"An yi wani yunkuri na dakatar da kera da kuma amfani da gurbacewar makaman Uranium (DU)," in ji On Earth Peace's Peace Witness Action List, wadda ta rarraba wani rahoto na baya-bayan nan daga kamfen na Kungiyoyin Zaman Lafiya na Kirista (CPT). Yakin da ba na tashin hankali ba don kawo karshen Samar da Makamai na DU wani motsi ne na asali wanda ke cikin rukunin CPT na yanki a arewacin Indiana, kuma haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyi da 'yan ƙasa da ke da damuwa waɗanda ke aiki ta hanyar ilimi, ƙirƙirar ayyukan rashin tashin hankali, doka, da kafofin watsa labarai don kawo ƙarshen samarwa. na DU makamai a manyan wurare a Amurka: Alliant Ballistic Laboratory a Rocket City, W.Va., da AeroJet a Jonesbough, Tenn. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya ƙunshi babban jigon mahalarta Cocin na 'yan'uwa.
Ga wani yanki daga rahoton na 25 ga Satumba na Mabel V. Brunk:
“Kamfen Stop DU ya gudanar da zagaye na kwanaki shida a cikin jihohi bakwai. Manufofin wannan tafiya… sun haɗa da: bari jama'a su sani game da lalata makaman uranium (DU) da yadda dokokin ƙasa da ƙasa ke kallon su, wayar da kan jama'a game da DU ga al'ummomin gida da gina cibiyoyin tallafin yaƙin neman zaɓe, nemi ƙarshen samar da DU munitions.
"Litinin, Satumba 11. Ben Long, Amy Fry-Miller, Cliff Kindy, da Mabel Brunk sun bar Joyfield Farm…. Tutoci sun yi nisa a wannan rana, suna tunawa da abubuwan da suka faru a ranar 9/11. Wannan ya tunatar da mu cewa Gandhi ya fara kamfen ɗinsa na rashin tashin hankali a Afirka ta Kudu shekaru 100 da suka gabata a wannan rana! Tutocinmu sun yi tsayi a tsawon tafiyar.
“Da ƙarfe 7 na yamma, mutane 22 suka taru a Cocin Beaver Run na ’Yan’uwa kusa da Burlington, W.Va. Amy ta ja-gorance mu a waƙar sa hannu, ‘O Healing River,’ kuma Ben, Mabel, Cliff, da Amy suka yi magana: Menene DU. ? Ta yaya DU ke tasiri farar hula da sojoji? Menene Pentagon ke faɗi kuma ta yaya kalmominsu suka bambanta da nasu dokokin? Ina wuraren samar da makamai na DU kuma ta yaya suke tasiri yankin da ke kewaye? Wadanne abubuwan da suka dace na jihohi da na majalisar dokoki na kasa sun shafi DU? Kungiyar ta saurara da sha'awa; tambayoyi da sharhi sun nuna damuwa na gaske. Jan, daga Tsohon Sojoji don Zaman Lafiya, ya nuna rashin jin daɗi da bayaninsa cewa Ciwon Yaƙin Gulf ya haifar da DU. Preston Miller, Fasto kuma masanin kimiyyar lissafi, bai ji labarin DU ba har sai wata labarin da Deborah Hastings ya buga a watan Agusta. Wasu a cikin kungiyar sun so sanya ido kan manyan motocin da ke barin kamfanin hada makamai na Alliant Tech DU a Cibiyar Rocket, W.Va….
“Talata, 12 ga Satumba. Mun wuce mota ta hanyar Alliant Tech shuka kuma mun ziyarci wani ɗan gajeren lokaci a ɗakin ajiyar kayan aikin soja. Mun karanta labarin farko na Mona Ridder a cikin Satumba 4 'Cumberland Times-News' wanda ya ɗauko Cliff, Ruth, da Eleanor. Gary Geiger, Alliant Tech hulda da jama'a, ya gaya wa Ridder cewa DU ya zo wurin shuka da ke ƙunshe kuma cewa 'ba matsala ce'. Mun tsaya don ziyartar Mona Ridder…. Mona ta kasance mai tausayi da batutuwan zaman lafiya, amma, a matsayin mai ba da rahoto na kasuwanci na takarda, ya fahimci hangen nesa cewa tattalin arzikin gida yana buƙatar ayyukan 300-400 da kwangilar DU ta kwanan nan ta kawo don 120 mm. DU tankin tanki don tankin Abrams na Amurka.
