MARIB, Yemen — Esifundeni saseYemen eMarib, inhloko-dolobha yombuso wasenganekwaneni weNdlovukazi yaseSheba, abalandeli be-Al-Qaeda bangase badlule ngesibalo sabavakashi kulezi zinsuku.
Umgwaqo ohlanganisa inhloko-dolobha i-Sanaa ne-Marib engamakhilomitha angu-170 (cishe amamayela angu-105) ukuya empumalanga unezindawo zokuhlola amasosha angu-17 namaphoyisa, okubonisa isimo esibi sezokuphepha ezweni elimpofu lase-Arabia.
Usongo lokuhlaselwa kweqembu lendawo i-Al-Qaeda elivuselelwe kanye nobungozi bokuthunjwa kwabantu bendawo bezama ukuthola imvume kuhulumeni, kuphoqe abantu baseNtshonalanga abafuna ukuphuma ngaphandle kwe-Sanaa ukuze bathole izimvume - kanye nokuphelezelwa kombutho wezokuvikela.
Ukukhathazeka kunyukile nasenhlokodolobha, ngemuva kokuba ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika lihlaselwe ngoSepthemba odlule ngebhomu lezimoto ezimbili elashiwo yi-Al-Qaeda kwashona abantu abangu-19, kuhlanganise nabahlaseli abayisikhombisa.
Amanye amanxusa aseNtshonalanga manje afihliwe ngemuva kwezindonga eziqhumayo ezingamamitha amahlanu ukuphakama (16-foot), kanti abanye osomaqhinga bathi bakholelwa ukuthi kukhona ukutheleka “kwamaphekula” eYemen.
NgoJanuwari igatsha lendawo le-Al-Qaeda lamemezela kumlayezo wevidiyo othunyelwe ku-inthanethi ukuhlanganiswa kwamagatsha aseSaudi ne-Yemeni abe yi-“Al-Qaeda eNhlonhlweni yase-Arabia,” eholwa ngu-Yemeni Nasser al-Wahaishi.
Ochwepheshe bathi iqiniso lokuthi amasosha aseSaudi athembise ukwethembeka egatsheni laseYemeni liqinisekisa ukuthi ingxenye yaseSaudi isiqedwe nya.
Ezinye izinkampani nezikhungo zaseNtshonalanga ezizinze eYemen zikhiphe abasebenzi nemindeni yabo ezweni ngemuva kwezigameko eziningi zokuhlaselwa yigatsha lendawo le-Al-Qaeda.
NgoJanuwari 2008 izivakashi ezimbili zaseBelgium zadutshulwa zabulawa kanye nomqondisi nomshayeli wazo empumalanga yeYemen. Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika lalibhekene necala lomlilo owageja esikoleni, kwashona abantu ababili.
Ngo-April 2008 inxanxathela yezindlu ezihlala ochwepheshe bawoyela base-US e-Sanaa yashaywa ngamarokhethi, kwathi ngayo leyo nyanga inxusa lase-Italy nalo lahlaselwa. Kamuva ithuthelwe endaweni engavezwanga kangako.
Futhi ngo-April odlule ithimba likawoyela laseFrance iTotal, elibambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni zikawoyela negesi ewuketshezi eYemen, lanquma ukubuyisela imindeni yabasebenzi balo emakhaya.
Futhi ngoJulayi iParis yamemezela ukuvalwa kwesikole saseFrance eSanaa futhi yatshela imindeni yabasebenzi bakahulumeni waseFrance ukuthi ihambe njengezinyathelo zokuphepha.
"Bekuwukuqoqwa kwezinto," kusho uJoel Fort, iMenenja Jikelele ye-Yemen LNG, lapho iTotal ingumnikazi wamasheya oholayo.
Ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi i-Al-Qaeda isithole impilo yesibili eYemen - ikhaya lokhokho womsunguli waleli qembu u-Osama bin Laden - ngemuva kokubonakala sengathi iqedwe ezweni elingumakhelwane iSaudi Arabia.
