UJEREMY SCAHILL yintatheli ezimeleyo ebika rhoqo kwimagazini yeSizwe kunye nenkqubo kanomathotholo yasePacifica iDemokhrasi Ngoku! Uphando lwakhe luveze indima yenkampani yokhuseleko yase-Blackwater USA emva kwentlekele yeNkanyamba uKatrina. Apha, uJeremy uthetha noSocialist Worker's ALAN MAASS malunga nobuqhophololo beBlackwater bezigidi zeerandi.
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YINTONI iBlackwater USA?
I-BLACKWATER I-USA yeyona nto ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwaye, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, yeyona nkampani iphumeleleyo yamagosa ehlabathini namhlanje.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, akukho mntu wakha weva ngayo. Inkampani yasekwa ngumKristu obambelele kwiphiko lasekunene kunye nowayesakuba nguNavy SEAL ogama linguErik Prince. INkosana iphuma kusapho olwaluyibhanka enkulu yezizathu ezikude-ekunene. Uyise wayengumhlobo osondeleyo kaGary Bauer kwaye wamnceda ukuba afumane iBhunga loPhando lweNtsapho.
IBlackwater yaqala ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 njengefemu eyayiza kuqeqesha umthetho, kwaye yongezelele umsebenzi womkhosi wase-US. Xa ulawulo lukaBush lwathatha amandla kwaye emva koko ngoSeptemba 11 kwenzeka, inkampani yaqhuma ngokupheleleyo-yaye yajika yaba yinkampani yabasebenzi.
UBlackwater wawongwa ngebhaso lekhontrakthi e-Iraq ukubonelela ngokhuseleko kwintloko yokuqala yase-US, uPaul Bremer. Ngelo xesha, yayiyi-21 yezigidi zekhontrakthi, kodwa okubaluleke ngakumbi kunemali yayiludumo olwafika ngokuba ngabafana ababegada intloko yomsebenzi wase-US.
Ke ngoMatshi ka-2004, iikontraka ezine zeBlackwater zahlaselwa zabulawa kwisixeko sase-Iraq i-Falluja, imizimba yabo emibini ixhonywe ebhulorhoni. Oko kubeke iBlackwater kwimephu.
Inkampani ibone oku njengomzuzu omkhulu wokufumana inzuzo. Ngomhla emva kokuba abo bafana bebulewe, u-Erik Prince waqesha i-Alexander Strategy Group, iphulo elinamandla kunye ne-pr firm. Ngoku, yifemu ephoxekileyo, kodwa ngelo xesha, yayinamandla kakhulu-yayisekiwe kwaye inabasebenzi abasakuba ngabancedisi abaphezulu kowayesakuba yiNkokeli enkulu yeNdlu uTom DeLay.
Kwaye ngokwenene yaqala imfazwe enkulu yokwenza inzuzo kunye nentlekele yokwenza inzuzo kwi-Blackwater-hayi e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kuphela, kodwa nalapha ekhaya.
MHLAWUMBI wawuyintatheli yokuqala ukufumanisa ukuba iBlackwater yayilapho eNew Orleans, kwiintsuku nje emva kokugadla kweNkanyamba uKatrina. Wadibana njani nazo?
AMADODA e-BLACKWATER ngokwenene abetha urhulumente wesigqeba, i-FEMA, i-Red Cross kunye nayo yonke le mibutho ukuya kwindawo yenkanyamba.
Ngapha koko, ndenze udliwanondlebe no-Cofer Black-intloko yangaphambili ye-counterterrorism e-CIA, kwaye ngoku ungomnye wabantu abaphezulu eBlackwater-kwinkomfa yabasebenzi, kwaye wandixelela ukuba bathumele ihelikopta kunye neqela labafana babo phaya ezantsi ngaphandle. naziphi na izivumelwano ekuqaleni. Ngokucacileyo, babona eli njengethuba lokufumana imali ngenene ngentlekele yaseKatrina.
Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba abafana babo bethunyelwe apho ezantsi, iBlackwater yanikwa ikhontrakthi enengeniso yee-$409,000-ngokoqobo yokugada indawo yogcino-zidumbu eBaton Rouge, eLouisiana. Abafana abalishumi elinesine, iimoto ezine, kangangeentsuku ezingama-22-kwaye bahlawulwa i-$409,000.
Eso sibhambathiso, esasingavulelwanga kubizo lukawonke-wonke, sanikezelwa kwiBlackwater, kwaye yayiza kuqalisa isivumelwano sokuba kwiinyanga nje ezine siya kuba ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-30 zeerandi kwiBlackwater.
