"Ngandlela thize, kuyamangaza ukuthi azikho izidumbu eziningi ezinqwabelanisa ezisekelweni zamasosha kulo lonke izwe" - The Fayetteville Observer
Umhleli ka-Okthoba 14, 2008 ku Fayetteville, NC Umbukeli "Umbono Wethu: Udlame Lwasekhaya Lwezempi Ludinga Ukuvinjelwa Okunolaka," igxile ekubulaweni kwabesifazane abane bezempi North Carolina futhi iqukethe ukuphawula okushaqisayo: "Ngandlela thize, kuyamangaza ukuthi azikho izidumbu eziningi ezinqwabelanisa ezisekelweni zamasosha kulo lonke izwe." I-Observer yiphephandaba elikhonzayo Fort I-Bragg, esinye sezisekelo ezinkulu zezempi.
Umhleli ubephendula umlindelo owawungo-Okthoba 8 emasangweni ka Fort I-Bragg ukukhumbula ukubulawa kwabane US abesifazane bezempi ku North Carolina ezinyangeni eziyisishagalolunye ezedlule, kanye nokunxusa ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuvimbela ukubulawa okwengeziwe kwamalungu enhlangano US amasosha.
Esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye kusukela ngoDisemba 2007 kuya kuSepthemba 2008, ezine US abesifazane bezempi babulawa amadoda ezempi eduze Army sika Fort I-Bragg kanye neMarine Corps Camp Lejeune, ama-mega-base amabili ezempi phakathi North Carolina.
Abesifazane abathathu baseButhweni. Isisulu sakamuva sokubulala bekuyi-US Army Sgt eneminyaka engu-29 ubudala. UChristina Smith, owabulawa ngoSepthemba 30, 2008. Umyeni wakhe, uFort Bragg Sgt. URichard Smith, 26, uboshiwe wathweswa icala lokubulala nelokwakha uzungu. Kuphinde kwaboshwa uMathew Kvapil, 18, ofunda ekilasini elizimele Fort I-Bragg.
Spc. UMegan Touma wayenezinyanga eziyisikhombisa ekhulelwe ngesikhathi isidumbu sakhe sitholakala ngaphakathi Fayetteville Igumbi lehhotela ngoJuni 21, 2008. Isosha lesilisa elishadile, alazi kulo Germany, uboshiwe.
Umyeni kaMarine owayengahlali naye we-Army Second Lt. Holley Wimunc, ongumhlengikazi Wezempi e- Fort I-Bragg, uboshelwe ukufa kwakhe nokushiswa kwesidumbu sakhe.
I-Marine Lance Cpl. U-Maria Lauterbach wadlwengulwa ngoMeyi 2007, kwase kukhishwe nemiyalelo yokuzivikela kumsolwa, u-Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean. Isidumbu esishile sikaLauterbach kanye nengane yakhe engakazalwa satholwa ethuneni elingashoni ngemuva kwendlu kaLaurean ngoJanuwari 2008. U-Laurean wabalekela ku- Mexico, lapho athunjwa khona iziphathimandla zaseMexico. Njengamanje usalinde ukubuyiselwa ejele I-united states lokuquliswa icala. Unina kaLauterbach wafakaza phambi kweCongress ngoJulayi 31, 2008, ukuthi i-Marine Corps yayizishaya indiva izimpawu zokuthi uLaurean uyingozi endodakazini yakhe.
Ngo-2002, kwabulawa abashadile abane Fort I-Bragg ngabayeni babo be-Special Forces ngemva kokubuya Afghanistan. Ukuhlelwa kwe-Observer bekumangalisa ekucaciseni kwakho izimbangela nokuxhumana kodlame lwasekhaya noluxhaswe uhulumeni:
"Ingxabano yakudala. Siqeqesha amadoda, manje abesifazane, ukulwa, bese siyaxakeka uma benza lokho komunye nomunye. Iqhutshwa ngezikhathi zezimpi isiko lesizwe elingababaza ubudlova, lihlanganise nokuthanda izwe. . Futhi ungabanaki abantu abavamile abakhuliswe ekudleni okuqinile kobubi obufihlwe njengokuzijabulisa. Ngandlela thize, kuyamangaza ukuthi azikho izidumbu eziningi ezinqwabelanisa ezikhungweni zempi kulo lonke izwe. Siyaqiniseka, nakuba kunjalo, ukuthi ababonisi (emasangweni e Fort I-Bragg) besigxile kokuthile okumele sibhekane nakho njengomphakathi. Lokhu kungase kube ubhubhane olusongela thina sonke. Kuyinkinga thina njengomphakathi, amasosha kanye nezakhamuzi, angeke sikuzibe. Kuphinde kube yinkinga esingakayixazululi kahle kuze kube manje."
