Xa u-Bahaa Mayah ebaleka i-Iraq yakhe yemveli ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970 njengomsebenzi oselula kwi-Ofisi yoMphathiswa Wezangaphandle, kufanele ukuba wazi ukuba nokuba aphelelaphi, umsebenzi wakhe wobomi uza kumbuyisela kwilizwe lokuzalwa kwakhe.
Emva kokusebenza ngokufutshane kwingingqi yePersian Gulf, ekugqibeleni wathandana noMontreal, apho yena nosapho lwakhe bazinza kubomi beshishini labucala kunye nokubonisana, nalapho waba ngummi waseCanada.
Ke, ngaphezulu kwamashumi amabini eminyaka kamva, emva kokuwa kukazwilakhe uSaddam Hussein, i-dapper, uMayah olungiswe kakuhle wabuyela e-Iraq ukuya kunceda ilizwe kutshintsho olunzima. Kwi-twist engaqhelekanga, kwafuneka afake isicelo se-visa yase-Iraq kunye nepasipoti yakhe yaseCanada e-Amman, eJordan.
“Ukuthanda izwe ayisiyiyo le uyithethayo, kodwa yinto oyenzayo kwisizwe sakho,” utshilo uMayah eMontreal kutyelelo lwakutsha nje.
Namhlanje, uMayah - owohlwaya urhulumente waseCanada ngenxa yokungathabathi nxaxheba kwakhe kumzamo wokwakha kwakhona e-Iraq - ungumcebisi onomoya kuMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye nezinto zakudala. Ukwiphulo lehlabathi jikelele lokwazisa abantu ngokuphangwa okuqhubekayo kunye nokuphangwa kwelifa lenkcubeko yase-Iraq.
Ukuphelisa amaxhoba
UMaya onovelwano utyhola ukuba uthungelwano lolwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo kunye nomkhosi, kunye namanye amaqela ezopolitiko ase-Iraq alwela impembelelo, abandakanyeka kuphango olucwangcisiweyo lweendawo zakudala zase-Iraq.
NgoAprili ka-2003 kuphela, iziqwenga ezingama-15,000 zaphangwa kwiMyuziyam yeSizwe yaseIraq. Ngelixa isiqingatha sezinto ezibhaliweyo zafunyanwa, uMayah uqikelela ukuba phantse izinto ezili-100,000 ziye zanyamalala ngokuphangwa kweendawo zakudala ngokwazo.
Ezi zinto ziquka imibhalo yamandulo, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo, ubucwebe kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, uMayah uthe, kwaye bahlala bephelela kwizindlu zefandesi zaseNtshona okanye ezandleni zabarhwebi nabaqokeleli abangekho mthethweni.
Ukuze aphelise ukuphangwa kobu butyebi, uphembelela ukuvalwa kwehlabathi ekuthengisweni kwezinto zakudala ezivela e-Iraq kunye nesigqibo seBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN ngalo mba. Ugxininisa ukuba imali efunyenwe ngokuthengiswa kwezinto eziphangiweyo ixhasa ubunqolobi ngemali.
“Singathanda ukuhlutha ezo zinto zakudala kwixabiso lazo lorhwebo,” utshilo. “Ngale ndlela singabatyhafisa abo mafiya okanye abathubelezi bothungelwano e-Iraq, kummandla, nakumazwe ngamazwe.”
Themba : Ngubani okabani?
Ngelixa ecaphula inkqubela phambili, ngokomthetho wamva nje wase-US owalela ukuthengiswa kwezinto zakudala zase-Iraq ezithathwe emva kuka-Agasti 1991, uMayah usakhathazekile kuba amanye amazwe engakhange alandele. Kwaye nawuphi na umthetho wobupolisa usengumceli mngeni njengoko ubuncwane benkcubeko buthutyeleziswa ngaphandle kunqabile ukuba babe nomkhondo wephepha, nto leyo eyenza kube nzima ukumisela ubunini.