“Sai muka wuce zuwa Kwalejin Allegany da ke Cumberland. Cliff ya je ofishin limamin coci, Ben da Amy sun yi magana da ɗalibai, suna raba kasidu ta Stop DU…. Daga nan muka ci gaba zuwa harabar Kwalejin Potomac inda Amy da Ben suka sake yin hulɗa da ɗalibai. Ben ya sadu da wani ɗalibi wanda ya ba da labarin yin amfani da makaman DU a lokacin 'Shock and Awe', amma ya ba da rahoton cewa bai yi amfani da su ba bayan haka. Wani dalibi ya raba shirin tashi nan ba da jimawa ba a matsayin likita a Iraki tare da aikin ceto rayukan sojoji, don haka ya ci gaba da amfani da makaman DU.
“…A Cibiyar Korinti ta Pinto, Md., Cocin Mennonite, Al Anderson, tsohon sojan sama da memba na ikilisiya sun marabce mu kuma suka gabatar da mu ga mutane 23 da suka zo taron karfe 7 na yamma. Manya shida da daliban sakandare biyu daga Cocin Unitarian Universalist na cikin waɗanda suka yi tambayoyi kuma suna da sha'awar. Wani mutum ya yi magana game da rubuta wasiku marasa adadi ga 'yan majalisa game da DU kuma da alama ya karaya. Wani kuma ya yi magana game da aiki a masana'antar yayin da yake haɓaka kayan aikin DU a ƙarshen 1980s, yayin da wani makwabcin ya yi magana game da gwajin roka na yau da kullun a masana'antar.
“Laraba, Satumba 13. Tawagar ta sadu da Cherie Snyder's Human Services ajin 8 na safe a ginin Allied Health da ke harabar Kwalejin Allegany. Kimanin dalibai 18 na farko da na biyu da wani malami daga Jami'ar Jihar Frostburg sun halarci. Dalibai sun karanta game da Ƙungiyoyin Masu zaman lafiya na Kirista da yaƙin neman zaɓe na DU kuma sun shirya tare da sharhi da tambayoyi. Sha'awar ta yi girma kuma mun zauna tsawon mintuna 30 fiye da yadda aka tsara. Anan, kamar yadda a duk tarurruka, mun raba kasidu na DU da kayan CPT kuma mun tattara sunaye da bayanan tuntuɓar don aika wasiku na gaba.
“Alhamis, 14 ga Satumba. Mun wuce da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Aerojet Ordnance zuwa Erwin, wurin da ake samar da makamashin nukiliya. Kimanin ma’aikatan kungiyar kusan 350 ne suka kwashe sama da watanni hudu suna yajin aiki, inda suke neman a mayar musu da kudaden fansho da na kiwon lafiya. Linda Modica ta same mu a can. Ta shirya taronmu da yawa a yankin Jonesborough. Mun saurari labarun ma'aikatan da suka yajin aiki kuma muka shiga layin tsinke a ƙofar gaba. Yawancin wadanda ke tuki ta ko dai sun yi hobba ko daga hannu don nuna goyon baya. Mun koya, sabanin zatonmu, cewa mai yiwuwa shukar ba ta da alaƙa da DU da aka ƙera da niƙa a shukar Aerojet. Makamin Nukiliya na samar da man fetur ga injinan da ke tuka jiragen ruwa na nukiliya na Amurka da kuma jigilar jiragen sama.
"Da karfe 3 na yamma mun tashi zuwa Jonesborough…. Kimanin mutane 18 ne suka halarci taron karfe 7 na yamma a Cocin Presbyterian na farko a Elizabethton. Wasu sun kasance daga rukunin zaman lafiya a wannan ikilisiyar. Wasu kuma sun wakilci ƙungiyar zaman lafiya daga Cocin Katolika na St Mary. Wani farfesa a fannin ilmin sunadarai daga Jami'ar Jihar Tennessee ta Gabas ya raba cewa ya zagaya Aerojet a 1987 kuma ya same shi lafiya da tsabta a lokacin. Wata mai halarta, Shirley Cecconi, tana da 'ya'ya maza biyu da suka kasance a cikin rikice-rikice na Iraki, daya don yawon shakatawa hudu. Dukansu suna da lafiya, ko da yake mutum yana da binciken likita na shekara-shekara a Richmond, Va. Masu sauraro sun kasance masu sha'awar kuma ɗayan ya ba da shawarar zabar mai ba da labari don amfani da DU a matsayin jigo da wani, ƙaddamar da ɗalibin da ya kammala karatun digiri don yin bincike na DU.
