BAGHDAD - Winawake anali wosangalala kucheza ndi bolodi la ndege pamalo akale, osagwiritsidwa ntchito pa eyapoti yapadziko lonse ya Baghdad. Imatsatsa "ndege yapadera" pa Japan Airlines kuchokera ku Basra kupita ku Sydney, Australia, pomwe ndege yochokera ku Baghdad kupita ku Mexico City "ikuchedwa."
M'malo mwake, Iraq yakhala malo osapitako kwa ndege zambiri za anthu wamba kwazaka pafupifupi makumi awiri. Choyamba, panali zilango za UN pambuyo poti Saddam Hussein atalanda dziko la Kuwait mu 1990. Kenako dziko la United States linaukira dziko la Kuwait mu 2003, ndipo chiwawa chinasakaza dzikolo.
Komabe, popeza kuti zigawenga ndi kukhetsa mwazi kwa magulu ampatuko zatha chaka chatha, boma la Iraq layamba kulimbikitsa zokopa alendo. Zikhala zovuta kugulitsa - ndipo ngakhale akuluakulu atha kukopa chidwi chazosangalatsa, malo oyendera alendo aku Iraq ndi osokonekera.
Kutsegulidwa kwa bwalo la ndege latsopano sabata yatha kumzinda wa kumwera kwa Najaf kukuyembekezeka kuthandizira kulimbikitsa chiwerengero cha oyendayenda achipembedzo, makamaka aku Iran, oyendera malo opatulika a Shiite mpaka 1 miliyoni chaka chino, kuwirikiza kawiri kuchuluka komwe kunabwera mu 2007.
Iraq ikuganiza zambiri kuposa apaulendo, komabe. Akuluakulu akufunitsitsa kukopa alendo ku malo ofukula zakale a Iraq, ambiri a iwo adabedwa ndikuwonongeka pakumenyana. Koma iwo anafotokoza zochepa za mmene akanachitira zimenezo.
Ndipo komwe kunali forum? Malo otetezedwa kwambiri a Mansour Melia Hotel, pomwe munthu wodzipha adadziphulitsa pamalo olandirira alendo chaka chapitacho, kupha anthu khumi ndi awiri, kuphatikiza atsogoleri achi Sunni Arab omwe adatembenukira ku al-Qaeda ku Iraq.
"Chitetezo chikadali chodetsa nkhawa kwambiri," Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Grover, msilikali wa Navy yemwe amagwira ntchito ndi bungwe la zokopa alendo ku Iraq m'malo mwa boma la US, analemba mu imelo. "Zidzatengera ochepa omwe ali pachiwopsezo kuti agwiritse ntchito ndalama ku Iraq, koma zikachitika, ena ayenera kutsatira."
Mmodzi woika pachiwopsezo ndi Robert Kelley, wabizinesi waku America yemwe adayima m'mphepete mwa munda ku Green Zone ku Baghdad Loweruka ndipo adati hotelo yapamwamba, ya $ 100 miliyoni imangidwa kumeneko. Derali lili ndi maofesi aboma aku Iraq komanso maofesi aku America komanso zida zankhondo.
"Tikuganiza kuti anthu aku Iraq akufuna kuyanjana," adatero Kelley, wamkulu wa Summit Global Group, kampani yogulitsa ndalama ku US. Sanatchule omwe adayika ndalama, koma adati ntchito yomanga iyamba posachedwa akuluakulu a mzindawu atachita kafukufuku pakadutsa masiku 30 mpaka 45.
Ngakhale akuwonetsa kuti ali ndi chidaliro, mahotela ambiri ku likulu alibe kanthu, ndipo National Museum, yodzaza ndi zotsalira zazaka masauzande a mbiri yakale, idatsekedwabe kwa anthu.
"Tikuda nkhawa kuti titsegulenso nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zosungiramo zinthu zakale, ngati munthu wodzipha yekha ndi chovala chophulika atalowa," katswiri wa boma pa zofukula zakale adanena, akuumirira kuti asadziwike chifukwa saloledwa kulankhula ndi atolankhani. "Tiyenera kudikirira mpaka mtendere ndi chitetezo zifalikire mdziko."
Mazana amahotela m'mizinda yopatulika ya Najaf ndi Karbala nthawi zambiri amakhala odzaza, koma akuluakulu oyendera alendo akuti nyumbazi zikufunika kukonzedwanso.
Nkhondo yachepetsa malo ngati Babulo, kumene Minda Yopachika inalipo, kufooketsa, pafupifupi malo osafikirika a chikhalidwe chakale.
Mzinda wakumpoto wa Mosul uli pafupi ndi zotsalira za Nineve ndi Nimrud, mizinda ya ufumu wa Asuri. Koma Mosul ndi amodzi mwamalo achiwawa kwambiri ku Iraq masiku ano.
Uri, likulu la chitukuko cha Sumeria ndi mudzi wa m’Baibulo wa mneneri Abrahamu, uli kum’mwera, kumene magulu ankhondo achi Shiite akhala akukangana.
"Kusokonekera kwake komanso kuchulukirachulukira kwawo kumapangitsa Iraq kukhala imodzi mwamalo ofunikira kwambiri padziko lapansi," idatero buku la intaneti la Lonely Planet. Mayiko ambiri amachenjeza nzika zawo kuti asapite ku Iraq.
Kupatula kuwopseza chitetezo, alendo amakumana ndi zovuta zina, kuphatikiza kusowa kwazinthu monga mahotela ocheperako komanso zipatala zochulukira.
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