Esifundeni sase-Iraq saseKurdish lapho abaqwali abathathu baseMelika bewela esitokisini sase-Iran, izinto ezikhangayo zabaqwali abanesibindi nabahambi ziningi. Izivakashi zithenga izibuko zekristalu futhi zijabulela ukuhamba ngezinyawo okude ezindaweni zokungcebeleka ezisezintabeni ezidume ngezihlahla zazo ze-pistachio.
Ukuphepha kuyindawo enkulu edayiswayo - abagqugquzeli bezokuvakasha bazishaya isifuba ngokuthi akekho noyedwa umuntu wangaphandle obulewe noma othunjiwe kusukela ngo-2003.
Noma kunjalo, esifundeni esingenawo umngcele omakwe kahle, ukuhamba ngendlela eshaywe eKurdistan kuyingozi enkulu - njengoba laba bantu baseMelika abathathu bathola ngemuva kokuthi bezulazule ohlangothini olungafanele lwentaba ngesonto eledlule baboshwa onogada basemngceleni wase-Iranian. . Ngaphandle kocingo olubi oluya komunye wabangane babo, abakaze baluzwe kusukela lapho.
Laba abathathu - uShane Bauer, Sarah Shourd kanye noJoshua Fattal - bebeboshiwe e-Iran ngoLwesibili ngokungena ezweni ngokungemthetho, kanti ummeli wase-Iran uthe iziphathimandla bezithatha isinqumo sokuthi zizobasola yini ngobunhloli. UMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika ukuchithile lokhu, futhi izihlobo nezikhulu zamaKurd zathi babengabaqwali nje abadukayo. Icala liwumthombo wakamuva wokungqubuzana neWashington ngesikhathi sobunzima bezepolitiki e-Iran.
Izikhulu zezokuvakasha zamaKurd zizama ukuvimbela lesi sigameko ukuthi singomise ibhizinisi elisafufusa namazwe aseNtshonalanga.
"Ukuboshwa kwezakhamizi ezintathu zaseMelika ngamasosha asemngceleni wase-Iran ngeke kuphazamise umsebenzi wethu wezokuvakasha ngoba bezize zodwa hhayi eqenjini lezivakashi," kusho uKenaan Bahaudden, umqondisi wehhovisi lezindaba emnyangweni wezokuvakasha eKurdistan. “Ukube bebenathi ngabe baphephe kakhudlwana.”
Amaphoyisa amaKurd athi laba abathathu bahambe ngezinyawo ngaphandle kotolika noma onogada futhi baxwayiswa ukuthi bangasondeli kakhulu emngceleni.
Izintaba ezinokuthula enyakatho ye-Iraq zingenye yezimfihlo ezigcinwe kakhulu zezwe, indawo yokuphumula evikelekile. IKurdistan, ecishe ilingane neMaryland futhi iyikhaya labantu abacishe babe yizigidi ezi-3.8, izimele futhi isindile odlameni oluningi lwase-Iraq.
Yize izifundazwe ezintathu zakulesi sifunda zingaboni ngaso linye nohulumeni omkhulu mayelana nezindaba ezithinta umhlaba nowoyela, iBaghdad ikhuthaze ezokuvakasha lapha ukuze zakhe ukwethembana phakathi kwama-Arab amaningi kanye namaKurds amancane.
Ama-Iraqi manje aseholidini esifundeni samaKurd ngamanani arekhodiwe. Bangaphezu kuka-23,000 abantu base-Iraqi abalibangise enyakatho kuleli hlobo, besuka kwabangu-3,700 XNUMX ngonyaka odlule, kusho izikhulu zezokuvakasha.
Kuyindawo yokuphumula eshibhile uma kuqhathaniswa: Iviki ehhotela elinesizotha, nemali yokugibela ibhasi, kubiza cishe u-$160 umuntu ngamunye, noma ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yomholo wanyanga zonke.
Ezinsukwini zikaSaddam Hussein, iningi labantu base-Iraqi lalivinjelwe ukuya phesheya - kanti neKurdistan yayivinjelwe kakhulu. AmaKurds ahlukana ne-Iraq yonke ngemuva kokuvukela u-Saddam ngo-1991, esizwa indawo okungeyona impukane e-US-British eyasiza ekuvimbeni umashiqela.
Ngemuva kokuthi umfelandawonye oholwa yi-US ukhiphe uSaddam ngo-2003, amaKurds anciphisa ukulawulwa kwemingcele. Lokho kwaholela ekwandeni kokuqala kwezokuvakasha kwama-Arab ngalowo nyaka. Kodwa amaKurds aphinde avala amasango ngoFebhuwari 2004 ngemuva kokuthi amadelakufa abulala abantu abangu-109 emahhovisi eqembu lamaKurd.