"Jumma'a, Satumba 15. Mun ci abincin rana a Johnson City tare da Bert Allen, farfesa a ilimin halin dan Adam a Kwalejin Milligan kuma memba na Veterans for Peace. Ya gayyaci ma'aikata uku daga Asibitin Dutsen Home (Va.). Myra Elder kwararre ne kan ilimin halayyar dan adam da ke aiki tare da kula da jin zafi, Andrew Spitznas shi ne likitan hauka wanda ke jagorantar jiyya ga tsoffin sojoji da ke fama da matsalar damuwa bayan rauni, kuma Dan Kyte shi ne shugaban rukunin gidaje. Ba su san kadan game da DU da tasirinsa ga ma'aikatan sojan Amurka ba, amma sun yi farin cikin jin bayananmu da labarunmu.
"Sai muka sadu da wani tsohon ma'aikaci a Aerojet Ordnance wanda ya ba da shawarar abokan hulɗa daban-daban don aikinmu. Mun ji daɗin liyafar cin abincin dare a cocin Jackson Park na 'yan'uwa a Jonesborough kuma mun raka Chanda Edwards zuwa taron matasa 'yan'uwa a Lake Placid. Mun shiga cikin daren wasan sannan muka kama sha'awar su tare da bayanin mu game da DU da Aerojet.
“Asabar, Satumba 16. A cocin Jackson Park mun sake shirya fosta kuma mun shirya taron manema labarai. A gayyatar Linda Modica, Leila Al-Imad, farfesa a ETSU, ta haɗu da mu kuma ta ba da labarin abubuwan da ta samu a yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya da kuma aiki tare da Kwamitin Sabis na Abokan Amurka.
"Da karfe 12 na rana, mun riƙe alamunmu a ƙofar Aerojet Ordnance: 'Tallafa wa Sojojinmu: Stop DU,' 'Aerojet, Dakatar Yin DU Makamai!' da kuma 'Uranium mai lalacewa: Makamin Rushewar Jama'a.' Linda, Faith Mahoney, da Hollis Edwards, maƙwabtan shukar, sun haɗa mu, amma babu wani daga cikin kafofin watsa labarai da aka gayyata da ya bayyana. Bangaskiya ta mika DU ƙasidu ga direbobi yayin da suka tsaya a mahadar. Cliff ya ɗauki ƙasida zuwa ga jami'an Murray Security guda biyu da ke cikin gidan gadi a shukar, amma dole ne su zame ta a ƙarƙashin ƙofar da aka kulle saboda tsoron buɗe masa. Sheriff Vince Walters ya tashi ba da daɗewa ba, ya sanar da mu cewa muna kan filin Aerojet kuma ya kamata mu wuce ta kusurwa. Ya kasance abokantaka kuma kawai ya ce kada mu yi amfani da tashin hankali. Daga baya sai wata motar sheriff ta bayyana sai matar ta ce kada mu wuce wa motoci a alamar tsayawa. Mun gabatar da shirye-shiryen mu ga 'yan jaridu marasa ganuwa….'
"Mun isar da fakitin jaridunmu ga 'Jonesborough Herald and Tribune,' 'Johnson City Press,' da WJHL TV. Ben ya cika tankin da man dizal muka nufi gida…. Mun jera abubuwan da za a iya samu da kuma tuntuɓar ma'aikatan CPT na gaba….
"An cim ma manufar kuma muna farin ciki da abokantaka da aka yi, da aka shuka iri, da makamashin da aka samar zuwa ga burinmu na dakatar da samar da makaman uranium da ba a gama ba."
Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci http://www.stop-du.org/. Don ƙarin daga shafin yanar gizo na rashin zaman lafiya a Duniya je zuwa http://www.nonviolencenews.blogspot.com/. Don karɓar labaran zaman lafiya daga Amincin Duniya aika saƙon e-mail zuwa mattguynn@earthlink.net.