Wq/ha/Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh Dan jaridar Amurka mai bincike.

Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (an haife shi Afrilu 8, 1937) ɗan jaridar Amurka ne mai bincike kuma marubucin siyasa. Ya fara samun karbuwa a shekarar 1969 saboda fallasa kisan gilla na My Lai da kuma rufa-rufa a lokacin yakin Vietnam, wanda ya samu lambar yabo ta Pulitzer na 1970 don Rahoton Kasa da Kasa. A cikin shekarar 1970s, Hersh ya rufe abin kunya na Watergate ga The New York Times, kuma a cikin 2004, ya ba da rahoto game da azabtarwa da cin zarafi da sojojin Amurka suka yi wa fursunoni a Abu Ghraib a Iraki don The New Yorker. Hersh ya lashe lambar yabo ta George Polk Awards da lambar yabo ta kasa guda biyu. Shi ne marubucin littattafai 11, ciki har da The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (1983), tarihin Henry Kissinger wanda ya ci lambar yabo ta Critics Circle Award.

A cikin 2013, Hersh ya musanta ikirarin cewa gwamnatin Bashar al-Assad ta yi amfani da makamai masu guba kan fararen hula a Ghouta a lokacin yakin basasar Siriya, kuma a cikin 2015, ya ba da rahoton cewa Amurka ta yi karya game da abubuwan da suka faru a kusa da kashe Osama bin Laden, sau biyu. yana jawo cece-kuce da suka daga sauran manema labarai. A cikin 2023, ya ba da rahoton cewa Amurka ta yi zagon kasa ga bututun iskar gas na Nord Stream tsakanin Rasha da Jamus, wanda ya sake haifar.

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1969 An Gano Wani Ta'addanci: Kisan Kisan My Lai, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nuwamba 13, 20, & 25, 1969 William L Calley Jr., mai shekaru 26, mai tawali'u ne, kuma tsohon sojan Vietnam mai kama da yarinya mai lakabin "Rusty:' Sojoji na kammala binciken tuhume-tuhumen da ake yi masa cewa da gangan ya kashe akalla fararen hula 109 'yan Vietnam a wani bincike. da lalata manufa a cikin Maris 1968 a cikin wani kagara mai ƙarfi na Viet Gong da aka sani da "Pinkville." An tuhumi Calley da wasu bayanai guda shida na kisan kai. Kowane takamaiman bayani ya ambaci adadin matattu, wanda ya haura zuwa jimillar 109, da kuma tuhumar da Calley ya yi “tare da kisan kai… Sojojin sun kira kisan kai; Calley, lauyansa da sauran wadanda ke da alaƙa da lamarin sun bayyana shi a matsayin wani lamari na aiwatar da umarni ... Wani mutum da ya shiga cikin aikin tare da Calley ya ce ... An gaya mana cewa kawai mu share yankin. Ya kasance wani nau'in hari ne na yaƙi. Muka zo da zafi, da makami a gabanmu, muka sauko layin muka rusa ƙauyen. A ko da yaushe ana samun wasu fararen hula da suka jikkata a wani harin da aka kai. Ba shi da laifin kisan kai." Laftanar da ake zargi da kashe farar hula 109 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nuwamba 13, 1969 Lauyan Calley ya ce a cikin wata hira: “Wannan shari’a ce da bai kamata a gabatar da ita ba. Duk abin da aka kashe a wurin ya kasance a cikin wani tashin hankali dangane da aikin .... Ba za ku iya yin la'akari da ko farar hula dan Viet Cong ne ko a'a. Ko dai su harbe ku ko ku harbe su" Wannan shari'ar zai kasance mai mahimmanci - zuwa wane matsayi kuke rike da jami'in yaki wajen aiwatar da wani aiki?... Abokan Calley a cikin rundunar jami'an a Fort Benning, yawancinsu West Point. Sai dai kuma da yake sun san al’amarin da ya taso, sai suka nuna bacin ransu a cikin sirri, wani jami’in ya ce: “Suna yin amfani da wannan a matsayin misali na Allah,” in ji wani jami’in soja, ya ce, “Soja ne na qwarai, ya bi umarni, kuma akwai 'Ba wani abokantaka a ƙauyen. An ba da umarnin a harbe duk wani abin da ya motsa." Wani jami'in ya ce "Hakan zai iya faruwa ga kowannenmu. Ya kashe kuma ya ga kashe-kashe da yawa ... Kisa ya zama ba komai a Vietnam. Ya san cewa akwai fararen hula a wurin, amma kuma ya san cewa akwai VC a cikinsu.

