Ngesinye isikhathi, uDonald Rumsfeld kuthiwa useyisivivinyo esincane. Kwakungomhla ziyi-10 kuMfumfu kanti uNobhala Wezokuvikela wase-United States wayesanda kufika emphemeni we-USS John F. Kennedy egibele indiza ye-C-2 Greyhound eshayelwa ngophephela wenjini ephindwe kabili ephelezelwa ongqongqoshe bezokuvikela abangu-18 abavela kuma-coalition partners angu-18 Impi yase-Iraq. Lapho othile wemithombo yezindaba eyayihambisana nalesi sihloko ebuza ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukwanda kwenani lamasosha ase-US alwa namavukela-mbuso lapho, kubikwa ukuthi waphendula wathi, 'Kunombono oqondile ngale ndaba! Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi wonke umuntu uvaleleke kulokho.' Kodwa-ke, endleleni eya endaweni ephithizelayo yase-US uRumsfeld utshele abaphathi baseMelika e-Iraq ukuthi usenganquma ukuthi badinga amasosha ase-US amaningi ezinyangeni ezimbili ezizayo. Uphinde wakhononda ngokungakwazi ukukholisa amazwe ukuthi athumele amabutho engeziwe ukuze anikeze ukuphepha ekwandiseni ubukhona be-UN eBaghdad.
Ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, iseshini ephakathi kweKennedy yahlangana 'phakathi kokukhathazeka okukhulayo kwezinye izindawo ukuthi ukuvukela umbuso e-Iraq kusakazeke kakhulu futhi kunodlame kangangokuthi ukhetho olugcwele nolungenabulungisa ngoJanuwari lungakwazi ukuqhubeka njengoba kuhleliwe.'
Amandla ebutho kwakuyindaba yokubuthana kakhulu. Impi iyashuba futhi unobhala ubefuna usizo.
Bekungelula ukuthola ukuthi yibaphi ongqongqoshe bezokuvikela be-'Coalition' abahlangane no-Rumsfeld Oct. 10 ekamelweni elingenafasitela ezibilinini ze-US John F. Kennedy maphakathi ne-Arab Gulf. Inqwaba yemibiko emikhulu yabezindaba elandela umhlangano inikeze inombolo - 18 - kodwa ayizange ibalule. Yilawa: Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Ukraine ne-Iraq. I-Nicaragua, i-Spain, i-Dominican Republic, i-Honduras, i-Philippines, i-Thailand ne-New Zealand isivele iwahoxisile amabutho awo. Ngesizathu esithile iSouth Korea ehlinzeka ngebutho lezempi lesithathu ngobukhulu empini ayizange imelwe kuKennedy. UMnyango Wezokuvikela WaseBrithani nawo wawungekho kodwa, njengoba sizobona, wawusuvele uwutholile umyalezo: sidinga usizo.
Inkinga isobala: Ngaphandle kwePoland, iningi lamanye amazwe amelwe embuthanweni webhodi lemikhumbi linamabutho amathokheni kuphela e-Iraq futhi amaningana asenayo kakade, noma asongela ukunciphisa ukuhlanganyela kwawo emzamweni wempi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ohulumeni abaningi abathumela amasosha benza lokhu ngokungahambisani nokuphikiswa okunamandla okuvela kubantu babo. Ngokushesha nje lapho uRumsfeld efika ekhaya ubuholi basePoland, obasinda evotini lokungathenjwa lika-Okthoba 15 (lapho impi yayiyinkinga kakhulu) ngo-234 kuya ku-218, bakwenza kwacaca ukuthi ukuzibophezela kwezwe kwelula ezinye izinyanga ezimbalwa kuphela. Isikhulu soMnyango Wezokuvikela sathi ngo-Okthoba 16, 'sithemba ukuthi amasosha azophuma ekupheleni konyaka. Lokho, okungenani, kuyithemba lami.'
Kamuva, ngemuva kokuthi uRumsfeld ehlangane noGeneral George Casey, umkhuzi waseMelika e-Iraq, uCasey utshele izintatheli ukuthi bebengakaxoxi ngisho namazinga amasosha. Yiqiniso, ngaleyo ndlela akekho kubo owayengabuzwa ukuthi kwakuthini.
KwakunguCasey owatshela izikhulu zamasosha ebhodini lemikhumbi nge-teleconference evela e-Baghdad mayelana nohlelo lokulawula izindawo zase-Iraq manje ezingavunyelwe emabuthweni ase-US. "Unikeze kafushane ngesimo sokudlala e-Iraq, indlela eya phambili nalapho sikhona," kusho okhulumela iPentagon, futhi wabiza amadolobha angama-20 kuye kwangama-30 alawulwa amavukela-mbuso noma asengozini, futhi wabeka icebo lokuthi alethwe kanjani. ngaphansi kokulawulwa yiNew Years.
