SANʻA, Yemen - Ua pepehi ka poma i ʻehā mau mākaʻikaʻi South Korea a me kā lākou alakaʻi kūloko ma Yemen i ka lā Lāpule, ʻōlelo nā luna, ʻo ka hoʻouka kaua hou loa e hoʻopiʻi ana i nā malihini e kipa ana i kēia ʻāina ʻilihune Arab i loaʻa i nā wahi kaulana kaulana a me kahi noho al-Qaida ikaika.
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka wā e kiʻi ana ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i nā kiʻi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale paʻa kahiko o Shibam - kahi kahua hoʻoilina o UNESCO World Heritage i kapa ʻia ʻo "Manhattan o ka wao nahele" ma muli o kona mau hale kiʻekiʻe 16th century mud brick - wahi a nā luna palekana Yemeni.
He mau moʻolelo kūʻēʻē e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka pahū ʻana, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana o kekahi luna palekana he hoʻouka pepehi kanaka a ʻo kekahi e ʻōlelo ana he pōkā ma ke alanui i pahū ʻia e ka mana mamao. Ua ʻōlelo lākou ma ke ʻano o ka inoa ʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i ʻae ʻia e kamaʻilio me ka pāpā.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia e kahi luna o ke Kuhina Haole o South Korea ua make ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻouka kaua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano o ka inoa ʻole e like me ke kulekele ʻoihana.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Ministry of Tourism Yemeni i ka poʻe South Korea i make i ʻelua kāne a me ʻelua wahine. Ua pepehi pū ʻia ko lākou alakaʻi Yemeni i ka hoʻouka kaua, ka mea i hōʻeha i ʻehā mau haole ʻē aʻe a me kahi helu ʻole o Yemenis, wahi a ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻoihana.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Shibam ma ka ʻaoʻao hema ʻo Hadramut ʻo Yemen kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui loa o ka ʻāina. Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana ʻaʻole ia e kāpae i nā huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina a ua hoʻonui i ka palekana no nā hui mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻO kēia ʻāina ʻilihune ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka peninsula ʻArabia, ʻo ia ka ʻāina kupuna o Osama bin Laden a ua lōʻihi ia i ke kikowaena o ka hana kaua me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ke aupuni e kaua iā al-Qaida a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe.
I Ianuali 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā pūʻali koa al-Qaida i ke ahi i kahi hui o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma Hadramut, a pepehi i ʻelua mau mākaʻikaʻi Belgian a me kā lākou mea hoʻokele Yemeni. Ua hoʻopau ka mea pepehi kanaka i kāna kaʻa ma waena o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi luakini kahiko ma waena o Yemen i Iulai 2007, a make ʻewalu Spaniards a me ʻelua Yemenis.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā pūʻali koa ma Yemen i nā pahuhopu diplomatic a me nā pūʻali koa ma ka ʻāina. He hapalua kakini pū a me ʻelua mau kaʻa i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mea pahū i hoʻouka i ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ke kapikala ʻo Yemeni, ʻo Sanʻa, i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa, a make 16 mau kānaka, me ʻeono mau pūʻali koa. ʻO Yemen hoʻi kahi kahua o ka 2000 bombing o ka USS Cole i pepehi i 17 mau luina ʻAmelika.
ʻO Yemen kahi puʻuhonua no ka poʻe Islamist mai ka honua Arab i ka makahiki 1990, akā ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Sept.
Akā ʻo ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā pūʻali koa ua loaʻa i nā pilikia he nui, e like me ka puka ʻana o ka hale paʻahao ʻo Pepeluali 2006 o 23 mau mea hoʻopaʻi - ua paʻa ʻia kekahi o lākou no nā hewa pili al-Qaida. He aupuni nawaliwali ko ka aina a me ka ohana ikaika e waiho ana i na wahi nui hewa ole no ka hoonaauao a me na hana hooweliweli.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The attack occurred as the tourists were posing for photographs near the ancient fortress city of Shibam — a UNESCO World Heritage site known as “the Manhattan of the desert”.
- ʻO kēia ʻāina ʻilihune ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka peninsula ʻArabia, ʻo ia ka ʻāina kupuna o Osama bin Laden a ua lōʻihi ia i ke kikowaena o ka hana kaua me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ke aupuni e kaua iā al-Qaida a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe.
- There were conflicting reports about the nature of the bombing, with one security official saying it was a suicide attack and another saying it was a roadside bomb detonated by remote control.