Ukulwa le ngxaki, uMayah ucebise ukuba kuyilwe ikomiti yamazwe ngamazwe yeengcali zakudala kunye neengcali ezibalaseleyo zokuqinisekisa ubunini bezinto zakudala eziza kuthengisa.
Ityebile kwimbali kuba yayilikhaya leempucuko ezininzi zakudala, i-Iraq ineendawo zenzululwazi zakudala phakathi kwe440,000 yeekhilomitha zesikwere sommandla. Kodwa esi sipho sinokungqina ukuba sikhuselekile: ngo-2003, umzekelo, umonakalo omkhulu wenziwa kwindawo yakudala yaseBhabhilon xa yayisetyenziswa njengendawo yomkhosi yimikhosi yase-US kunye nePoland.
"Umonakalo omkhulu wenzeke eBhabhiloni, inyani engqinwa kakhulu kwaye ibhalwe yi-UNESCO kunye neminye imibutho yehlabathi," utshilo uMayah. "Umonakalo wenzekile, kodwa ngoku kufuneka siwulungise ukuwubuyisela kwimeko yakudala."
Kwaye, ecaphula iNgqungquthela yaseHague kuKhuseleko lwePropati yeNkcubeko kwiSiganeko soNgqubano oluxhobileyo, uthi luxanduva lwamagunya ahleliyo ukukhusela i-Iraq ekugrunjweni ngokungekho mthethweni, ukuthutyeleziswa okanye ukurhweba ngobuzwe besizwe.
Ukusukela ngo-2005, uMayah ebekhokela iprojekthi yokwakha iMyuziyam yase-Iraqi eGrand, iziko eliza "kumela impucuko, intsebenziswano kwaye hayi ukujongana ngezikhondo zamehlo." Le projekthi, anethemba lokuba iya kuvelisa inkxaso evela eCanada, iye yamkelwa liBhunga lamaSilamsi labaphathiswa boKhenketho kunye namazwe amaninzi aseYurophu.
Ubundlobongela bujika ubuntu
Kwanamashumi amabini eminyaka ekude ne-Iraq, uMayah wahlala ebandakanyeka kwezopolitiko. Kwiminyaka emininzi phambi kohlaselo lwase-US ngo-2003, wayeyinxalenye yentshukumo yokukhuthaza idemokhrasi e-Iraq. Ubone i-roller-coaster ye-euphoria yokuqala ekuweni korhulumente kaHussein ukuya kwisiphithiphithi semihla ngemihla eBaghdad namhlanje.
NoMayah okanye usapho lwakhe olusondeleyo luye lwasinda kugonyamelo nokuphalazwa kwegazi kwilizwe labo lokuzalwa. Oodade wabo ababini babulawa kuhlaselo ngabavukeli, kwaye naye wanyanzeleka ukuba abaleke elizweni okwethutyana emva kokugrogriswa ngompu entloko, kwiofisi yakhe.
“Ndithe ndisafuna ukubona idemokhrasi nomthetho nocwangco, ndabona imigulukudu igqogqa iofisi yam indibeka umpu entloko,” utshilo. "Bazama ukulawula yonke into ebomini e-Iraq, kwaye le yingxaki eqhubekayo."
Kodwa uMayah wabuya, nangona iintsuku zakhe zichithelwe bucala kakhulu kukhuseleko olunxulumene neGreen Zone yaseBaghdad. Nangona kunjalo, uyaqhubeka engathintelwa kuthumo lwakhe.
"I-Iraq lilizwe laseMesopotamia, eliyeyabo bonke abantu hayi ama-Iraqi kuphela .... Asiwamkeli umonakalo wokubambisa ngobuni bethu, imbali yethu. Le ayisiyiyo imbali ye-Iraq yodwa kodwa yeyomntu. Yimbali yakho le.”
U-Andrew Princz ungumlobi ohambahambayo osekelwe eMontreal kwaye ubhalela i-www.ontheglobe.com.
