Kusukela uMongameli uBarack Obama wamukele ngomusa imibuzo kaMedea Benjamin ngesikhathi inkulumo yakhe eNyuvesi Yezokuvikela Yesizwe njengoba kusemthethweni ngokugcwele, mhlawumbe umongameli uzimisele ngokuphendula imibuzo eqondile kaJeremy Scahill mayelana nokubulawa kwe-drone kuka-Anwar al-Awlaki ngoSepthemba 30, 2011.
Scahill, osephenduke uSeymour Hersh wesizukulwane sakhe ngezincwadi zakhe I-Blackwater: Ukuphakama Kwebutho Lezempi Elinamandla Kunawo Wonke Emhlabeni futhi Izimpi ezingcolile: Izwe Liyisigodi, yenza impikiswano ecashile futhi ecwaningwe ngokujulile yokuthi izintshumayelo namakhasethi e-pro-jihad yomfundisi wokuzalwa eMelika, nakuba ecasula, ayevikelwe ngaphansi Kwesichibiyelo Sokuqala.
U-Al-Awlaki uhambisane noNidal Hassan, umenzi wobugebengu be-Ft. I-Hood massacre, kanye no-Abdulmutallab, okuthiwa "isicathulo sebhomu," kodwa uScahill uthi "ubufakazi obutholakalayo" bubonisa ukuthi akukho ukuzibandakanya okusebenzayo noma okuhlakaniphile kuka-Al-Awlaki ezenzweni zabo. Ikakhulukazi, uScahill uphakamisa ukuthi umfundisi kungenzeka "waphonswa kumfelandawonye" ne-Al Qaeda eNhlonhlweni yase-Arabia (AQAP) "ngemuva kokumakelwa ukufa kanye nabaholi bayo." U-Scahill ucaphuna i-athikili kaDavid Ignatius ethi ngasekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 2009 i-CIA "yayingenabo ubufakazi obuqondile bokuthi [u-al-Awlaki] wasongela izimpilo zabantu baseMelika, umngcele wanoma yikuphi ukuthunjwa noma ukubulala" isakhamuzi saseMelika. (Washington Post, Mashi 26, 2010) Kungenzeka ukuthi uMongameli akavumelananga nalokho kuhlola kwe-CIA, noma ubufakazi obusha bushintshe ukuhlolwa. Inhloso yecala lika-Scahill ukuthi u-al-Awlaki akakaze abekwe icala lobugebengu futhi uhulumeni wase-US "awuzange unikeze esidlangalaleni ubufakazi bokuthi u-Awlaki wayengumholi we-AQAP abamenza yena."
Enkulumweni yakhe ebanzi, u-Obama wethula impendulo yomshushisi, ethi u-al-Awlaki "ubelokhu ezama ukubulala abantu," "esiza ukwengamela" itulo lango-2010 lokuqhumisa imishini ezindizeni ezithwala impahla eziya e-US, futhi "wayebandakanyeka ekuhleleni. ” umzamo kaKhisimusi ka-2009 wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ka-Farouk Abdulmutallab. U-Obama uthe u-al-Awlaki "ubambe" u-Abdulmutallab eYemen, "wagunyaza" ukusebenza, "wamsiza ekuqopheni ividiyo yokufela ukholo," futhi wanikeza "nemiyalo" yokuqhumisa indiza emhlabathini waseMelika. Nokho, ngokungafani nomshushisi, umongameli kwakungadingeki alethe ubufakazi becala lakhe. Emacaleni angaphambili, izikhulu zomnyango wezoBulungiswa kanye noMgcinimafa zabiza u-al-Awlaki ngokuthi "uyasebenza" - waze "wazibandakanya kuzo zonke izici zobuphekula," futhi ngaphandle kokunikeza ubufakazi. Inkulumo kamengameli ephusile kubonakala sengathi ihlanganyelwe ngabaphezulu New York Times Izintatheli zobuphekula uScott Shane, uMark Mazetti kanye noCharles Savage, abachaze u-Al-Awlaki "njengomsebenzi omkhulu" ku-AQAP esihlokweni sangoMashi 9.
Lo mehluko uzobonakala ungenalutho kubantu baseMelika abaningi abanelisekile ngendaba yokuthi u-al-Awlaki wayengumshumayeli ovusa inzondo ebulalayo kubantu baseMelika. Bambalwa abazocabanga ukuthi umengameli bekumele azame ukubopha u-al-Awlaki ogwadule lwaseYemen futhi amhudulele eGuantanamo. Kodwa abezindaba, amanye amaRiphabhulikhi kanye nabaningi kuKhongolose bangase bafune ukubona ubufakazi becala likamongameli, njengoba kwenza abaningi eNhlanganweni Yezizwe noma emazweni amaSulumane. Uma ubufakazi buka-Obama bunganele, unesibopho sokubulala isakhamuzi saseMelika ngaphandle kwesizathu. Uma umengameli enqaba ukuphumela obala ubufakazi, unenkinga yokwethenjwa engase imphathe kabi. Uma ukubika kukaScahill kuyiqiniso, kuzogqamisa ukubaluleka kwabezindaba abazimele.
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