Eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule, ngoMashi ka-2003, ama-Iraqi azilungiselela ukuhlasela okwakulindelwe โUkushaqeka Nokuthuthumelaโ i-US eyayihlela ukukwethula yona. Ukwakhiwa kwabezindaba mayelana nalokhu kuhlasela kuqinisekise ama-Iraqi ukuthi ukuhlasela okunonya kuseduze. Ngangihlala eBaghdad ngaleso sikhathi, kanye nezinye izishoshovu zeVoices in the Wilderness ezazizimisele ngokuhlala e-Iraq, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani. Besingafuni impi yezempi nezomnotho eholwa yi-US ukuthi inqamule izibopho ebezikhule phakathi kwethu nama-Iraqis abekade bengabangane nathi eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule. Kusukela ngo-1996, sasivakashele e-Iraq izikhathi eziningi, siphathela izingane nemindeni lapho imithi, ngokwephula ngokusobala unswinyo lwezomnotho olwaluqondiswe ngqo kubantu abasengozini enkulu emphakathini wase-Iraqiโabampofu, abantu abadala kanye nezingane.
Ngisazizwa ngihlushwa yizingane kanye nomama nobaba bazo abadabukile esihlangane nabo ezibhedlela zase-Iraq.
โNgicabanga ukuthi ngiyaqonda,โ kububula umngane wami uMartin Thomas, umhlengikazi wase-UK, njengoba ehleli ewodini lezingane esibhedlela saseBaghdad ngo-1997, ezama ukuqonda iqiniso elesabekayo. โKuwuhlu lokufa kwezinsana.โ Cishe zonke izingane zagwetshelwa ukufa, ezinye ngemva kwezinsuku eziningi zigwazwa kabuhlungu komata abagcwele igazi, ngaphandle kokuqeda izinhlungu. Abanye bafa ngokushesha, bamoshwa izifo ezibangelwa amanzi. Njengoba uketshezi luphuma emizimbeni yabo, babonakala njengezithelo ezibunile, ezonakele. Babengaphila, ngokuqinisekile bekufanele baphile - futhi bahleke futhi badanse, futhi bagijime futhi badlale- kodwa esikhundleni salokho bajeziswa ngesihluku futhi babulawa unswinyo lwezomnotho okwakuthiwa luhloselwe ukujezisa ubushiqela abantu ababengenakulawula phezu kwabo.
Impi yaphela kulezo zingane, kodwa ayikaze iphele kwabasindile abathwele izinkumbulo zabo.
Ngokunjalo, imiphumela yokuqhuma kwamabhomu e-US iyaqhubeka, ngendlela engenakulinganiswa futhi engenakuzivikela.
Lapho sifika e-Baghdad, sasihlale sibhekisa amabombo ehhotela i-Al Fanar elalihlalise inqwaba yezithunywa zangaphambilini.
Ngokuvamile, abantu bamazwe ngamazwe njengathi kwakuyibo kuphela amakhasimende ehhotela phakathi neminyaka eminingi lapho unswinyo lwezomnotho lwaluminyanisa umnotho wase-Iraq futhi lusula nengqalasizinda yabo. Kodwa ekuqaleni kuka-March ka-2003, amakamelo ayegcwala ngokushesha e-Al Fanar. Umnikazi wamema amalungu omndeni wakhe nabanye omakhelwane bakhe kanye nezingane zabo ukuba bangene, mhlawumbe ngethemba lokuthi i-US ngeke ihlasele indawo yokuhlala eyaziwa ngokuhlala abantu bamazwe ngamazwe.
Abazali e-Iraq baziqambe ngengane yabo endala. U-Abu Miladah, uyise wamantombazane amabili amancane, uMiladah noZainab, wayengumabhalane wedeski lasebusuku ehhotela. Wahlela ukuba umkakhe, Umm Miladah, athuthe namadodakazi abo amabili amancane ehhotela. Umm uMiladah wasemukele ngemfudumalo ukuthi sibe ngabangane bakhe. Kwaba ukukhululwa okubusisekile ukuhleka nokudlala nezingane, futhi ngandlela thize imigilingwane yethu nemidlalo ibonakala okungenani iphazamisa u-Umm Miladah ekukhathazekeni kwakhe okukhulayo njengoba silindele i-US ukuthi inisithele ngamabhomu nemicibisholo.
