NIAMEY, Niger - Ua pana aku nā kānaka pū i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ʻekolu mau mākaʻikaʻi mai Saudi Arabia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka Pōʻakahi ma ka wao nahele komohana mamao o Niger, wahi a nā luna.
ʻEkolu mau kamaʻāina Saudi ʻē aʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i ka hoʻouka kaua, ua haʻi aku ka ʻōlelo a ke aupuni Niger Mamane Kassoum Moktar i ka Associated Press.
Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Nui o Saudi ʻO Khaled bin Saud iā Al-Arabiya TV e haʻalele ana ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi iā Niger no Mali e pili ana i ka wā i hoʻouka ʻia ai lākou i ka wanaʻao ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kā lākou kaʻa e hana i nā pule kakahiaka.
ʻAʻole maopopo i ka mea i hoʻoulu ai i ka hana ʻino, akā ua manaʻo ʻia nā poʻe kipi kūloko, nā pōā a me nā lālā o ka lālā o Algeria i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau o Al-Qaida i nā wao nahele mamao kokoke i ka palena ʻo Mali.
Nīnau ʻia inā manaʻo lākou aia ʻo al-Qaida ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saud e hana ana ka hui ma ia wahi "akā ʻaʻohe o mākou hōʻike" ua komo lākou.
"Ua ʻike ʻia iā mākou a hiki i kēia manawa he pōā," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Saud, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua pili nā luna ma Niger me kā lākou mau hoa Saudi.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Moktar e noʻonoʻo inā aia ʻo al-Qaida ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e holo ana ka poʻe hoʻouka kaua ma ke kaʻa kaʻa ʻehā i ko lākou holo ʻana, a ua hoʻouna ʻia nā mākaʻi a me nā pūʻali koa e hahai iā lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Moktar, ʻelua mau alakaʻi mai Mali e alakaʻi ana i nā Saudis i ʻike ʻia e nā mākaʻi me ko lākou mau lima i nakinaki ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi ma ke kauhale ʻo Ayerou, kokoke i kahi i hoʻouka ʻia ai.
I ʻApelila, ua hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe kidnappers ma Niger i ʻehā mau haole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no nā mahina, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻelele kūikawā mua o United Nations i Niger, ka diplomat Kanada ʻo Robert Fowler.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ka pelekikena o Niger i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o Fowler ma luna o kahi hui kipi o nā lāhui Tuareg liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i hana i kahi kipi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa no nā makahiki. Akā, ua ʻōlelo ka lālā o ʻApelika ʻĀkau o Al-Qaida i ke kuleana no kēlā ʻaihue.
ʻO Al-Qaida ma Islamic North Africa kahi hui ma Algeria i hui pū me Osama bin Laden pūnaewele hoʻoweliweli ma 2006 a alakaʻi i nā haneli he nui a i ʻole ka hoʻohālua ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahina. Ke hana nui nei ka hui ma Algeria akā ua manaʻo ʻia e hele i nā palena wao nahele o ka ʻāina e hoʻolaha i ka hana ʻino ma ke koena o ke komohana komohana o ʻApelika.
Ma ka Pōʻakahi, ua koi ʻo al-Qaida i ke kuleana no ka ʻaihue ʻana i ʻelua mau Italia ma mua o kēia mahina ma Mauritania, ka palena o Mali a aia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana komohana o ʻApelika. Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Haole o Roma, aia paha ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka lima o ka pūʻulu Islamist radical.
