A
pril
28 yayinencazelo ekhethekile kumalungu omndeni kaBen Linder ku
Oregon, kimi, nakulabo baseNyuvesi yase-Oregon abasiza
anikele ihholo lekhampasi egameni lakhe. Usuku lwakhe
ukubulala ngenkathi ezama ukusiza abalimi eNicaragua ngesikhathi se-Iran-Contra
ukungqubuzana ngeminyaka yawo-1980.
It
izwakale kakhulu eminyakeni yakamuva ngokuqokwa kukaBush ngo-2005
esikhundleni esiphezulu sendoda enomthwalo wemfanelo oyisisekelo kaBen
Ukufa kukaLinder-John Negroponte. Osanda kubekwa esikhundleni
kokuthunyelwe okusha kwe-federal of Intelligence, uNegroponte usebenze kabili
izikhundla zangaphambili eziphakeme ngaphansi kukaBushโU.S. inxusa ku
iNhlangano Yezizwe, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiyinxusa e-Iraq.
Ukuqalisa
izenzo ezicashile azizintsha eNegroponte. Usekulungele ukuqhubekela phambili
izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni-ngokuvamile ziyimfihlo-ngaphansi kukaBush njengoba ayenjalo
emashumini amabili eminyaka ngaphambili ngaphansi kukaReagan. Ekuphakameni kwe-Iran- Contra
scandal, Negroponte kwaba inxusa Honduras, isikhundla kusukela
asebenze njengomsizi wezinqubomgomo ze-Reagan eMelika Ephakathi.
As
"Indoda-ndoda" kaReagan, uNegroponte washeshisa ukufihla
ukusebenzelana kwezikhali zokuthunjwa okubandakanya i-US ne-Iran. Linder
ubengumdlali omncane esithombeni sonke. Kodwa wayesendleleni
futhi, ngo-1987, kwakuhloswe, kanye nabanye abaningi, ngabakwa-
Contras ama-oda awo adluliselwa kubo yi-Negroponte.
Izinkokhelo
ukuhambisana kweNegroponte noReagan kusekelwe ebufakazini
ukuthi wenza amaqembu okuhlushwa nawokufa futhi agweme
UKhongolose kanye noMthethosisekelo. UMarc Lacey we
New York Times
wabhala ngo-2004: โUphenyo lwe-CIA eminyakeni embalwa edlule lwatholakala
ukwephulwa kwamalungelo okukhulu eHonduras akubikwanga kahle eWashington
ngesikhathi sokubusa kweNegroponte. Iningi lombiko we-CIA umnyama
ngaphandle. Izingxenye ezihlale zingahlukaniswanga ziphakamisa imibuzo mayelana ne-Negroponte
izenzo, kodwa azinikezi izimpendulo.โ
Izintatheli
UGary Cohn noGinger Thompson beqembu
Baltimore Sun
eshicilelwe
umbiko mayelana nobufakazi obubambekayo obuvela emithonjeni eyahlukene eyathi
UNegroponte wayazi ngobugebengu bamalungelo abantu baseHonduran. I-Inter-American
Ikhomishana Yamalungelo Abantu eHonduras ibatshele ukuthi iNegroponte ingamele
Ukunwetshwa kwenkambu yokuqeqeshwa yase-US lapho amaphekula e-Contra abopha, ehlukumeza,
futhi abulale abasolwa ngokungahambisani naso.
The
Ukuphathwa kukaBush kunekhono lokucasha noma ukuqeda ukusola
idatha kanye nabantu. A
Los Angeles Times
isihloko sikaMaggie Farley
kanye noNorman Kempster bakhuluma ngokuxoshwa kungazelelwe e-U.S.
bangaphambili beqembu lababulawa eHonduran abebenganikeza ubufakazi
ngokumelene neNegroponte ezigcawini zeSenate eziholela ekuqokweni kwakhe ku-UN.
The
I-Toronto Star
wabhala ukuthi umanduleli kaNegroponte ku
UHonduras, uJack Binns, wakuveza obala ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngamalungelo abantu
ukuhlukunyezwa ngamasosha aseHonduran futhi wanika uNegroponte isithangami esigcwele
ngokuhlukunyezwa. UByns wayeqondile ekugxekeni kwakhe: โNegroponte
uphika ukuthi akatshelwanga lutho. Uyingozi kakhulu
indoda indima yayo yaseHonduras ifana ngendlela emangalisayo neyokuphatha kukaBush
isimo e-Iraq. I-Negroponte imele i-U.S. ngesikhathi esisodwa
izikhathi ezikhohlakele kakhulu zenqubomgomo yayo yangaphandle ngaphansi kukaRonald Reagan kanye
George Bush, Sr. Ngesibindi, ubengaphikisa lokho okwakuyikho
okwenzekayo.โ INegroponte ayizange inselele.
Ben
U-Linder wayeneminyaka engu-27 ubudala lapho, njengoba akha idamu elincane (weir) ukuze
ukukala ukugeleza kwamanzi emfudlaneni ukuze iphrojekthi yokuletha ugesi
edolobhaneni eliseduze, wabulawa amavukela-mbuso eContra. Izimo
Ngokufa kukaBen, njengabanye abaningi ezandleni ze-U.S.-ihlome
Contras, akuzange kuvezwe.
Ben
wafunda eNyuvesi yaseWashington lapho ngo-1983 athola khona iziqu
kubunjiniyela bemishini. Ngemva kokusebenza enhloko-dolobha yaseManagua
weNicaragua Energy Institute, wakhetha ukungena phakathi nezwe ukuze akhe
umthombo kagesi wasemaphandleni. Kwakuyingozi. Abavukeli bakwamakhelwane
IHonduras yayisongela indawo emini, bese ibuyela
IHonduras - ekuvikelweni kweNegroponte.
Akhe
ubaba, uDavid, wathi uBen waya eNicaragua ukuze anikeze โokufanele
ubuchwephesheโโizitshalo ezincane eziphehla ugesi ngamanzi ukuze zisize abantu
benze izinguquko eziguquguqukayo ezimpilweni zabo. Njengoba exhumana naye
Abantu baseNicaragua, uLinder waziwa njengosomahlaya ogibela i-unicycle,
into abeyenza imvunulo yokujabulisa izingane. Ngaphambi kukaDavide
Ngokufa, yena nomama kaBen, u-Elisabeth, bahamba esizweni
ukufundisa ngokufa okungafanele kwendodana yabo. I-hydroelectric
imboni eSan Jose de Bocay lapho uBen abulawa khona yaqedwa
1993. Abazali bakhe baqoqa imali yokusiza ukuqedela ezinye izitshalo zamanzi
kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlanza amanzi endaweni.
Nini
wakhetha ukuya eNicaragua, uLinder watshela uyise: โNgiyazibuza
uma singabala ngeminwe yonjiniyela besandla esisodwa abaya Kwesesithathu
Amazwe omhlaba lapho benethemba lokwenza ukuphila kube ngcono.โ
I
bacabanga ukuthi kungadingeka ngaphezu kwesandla esisodwaโesimbozwe igaziโukuze
hlanganisa abahambisana noReagan kanye nabalandelayo, abasaqhubeka
umsebenzi onjalo ngaphansi kukaGeorge Bush.
George Beres
wayesekomitini elanikezela i-Ben Linder Auditorium
Inyuvesi yase-Oregon.