"Zonke izinkomba zikhomba lapho," ngokusho kosomaqhinga ozinze e-Sanaa, ocele ukuthi angadalulwa, njengabanye okukhulunywe nabo yi-AFP.
Omunye usopolitiki uthe: “Kucishe kucace ukuthi kukhona ukutheleka kwamaphekula eYemen. Amaphekula axoshwe e-Afghanistan noma kwenye indawo athambekele ekuphepheni lapha futhi athole, uma kungeyona indawo engcwele, okungenani indawo yokucasha.”
I-Yemen iyindawo ekahle yokucasha yabashokobezi, ngenxa yezindawo ezinezintaba ezimazombezombe ezihlanganisa izindawo ezinkulu zezwe kanye nokwehluleka kukahulumeni ukulawula izindawo ezinkulu zezizwe ezisempumalanga.
Iziphathimandla ziyavuma ukuthi amaphekula e-Al-Qaeda angase acashe ezifundazweni ezisempumalanga ye-Sanaa, njenge-Al-Jawf, i-Marib, i-Shabwa, i-Ataq noma i-Hadramawt.
NgoFebhuwari uMengameli u-Ali Abdullah Saleh wavakashela eMarib eyonxusa izizwe ukuthi zingayisekeli i-Al-Qaeda, ohambweni oluqhakambisa ukukhathazeka kukahulumeni.
Nokho abanye abantu baseNtshonalanga bakholelwa ukuthi isimo sizinzile kusukela ngoSepthemba odlule kwahlaselwa ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika.
"Ezinyangeni ezedlule, isimo besingesihle, mhlawumbe besingesihle, kodwa sizinzile," kusho isikhulu sase-Yemen LNG iFort.
Inxusa elizinze e-Sanaa livumile.
“Abanye babala iKabul, Baghdad neSanaa esigabeni esisodwa. Kodwa asikabi lapho. Kufanele ube nendlela ephusile,” kusho yena.
Bambalwa abavakashi abavakashela e-Yemen, mhlawumbe abadunyazwe kakhulu ukuthunjwa kwabantu baseNtshonalanga yizizwe ezinamandla ezibese zibasebenzisa njengezingxoxo neziphathimandla esikhundleni sokusongela ukuhlasela “kobuphekula”.
Labo abathunjiwe ngokuvamile bakhululwa bengenamyocu.
Isivakashi sase-Italy u-Pio Fausto Tomada, 60, uphakathi kwabambalwa abavakashela e-Yemen.
“Angesabi neze,” esho emamatheka, njengoba elinde ezitebhisini zehhotela i-Sanaa ukuze ajoyine iqembu lezivakashi ezikhulile zase-Italy ohambweni oluvikelwe kanzima.
EMarib izivakashi ziyivelakancane kusukela ukuhlasela kwebhomu emotweni ngoJulayi 2007 kwabulala abantu abayisishiyagalombili baseSpain ababefika eholidini kanye nabashayeli ababili baseYemeni.
Lokhu kuhlasela kwenzeke emnyango ka-Mahram Bilqis, ithempeli lasendulo elimise okweqanda inganekwane ethi kwakungeleNdlovukazi yaseSheba yaseBhayibhelini.
U-Ali Ahmad Musallah, ongunogada kule ndawo kule minyaka engu-12 edlule ohola ama-Yemeni Riyals angama-20,000 (amadola ayi-100) ngenyanga, ukhumbula kahle ukuhlasela kuka-2007 lapho athi khona enye yezingane zakhe yalimala.
"Ngaphambi kokuhlasela, lena bekuyindawo yezivakashi evame kakhulu eMarib" enezivakashi ezingu-40-60 usuku ngalunye, etshela abe-AFP, ephethe isibhamu sakudala.
Ingqalasizinda yamahhotela cishe ayikho ngaphandle kwamadolobha amakhulu, ikhipha ukuvakasha kwabantu abaningi eYemen, naphezu kwengcebo yayo yemivubukulo emangalisayo.