Ngenkathi kuqala ukuhlasela, u-Umm Miladah wayevame ukubonakala eqhaqhazela ngokungalawuleki ngenxa yokwesaba. Imini nobusuku, ukuqhuma kwakunyakazisa amafasitela futhi kubangele izindonga ze-Al Fanar zizamazame. Ukuqhuma okuhlukanisa izindlebe nokuduma okugulayo kuzovela nhlangothi zonke, eduze nakude, emasontweni amabili alandelayo. Ngangivame ukumbamba uMiladah, owayeneminyaka emi-3, kanye noZainab, udadewabo omncane oneminyaka engu-1 nengxenye, ezandleni zami. Ngabona kanjalo ukuthi bobabili base beqalile ukugedla amazinyo, ekuseni, emini nasebusuku. Izikhathi eziningana, safakaza uDima oneminyaka engu-8; indodakazi yesinye isisebenzi sasehhotela, igqolozele uyise ijabhile iphuma echibini lomchamo wayo, njengoba yayingakwazi ukulawula esinyeni sayo ezinsukwini zokuqala โZokuthuka Nokwethuka.โ
Futhi ngemva kwamasonto, lapho ukuqhuma kwebhomu ekugcineni sekuphelile, lapho sesingaphefumula kancane, siqaphela ukuthi sasisindile sonke, ngangimagange ukubakhiphela ngaphandle uMiladah noZainab. Ngangifuna bezwe ukushisa kwelanga, kodwa ngaqale ngaqonda kunina, ngifuna ukuzwa ukuthi wayebona kufanele yini ukuba ngiphume nezingane zakhe.
Wayehlezi endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ehhotela, ebuka isigameko ngaphandle. Amasosha Asolwandle ase-US ayeqaqa amabhala amakhulu ocingo oluhlabayo ukuze amise indawo yokuhlola ngokushesha ngaphandle kwehhotela lethu. Amajee ezempi a-Beige, Izithwali Zabasebenzi Abahlomile, amathangi nama-Humvees akleliswe emigwaqweni ohlangothini ngalunye. Izinyembezi zazigeleza ku-Umm Miladah. โAngikaze ngicabange ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka ezweni lakithi,โ kusho yena. โFuthi ngizizwa ngidabukile kakhulu. Futhi lokhu kudabuka-ngicabanga ukuthi akusoze kwaphela. "
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Impi yayisanda kuphela kulabo ababulawa ngesikhathi sokuqhuma kwamabhomu kanye nokuhlasela โkwe-Shock and Awe,โ futhi yayizophela kungazelelwe izinkulungwane eziningi ezabulawa eminyakeni eyalandela yokuhlasela kwezempi nempi yombango. Kodwa ngeke kuphele kwabasindile.
Imiphumela iqhubeka ngokungenakulinganiswa futhi ngokungenakuvikeleka.
Imiphumela yempi iyaqhubeka kubantu abayizigidi ezingu-2.2 abaye basuswa ezindaweni zabo ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu nezinxushunxushu, abaziphilisa ngokucekeleka phansi ngendlela engenakulungiseka, futhi asebephenduke ababaleki kwamanye amazwe, abahlukene nabantu ababathandayo futhi okungenzeka ukuthi baphinde babuyise amakhaya nemiphakathi abavela kuyo. kwadingeka babaleke ngokushesha. E-Iraq, balinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-2.8 abantu abafudukele kwezinye izindawo abahlala kuzo, ngokweRefugees International, โngokwesaba njalo, nokufinyelela okulinganiselwe kwendawo yokukhosela, ukudla, nezinkonzo eziyisisekelo. "
Impi ayikapheli kubantu abasinde ekuhlukunyezweni noma kulabo ababelandela imiyalo ngokuba abahlukumezi.
Futhi akukapheli ezizukulwaneni eziningi zabakhokhi bentela baseMelika abazoqhubeka nokukhokhela impi leyo osomnotho uLinda Bilmes noJoseph Stiglitz abayithengile kuze kube manje. 4 trillion amadola.
KuBradley Manning, ozwela lwakhe lwesibindi lwadalula izenzo zobugebengu ohlangothini lwezikhulu zempi zase-US ezibandakanya ukuhlukunyezwa, amaqembu okufa kanye nokubulawa, impi ayikapheli. Uphila njengeqhawe lempi elizimele futhi elishaya ikhwela, ebhekene namashumi eminyaka noma mhlawumbe impilo yakhe yonke ejele.
Impi ingase ingalokothi iphele komakadebona abanamanxeba angokomzimba nangokomzwelo azohlala baze bafe. NgoMashi 19th, onyakeni we-10 Year Anniversary of the Shock and Awe invasion, amalungu e-Iraq Veterans Against the War, ahlanganiswe neSikhungo Samalungelo Omthethosisekelo kanye namanye amaqembu ezishoshovu azohlangana phambi kwe-White House eWashington, DC ukwethula isinyathelo ilungelo labo lokuphulukisa. Ngokufanelekile, bacela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukuziphendulela, nokunxeshezelwa, futhi ngokufanelekile, bacela ukwesekwa kwethu.
Izwe eliphucuzekile lingalalela ubizo lwabo. Izwe eliphucuzekile lizofuna ukunxeshezelwa okusuka enhliziyweni kubantu base-Iraq futhi liyeke ukugxambukela ezindabeni zabo zangaphakathi, lizovikela inkululeko kanye nodumo olusemthethweni lwabashaya amakhwela abafana noBradley Manning, futhi lizoqala ngokushesha ukuzikhulula ekuthobeleni izinduna zempi nakubahlomuli bempi. UGandhi wake wabuzwa, โUcabangani ngempucuko yasentshonalanga?โ Futhi ngokudumile, waphendula, "Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba umqondo omuhle."
Kathy Kelly ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org) futhi ihanjiswa nge PeaceVoice.