Al-Qaeda ikhoza kuchulutsa alendo odzaona malo ongopeka ku Yemen

MARIB, Yemen - M'dera la Yemen ku Marib, likulu la ufumu wopeka wa Mfumukazi ya ku Sheba, otsatira Al-Qaeda atha kuchulutsa alendo masiku ano.

Msewu wolumikiza likulu la Sanaa ndi Marib mtunda wa makilomita 170 (pafupifupi 105 miles) chakum'mawa uli ndi malo ochezera ankhondo 17 ndi apolisi, zomwe zikuwonetsa mkhalidwe wowopsa wachitetezo m'dziko losauka la Arabia.

Chiwopsezo cha kuwukiridwa ndi gulu la Al-Qaeda lomwe lakonzedwanso komanso kuwopsa kwa kubedwa kwa anthu amtundu wakumaloko omwe akufuna kulandirira boma, zakakamiza anthu aku Western omwe akufuna kupita kunja kwa Sanaa kuti akalandire zilolezo - ndikuperekeza gulu lachitetezo.

Nkhawa zakulanso ku likulu, pambuyo poti ofesi ya kazembe wa US idalumikizidwa mu Seputembara watha ndi bomba lomwe lidanenedwa ndi Al-Qaeda lomwe lidapha anthu 19, kuphatikiza achiwembu asanu ndi awiri.

Akazembe ena a Kumadzulo tsopano abisika kumbuyo kwa makoma ophulika mamita asanu (16-foot), ndipo akazembe ena anena kuti amakhulupirira kuti pali kuchuluka kwa "zigawenga" ku Yemen.

Mu Januwale nthambi yakomweko ya Al-Qaeda idalengeza mu uthenga wamakanema womwe unayikidwa pa intaneti kuphatikiza nthambi za Saudi ndi Yemeni kukhala "Al-Qaeda ku Peninsula ya Arabia," motsogozedwa ndi Yemeni Nasser al-Wahaishi.

Akatswiri akuti zigawenga za Saudi zalonjeza kukhulupirika ku nthambi ya Yemeni zikutsimikizira kuti gawo la Saudi lathetsedwa.

Makampani ndi mabungwe ena akumadzulo aku Yemen achotsa ogwira ntchito ndi mabanja awo mdzikolo pambuyo pa ziwopsezo zingapo zomwe nthambi yapafupi ya Al-Qaeda idanene.

Mu Januwale 2008 alendo awiri aku Belgian adawomberedwa ndikufa limodzi ndi wowongolera wawo komanso woyendetsa kum'mawa kwa Yemen. Patatha miyezi iwiri, kazembe wa US anali chandamale cha moto wamatope womwe unaphonya sukulu ndikupha anthu awiri.

Mu Epulo 2008 nyumba zokhala ndi akatswiri amafuta aku US ku Sanaa zidagundidwa ndi maroketi, ndipo mwezi womwewo ofesi ya kazembe wa ku Italy nayonso idawukira. Pambuyo pake idasamuka kupita kumalo osadziwika bwino.

Komanso mu Epulo watha gulu lamafuta aku France a Total, omwe adachita nawo ntchito zamafuta ndi gasi ku Yemen, adaganiza zobwezera mabanja a antchito ake.

Ndipo mu Julayi Paris adalengeza kutsekedwa kwa sukulu yaku France ku Sanaa ndikuuza mabanja a ogwira ntchito m'boma la France kuti achoke ngati njira yodzitetezera.

"Kunali kuchuluka kwa zinthu," atero a Joel Fort, General Manager wa Yemen LNG, pomwe Total ndi omwe amatsogolera.

Akatswiri akukhulupirira kuti Al-Qaeda yapeza moyo wachiwiri ku Yemen - nyumba ya makolo a woyambitsa gululi Osama bin Laden - atawoneka kuti achotsedwa ku Saudi Arabia yoyandikana nayo.

"Chilichonse chikuwonetsa komweko," malinga ndi kazembe wina waku Sanaa yemwe, monga ena omwe adafunsidwa ndi AFP, adapempha kuti asadziwike.

Kazembe wina anati: “N’zosakayikitsa kuti zigawenga zachuluka ku Yemen. Zigawenga zothamangitsidwa ku Afghanistan kapena kwina kulikonse amakonda kuthawira kuno ndikupeza, ngati si malo opatulika, malo obisalamo. "

Yemen ndi malo abwino obisalamo zigawenga, mwachilolezo cha mapiri amapiri omwe ali ndi madera akuluakulu a dzikolo komanso kulephera kwa boma kulamulira madera akuluakulu a mafuko kummawa.

Akuluakulu akuvomereza kuti zigawenga za Al-Qaeda zitha kubisala m'zigawo zakum'mawa kwa Sanaa, monga Al-Jawf, Marib, Shabwa, Ataq kapena Hadramawt.

Mu February Purezidenti Ali Abdullah Saleh adayendera Marib kukalimbikitsa mafuko kuti asagwirizane ndi Al-Qaeda, paulendo wowonetsa nkhawa za boma.

Komabe ena akumadzulo amakhulupirira kuti zinthu zakhazikika kuyambira September watha kuukira ofesi ya kazembe wa US.

"M'miyezi yapitayi, zinthu zakhala, mwina sizinali bwino, koma zakhazikika," watero mkulu wa bungwe la Yemen LNG Fort.

Kazembe wa ku Sanaa adavomereza.

"Ena akulemba Kabul, Baghdad ndi Sanaa m'gulu lomwelo. Koma sitinafikebe. Muyenera kukhala ndi njira yololera, "adatero.

Alendo ochepa omwe amapita ku Yemen, mwina atakhumudwitsidwa kwambiri ndi kulandidwa kwa Azungu ndi mafuko amphamvu omwe amawagwiritsa ntchito ngati ziwonetsero ndi akuluakulu aboma m'malo mowopseza "zigawenga".

Obedwa nthawi zambiri amamasulidwa osavulazidwa.

Mlendo waku Italiya Pio Fausto Tomada, wazaka 60, ndi m'modzi mwa ochepa omwe amapita ku Yemen.

"Sindikuchita mantha," adatero akumwetulira, akudikirira pamasitepe a hotelo ya Sanaa kuti agwirizane ndi gulu la alendo okalamba a ku Italy paulendo wotetezedwa kwambiri.

Ku Marib alendo ndi osowa kuyambira pomwe bomba lomwe linaphulitsidwa pagalimoto mu Julayi 2007 linapha anthu asanu ndi atatu ochita tchuthi ku Spain ndi madalaivala awiri aku Yemeni.

Kuukiraku kunachitika pakhomo la Mahram Bilqis, kachisi wakale wooneka ngati oval amene nthano imanena kuti inali ya Mfumukazi ya ku Sheba ya m’Baibulo.

Ali Ahmad Musallah, mlonda pamalopo kwa zaka 12 zapitazi yemwe amapeza ndalama zochepa za 20,000 Yemeni Riyals (madola a 100) pamwezi, amakumbukira bwino kuukira kwa 2007 komwe adanena kuti m'modzi mwa ana ake adavulala.

"Zisanachitike, awa anali malo ochezera alendo ku Marib" omwe amakhala ndi alendo 40-60 tsiku lililonse, adauza AFP, atanyamula mfuti yakale.

Zomangamanga za hotelo sizikupezeka kunja kwa mizinda ikuluikulu, ndikuletsa alendo ambiri ku Yemen, ngakhale ali ndi chuma chodabwitsa chakufukula zakale.