ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Abahlanguli bakhupha imizimba eyongezelelweyo kwigobolondo ye-Marriott Hotel eqhushumbisiwe kwi-capital yasePakistan ngeCawa, betyhalela inani lokufa kwelinye lamaphekula amabi kakhulu kwilizwe ukuya kuma-53, kubandakanya unozakuzaku waseCzech kunye nabantu ababini baseMelika.
Ihotele enemigangatho emihlanu, indawo eyintandokazi yabantu basemzini kunye nePakistani elite - kunye nethagethi yangaphambili yamajoni - isaqhuma ngumlilo oqhuma iiyure emva kogqabhuko-dubulo losuku lwangaphambili, nowonzakalisa abantu abangaphezu kwama-250.
Akukho qela lakhawuleza labanga uxanduva, nangona urhano lwawela kwi-al-Qaida kunye nePakistani Taliban. I-IntelCenter, iqela lase-US elibeka esweni kwaye lihlalutya imiyalezo yomkhosi, yaphawula ukuba ividiyo ye-al-Qaida ye-9/11 yeminyaka eyi-XNUMX/XNUMX isoyikisa ngohlaselo ngokuchasene nemidla yaseNtshona ePakistan, apho uninzi lucatshukiswa luhlaselo olunqumla imida kwiziseko zomkhosi yimikhosi yase-US e-Afghanistan. .
Ibhombu yaqhushumba kufutshane nentsimbi yesi-8 ngokuhlwa ngoMgqibelo, xa iindawo zokutyela ngaphakathi zazizele ngabantu abatya amaSilamsi besaphula ukutya kwabo kwemihla ngemihla kwinyanga engcwele yeRamadan.
Umnini wale hotele utyhole abezokhuselo ngokuyekelela ngokunzulu ukuvumela ilori yokulahla inkunkuma ukuba iye kufika ehotele ingachaswanga kwaye ingamdubuli umqhubi ngaphambi kokuba avuse iziqhushumbisi.
“Ukuba bendilapho ndaze ndayibona ibhombu elizibulele ngendilibulele. Ngelishwa, abakhange, ”utshilo uSadruddin Hashwani.
Urhulumente ukhuphe umfanekiso ovela kwikhamera yokujonga ihotele ebonisa ilori enzima ijikela ngasekhohlo ingena esangweni ngesantya, ibetha isithintelo sentsimbi kwaye iza kuma malunga neemitha ezingama-60 ukusuka ehotele.
Abalindi beza ngaphambili besoyika ukuza kukhangela, baza bathi saa emva kogqabhuko-dubulo oluncinane lokuqala.
Oonogada abaliqela bazama ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukunqanda amadangatye awayesasazeke kwiteksi yelori njengoko iimoto zaziqhubeka zidlula kwindlela engasemva. Akukho mqondiso wokuhamba kwilori kwaye imifanekiso edlalwayo ayizange ibonise ukuqhuma kokugqibela.
Inkulumbuso u-Yousuf Raza Gilani uthe umqhushumbisi uhlasele ihotele kuphela emva kokuba ukhuseleko oluluqilima lumthintele ekufikeni ePalamente okanye kwi-ofisi yenkulumbuso, apho umongameli kunye nezihandiba ezininzi zazihlanganisene kwisidlo sangokuhlwa.
“Injongo ibikukudodobalisa idemokhrasi,” utshilo uGilani. "Bafuna ukusitshabalalisa kwezoqoqosho."
Amagosa athi izithuthi ezithwele izinto zokwakha zivumelekile ukuba zihambe emva kokutshona kwelanga, oko kuthetha ukuba ukubona ilori yokulahla inkunkuma kufutshane neendawo zokuhlala zikarhulumente kusenokwenzeka ukuba akuzange kubangele ukuba kurhanelwe.
Amaqela ohlangulo agqogqa igumbi lehotele elimnyama ngegumbi ngeCawe, kodwa amaqondo obushushu ahlala ephezulu, kwaye imililo bekusacinywa kwezinye iindawo. Amagosa oyika ukuba eso sakhiwo siphambili siza kuwa.
Umphathiswa weSebe lezangaphakathi uRehman Malik uthe ibhombu iqulethe malunga neekhilogram eziqikelelwa kwi-1,300 yeziqhushumbisi zodidi lomkhosi kunye neembumbulu kunye namaqokobhe odaka kwaye yashiya i-crater 59 iinyawo ububanzi kunye ne-24 iinyawo ubunzulu phambi kwesakhiwo esikhulu.
U-Khalid Hussain Abbasi, igosa lokuhlangula, uqinisekisile ukuba izidumbu ezitsha ezintandathu zifunyenwe, kodwa akafuni kuthetha ukuba ababhubhileyo ngabangaphandle. Uthe ulindele ukuba kubhaqwe amanye amathambo atshileyo.
UGilani uthe inani lokufa lifikelele "malunga ne-53" kwaye i-ambassador yaseCzech u-Ivo Zdarek wayephakathi kwabafileyo. UZdarek, 47, wafudukela e-Islamabad ngo-Agasti emva kweminyaka emine njengonozakuzaku eVietnam.
