Iminyaka, "amafutha" kanye "Iraq" angikwazanga ukuphumelela emshweni ofanayo ekubikeni okujwayelekile kokuhlasela nokuhlala kwalelo zwe. Muva nje, lokho kuqale ukushintsha, kodwa "amafutha" kanye "nePentagon" kusaqabukela ukwenza izindaba ndawonye.
 
Ngonyaka odlule, ngokwesibonelo, ngokwemibhalo yoMnyango Wezokuvikela (DoD), iPentagon yakhokha imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-70 zamaRandi ku-Hunt Refining, inkampani kawoyela esebenzisana nayo, i-Hunt Oil, yabukela phansi inqubomgomo yase-US e-Iraq. Hhayi ukuthi kukhona ozokwazi. Ngenkathi i Ukuzingela ngoba uwoyela e-Iraq manje uhlanganiswa kahle kakhulu endaweni ejwayelekile, iPentagon's Ukuzingela ngoba uwoyela uhlala uyinto engekho ekusebenzeni. Naphezu kwamazinga amangalisayo lapho iPentagon ishisa amafutha, indawo eyimpumputhe engapheli ekusakazweni kwamandla emidiya.

Ake sicabangele indaba ye-Hunt Oil ngemininingwane eyengeziwe, njengoba inikeza isibonelo esimangalisayo senkinga enkulu. NgoJulayi 3, 2008, ngokusho kwe New York Times, iKomidi LeNdlu Lokwengamela kanye Nezinguquko Zikahulumeni okutholiwe ukuthi iHunt Oil iphishekele "isivumelwano sikawoyela nohulumeni wesifunda saseKurdistan esasiphikisana nenqubomgomo yaseMelika futhi saphazamisa uhulumeni omkhulu wase-Iraq." Naphezu kwenqubomgomo yawo ebekwe ngokusemthethweni yezinkampani ezixwayisayo ezifana ne-Hunt Oil "ukuthi zifaka engozini ekusayineni izinkontileka kuze kube yilapho i-Iraq iphasisa umthetho kawoyela," uMnyango Wezwe kwezinye izimo empeleni wawukhuthaza isivumelwano phakathi "kwenkampani kawoyela yaseTexas enobudlelwane obuseduze noMongameli Bush" kanye neKurdistan "enciphisa" uhulumeni kaNdunankulu uNouri al-Maliki eBaghdad.

Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe i-White House iyazazi yini izingxoxo zikaHunt Oil nohulumeni wesifunda waseKurdistan ozimele, unobhala wezindaba kaMongameli Bush uDana Perino. Waphendula,"angazi noma ubani owaziyo."

Kuvele ukuthi lelo bekungelona impela iqiniso lalolu daba. I Times waphawula ukuthi isikhulu esiphezulu sale nkampani, "uRay L. Hunt, ongumngane oseduze kaMongameli Bush kwezombangazwe, ubikele [Ibhodi LikaMongameli Lokweluleka Ngezobunhloli Bangaphandle, ayeyilungu layo] mayelana nokuxhumana kwakhe nezikhulu zamaKurd ngaphambi kokuba isivumelwano sisayinwe." Eqinisweni, ngoJulayi 2nd Incwadi, USihlalo weKomidi uHenry A. Waxman utshele uNobhala Wezwe u-Condoleezza Rice: "Imibhalo etholwe yiKomidi ibonisa ukuthi ngokuphambene nokuphika kwezikhulu Zokuphatha, abeluleki bakaMongameli kanye nezikhulu eMnyangweni Wezifundazwe Nezohwebo zazi ngentshisekelo yeHunt Oil kumaKurdish. izinyanga ngaphambi kokuthi kuqalwe isivumelwano."

Okwe TimesNokho, ukuzingelwa kwendaba kwaphela ngeHunt Oil. Akukho ukunaka okwanikwa iwele layo lenkampani, Hunt Refining, enobudlelwane bayo obukhulu bezezimali nePentagon, uMongameli, kanye namasosha ase-US e-Iraq. Lokhu naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi inkampani iziqhenya ngokuzigqaja “njengomphakeli obalulekile wamafutha endiza eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela wase-US” eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-United States.

