Ubonile ukuthi uGeorge wonke uminyanisiwe? Enkulumweni yakhe ye-TV ngoLwesine, uphatheke kabi ngokubulawa kwe-Al Qaeda kaSheik Abu Risha, umholi wombimbi olusha lwamaSunni ne-US ngokumelene namavukelambuso esifundazweni sase-Anbar, e-Iraq.
UBush waxhawula u-Abu Risha emasontweni amabili edlule ukuze athole amakhamera. UBush angamxhawula futhi, kodwa hhayi bonke abanye: U-Abu Risha washaywa umoya amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba uBush ahambe emoyeni ayoncoma umngane wakhe omusha.
Nakhu okudingeka ukwazi ukuthi i-NPR ngeke ikutshele.
1. USheik Abu Risha wayengeyena u-sheik.
2. Akabulawanga yi-Al Qaeda.
3. Umfelandawonye omusha nababeyizihlubuki e-Anbar ungamanga njengomphathi - kanye nenkohliso ebulalayo.
Ngikwazi kanjani lokhu? Ungabona ifilimu - ka "Sheik" Abu Risha, yabafana okungenzeka bamshaya kanye nezinye izisulu zabo.http://tinyurl.com/377bx2
Uma kwenzeka ucabanga ukuthi ngilahlekelwe umqondo futhi ngibeke isinqe sami engozini yokusangana ukuze uthole lesi sithombe, ungakhathazeki. Ngangiphephile futhi ngomile eBudapest. Bekungumthwebuli wami omusha okhaliphile, u-Rick Rowley, owaya e-Iraq ukuyozitholela indaba eyedwa.
I-BBC ithi “ikusasa lezindaba ze-TV” likaRick. Naye akalawuleki ngokuphelele. Naphezu kwezicelo zethu, u-Rick nozakwabo u-Dave Enders baye e-Anbar futhi bathwebula lapho kungekho mthwebuli owake walokotha anyathela khona.
Kungani “sheik” Abu Risha ayebaluleke kangaka? Njengoba i-New York Times ikubeka namhlanje ekuseni, "U-Abu Risha usephenduke uphawu olumangalisayo lwezinzuzo zokuphepha ezindaweni zamaSunni eseziphenduke insika yezinhlelo zaseMelika zokugcina inqwaba yamasosha e-Iraq cishe unyaka ozayo."
Ngamanye amazwi, u-Abu Risha wayeyi-PR hook esetshenziselwa ukuthengisa "impumelelo" yokuhlinzwa.
USheik wayengeyena uSheik. Wayengumgunyathi. Ngenkathi ememezela kuRick ukuthi "wayengumholi wazo zonke izizwe zase-Iraq," u-Abu akaholeli muntu. Kodwa ngesamba esibikiwe ezigidini zemali yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi, "izinkontileka zokwakha kabusha," u-Abu Risha wayezimisele ukusho ukuthi unguNapoleon noJulius Caesar futhi enze into yokuxhawula izandla noBush kukhamera.
Ngokuphawulekayo, u-Rowley nekhamera yakhe babamba u-Abu Risha esendleleni eya "ohambweni lwebhizinisi" oluya e-Dubai, inhloko-dolobha yokushushumbisa imali yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Kukhona izinduna zangempela e-Anbar, njengo-Ali Hathem wesizwe esivelele samaDulaimi, owatshela u-Rick Abu Risha ukuthi wayeyiqili. Sasikuphi isizwe sakhe, lo mholi wesizwe? "Abantu baseMelika bathanda ukwenza abalingiswa abafana namaqhawe ekhathuni e-Disney." U-Ali Hathem wabe esengeza, "U-Abu Risha akasamukelekile" e-Anbar.
"Angimukelekile" kusuka kusheik e-Anbar kucishe kufane nokuqabula ezihlathini zombili kusuka ku-capo di capi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, lapho u-Abu Risha ebuya e-Dubai eya eDulaimi turf eRamadi, u-Bush-sheik washaywa.
NgoLwesine, uBush uthe u-Abu Risha wabulawa, "elwa ne-Al Qaeda" - kwathi i-White House yakhipha isitatimende sokuthi uSheik "wabulawa yi-al Qaeda."
Inkunzi.
Ayikho i-Easter Bunny futhi i-"Al Qaeda" ayikho e-Iraq, uMnu. Bush. Bekukuhle kakhulu, ngesonto lesikhumbuzo sangoSepthemba 11, ukuhlanganisa ukushona komfana wakho wethoyizi u-Anbar kubaduni baka-bin Laden baseSaudi. Kodwa kungamanga. Yebo, kuneqembu lama-berserkers elizibiza ngokuthi "i-Al Qaeda eMesopotamia." Kodwa bahlobene kakhulu ne-Qaeda yangempela ka-bin Laden njengoba ibhendi ye-Rolling Stones "i-tribute" ihlangene noMick Jagger.