Izikhulu zezempi manje zikhuluma ngokukhululekile mayelana nenhloso yeziteleka zasemoyeni 'ukuthula,' zivuma ngokungaguquki ukuthi lokho ezibhekene nakho kumane nje kuyimpi yama-guerilla. 'Amabutho omfelandawonye' abambe iqhaza emzamweni wokulwa nokuvukela umbuso owandile ongahlukile kakhulu kunezimpi zase-Europe e-Asia nase-Afrika eminyakeni engamashumi amane edlule kanye nempi yase-US eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Izindiza ezivela e-USS Kennedy kubikwa ukuthi ziqala ukuhlasela ngamabhomu e-Iraq izikhathi ezingaba ngu-20 ngosuku. Impi evela emoyeni inciphisa ukulimala komfelandawonye. Ngomqondo othile, umjaho ophikisana nesikhathi. Ukwethula ukuhlasela okugcwele ngaphambi kokhetho lukaMongameli wase-US Nov. 2 kuyinkinga kodwa inhloso ukwenza izwe lonke lilawuleke ngaphambi kokhetho lwase-Iraq oluhlelelwe uJanuwari.
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvikela e-Iraq, u-Hazim al-Shalaan, ufuna ukuqinisekisa izinduna zamasosha ezibuthene ukuthi izwe alingeni esiphithiphithini nodlame. 'I-Samarra iwuphawu lwezinto ezizayo, futhi u-Fallujah uzolandela maduze,' esho.
Ungqongqoshe wase-Iraq ubekhuluma ngokunqoba okwakuthiwa 'umfelandawonye' ekunqobeni leli dolobha ngenyanga edlule. Kodwa-ke, idolobha laphinde lathathwa ngokulwa okuncane kakhulu phakathi kwezinkomba zokuthi amabutho amavukelambuso avele ahoxa empini. Okwenzekayo manje - futhi kubonakala sengathi kuseduze kwedolobha laseFallujah - kungokwesimo esihlukile futhi esibi kakhulu. Lokhu okubizwa ngokuthi inqubomgomo 'yekherothi nokunamathela' kulelo dolobha nezinye izindawo akulona usongo kumasosha aphikisayo asebenza lapho kodwa kubantu abavamile. Izakhamuzi zitshelwa ukuthi zisuse noma zijike amavukela-mbuso noma zibhekane nokufa nokucekelwa phansi. Ukuze kusekelwe isinqumo, ukuhlasela kwamabhomu ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula kuhlasele amahhotela, amathilomu namaphathi emishado, kwanciphisa izakhiwo zaba yimigodi emikhulu ephansi futhi kwagcwalisa izibhedlela ngamadoda, abesifazane nezingane abangalwi. Kuwumkhuba ongabonakala uphambana ngqo ne-Geneva Convention mayelana nokuqhutshwa kwempi.
Izikhulu zezempi zithi impi yokulawula i-Fallujah kanye namanye amadolobha namadolobha angama-20 kuya kwangu-30 achazwe uCasey ayikaqali ngobuqotho. Maningi amathuba okuthi lokho kwenzeke phakathi kokhetho lwangoNovemba 2 kanye nokuphela konyaka. Kodwa mhlawumbe akunjalo. Isikhulu saseBrithani sitshele iThe Independent ukuthi ukuhlasela kungase kungalindeli kuze kube ivoti laseMelika.
Umzamo wezokuphatha wokunxenxa iBrithani ukuthi iphinde ibeke amasosha ayo eningizimu yeBaghdad ukuze ikhulule amasosha ase-US ekushayeni i-Fallujah isivuse ingxabano entsha yezombusazwe kuNdunankulu osevele ekhungathekile uTony Blair. UNobhala Wezokuvikela waseBrithani u-Geoff Hoon waba nenkulumo-mpikiswano ngo-Okthoba 18 ngenkathi ezama ukukholisa amalungu ePhalamende ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kabusha okuceliwe kuzoba 'ukusebenza' kunokuthi kube isinyathelo 'sopolitiki'. Amalungu ePhalamende avela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi zamaphasishi abuze uHoon ngokucophelela ukuthi lo msebenzi uzothatha isikhathi esingakanani, lungaba yini uchungechunge lomyalelo, lokho kuzosho ukuthini emabuthweni aseBrithani ngaphansi kwemibandela eyaziwayo yokuzibandakanya kanye nemithetho yenkantolo yamazwe ngamazwe yobugebengu. .