Babehlawula urhulumente wobumbano malunga nama-950 eedola ngosuku ngendoda nganye kummandla wenkanyamba. Ndandinamadoda akwaBlackwater awayendixelela ukuba ayehlawulwa i-350 yeedola ngosuku, kunye nexabiso elincinane le-diem nganye. Ke leyo yi-600 yeedola ekwakufuneka iBlackwater idlale ngayo, ngaphezulu koko bebehlawula abafana babo.
Ndadibana neBlackwater ngempazamo. Ndandikwi-French Quarter ndithetha namapolisa amabini aseNew York, xa le moto ingenazo iipleyiti zelayisensi yakhawuleza, kwaye ezi ntlobo zikhulu ze-mercenary-zinxibe yonke ikhaki, ziphethe imipu ye-M4, zibotshelelwe iimbumbulu kwiindawo zonke zomzimba, zinxibe. iiglasi zelanga ezinemitya yogwebu ngasemva-zaphuma. Kwaye babuza amagosa, โNgaba niyayazi ukuba baphi abanye abafana baseBlackwater?โ Amapolisa athi, โEwe, agcwele yonke indawo,โ yaye olunye uhlobo lwabalathisa kwicala elisezantsi kwisitrato apho kwakufuneka baye khona.
Kwandula ke, kwiyure kamva, sababona abo bafo kwakhona, saza senyuka saza saqalisa ukuthetha nabo. Andazi ukuba ngasiphi na isizathu, kodwa baphela bethetha nam kangangeyure enesiqingatha. Saba nengxoxo ebanzi.
Abanye babo babekwiinkcukacha zokhuseleko zikaPaul Bremer. Omnye umfana wayebuyile e-Iraq kwiiveki ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba athunyelwe eNew Orleans. Wathi, โXa bandixelela ukuba ndiya eNew Orleans, ndabuza ukuba leliphi ilizwe.โ
Ke aba bafana babesandula ukuba sebunzimeni bezinto e-Iraq ngoku babejikeleza izitrato zaseNew Orleans, benezixhobo ezizenzekelayo. Bandixelela ukuba enye yendima yabo yayikukunqanda abaphangi nokuqubisana nezaphuli-mthetho. Omnye waba bafana wandibonisa ibheji yomthetho waseLouisiana kwaye wathi bakhutshiwe.
Ingxelo endiye ndayenza phaya ezantsi iye yabangela ukuba kufuneke ukuba kwenziwe uphando. Ngoko ke, iSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe liye laphanda iBlackwater, kodwa into eyaphuma kolo phando lwangaphakathi kukuhlanjululwa kwemeko. Ekugqibeleni, i-ofisi yabahloli jikelele yeSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe yasikhusela isivumelwano seBlackwater.
UBHALE ukuba iSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe liceba ukugcina isivumelwano salo neBlackwater iminyaka emibini ukuya kwemihlanu. Yintoni abafanele ukuba bayayenza?
NGUmbuzo omhle kakhulu lowo. Asazi okwangoku, kwaye esinye sezizathu esingazaziyo kukuba amalungu eCongress awaziboni ezi zivumelwano. Siye sakwazi ukufumana malunga neenyanga ezine zeekontraka zeBlackwater, kodwa oko kungenxa yesiphithiphithi esadalwa kubukho bamajoni kwizitrato zesixeko saseMelika.
BendiseWashington, ndidibana nabanye abantu beCongress, kwaye elinye ilungu leCongress landixelela ukuba akavunyelwanga nokuba abone naziphi na iikhontrakthi ngokubanzi, kodwa xa ekhona, kufuneka angene kwigumbi elinemigquba. Akavumelekanga ukuba angenise naluphi na uhlobo lwezixhobo zokubhala okanye iphepha, kwaye akavumelekanga ukuba athethe oko akubonileyo kwelo gumbi emva kokuba ejongile izivumelwano.
Oko kufanele ukuba kube ngunobangela wokuxhalaba okukhulu phakathi kwabantu, kuba oko longamela okuncinci obekukho ngokwenene kurhulumente wobumbano kweli lizwe kuye kwaphoswa phandle ngefestile kolu lawulo.
Ke impendulo kumbuzo wakho kukuba asazi ukuba iBlackwater inikwe umsebenzi wokwenza ntoni ngalo mzuzu. Ndiye ndaqinisekisa uCofer Black kum ukuba amadoda akwaBlackwater asasebenza eNew Orleans nakwindawo yenkanyamba, kodwa ebengayi kuthetha into abayenzayo.
