I-BAGHDAD - I-Iraq ifumene iqela layo lokuqala labakhenkethi baseNtshona ukususela ekuweni kukaSaddam Hussein ngo-2003, i-Tourism and Antiquities Ministry yathi ngoLwesine.
Iqela labakhenkethi abasibhozo - abantu baseBrithani abahlanu, abantu baseMelika ababini kunye nowaseCanada - bafika nge-8 kaMatshi kwaye bakhenketha iindawo zembali zase-Iraq, kubandakanya nesixeko saseBhabheli sasebhayibhileni, babuyela ekhaya kwiiGadi zeHanging.
Uhambo lwabo lweeveki ezintathu luququzelelwe ngumkhenkethi wezokhenketho waseBritane, utshilo isithethi sesebe u-Abdul-Zahra al-Telagani, kodwa walile ukuyibiza le nkampani.
“Eli liqela lokuqala ukusukela oko kwawa lo rhulumente,” utshilo. "Silindele ukuba abakhenkethi badlulise umyalezo okhuthazayo kubemi basekhaya ukuba imeko yase-Iraq ilungile."
Uhambo lwabo lwalubandakanya iNqaba yaseArbil - intsalela yobukumkani bamaOttoman aphakathi kwingingqi yaseKurdish yaseIraq - kunye nesixeko samandulo saseAsiriya saseNineve, eMosul, isixeko esiyingozi esakhasa nabavukeli baseSunni Arab.
Bandwendwela i-al-Askari mosque eSamara, enye yezona ndawo zingcwele ze-Shi'ite Islam, ukutshatyalaliswa kwayo kuhlaselo lwebhombu ngo-2006 kwavelisa igagasi lodushe lwamahlelo olwazisa i-Iraq kumlo wamakhaya.
Emazantsi, abakhenkethi babone iindawo ezingcwele zamaShia zaseKerbala naseNajaf, ezisele zithandwa ngabahambi ngezonqulo abavela eIran, kunye nendawo esemazantsi yeoli iBasra.
Baza kugqiba kule mpelaveki ngotyelelo kwiMyuziyam yeSizwe yase-Iraqi. Esi sakhiwo siphinde savulwa kwinyanga ephelileyo okokuqala ukusukela oko abaphangi bathe baphanga emva kohlaselo olwalukhokelwa yi-US.
I-Iraq, eyinxalenye yommandla owaziwa ngokuba sisiqalo sempucuko, ineendawo ezininzi zenzululwazi zakudala kunye nezenkolo kodwa amashumi eminyaka emfazwe avale iingcango kumaqela abakhenkethi bangaphandle.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Bandwendwela i-al-Askari mosque eSamara, enye yezona ndawo zingcwele ze-Shi'ite Islam, ukutshatyalaliswa kwayo kuhlaselo lwebhombu ngo-2006 kwavelisa igagasi lodushe lwamahlelo olwazisa i-Iraq kumlo wamakhaya.
- I-Iraq, eyinxalenye yommandla owaziwa ngokuba sisiqalo sempucuko, ineendawo ezininzi zenzululwazi zakudala kunye nezenkolo kodwa amashumi eminyaka emfazwe avale iingcango kumaqela abakhenkethi bangaphandle.
- Emazantsi, abakhenkethi babone iindawo ezingcwele zamaShia zaseKerbala naseNajaf, ezisele zithandwa ngabahambi ngezonqulo abavela eIran, kunye nendawo esemazantsi yeoli iBasra.