AmaKurds aye adambise imikhawulo kancane kancane yize izivakashi zisahlolwa ngokucophelela. Amasosha amaKurd agibela amabhasi athwele ama-Arabs ase-Iraqi ezindaweni zokuhlola, bese eqhathanisa amagama nohlu oluthunyelwe ngaphambili ngabasebenza kwezokuvakasha, kusho abahambi.
Namuhla le ndawo iphephe ngokwanele ukuba ihehe nenani elincane kodwa elandayo lezivakashi zaseNtshonalanga. Abahambi abazinikele baze babelane ngolwazi kubhulogi ebizwa ngokuthi “Backpacking Iraqi Kurdistan,” ethola amahhotela ashibhile futhi ilinganisele ibha yesitayela saseJalimane enhlokodolobha yesifunda, i-Irbil.
“Kubalulekile ukuzulazula emigwaqweni eyihlane,” kusho ibhulogi, “futhi akufanele uphuthelwe yiKurdish Textile Museum, ewubufakazi obumangalisayo besiko nesiko lamaKurd.”
Kungenzeka ukundizela eKurdistan ngendiza evela emadolobheni amaningana aseMpumalanga Ephakathi naseYurophu. Isibonelo, izindiza eziqondile ezisuka eMunich ziya e-Sulaimaniyah, elinye lamadolobha amakhulu esifunda saseKurdish, ziyatholakala kusukela e-Dokan Air, ezibiza ngenkampani yezindiza encane kodwa “ezinikezele” futhi esebenzela indawo yokungcebeleka yase-Dokan ngezinga layo lamachibi nezintaba.
U-Bahaudden, womnyango wezokuvakasha, uthe bangaphansi kuka-100 abantu baseMelika abajoyine ukuvakasha okusemthethweni lapha kulo nyaka, iningi labo kungabantu abasha. Lokho kusengaphezu kwe-Iraq yonke, okwathi ngoNdasa yabamba uhambo lwayo lokuqala olugunyazwe ngokusemthethweni kubantu baseNtshonalanga kusukela ngo-2003. Abesilisa abane nabesifazane abane abavela eBrithani, e-United States naseCanada baba yingxenye.
UMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika uneseluleko sokuhamba sayo yonke i-Iraq futhi uxwayisa ngohambo olungabalulekile.
"Nakuba imvelo yezokuphepha ibonise ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo ngonyaka odlule, i-Iraq isalokhu iyingozi futhi ingalindelekile," iphawula, yengeza ukuthi ukuphepha ezindaweni zaseKurdish sekuthuthukile kodwa "udlame luyaqhubeka futhi izimo zingase ziwohloke ngokushesha."
Izikhulu zezokufika zamaKurd ngokuvamile zivumela abantu baseMelika ukuthi bangene ne-visa enikezwe ezikhumulweni zezindiza emadolobheni amakhulu anjenge-Irbil neSulaimaniyah. Ama-visa mahle kuphela e-Kurdistan, futhi izikhulu zinxusa zonke izivakashi ukuthi zibhalise neNxusa leNxusa lase-US eliseduze noma inxusa.
Laba abathathu baseMelika ababoshiwe bafika endaweni yamaKurdish bevela eTurkey ngoJulayi 28, futhi ngakusasa baya e-Irbil, inhloko-dolobha yesifunda saseKurdish, bachitha ubusuku lapho ngaphambi kokudlulela eSulaimaniya ngebhasi. Ngomhla zingama-30 kuJulayi, baqasha indlwana elisemngceleni we-Iraq-Iran e-Ahmed Awaa, ngokusho kwesikhulu sezokuphepha endaweni.
Kusukela lapho kuqhubeke, ama-akhawunti aba sketchy.
Imishini yokukhempa kanye nojosaka ababili okusolakala ukuthi bekungababantu baseMelika kutholwe kule ndawo futhi bekubonakala sengathi bebeqwala impophoma ngesikhathi bewela umngcele ngephutha, kusho isikhulu sezokuphepha samaKurd, sikhuluma ngemibandela yokudalulwa igama ngoba ubengagunyaziwe ukukhulula. ulwazi.
Ngaphambi nje kokuba babanjwe, laba abathathu bathintana nelungu lesine leqembu labo - uShon Meckfessel, oneziqu ze-Ph.D. umfundi wezilimi - ukusho ukuthi bangene ngephutha e-Iran futhi bazungezwe amasosha, kusho lesi sikhulu. UMeckfessel wasala eSulaimaniyah ngalelo langa ngoba wayephethwe umkhuhlane.
U-Eric Talmadge ubike evela eBaghdad.