UMalik uthe abantu baseMelika ababini baqinisekisiwe ukuba bafile kunye nelinye ilizwe laseVietnam. Amagosa ePakistan athi ubuncinci abantu basemzini abangama-21 babephakathi kwabonzakeleyo, kubandakanya amaBritane, amaJamani, amaMelika kunye nabantu abaliqela abavela kuMbindi Mpuma.
Imifanekiso kamabonwakude ibonise ubuncinci imizimba emibini ebonakala ngokuyinxenye kwi-facade eyonakeleyo kusasa ngeCawe. Ngaphandle, ihotele yayijikelezwe zizithuthi ezitshisiweyo kunye nobutyobo.
Uqhushumbo lweza kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba uMongameli u-Asif Ali Zardari enze intetho yakhe yokuqala ePalamente, ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha ukusuka ehotele. UMalik uthe abasemagunyeni bafumene ubukrelekrele kunokubakho isenzo somkhosi esinxibelelene nedilesi kaZardari kwaye ukhuseleko luqinisiwe.
Olu hlaselo lukhuphe izigwebo ezivela kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya ne-United States, eye yacinezela iPakistan ukuba yenze okungakumbi ukucima iindawo zokufihla umkhosi kwicala layo lomda we-Afghan. IWashington ixhalabile malunga nabalweli beTaliban kunye ne-al-Qaida abasebenzisa iPakistan njengoqeqesho, ukugaya kunye nokuhlanganisa umhlaba ukuze uncede uvukelo e-Afghanistan.
UMongameli Bush uthe olu hlaselo “yayisisikhumbuzo sogrogriso oluqhubekayo olujongene nePakistan, iUnited States, kunye nabo bonke abo bamelene nobundlobongela obugqithisileyo.
Uthotho lwamva nje lweziqhushumbisi ezirhanelwayo zase-US kunye nohlaselo lwaseMelika olunqabileyo kumantla-ntshona ePakistan lubonise ukungabi namonde kweWashington kwiinzame zasePakistan zokucima abahlaseli. Kodwa imisebenzi yokuwela imida itsale uqhanqalazo kurhulumente wasePakistan, owalumkisa ukuba bazakulandela umkhosi.
Umphandi wobugrogrisi u-Evan Kohlmann uxelele i-AP ukuba uhlaselo lwaluphantse lube ngumsebenzi we-al-Qaida okanye iTaliban yasePakistan.
"Kubonakala ngathi umntu ukholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba iihotele ezifana neMarriott zisebenza 'njengendawo yokuhlala' yoonozakuzaku baseNtshona kunye nabasebenzi bengqondo, kwaye babadubula nzima," utshilo uKohlmann.
Uqhushumbo lukaMarriott lunokubangela oonozakuzaku kunye namaqela oncedo e-Islamabad, abanye babo sele besebenza phantsi kokhuseleko oluluqilima, ukuba baphinde bavavanye ukuba abasebenzi abangabalulekanga kunye namalungu osapho kufuneka bahlale. Amagosa e-UN adibene ngeCawa ukuxoxa ngemeko yokhuseleko kwaye, okwangoku, akazange enze sigqibo sokutshintsha amanyathelo abo, utshilo u-Amen Kamaal, isithethi.
UZardari, owathi ngeCawa waya eNew York ukukhokela igqiza kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo kwaye kulindeleke ukuba adibane noBush phakathi evekini, wathetha ngokuchasene noqhankqalazo lwemida kwintetho yakhe ePalamente. Walugxeka “uhlaselo lobugwala” emva koko xa wayethetha nesizwe.
“Yenza le ntlungu ibe namandla akho,” watsho. “Lo ngumngcipheko, umhlaza ePakistan esiza kuwuphelisa. Asizukuboyika la magwala.”
NgoJanuwari 2007, unogada wavala ibhombu eyadubula ngaphandle nje kweMarriott, yabulala umlindi kwaye yenzakalisa abanye abantu abasixhenxe.
Olona qhushumbo lubulalayo kweli lizwe lwalungo-Oct. 18, 2007, kwaye kujoliswe kulo owayesakuba yiNkulumbuso uBenazir Bhutto - umfazi kaZardari - owasindayo. Yabulala abantu abamalunga ne-150 eKarachi ngexesha lemibhiyozo yokwamkela ikhaya lakhe elubhacweni.
UBhutto wabulawa kuhlaselo olwalandelayo ngo-Dec. 27, 2007.
Ngo-Agasti 21, 2008, iziqhushumbisi ezizibulele zaziqhushumba kumasango amabini kumzi-mveliso omkhulu wezixhobo kwidolophu yaseWah, zabulala ubuncinane abantu abangama-67 zaza zenzakalisa abangaphezu kwama-70.
[Umbhali weendaba odityanisiweyo uNahal Toosi, uStephen Graham kunye noAsif Shahzad bafake isandla kule ngxelo.]
