“Ndisezintlungwini zokutsho ukuba andingomntu uliqhawe,” uchaza uCraig Murray njengoko ndihlala kwigumbi lakhe lokuhlala elineencwadi. eNtshona London flat. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kokuqhankqalaza kwakhe, ngokuthetha ngokuchasene nenkxaso yase-US-UK kuRhulumente wase-Uzbekistan xa wayengunozakuzaku wase-Bhritane ukusuka ngo-2002-4, Murray ungumntu wamagorha kubantu abaninzi, hayi abaphikisi Uzbhekistan ngokwayo.
Ujoyine iNkonzo kaRhulumente ngo-1984, ngoku uneminyaka engama-49 ubudala Murray inyuke ngokukhawuleza kumanqanaba eOfisi yezaNgaphandle kunye neyoManyano lwaMazwe (FCO) kunye nenani lezithuba zaphesheya e-Afrika naseYurophu, phambi kokuba inyulwe njengonozakuzaku waseBritane. Uzbhekistan in 2002. Ngaphambi kokuthumela kwakhe kwi Central asian Republic waya kuthotho lweenkcazo ezimfutshane kwiFCO. "Into yokuqala yokuthetha kukuba amalungelo oluntu awabonakali kwaphela", Murray utsho. Kunoko, "kwakukho izinto ezimbini ezixhalabisayo. Eyokuqala yayiyioli kunye negesi kunye neyesibini 'yimfazwe yoloyiko'."
Ngokukodwa waxelelwa ukuba kubalulekile ukugcina ubudlelwane obuhle kunye Uzbhekistan njengoko babemnikile US i-airbase kumazantsi elizwe eKarshi Khanabad. Ecaphula amaxwebhu asemthethweni ePentagon, uMurray ucacisa ukuba le ndawo yomoya yayiyinxalenye ye-US 'inkqubo yenyibiba' - uthungelwano lweenqwelomoya ezimanyeneyo zaseMelika ezijikeleze uMbindi Mpuma obanzi, "okuthi, ngempazamo, eyona bhanti yeoyile negesi inkulu emhlabeni". Ngeziseko ngaphakathi ikarikuni, Uzbhekistan, Khirgizstan, Afghanistani , Phakistan, Diego Garcia, ISaudi Arabia, Jibhuti kwaye Sayiprasi , Murray Iphikisa ukuba umkhosi waseMelika uyakwazi ukwenza iprojekthi yokunyanzela ngokukhawuleza ukukhusela umdla wabo kwindawo.
Ukufika kwakhe eTashkent, ikomkhulu laseUzbekistan, uMurray wakhawuleza wachazelwa ngemeko emaxongo yamalungelo abantu kwelo lizwe, xa waziswa engqalelweni yakhe ubungqina obumanyumnyezi bamabanjwa abiliswa afe. Uthi: "Ibiye yaba mandundu ukusukela kumaxesha eSoviet. "Amajelo eendaba ayelawulwa ngurhulumente we-100 pesenti. Akukho maqela aphikisayo avunyelweyo, akukho nkululeko yokuthetha, akukho nkululeko yokuhlanganisana, ngokuqinisekileyo akukho nkululeko yonqulo. Abantu babehlala phantsi koloyiko olungathethekiyo."
Ngokuka-Murray, ngo-2002, ekucingelwa ukuba ixhathise ukukhula komkhosi wamaSilamsi, i-US "yanika i-Uzbeks ngaphezulu kwe-500 yezigidi zeerandi zoncedo, apho i-120 yezigidi zeedola yaya ngqo kwimikhosi exhobileyo yase-Uzbek kunye ne-80 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwiinkonzo zokhuseleko zase-Uzbek. mhlawumbi banelona gama libi ehlabathini lonke lokungcungcuthekisa. Ngaphaya koko Murray ngqubana Uzbhekistan yayisetyenziswa njengendawo engaqhelekanga yoguqulelo, kunye neCIA "enyanisweni ifakwe" kwiinkonzo zokhuseleko zaseUzbek.