Ubani owathola u-Abu Risha? Akukho - LUTHO - kuhamba eRamadi ngaphandle kwemvume yoSheikh bezizwe bangempela. Babengajabule neze, njengoba uHathem ephawula, mayelana nezigidi i-US ezinikeze uRisha. OSheiks bangahle ba-oda i-hit - noma bavele banikeza ibhomu indlela yamahhala yokwenza isenzo.
Ngakho obani laba bafana, amakhosi ahola izizwe zamaSunni zase-Anbar - amagunya ezizwe zamaTamimi, amaFalaji, ama-Obeidi, amaZobal kanye namaJumaili? Cabanga ngabo njengamaSoprano ase-Arabia. Baphinde bangamalungu enhlangano ebizwa ngokuthi “uMkhandlu Ovuswayo” - bathola ucezu lwabo lwezigidi ezikhishiwe - ababengenalo intshisekelo yokwabelana noRisha.
Kodwa ziyethusa futhi ziyabulala noma cha, lezi zindawo zasogwadule zaphumelela ekuqedeni “i-Al Qaeda eMesopotamiya.” Impela, njengoba amasosha ase-US asho ngokuziqhenya kangaka ku-Rick, ngesikhathi abaphathi bememezela ukuphikisa kwabo i-Al Qaeda - okusho ukuthi bathole izinkokhelo kubakhokhi bentela baseMelika - i-Al Qaeda yashabalala ngaso leso sikhathi.
Lolu shintsho lwezempi oluyisimangaliso, lapho isitha sisanda kuhwamuka, sinencazelo eyodwa: oSheiks INGABE e-al Qaeda eMesopotamiya. Njengoba nje ama-Sopranos ekhipha izinkokhelo “zokuvikela” emabhizinisini aseNew Jersey, izixuku zase-Anbar zajoyina uhlangothi lwethu lapho sibeka phansi impango.
Yini engalungile ngalokho? Phela, ngingathanda ukuthumela isheke kunokuba ngithumele izingane zethu zisuka eColumbus ukuba zizolwa nazo.
Kodwa kukhona okujulile, okungalungile kabi ngokubhekana nalaba babulali. Basabulala. Ngokuvikela okusha kwase-US, izikhali nemali, bavule iShia yase-Anbar. Imindeni eyizinkulungwane eziyishumi nanhlanu yamaShia ephuma esifundeni esisodwa yaphoqeleka ukuba ihambe e-Anbar ikhonjwe ngezibhamu. Ababehamba kancane badutshulwa. Izingane nomama futhi.
Ngabe abantu baseMelika bayazi mayelana nokuhlanzwa kohlanga kwe-Anbar "ngabalingani bethu" bakudala? Ifilimu kaRick ikhombisa abaphathi baseMelika bebeka ikomkhulu labo ezindlini ezishiywe amaShia ahlaselwe ukwesaba.
Umnyakazo ka-Rick ohlanya kakhulu kwakuwukuyothola laba babaleki baseShia abavela e-Anbar. Alahlwe, ngaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu, emijondolo engenamanzi empompi eBaghdad. Bangaphansi “kokuvikela” kweButho leMahdi, elinye iqembu lama-cutthroat. Kodwa okungenani lawa ama-Shia cutthroats.
Ngakho-ke "impumelelo" enkulu yokuhlinzwa ukuhlomisa kwethu izikhali nokuhlinzeka ngekhava yokuhlanzwa kobuhlanga e-Anbar. Kuhle, Mnu. Bush. Futhi ngokucindezela kwe-US "okushunyekiwe," ngeke siyithole indaba yangempela. Ngisho namaDemocrat athenga inganekwane "evusayo" yase-Anbar.
Isikhulu sikahulumeni wase-Iraq sikhathazekile ngokuthi ukunikeza izibhamu kanye nekhava eqenjini lezigelekeqe lase-Anbar kufana nokuthatha ingane yengwenya. “Ingwenya akusona isilwane esifuywayo,” etshela uRick. Ngokushesha izokhula ikushwabadele. Kodwa yini eyayingenziwa upopayi ngaphandle kokukhononda ngezintambo zakhe?
Lo muntu wase-Iraqi ukuthole kahle: ukuqhuma kuyi-crock.
UGreg Palast ungumbhali we "Armed Madhouse: ukusuka eBaghdad kuya eNew Orleans - Izimfihlo zeSordid kanye Nezinganekwane Eziyinqaba zeWhite House Gone Wild." Bona imibiko kaPalast ye-BBC Television's Newsnight, manje eqoshwe nguRick Rowley kanye nozakwethu, ku- www.GregPalast.com
Ekusukeni kwakhe e-Iraq, inethiwekhi yolimi lwesiNgisi ka-Al Jazeera yavuma ukusakaza ifilimu i-Rowley/Enders. Ngiyakunxusa ukuthi uyibone: chofoza lapha: http://tinyurl.com/377bx2
I-Palast izobuyekeza umbiko namuhla ku-Air America's Randi Rhodes show.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
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