokuba abaninzi kwiqela lethu lasekuhlaleni bafumana iinzame zokuqokelela ngaxeshanye mhlawumbi yinto nje eyenzeka ngamabona-ndenzile,โ ubhala watsho uVan Haitsma nge-imeyile, โkwaye isizathu sokuba sifune ukuyibhengeza kukuba, phakathi kwemfazwe, ngumzekelo obambekayo wokuxhathisa okubangela umdla ngakumbi kuluntu ngokubanzi (kubonakala) xa eneneni sibandakanyeka kutyholo olusemthethweni lokuqokelela imali.โ
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Okusibuyisela kwi-Falluja kunye nebango elenziwe nguBitta Mostofi ukuba ukuchasana kwerhafu okukhulu kuya kusebenza. Nabani na onomdla wokuqhawula amaqhina kule mfazwe unokuyeka ukuhlawula irhafu. Ukanti, njengoko uKathy Kelly ephawulile kwisincoko samva nje, uthintelo olukhulu ekuchaseni irhafu yemfazwe, ngaphandle koloyiko olungenangqiqo lwe-IRS, kukoyika ukusabela kosapho, ngakumbi kumaqabane. Ngokuphawulekayo, uMcKenna, uSmith, okanye uVan Haitsma akatshatanga.
USmith uthi intombi yakhe yoyika kwangoko ukuba umama uya entolongweni. Kodwa intolongo ayisosiphumo esinokubakho, utshilo uSmith, okoko nje abaxhathisi berhafu yemfazwe bahlala benyanisekile malunga nokuba iphi na imali yabo. Uyise kaSmith udla umhlala-phantsi kwinkonzo yasemkhosini. Xa wamxelela ngokuguqukela kwakhe ekubeni angachasi irhafu yemfazwe, waqhula ngelithi akafuni kumhlawulela umhlala-phantsi wakhe. Yayiyeyona nto imbi awakhe wayithetha ngesigqibo sakhe. Inkxaso ligama uSmith alisebenzisayo ukuchaza abazali bakhe.
Ukuchasa irhafu yemfazwe kuchaphazela abantu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. UVan Haitsma uphila ubomi obukumgangatho wentlupheko, ekhathalele ukufumana umvuzo omncinci kakhulu kwirhafu. UMcKenna uqala umsebenzi omtsha, owahlukileyo kulowo wayehonjisiwe. USmith, utitshala wesikolo, kwelinye icala, akawufuni umsebenzi wakhe.
โNdivakalelwa kukuba ukufundisa lubizo,โ utshilo uSmith. Isazela sinyanzelisa ukuba aqhubeke efundisa, nokuba i-IRS iyawuhombisa umvuzo wakhe. USmith ufundisa isiNgesi njengoLwimi lwesiBini kwaye usebenza nabafundi besikolo esiphakathi abenza amabakala amahle kodwa abangenambali yosapho lwasekholejini. Inkqubo ibizwa ngokuba yi-AVID okanye iMpumelelo ngokuZimisela komntu ngamnye. USmith uchitha iintsuku zakhe enceda abafundi ukuba balwe namazwi angatyhafisa iiklasi ezikhulayo. Uhlala evolontiya kwimicimbi yasemva kweeyure zomsebenzi. Kwaye isithili sifuna ukumhlawula imali eninzi. Uyacenga, hayi, ungaphindi undibhatale imali!
Ethetha ngeselfowuni, utitshala wesikolo uSmith udwelisa onke amarhamente apho athumela khona imali, ukugcina umvuzo wakhe orhafiswayo uphantsi. Emva koko ubuza umbuzo wokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba athi ndlela-ntle: โNgaba usivile isicatshulwa sika-Alexander Haig? โMabahambe yonke into abayifunayo, logama nje besaqhubeka behlawula irhafuโโ
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Qhubeka uthenga, yaye qhubeka uthenga. Kungekudala emva koSeptemba 11, iphephancwadi iForbes labongoza uBush ukuba abuyisele abantu baseMerika kwiivenkile ezinkulu. Kungekudala, โukuthengaโ kwaqukwa kuluhlu olufutshane lukamongameli lwezinto ezibalulekileyo kubomi bemihla ngemihla eMelika. Ngoku ukuba i-Falluja ihlanjululwe kwaye ihlanjululwe egazini, abantu abathanda inkululeko kuyo yonke indawo baya kugula benomdla: ngaba izicwangciso zide zilungele, Mnu. Bush, ukwakha i-Falluja-Euphrates Mall?
Uhlaselo lwe-Falluja luyimpazamo enkulu, nangokwemigangatho eyoyikisayo ebekwe nguMongameli Bush. Kuze kube yi-Falluja, kwakukho ingxabano yokuziphatha ephazamisayo yokuba ukuhlasela kukaBush ngokungekho mthethweni kuye kwawisa umntu ombi kumandla. Kodwa i-Falluja liphulo, ngoku, kunye nesiphumo soloyiko. Njengoko umbutho woxolo odemoralized ujonge kwi-Falluja ngokunkwantya, uKathy Kelly uyasikhumbuza, kukho into enye ukuba nawuphi na umhlawuli werhafu wesazela angayenza.
UGreg uMoses ungumhleli we-Texas Civil Rights Review kunye nombhali we-Revolution yeSazela: uMartin Luther King, Jr. kunye neFilosofi yokunganyanzeli. Isahluko sakhe samalungelo oluntu phantsi kukaClinton kunye noBush sivela kwi-Dimes Worth of Difference, ehlelwe ngu-Alexander Cockburn kunye noJeffrey St. Clair.
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