Ekuseni kwesikhumbuzo, ubaba kaSecond Lt. Holley (James) Wimunc uthumele umlayezo eQuaker House, ongomunye wabaxhasi bomlindelo wangomhla ziyisi-8 kuMfumfu. UMnu James ubonge abantu kanye nezinhlangano ngokuhlonipha uHolley nabanye besifazane ababulawa, wabhala wathi, "Usizi lwethu ngeke luphele, bathi isikhathi siyaphilisa, asikaqali ukuphulukiswa kithi. Amathuna futhi bakhalela uHolley nsuku zonke kanye nosizi ngenxa yendlela engenangqondo athathwe ngayo kithi. Izingane zika-Holley u-Tre no-Kendell, oneminyaka engu-7 no-3 ubudala, ngokulandelana, ngeke bamazi ngempela umama wabo. Iminyaka kusukela manje, bazochitha isikhathi bebheka ngezinto esizisindise empilweni kamama wabo futhi sizibuze ukuthi 'kungabe bekuyini.' Siyabonga ukuthi unikeza ithemba nosizo kwabanye. Kuyisifiso sethu nomthandazo ukuthi kungabikho omunye umndeni ozobhekana nalokhu."
Omunye owasinda odlameni lwasekhaya wangenela umlindelo. UChristine Horne wandiza esuka Coconut Grove, Florida, ukuze kukhunjulwe ukufa kwabesifazane abane bezempi nokuzilela ukushona kukanina. Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu nane edlule ngo-1974, lapho eneminyaka engu-9 ubudala nomfowabo eneminyaka engu-5, ubaba wabo we-Special Forces wabulala umama wabo emzini wabo ngaphandle nje. Fort I-Bragg ngokumgwaza izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-50. Enkantolo yezempi, uyise wathola isigwebo sokudilikelwa yijele ngokubulala, kodwa wadedelwa ngemva kweminyaka engu-12 ejele.
Isihloko somhleli se-Observer yavuma, "Ibutho Lezempi lenze umzamo wokwethembeka wokunikeza izinhlelo nezinkonzo zokuvimbela ubudlova basekhaya futhi kusindise ukuphila. Kodwa akwanele. Umzamo kufanele uphindwe kabili, ubudlova bufundisiswe ngokucophelela, futhi ukungenelela kwenziwe ngisho nangokwengeziwe. ngodlame โฆ izigameko zakamuva zokubulalana zigcizelela iqiniso lokuthi udlame lwasekhaya luseyinkinga enkulu lapha. Fort I-Bragg,akwanele."
Ngoba isenzo sokuvimbela esithathwa amasosha akwanele, abesifazane abangama-40 nabesilisa abavela nxazonke North Carolina isizwe sase simi ngasemnyango Fort I-Bragg isango lokungena ukuze kukhunjulwe ukufa kanye nokucela ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuvimbela noma yiziphi ezinye. Sabingelelwa ngamahubo amaningi esivumelwano ezimotweni ezigibela isizinda futhi abashadile abambalwa baphuma bazosijoyina. Ngokudabukisayo, akekho ovela emahhovisi okulawula udlame lwasekhaya noma ovimbela udlame lwasekhaya Fort I-Bragg wenze umzamo wokuza emasangweni ukuzokhuluma ngokuqeda ubhubhane lodlame.
U-Ann Wright usethathe umhlalaphansi US I-Army Reserves colonel eneminyaka engu-29 yenkonzo yezempi. Naye wayengu- US idiplomat owayesebenza ku Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia futhi Mongolia. Ubeseqenjini elincane elivule kabusha umdlalo US I-Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, ngo-December 2001. Wesula e- US amanxusa ngoMashi 2003 ngokumelene nesinqumo sokuphatha kukaBush sokuhlasela nokuhlala. Iraq. Ungumbhali osebenzisana naye we-"Disent: Voices of Conscience," amaphrofayili abantu bangaphakathi kuhulumeni abakhulume futhi benza ngezinto ezibakhathazayo ngezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni wabo.
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