Ukuba konke oku bekungalunganga ngokwaneleyo, Murray emva koko waqala ukufumana iingxelo zobuntlola zaseBritane ezibandakanya izinto ezivela kwiinkonzo zokhuseleko zaseUzbek, mhlawumbi ezifunyenwe ngokuthuthunjiswa. Kungekudala wayebhalela kubaphathi bakhe London Ukuxoxa ukuba akufuneki sifumane ubukrelekrele bethu ngala majelo, "kwizizathu ezisemthethweni, ezisebenzayo kunye nezokuziphatha". Ngokumangalisayo umphathi wecandelo lakhe uphendule emgxeka "ngokugxila kakhulu kumalungelo oluntu".
kunye EBrithaniIndima ye-de facto "ukuba ngumdlali osecaleni kubantu baseMelika, kwaye ubaxhase ekuphambukiseni ukugxekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kulawulo lwase-Uzbek" intetho Murray eyenziwe ngo-Okthobha ka-2002 igxeka urhulumente waseUzbek yabonakala iphikisana kakhulu. Ngokutsho komthombo oPhezulu we-FCO ocatshulwe kwi-Guardian ngelo xesha, ukuhamba 'kumyalezo' Murray kungekudala kwisiphelo sokufumana "iphulo lokujongela phantsi okucwangcisiweyo" ngokuyinxenye "lokwenziwa ngokwemiyalelo yeNombolo ye-10." Wabizwa kwakhona London ukujongana nezityholo zoluleko ezili-18 (zonke zalahlwa emva koko), kunye ne-Kafkaesque proviso wayengavumelekanga ukuba axoxe ngazo nabani na. Phantsi koxinizelelo olukhulu waye waphelelwa ngamandla, watshona kumngxuma wokudakumba kwaye wafumana isichenge sobomi se-pulmonary embolism. Nangona kunjalo, nangona Murray wachacha wabuyela kwisikhundla sakhe, ngo-Okthobha ka-2004 wagxothwa, ngokucacileyo "ngenxa yezizathu zokusebenza."
Emva konyaka Murray akazange aphumelele ukuma ngokuchasene nomphathi wakhe omdala uJack Straw kuNyulo Jikelele luka-2005, kwaye wapapasha i-Murder kwi. Samarkand, ingxelo yakhe yeziganeko-enikela umfanekiso ohlaziyayo wokunyaniseka nokusilela kwakhe. "Umzimba wakhe wamema ngesondo ngelixa amehlo akhe ekhwaza esithi 'ndisindise'", wabhala uMurray owayesele etshatile xa ebona uNadira oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala - ngoku ahlala naye eLondon - okokuqala kwiklabhu apho wayesebenza njengomdanisi ovuselela inkanuko. . Murray uchaza ukunyaniseka kwakhe: "Ndandityhubela eli phulo libi kakhulu lokutyholwa apho benza zonke iintlobo zezityholo ezingeyonyani, kwaye ndacinga ukuba eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuyilungisa le nto kukunyaniseka nokuvuleleka ngokupheleleyo."
Iindaba eziya kuMbulali Samarkand eyenziwayo kwifilimu iya kupapasha ibali lakhe kwizigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele. Le script ibhalwe ngumbhali wemidlalo yeqonga uDavid Hare kwaye iya kukhokelwa nguMichael Winterbottom, kunye nomlingisi ohlekisayo uSteve Coogan odlala noMurray. “Ndicinga ukuba ndisezandleni ezikhuseleke kakhulu”, utsho ngoWinterbottom, umsebenzi wakhe wangaphambili oquka iNdlela eya eGuantamano kunye naBantu beQela leeyure ezingama-24. Malunga neCoogan, Murray uthi "abakabi nazo naziphi na iingxoxo ezinzulu. Ingxaki kukuba xa sidibana sidla ngokusela kwaye senze iziqhulo."
Murray ukwaphakathi kokubhala iincwadi ezintathu, kubandakanywa iseti yangaphambili yeememori malunga nexesha lakhe iAfrika kunye nembali engobomi buka-Alexander Burns, unozakuzaku, umhloli wamazwe kunye negosa lomkhosi elasweleka kwimfazwe yokuqala yase-Afghan. "Ukuhambelana kolo hlaselo kunye nokuba yintoni engahambi kakuhle kuhlaselo lwethu lwangoku yinto yethu engaqhelekanga", utshilo. "Sibi kakhulu ngokufunda kwimbali."
Ukubuyela ekuchaseni kwakhe urhulumente wase-UK, Murray uthi umangaliswe yindlela abambalwa ngayo abantu abaye barhoxa Irakh, Afghanistani kunye 'nemfazwe yoloyiko'. “Isifundo kukuba uninzi lwabantu luya kwenza nantoni na ukuxhoma umsebenzi wabo,” utshilo. Owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku waseBritane Uzbhekistan ayithuliswa lula nangona kunjalo: "Ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kuba kufutshane ukuze ndicaphukise uRhulumente kwixesha elizayo."
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