Kwakungumholi wangaphambili we-Conservative Party, u-Iain Duncan Smith, kanye nonobhala wezokuvikela, u-Nicholas Soames, ababuza u-Hoon ngokuthi amasosha aseBrithani asebenza ngaphansi kwemithetho yokubandakanyeka yase-US angase ashushiswe ngaphansi kwemithetho yenkantolo yamazwe ngamazwe. ILungu lePhalamende lezabasebenzi uDennis Skinner uthe ngencazelo โ 'Uma kwenziwa ngaphambi komhla zi-2 kuNovemba, kungokwepolitiki. Inikeza uMongameli Bush indlela yokuphila.' Ngokusho kwe Guardian, owayengunobhala wangaphandle wesithunzi uGerald Kaufman wathola injabulo enkulu phakathi neseshini lapho ethi kunengozi yokuthi 'amabutho ase-UK abeka ukuphila kwawo engozini azosetshenziswa okhethweni lwase-US.'
Ngokusho kwe-Guardian, uNobhala 'wenqabile ukuphikisana 'ngemininingwane eqondile' yemigomo yenkantolo yobugebengu yamazwe ngamazwe uma amasosha ase-UK ebulala izakhamuzi zase-Iraqi, kodwa wathi, ebhekisela ekuvinjweni kwangaphambili okukhonjiswe ngabagcini bokuthula base-UK eningizimu yezwe: 'Lokhu ngeke kuvinjwe uma kukhona usongo oluqondile kubo.'
Ngo-Okthoba 18, Telegraph wadonsela ukunaka ngokomhleli 'ekudidekeni mayelana nemithetho enembayo yokuzibandakanya.' 'Amasosha aseBrithani e-Iraq ahlala endaweni esemthethweni engalungile phakathi kwezimpi eziqondile kanye nokugcina ukuthula,' kusho i-athikili ehamba phambili yephepha. 'Basengozini yokumangalelwa kanye nezinhlamvu, ikakhulukazi njengoba, ngokungafani nabaseMelika, belethwe ngaphansi kwamandla eNkantolo Yamazwe Ngamazwe Obugebengu (ICC).'
'I-US iphinde yazamazama kakhulu, ngokusebenzisa ushwele okhethekile, ngokwesibonelo, ukuhlukanisa abashokobezi bezwe kuma-jihadis abavula inkundla entsha empini yabo nentshonalanga,' iLondon-based. Izikhathi Zezezimali kusho umhleli ngo-Okthoba 19.
'Manje amasosha ase-US alungiselela ukulwa namadolobha namadolobha amaSunni afinyelela kweshumi nambili, lapho ngomkhuba wamanje azosebenzisa amandla omoya angakhethi futhi angalingani ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, okubangela ukulimala kwamakhulu abantu.
'Lokho akuyona into amabutho aseBrithani, anesiko lezempi elihlukile nemithetho yokuzibandakanya, okufanele abe yingxenye yayo.
'Empeleni sekuyisikhathi sokuthi siqhubekisele phambili inkulumo-mpikiswano yase-Iraq, futhi sigxile endleleni yokuvikela ikusasa elihle lama-Iraqi. Lokho ngeke kufezwe ngokuthi iBrithani iphinde ithenge isu le-US elihlulekile, elibonakala lihlanganisa ukumba umgodi ofanayo ujule futhi ube banzi. Konke okuzoholela kuwo wumgodi wakwalasha.'
Khonamanjalo, njengoba izinga lodlame e-Iraq liqhubeka nokukhula futhi lisongela ukuqhuma ngezinga elikhulu kakhulu, uNobhala u-Rumsfeld waqhubeka nokuzama ukuhlehlisa. 'Okubikwa kwabezindaba kakhulu, yizigameko zodlame,' kusho uRumsfeld esithangamini sabezindaba noNgqongqoshe wezokuVikela waseMacedonia uVade Buckovski, Okthoba 11. 'Kunoma yiliphi idolobha emhlabeni kukhona amakhulu eminyaka minyaka yonke. ukubulawa kwabantu. Kubonakala sengathi asiziboni lezi ezisekhasini lokuqala lawo wonke amaphephandaba nsuku zonke. Ngakho nakuba engekho ozothi izinto ziphelele noma zinokuthulaโakunjalo.' Ngehlobo eledlule, utshele isithangami sabezindaba, 'Kufanele ukhumbule ukuthi ukube iWashington, DC, ibilingana ne-Baghdad, besizoba nokubulala okungama-215 ngenyanga,' kusho uRumsfeld. 'Kuzoba nobudlova edolobheni elikhulu.'
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