BRUSSELS – Ngokwesaba ukungezwani phakathi kwe-United States, i-European Union ithe ngoLwesine ingase iphoqe amazwe angamalungu aqinile ukuthi asebenzise ama-scanner agcwele umzimba aphushwa uhulumeni ka-Obama ngemuva kokubhuntsha kwebhomu ngoSuku lukaKhisimusi.
IBrithani, iNetherlands kanye ne-Italy kakade sebejoyine iWashington ekumemezeleni izinhlelo zokufaka amanye amadivaysi - "angabona" ngezingubo - ngemuva komzamo wokuqhumisa indiza yaseNorthwest Airlines esuka e-Amsterdam iya eDetroit.
Kepha kunokwehlukana okujulile phakathi kwezizwe zaseYurophu, amazwe anjengeSpain neJalimane abiza izikena ukuthi ziyaphazamisa kanye nobungozi bezempilo obungaba khona.
Ukwehlukana kwe-trans-Atlantic phezu kwezikena kungase kubangele ukuhamba ngendiza emigwaqweni enenzuzo - esevele inyakaza kusukela ekuwohlokeni komnotho - kube nokudideka okuqhubekayo.
"I (EU) icubungula isinyathelo sobuchwepheshe bezithombe ukuze kuqiniswe ukuphepha kwabagibeli, ngesikhathi esifanayo ibhekana nemibandela yokusebenzisa lobo buchwepheshe, ikakhulukazi, ubumfihlo, ukuvikelwa kwedatha kanye nezindaba zezempilo," kusho isitatimende esikhishwe ngemuva komhlangano Ochwepheshe bezokuphepha zezindiza zase-Europe.
Ngisho noma i-EU inquma ukugunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwemishini yokuhlola umzimba, kungase kuthathe izinyanga eziningi ngaphambi kokuba isinqumo siguqulwe sibe imithetho ebophayo wonke amazwe angamalungu angu-27 okumelwe athobele.
UPaul Wilkinson, owayengumqondisi weCenter for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St. Andrews University eScotland, uthe uthemba ukuthi ukungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kwe-US ne-EU kungagwemeka ngoba ukuphepha kwendiza kufanele kube yinto ekhathaza kakhulu.
UWilkinson uthe amaqembu amaphekula asebenzise izindiza eziya e-United States njengesisekelo sokuhlasela. "Ngakho-ke ingozi evela ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseYurophu ayinakwehliswa, futhi lokho kufanele kucatshangelwe lapho i-EU ibheka impendulo yayo."
Izikhulu zaseMelika zithi umsolwa waseNigeria, u-Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, uzame ukucekela phansi indiza yaseNorthwest Airlines esuka e-Amsterdam iya eDetroit ngoSuku lukaKhisimusi ngokujova amakhemikhali ephaketheni lesiqhumane se-pentrite. Uhlulekile ukuthungela isiqhumane.
U-Abdulmutallab, 23, ubekwe icala ngoLwesithathu ngamacala ahlanganisa nawokuzama ukubulala nokuzama ukusebenzisa isikhali esicekela phansi inqwaba yabantu ukubulala cishe abantu abangu-300.
EWashington, uMongameli uBarack Obama umemezele kabusha ngoLwesine ukuthi iziphathimandla zaseMelika zinolwazi lokuvimbela ukuhlasela okungahambi kahle kodwa zehlulekile ukukuhlanganisa. Umemezele izinguquko eziningi eziklanyelwe ukulungisa lokho, okuhlanganisa ukusatshalaliswa okubanzi nokusheshayo kwemibiko yezobunhloli, ukuhlaziya okuqinile kwayo kanye nemithetho emisha yohlu lwamaphekula.
Izithwebuli zomzimba - abanye abathi bezingathola iziqhumane okubikwa ukuthi bezifihlwe engutsheni yangaphansi ka-Abdulmutallab - njengamanje zisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obunye bezithombe ezimbili.
