Imibono Kahulumende weMelika
WASHINGTON DC —
Inyanga edluleyo, ibi ngeyokunanza iminyaka eyisikhombisa kwaba lesehlakalo sokuhlaselwa komuzi weGhouta, kweleSyria ngezikhali eziletshefu zamachemical weapons. Mhlaka 21 Ncwabakazi 2013, uhulumende kaBashar al-Assad wafafaza umoya wegas emizini yedolobho leDamascus kukhunjulwa ukulabawa okwenziwa abantu abaseSyria ngamasotsha kahulumende ka Bashar Al-Assad, lapho okwabulawa abantu abayinkulungwane lamakhulu amane-1,400, inengi labo kungabantwana, kusentshenziswa umoya ohitshayo, oweSarin.
Njengendlela yokukhumbula impilo zabantu abalahlekelwa ngumphefumulo ngaleso sikhathi, eleMelika selifake abantu abayisithupha -6, abasekela uhulumende ka Assad, abakubutho labamncedisa ngemali, kuluhlu lwezijeziso.
Omunye walabo obekwe kulolu luhlu, nguYasser Ibrahim, kusetshenziswa isiqondiso eseExecutive Order 13894. UIbrahim ufakwe kuluhlu lwezijeziso ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe wokuphazamisa ubudlelwano obukhona phakathi kweleSyria lamanye amazwe. UIbrahim usebenzise inkohlakalo ukuthuthukisa uAssad, ngasikhathi sinye izizalwane zeSyria ziphela ukufa, zibulawa yikuswela ukudla lemithi yokuzelapha.
Ele Melika lilandela isiqondiso sinye eseExecutive Order 13894, lifake inkokheli embalwa yebutho lakwele Syria phansi kwezijeziso lezi ngokuphatheka kwabo ekuphambaniseni imizamo yokukhumisana umlotha lumiswe udlakela olwenzakala kulowo mhlubulo. Phansi kweziqondiso zebutho ezemelika eze National Defence Forces, umkhokheli webutho uFadi Saqr. Esigabeni sesine, ese 42nd Brigade, kufakwe uBrigadier General Ghaith Dalah. Kuziqondiso zeMelika ezeTiger Forces kuphinde kwafakwa umkhokheli webviyo leHaider uSamer Ismail.
“Inkokheli yebutho leyi, yiyo ekhona manje iqondisa izehlakalo zokubulawa kwabantwana kweleSyria emizini ehlala abantu enjenge Ghouta, kusetshenziswa amabomba lezikhali eziletshefu,” kutsho unobhala obona ngobudlelwano beMelika lamanye amazwe womhlaba, uSecretary of State Mike Pompeo. “Inkokheli yebutho le, isihle yabhidliza isifungo sokungena kubutho sokuvikela lokulondoloza impi yezizalwane zelizwe” Kusukela ngoNhlangula 2020, kusiyafika ilanga lanamuhla, eleMelika selifake abantu abedlula amatshumi amahlana lanhlanu-55, kuluhlu lwezijeziso, ngoba kuyibo abaqoqa izehlakalo zocuku oluqondiswe ebantwini makhaza nguAssad, zokuncindezela abantu bakhe.
Ebhala enkundleni yokuxhumana eyeTwitter, uSecretary of State Pompeo uthe, “Izijeziso lezi ezintsha zifakwe njengesikhumbuzo sokubulawa mahlayana ngocuku kwabantu beGhouta eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edluleyo,” Wathi njalo, “Kasisoze sime ukuqhubekela phambili sifuqa ukuthi kube lokuthula kweleSyria njalo bonke abadala amacala wokuhlukumeza lokubulala abantu abangela cala bathonisiswe lawo macala.”