Futhi kungani ungaziqhenyi? Selokhu kwavuka iMpi Yomhlaba Kamongameli Yempi Yamaphekula futhi i-Iraq yahlaselwa, i-Hunt Refining ithole imivuzo emikhulu buthule. Ngenkathi inkampani yayiyinkontileka yezokuvikela emuva kuma-1990s, ngokusho kwemibhalo ye-DoD, u-Hunt akazange athole noma yiziphi izimali ezivela ku-Pentagon ngo-2000 noma ngo-2001. Nokho, kusukela ku-2002-2004, inkampani yaqala ukuqoqa izinkontileka futhi yaqoqa isilinganiso esingaphezudlwana nje. $15.5 million ngonyaka. Futhi yilapho kuphela lapho izikhathi ezinhle zaqala ukugoqa. Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, amarekhodi akhombisa ukuthi uHunt usethathe isamba esikhulu samadola abakhokhi bentela kwiPentagon - $39.6 million ngo-2005, $52.2 million ngo-2006, kwathi, ngo-2007, isamba esingu-$70 million. (I-Hunt Refining ayizange ibuyise ucingo noma imilayezo ye-imeyili efuna ukuphawulwa ngalesi sihloko.)

Inkontileka yePentagon enkulu ka-Hunt ka-2007 yayingeye ukulethwa wakho kokubili uphethiloli weturbine yendiza kanye nophethiloli wejethi we-JP-8 - owakamuva umkhiqizo osetshenziswa iButho Lezempi Nebutho Lomoya ofana kakhulu nophethiloli wejethi ohwebayo. Leso sivumelwano sanikezwa izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuthi uHunt Refining kanye nenkampani esebenzisana nayo iHunt Southland Refining bavume, ngokusho koMnyango Wezobulungiswa. amadokhumenti, "ukukhokha inhlawulo yomphakathi engu-$400,000 futhi usebenzise imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-$48.5 ukuze uthole izilawuli ezintsha nezithuthukisiwe zokungcola ezindaweni ezintathu zokuhluza" njengengxenye yesixazululo sokuxazulula "izinsolo zokwephulwa kwe-Clean Air Act."

Ngokungeziwe ekuxhumekeni kwayo kwe-Pentagon, i-Hunt Refining, nayo, iqinile izibopho kuMongameli Bush. Indodana kaRay Hunt, u-Hunter Hunt, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-Hunt Oil Company, ngokomlando wakhe wenkampani, "uphinde ahileleke kumaphrojekthi akhethekile e-Hunt Refining Company." U-Hunt omncane, nokho, wathatha ikhefu ebhizinisini lomndeni, kusukela ngo-1999-2001, ukuze asebenzele umkhankaso wobumongameli bukaBush "njengoMeluleki Wenqubomgomo oyinhloko obhekene nezindaba zamandla" kanye nenduna. umakhi yenqubomgomo kaBush yezamandla kazwelonke.

Ngenkathi i-Hunt Oil ekugcineni yenza izihloko futhi ukuqoqa Cindezela ukunakwa ngokuxhumana nokuphatha kukaBush kanye nokusebenzisana e-Iraq ehlaselwe, njengoba kufanele, ubudlelwano obuyinkimbinkimbi bukaHunt Refining namandla okuphatha lelo zwe abubhekwa njengezindaba nhlobo. Naphezu kobudlelwane obusobala bezezimali kanye nenethiwekhi yobudlelwano obunelukuluku obusuka e-White House kanye ne-Pentagon kuya e-Texas, Alabama, nase-Iraq, le ngxenye yendaba ibhekwa njengebhizinisi njengenjwayelo.

