BAGHDAD - Ua hōʻike nā luna nui i nā hoʻolālā aupuni e hoʻokumu i nā hale mākaʻikaʻi nui, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūlana palekana ma ka ʻāina.
"Ke hoʻolālā nei ka mayoralty o Baghdad i kēia manawa e hoʻonohonoho i nā hale mākaʻikaʻi, me kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo 'city of gardens' me nā pāʻani nui ma kahi o 650 donums a ma ke kumu kūʻai o $ 300 miliona (1 US dollar = 1,119 Iraqi dinars)," Ua haʻi aku ke kuhina nui o Baghdad, ʻo Sabir al-Issawi, iā Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
E hoʻokumu ʻia nā pāka moʻomeheu, pua, wai, hau a me nā keiki, ma kahi o nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui, wahi a ka mayor.
E hōʻike ana nā paka i ka helehelena moʻomeheu o Iraq. "Ua koi mākou i nā hui e hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana honua a me nā ʻenehana hou i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā paka," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Issawi, me ka hoʻohui ʻana e uku ʻia nā hoʻolālā i $ 2 a i $ 3 miliona, ʻoiai ke kumukūʻai o ka papahana ma mua o $ 300 miliona.
"ʻEiwa mau hui i noi no ka papahana a ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi kōmike, i alakaʻi ʻia e kahi luna nui o Baghdad mayoralty, e koho i ka mea lanakila."
Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana ma 2009, wahi a Issawi, me ka hoʻohui ʻana e hoʻokō ʻia ma ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o ke aupuni a me nā ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka.
I kēia manawa, ua hōʻike ke kuhina o nā kaona a me nā hana lehulehu, ʻo Riyadh Ghareeb, i kahi papahana nui e kūkulu i kahi kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻohui ʻia ma ka moku ʻo Najaf e kahi hui Pelekane.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina, ke manaʻo nei ʻo ia e hoʻokumu ʻia nā kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe ma kekahi mau panalāʻau Iraqi.
I ka wā i nīnau ʻia ai e pili ana i nā paka kumuhana e kūkulu ʻia nei, ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina, "Aia ʻo al-Hussein theme park ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Karbala me ka huina o 9 billion Iraqi dinars."
ʻO Najaf, ma kahi o 160 km hema o Baghdad, he 900,600 mau kānaka ma 2008, ʻoiai ua piʻi nui kēia mai 2003 ma muli o ka neʻe ʻana mai waho. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale hoʻāno loa o Shiite Islam a me ke kikowaena o ka mana politika Shiite ma Iraq.
Kaulana ʻia ʻo Najaf ma ke kahua o ka hale kupapaʻu o Ali ibn Abi Taleb (ʻike ʻia ʻo "Imam Ali"), ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe Shiite ʻo ia ka caliph pono a me ka imam mua.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale kahi kikowaena nui o ka huakaʻi mai ka honua Shiite Islamic. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Meka a me Medina wale nō ke loaʻa i ka poʻe haipule Muslim.
Noho ʻia ka Mosque Imam Ali i loko o kahi hale nui me ka dome gula a me nā mea makamae he nui i loko o kona mau paia.
ʻO Karbala, me ka heluna kanaka he 572,300 i ka makahiki 2003, ʻo ia ke kapikala o ka panalāʻau a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale hoʻāno Shiite Muslim.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale, 110 km hema o Baghdad, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea waiwai nui o Iraq, e loaʻa ana ka waiwai mai nā malihini haipule a me nā mea mahiʻai, ʻoi aku ka lā.
Aia ʻelua mau ʻāpana, ʻo "Old Karbala," ke kikowaena hoʻomana, a me "New Karbala," ka ʻāpana noho i loko o nā kula Islam a me nā hale aupuni.
Aia ma waenakonu o ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ʻo Masjid al-Hussein, ka hale kupapaʻu o Hussein Ibn Ali, ka moʻopuna a ke kāula Muhammad e kāna kaikamahine ʻo Fatima al-Zahraa a me Ali Ibn Abi Taleb.
ʻO ka hale kupapaʻu o Imam Hussien kahi wahi haipule no nā Mahometa Shiite he nui, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka lā hoʻomanaʻo o ke kaua, ʻo ka lā ʻo Ashura. Nui ka poʻe malihini kipa e hele i laila e kali i ka make, no ka mea, manaʻo lākou ʻo ka hale kupapaʻu kekahi o nā ʻīpuka o ka paradaiso. Ma ʻApelila 14, 2007, ua pahū kahi pōkā kaʻa ma kahi o 600 ft (200 m) mai ka hale pule, make 47 a hōʻeha ma luna o 150.
