I-BAGHDAD-Umntu othile wayezonwabisa ngokubhabha ngebhodi yeenqwelo moya kwisikhululo esidala, esingasasetyenziswayo kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseBaghdad. Ibhengeza "inqwelomoya ekhethekileyo" kwiJapan Airlines isuka eBasra isiya eSydney, eOstreliya, ngelixa inqwelo moya esuka eBaghdad isiya eMexico City "ilibazisekile."
Ngokwenyani, i-Iraq ibiyindawo ekungayi kuhamba kuyo uninzi lweenqwelo moya ezingabemi phantse iminyaka engamashumi amabini. Okokuqala, kwabakho izohlwayo ze-UN emva kokuhlasela kukaSaddam Hussein eKuwait ngo-1990. Emva koko i-US yahlasela ngo-2003, kwaza kwangena ugonyamelo kwelo lizwe.
Nangona kunjalo, ngoku uhlaselo lwabavukeli kunye nophalazo-gazi lwamahlelo luye lwaphela kulo nyaka uphelileyo, urhulumente wase-Iraq uqalisa ukukhuthaza ukhenketho. Kuya kuba nzima ukuthengisa - kwaye nokuba amagosa angakwazi ukutsala ingqalelo ye-adventure, izibonelelo zokhenketho zase-Iraq zimdaka.
Ukuvulwa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha kwiveki ephelileyo kwidolophu ekumazantsi eNajaf kulindeleke ukuba incede ekunyuseni inani labahambi ngezonqulo, uninzi lwabo baseIran, abatyelele iindawo ezingcwele zamaShiite ukuya kwisigidi esinye kulo nyaka, liphindwe kabini inani ebelize ngo-1.
I-Iraq icinga ngaphezulu kwabahambi, nangona kunjalo. Amagosa azimisele ekutsaleni iindwendwe kwiindawo ezinobugcisa bezinto zakudala zaseIraq, uninzi lwazo lwaphanga lwaza lwenzakala ekulweni. Kodwa banike iinkcukacha ezithile malunga nendlela abaza kuyenza ngayo loo nto.
Kwaye indawo yeforamu? Ihotele eyayigadwe kakhulu iMansour Melia, apho isiqhushumbisi esizibuleleyo saziqhumisa kwindawo yokwamkela iindwendwe kunyaka ophelileyo, sibulala ishumi elinesibini labantu, kuquka neenkokeli zamaSunni zama-Arabhu ezazijike i-al-Qaeda e-Iraq.
“Ukhuseleko iseyeyona nto ixhalabisayo,” Lt. Cmdr. UChristopher Grover, igosa loMkhosi waselwandle osebenza nebhodi yezokhenketho eIraq egameni likarhulumente wase-US, ubhale nge-imeyile. "Kuzakuthatha abatyali-mali abambalwa ukuba batyale imali e-Iraq, kodwa xa oko kusenzeka abanye mabalandele."
Omnye othathe umngcipheko nguRobert Kelley, usomashishini waseMelika owayemi emaphethelweni ebaleni laseBaghdad eGreen Zone ngoMgqibelo wathi ihotele, i-100 yezigidi zeedola iyakwakhiwa apho. Indawo leyo ineeofisi zikarhulumente waseIraq kunye noonozakuzaku baseMelika nezomkhosi.
"Sicinga ukuba abantu base-Iraqi bafuna ukusebenzisana omnye nomnye," utshilo uKelley, intloko yeSummit Global Group, inkampani yotyalo-mali esekwe e-US. Akakhange abachonge abatyali-mali, kodwa wathi ulwakhiwo lungaqala kwakamsinya emva kokuba amagosa esixeko enze uphando kwiintsuku ezingama-30 ukuya kwezingama-45.
Ngaphandle kokuthetha ngokuzithemba, iihotele ezininzi kwikomkhulu ziphantse zingenanto, kwaye iMyuziyam kaZwelonke, egcwele izinto ezivela kumawakawaka embali, ihlala ivaliwe eluntwini.
“Sikhathazekile ngokuvula kwakhona le nyuziyamu, xa kunokwenzeka ukuba umntu ozibulele aqhushumbe nge-vest engenayo,” yatsho ingcali kurhulumente ngezinto zakudala, inyanzelisa ukungaziwa kuba ayivumelekanga ukuba ithethe namajelo eendaba. "Kufuneka silinde de kubekho uxolo kunye nokukhuseleka elizweni."
Amakhulu eehotele kwizixeko ezingcwele zaseNajaf naseKarbala zihlala zipakishwe, kodwa amagosa ezokhenketho athi izakhiwo zifuna ukuphuculwa.
Imfazwe inciphise indawo ezinje ngeBhabheli, apho zazikho khona iiGadi eziHlangayo, ukubuyela umva, iindawo ezingafikelelekiyo kwinkcubeko yamandulo.
Idolophu esemantla yaseMosul ikufuphi nentsalela yeNineve neNimrud, izixeko zobukumkani baseAsiriya. Kodwa iMosul yenye yeendawo ezinobundlobongela e-Iraq kwezi ntsuku.
I-Uri, ikomkhulu lempucuko yaseSumeri kunye nekhaya leBhayibhile lomprofeti uAbraham, lilele emazantsi, apho amajoni amaShiite ebesebenza khona.
"Imeko yayo enezidubedube neyasekhaya yenza ukuba i-Iraq ibe yenye yezona ndawo zinqabileyo ehlabathini," ufunda incwadi ekwi-Lonely Planet ekwi-Intanethi. Amazwe amaninzi alumkisa abemi bawo ngokuya e-Iraq.
Ngaphandle kwesoyikiso kukhuseleko, abakhenkethi baya kujongana nezinye iingxaki, kubandakanya nokunqongophala kweziseko zophuhliso ezinje ngeehotele ezingamanzi kunye namaziko ezonyango athe tyaba.
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