Ihambisana namadola abakhokhintela akhuphuka njalo avela ku-DoD, i-Hunt Refining manje isiqala uhlelo lokunweba olunesifiso sokwandisa umkhiqizo wayo. Njengamanje, indawo yokuhluza ka-Hunt's Tuscaloosa, Alabama icubungula imiphongolo kawoyela ongahluziwe engama-52,000 ngosuku, ngokusho kombiko wakamuva. esihlokweni kumagazini wezohwebo South Central Construction. Le nkampani ihlose, nokho, ukukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kwayo kube imiphongolo engu-65,000 ngosuku, okuholela "ekuphindaphindweni okuphindwe kabili kokukhiqizwa kukaphethiloli nodizili." Ngokombiko wephephabhuku lika-April la IHydrocarbon Processing, eyokuqala yamayunithi amasha okucubungula ka-Hunt "izofika ku-inthanethi ngasekupheleni kuka-2009. Ukulungiswa kabusha kuhlelelwe ukuqedwa ngo-2010." Konke lokhu, vele, kwenzeka njengoba iPentagon idinga amanani engeziwe kaphethiloli ukuze iqhubeke nezimpi zayo.

Ngo-2008, i-Hunt Refining isivele ithole inkontileka ka- $65.4 million kaphethiloli wendiza evela ku-Pentagon enomnqamulajuqu "wokuphothula ukusebenza" kwangomhla zingama-30 kuMbasa wezi-2009. amanani avela kwezempi yase-US ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka.

I-DoD, njengochwepheshe bezokuphepha kuzwelonke uNoah Shachtman amanothi, "umthengi omkhulu wamandla emhlabeni." Ngaphandle kokuphela kwezimpi zayo zamanje nemisebenzi, enakho iqhutshwa ukusetshenziswa kwayo kukaphethiloli kuya phezulu, futhi kukhuphuka njalo amanani kawoyela (ngokungangabazeki, kuthinteke okungenani ngenxa yesidingo esibi sikaphethiloli sePentagon), amadola amaningi abakhokhintela azofakwa kwabaningi. izinkampani kawoyela ku-payroll yayo - kanjalo neMelika.

Lena yindlela uhulumeni asebenza ngayo manje futhi kufanele kube yindaba - futhi i-Hunt Refining kufanele ibe yingxenye yayo. Kodwa ungathembeli kulokho. Kuthathe abezindaba abajwayelekile iminyaka emihlanu ukuthi bafinyelele endabeni kawoyela e-Iraq. Bangaki abanye ngaphambi kokuthi ibone ukuthi ukusebenza kukawoyela kwansuku zonke eWashington kufanelekile ukubukeka?

Ngezinkontileka zayo ezikhulayo ezivela ku-DoD, umthamo wayo uzokwengezwa maduze, futhi uzwane-ubambe uzakwabo wenkampani enawo e-Iraq ehlaselwe i-Pentagon, uHunt Refining kungenzeka abe ngumdlali eWashington futhi ahlomule kakhulu amadola e-DoD ngemuva kwesikhathi eside. UGeorge W. Bush usebuyele eTexas. Kepha kuze kube yilapho abezindaba abajwayelekile beqala ukuhlekisa ngobudlelwano obusondelene phakathi kukaHunt, ezinye izinhlangano zamandla, kanye nePentagon eyenza amasosha ethu asebenze nsuku zonke, izici ezibalulekile hhayi nje amahlazo amakhulu kodwa nokuthi umhlaba wethu usebenza kanjani. kufihliwe, ngisho noma kusobala.

U-Nick Turse ungumhleli nomqondisi wocwaningo we-Tomdispatch.com. Ubhalele i Los Angeles Times, i-San Francisco Chronicle, Adbusters, the Nation, futhi njalo ku-Tomdispatch.com. Incwadi yakhe yokuqala, Inkimbinkimbi: Indlela Amasosha Ahlasela Ngayo Ukuphila Kwethu Kwansuku Zonke, ukuhlola kwesakhiwo esisha senhlangano yezempi eMelika, kusanda kunyatheliswa i-Metropolitan Books. Iwebhusayithi yakhe Nick Turse.com.

[Le ndatshana yaqala ukuvela ngo I-Tomdispatch.com, ibhulogi yewebhu ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicilelweni, Umsunguli we- i-American Empire Project, Umbhali we Ukuphela KweMasiko Okunqoba (University of Massachusetts Press), ibuyekezwe kahle kuhlelo olusanda kukhishwa oluhlanganisa i-Iraq, kanye nomhleli kanye nomnikeli wencwadi yokuqala ehamba phambili ye-Tomdispatch, Umhlaba NgokukaTomdispatch: IMelika Enkathini Entsha Yombuso (Verso).]

 

 

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