Laftanar da ake zargi da kashe farar hula 109 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nuwamba 13, 1969 Sojojin Amurka uku da suka shiga cikin harin Maris 1968 a wani ƙauye na Vietnam da ake kira Pinkville sun ce a cikin hirar da suka yi da jama'a a yau cewa sashin yaki na Sojoji sun aikata, a cikin kalmomin daya, "kisan gilla" kan mazauna. “Duk abin ya kasance da gangan. Kisan gilla ne kuma ina tsaye ina kallonsa,” in ji Sgt. Michael Bernhardt, Franklin Square, NY, yanzu yana kammala rangadin Sojoji a Fort Dix, N.J .... Wannan sigar nasa ce ta abin da ya faru: “Su (mazajen Calley) sun yi harbi da yawa a can, amma Babu wani abu mai shigowa - Na kasance kusa da isa in faɗi hakan. Na ɗauka suna gaba da ƙauyen da ikon wuta. Na tashi sai na ga wadannan mutanen... suna cinna wa ’yan fashi da bukkoki wuta suna jiran fitowar jama’a sai su harbe su... Suna ta tara jama’a rukuni-rukuni suna harbe su. Lokacin da na shiga, za ku ga tarin mutane... ko'ina. An tattara su manyan kungiyoyi. Na ga sun harba M-79 (mai harba gurneti) cikin gungun mutanen da ke raye... Suna harbin mata da yara kamar kowa. Ba mu gamu da turjiya ba, sai kawai na ga makamai uku da aka kama. Ba mu da asarar rayuka. Ya kasance kamar kowane ƙauyen Vietnamese-tsohuwar Papa-san, mata da yara. A hakikanin gaskiya, ban tuna ganin namiji daya da ya kai shekarun soja a duk wurin, a mace ko a raye. Fursunonin da na gani kusan 50 ne kawai.”

Bernhardt, gajere kuma mai tsanani, ya ba da labarinsa a cikin salon staccato, tare da bayyananniyar jin daɗi a ƙarshe yana magana game da shi. A wani lokaci ya ce wa mai tambayarsa: “Kana mamaki? Ba zan yi mamakin duk wani abu da wadannan 'yan uwa (mazajen da suka yi harbin) suka yi ba." Duk da haka, ya ce, "Na san kaina cewa ya kashe mutane da yawa." Mazauna yankin Pinkville sun shaidawa manema labarai cewa an kashe mutanen kauyen 567 a harin. Harin Hamlet da ake kira "Kisan Baki-baki" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nuwamba 20, 1969 A cikin wata wasika ta sirri mai kwanan watan Agusta 6, 1969, Col. John G. Hill, mataimakin mai kula da ayyukan ma'aikata a ofishin babban hafsan soji William C. Westmoreland, ya rubuta cewa Medina ta yarda cewa ya bukaci Bernhardt ya jira har sai an kammala binciken birgediya kan lamarin. Babu wani abu da ya zo na binciken. ... Bernhardt ya ce kusan kashi 90 cikin 100 na mazaje 60 zuwa 70 na kamfanin gajerun hannu ne ke da hannu a harbe-harbe. Bai shiga ba, ya ce. "Ina harbin mutanen da suka harbe ni kawai," in ji bayaninsa. "Sojoji sun umurce ni da kada in yi magana," Bernhardt ya gaya wa mai tambayoyin. “Amma akwai wasu umarni da ni kaina na yanke shawarar ko zan bi; Ina da lamirina da zan. Harin Hamlet da ake kira "Kisan Baki-baki" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nuwamba 20, 1969 Wani tsohon GI ya bayyana a cikin hirarsa da manema labarai jiya yadda ya kashe, bisa ga umarnin, da dama daga cikin farar hula ‘yan Kudancin Vietnam, yayin harin da sojojin Amurka suka kai a ƙauyen Song My a watan Maris na 1968. Ya kiyasta cewa shi da sauran sojojinsa sun harbe mutanen kauyen 370 ... Paul. Meadlo, mai shekaru 22 ... ya ba da asusun shaidar gani da ido - na farko da aka samu ya zuwa yanzu - na abin da ya faru lokacin da wani rukunin da Lt... Kyaftin din, Ernest Medina, yana yankin a lokacin harbe-harbe kuma bai yi wani yunkuri na hana su ba... Meadlo ya dawo aiki a masana'antar yanzu a Terre Haute, yana fafutukar ci gaba da biyan nakasassu gaba daya daga Hukumar Sojoji. Rasa kafarsa ta dama kamar ba ta dame shi ba fiye da rashin mutunta kansa. Kamar sauran mambobin kamfaninsa, an kira shi kwanaki kadan kafin tattaunawar da wani jami’i a Fort Benning, Ga., inda ake tsare da Calley, kuma ya ba shi shawarar cewa kada ya tattauna batun da manema labarai Amma, kamar sauran mambobinsa. kamfani, da alama yana son magana. "Wannan ya sa shi firgita," in ji mahaifiyarsa, Misis Myrtle Meadlo, 57, New Goshen, Ind. "Yana da kamar ba zai iya shawo kan lamarin ba. Na aika musu da yaro nagari, suka maishe shi kisa.