Inguqulo ye-millimeter-wave isebenzisa amaza omsakazo wefrikhwensi ephezulu amboza umgibeli ukuze aveze umfanekiso womuntu owenziwe isitayela esikrinini sekhompyutha. Ubuchwepheshe obubizwa nge-backscatter technology busebenzisa imisebe ye-X-ray enamandla aphansi kakhulu ukuze kuzuzwe umphumela ofanayo.
I-American College of Radiology ithe umgibeli ondiza unqamula izwe empeleni uchayeka emisebeni eminingi evela endizeni esendaweni ephakeme kunanoma iyiphi yalezi zinhlobo ezimbili zamaskena i-US Transportation Security Administration ezisebenzisayo - amasistimu afanayo asetshenziswa eYurophu.
Abukho ubuchwepheshe obudala ukukhathazeka nganoma yiziphi izingozi zempilo “njengoba zingangeni emzimbeni,” kusho uJames Hevezi, inhloko yekhomishana ye-radiology yezokwelapha kanye nesikhulu se-physics eCyberknife Center yaseMiami, isikhungo sokwelapha umdlavuza.
Kodwa lokho akukuqedanga ukwesaba kubantu abaningi baseYurophu, abacabanga ukuthi le mishini ingase ibe yingozi empilweni yabagibeli nezisebenzi zezindiza. Umzamo we-EU ngowezi-2008 wokugunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwawo awuzange uphumelele ngoba izishayamthetho zase-Europe zaphikisana nalesi sinyathelo, besho izingozi ezingase zibe khona ngemisebe futhi bafuna izifundo ezengeziwe ngezindaba zezempilo nezobumfihlo ezihilelekile.
Ngenxa yalokho, i-EU kuze kube manje isivumele amazwe angamalungu ukuba anqume ukuthi asebenzise izikena zomzimba noma cha ezindaweni zokuhlolwa zesikhumulo sezindiza. Kokubili iNetherlands neBrithani yenze ucwaningo ngale mishini, futhi yanquma ukuthenga inqwaba ukuze ihlomise izikhumulo zazo zezindiza.
IGermany inqabile futhi izokhipha izikena kuphela uma kungaboniswa ukuthi nakanjani zithuthukisa ezokuphepha, azibeki yingozi empilweni futhi zingenzi ukwephulwa kwamalungelo obumfihlo, kusho okhulumela uMnyango Wezangaphakathi uStefan Paris.
ISpain nayo izwakalise ukungabaza ngesidingo sezithwebuli zomzimba, futhi nohulumeni waseFrance akazibophezeli.
Abakhankasela ubumfihlo bathi ubuchwepheshe, obuklanyelwe ukuveza uketshezi olufihliwe, iziqhumane noma izikhali zephula umthetho wase-Europe ngokukhiqiza izithombe zocansi zabagibeli.
U-Inayat Bunglawala, okhulumela uMkhandlu wamaSulumane waseBrithani, uthe iqembu lamaSulumane linokukhathazeka okuyimfihlo mayelana nezithwebuli zemizimba egcwele kodwa alikusukumeli lolu daba kuze kuvele eminye imininingwane.
"Sinokukhathazeka ngabo bobabili abesilisa abangamaSulumane nabesifazane abangamaSulumane," esho. “Kumele bagqitshwe phambi kwabantu abangabazi. Kunokukhathazeka ngokuthi izikena zizovezani ngempela.”
Abanye ochwepheshe baye bakungabaza ukusebenza kahle kwama-scanner ekutholeni iziqhumane okungenzeka zifihlwe ngaphansi kwezingubo zabagibeli, bethi imishini ebizayo inomthelela omncane kuphela ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuphepha.
“Ngizabalaza ukuthola indlela enengqondo yokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besikena,” kusho uSimon Davies, umqondisi wePrivacy International, inja ezimele ezindabeni zokugadwa.
"Noma yimuphi uchwepheshe wezokuphepha uyazi ukuthi lokhu kuyinhlanzi ebomvu, ukuphambuka odabeni lwangempela," esho. "Ukwehluleka okukhulu kuleli cala kwaba ukwehluleka kwezobuhlakani."