AMASHUMI ezigidi enziwa yiBlackwater xa ethelekiswa njani noko kuchithwa eNew Orleans ekwakhiweni ngokutsha kwezikolo okanye kwizindlu ezifikelelekayo?
NGENENE asazi ukuba yimalini ehlawulwe iBlackwater. Siyazi ukuba bahlawulwa i-30 yezigidi zeedola kwiinyanga ezine zokuqala. Ewe, ngoku sisondela kwisikhumbuzo sonyaka wokuqala wenkanyamba, kwaye asinayo imali ehlaziyiweyo abathe bahlawulwa ngayo.
Kodwa le yinkampani enye kuphela. Kukho amanqaku eenkampani zokhuseleko zabucala ezikwikhontrakthi norhulumente womdibaniso. Le enye inkampani, iDynCorp, inomdla wokufumana ngakumbi isenzo, inika oonogada bayo ngeedola ezingama-700 ngosuku.
Kukho impoxo encinci kuyo yonke loo nto, njengoko sithetha ngendawo etshatyalaliswe ngokupheleleyo, kwaye abantu baxelelwa ukuba asinazo izixhobo zokuvuselela amakhaya abo, kwaye kuya kufuneka baphile. kwenye indawo elizweni. Nangona kunjalo banayo yonke imali ehlabathini yokugalela kwimipu kunye namagosa.
UChris Kromm, ongomnye wabahleli beGulf Coast Reconstruction Watch enkulu ngokwenene, ubonisa ukuba kukho iitoni zeeprojekthi ezingafumananga mali. Phakathi kwezo kukho iinkqubo zemfundo, iinkqubo zokubuyisela abantu esixekweni, ukhathalelo lwempilo, ukusasazwa kokutya.
Kwaye mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, abakawakhi ngokutsha ama-levees ukumelana nantoni na ngaphandle kwenkanyamba yoDidi 2, kwaye ixesha lenkanyamba lifikile.
INGABA unokuthetha ukuba iikhontrakthi ezinje ngezi ziyinxalenye yephulo loshishino lwabucala kunye ne-neoliberal ajenda?
OKU KUSOYISA kakhulu kumanqanaba amaninzi.
Kwelinye icala, oku kwenzeka kuyo yonke ibhodi. Umzekelo, olu lawulo luhlasela inkqubo yezikolo zikarhulumente-luyikhupha ngenkxaso-mali, kwaye lubeka izibonelelo kwizandla zezikolo zamaKrestu ezinobufundamentali endaweni yokuxhasa inkqubo yezikolo zikarhulumente. Uyabona i-Wal-Martization yoluntu lwase-US.
Kwaye ngoku uneekontraki ezisetyenziswa kulo lonke elase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Kutyholwa ukuba baye babandakanyeka ekuthuthunjisweni e-Abu Ghraib. Baye benza ngaphandle kwesohlwayo. Akukho nekontraka enye eye yatshutshiswa ngalo naluphi na ulwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwe e-Iraq.
Ke ushiywe nesinye sezigqibo ezibini. Okanye abenzanga nabuphi na ubugebenga, endicinga ukuba sinobungqina obubonisa ukuba akunjalo. Okanye akukho mntu uhoye imiba yokuphendula ngoku.
Kodwa akukhona nje ukuphendula. Into esiyibonayo isenzeka luhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomanyano luphangwa ngabahlobo bolawulo, kwaye yiloo nto siyibonayo kwimeko yeBlackwater, apho bahlawula i-950 yeedola ngosuku.
Eli lithemba loyikeka kakhulu esijongene nalo kweli lizwe. UBush uthetha ngokuthumela i-6,000 yemikhosi yoMkhosi weSizwe ezantsi emdeni, kwaye iBlackwater iyarhawuzelela ukubandakanyeka kulo msebenzi. Barhawuzelelwa kukubandakanyeka eDarfur ngoku.
Kufuneka sirhoxe kule nto sithi: Ngaba sifuna ukuhlala kwilizwe eliqhuba umkhosi wamajoni. Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwabantu, ukuba babuzwa ukuba bayalufuna na olu hlobo lwababulali abaqeqeshiweyo abajikeleza izitalato zabo kwaye banxibelelane nabantu abaqhelekileyo, banokuthi hayi. Sizibonile iziphumo zokungohlwaywa kwabo e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan.
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