(Dec. 10, 2008) — Taron na bana a kofar Fort Benning, Ga., ya cika shekara 19 da masu fafutuka suka taru domin nuna adawa da Cibiyar Hadin gwiwar Tsaro ta Yamma (WHINSEC), wacce a da ake kira School of Amurka. An danganta wadanda suka kammala karatu a WHINSEC da cin zarafi da cin zarafi a kasashe daban-daban, musamman a Latin Amurka.
Masu shirya School of Americas Watch (SOAW) sun kiyasta taron a ranar farko ta abubuwan, Asabar, Nuwamba 22, a 12,000 da kuma taron a rana ta biyu, Lahadi, Nuwamba 23, a 20,000.
Kwanakin da suka kai karshen mako na Nuwamba 22-2 sun cika da tarurrukan bita, shirye-shiryen bidiyo, ilmantarwa, da kuma zaman kashe-kashe, wanda ke bai wa masu shigowa da wuri damar yin cudanya da wasu masu raba adawa da cibiyar. Ƙungiya daga Kwalejin Manchester ta halarci yawancin waɗannan zaman.
Nick Kauffman, wani babban jami'in Kwalejin Manchester, ya bayyana dalilansa na zuwa Fort Benning: "Daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke sa SOAW vigil ta musamman tsakanin zanga-zangar ita ce ta addini. Maimakon fushi da izgili da nake fuskanta a wasu tarurrukan siyasa, an ƙara jaddada kiran Allah zuwa wata rayuwa ta dabam. Ina tsammanin SOAW muhimmiyar shaida ce, ga kaina da kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa, idan za mu ɗauki kiran Kristi da muhimmanci don neman adalci da ƙaunar abokan gabanmu.”
Asabar ta fara da dubunnan mutane suna leka daruruwan teburan bayanai da ke kan titin da ke kaiwa sansanin sojoji. A duk tsawon ranar akwai masu gabatar da jawabai, da mawaka da yawa a kan babban mataki na taron.
Da yammacin Asabar Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington ya dauki nauyin taron Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Kusan mutane 80 ne suka halarta. Cocin Hudu na kwalejoji na 'yan'uwa - Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.; McPherson (Kan.) College, Bridgewater (Va.) College, da Manchester College a North Manchester, Ind.-an gane da cewa suna da dalibai a wannan shekara ta SOAW taron. Peter Buck daga Equal Exchange ya yi magana da ƙungiyar game da siyan kayan kasuwanci na gaskiya, da alaƙa tsakanin Equal Exchange, Church of the Brother, da Latin Amurka. Hayley Hathoway daga Jubilee USA Network ya yi magana game da yafe basussuka da aikin Jubilee, abokin shawara na Cocin ’yan’uwa.
A safiyar Lahadi wasu dubbai sun taru a titi da ke gaban Fort Benning. Sun yi tattaki ne cikin muzaharar da ta dauki kusan sa'o'i uku. A lokacin ne mutane suka yi tattaki ta kofofin sansanin guda biyu da aka yi amfani da reza, yayin da aka bayyana sunayen mutanen da wadanda aka horar da su a Makarantar Amurka suka kashe. Bayan an faɗi kowane suna, an ɗaga giciye, hannaye, da muryoyi a cikin gaisuwa. “Presente,” muzaharar ta yi baƙin ciki, “an lissafta ku.” An kama mutane shida da laifin rashin biyayya.
–Wannan labarin ya fara fitowa a cikin wasiƙar wasiƙar ofis ɗin Shaidun ’yan’uwa/Washington.