BAGHDAD - Ua leʻaleʻa kekahi i ke kani ʻana me ka papa mokulele ma ke kahua kahiko i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ma Baghdad International Airport. Hoʻolaha ia i kahi "lele kūikawā" ma Japan Airlines mai Basra a Sydney, Australia, aʻo kahi lele mai Baghdad i Mexico City ua "lohi."
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Iraq kahi wahi ʻole no ka hapa nui o nā mokulele kīwila no kahi kokoke i ʻelua mau makahiki. ʻO ka mea mua, aia nā hoʻopaʻi UN ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o Saddam Hussein iā Kuwait ma 1990. A laila ua hoʻouka ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika ma 2003, a ua hoʻopuni ʻia ka ʻāina.
Eia nō naʻe, i kēia manawa ua hoʻopau ka hoʻouka kaua a me ka hoʻokahe koko sectarian i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ke hoʻomaka nei ke aupuni o Iraq e hoʻolaha i ka mākaʻikaʻi. He kūʻai paʻakikī ia - a inā paha e hiki i nā luna ke hopu i ka manaʻo o ka mea hoʻohiwahiwa, ʻo nā hale mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Iraq he ʻino.
ʻO ka wehe ʻana o kahi kahua mokulele hou i ka pule i hala ma ke kūlanakauhale hema o Najaf e manaʻo ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o nā haipule haipule, ʻo ka hapa nui o Iran, e kipa ana i nā hale pule Shiite i 1 miliona i kēia makahiki, pālua ka helu i hiki mai i 2007.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo Iraq ma mua o nā malihini, ʻoiai. Manaʻo nā luna e hoʻokipa i nā malihini i nā kahua archaeological kaulana o Iraq, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i hao ʻia a pōʻino i ka hakakā ʻana. Akā hāʻawi lākou i nā kikoʻī kikoʻī e pili ana i kā lākou hana ʻana.
A ʻo kahi o ka ʻaha kūkā? ʻO ka hōkele ʻo Mansour Melia Hotel i kiaʻi nui ʻia, kahi i puhi ai ka mea pepehi kanaka iā ia iho i loko o ka lobby i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, me ka pepehi ʻana i nā kānaka he ʻumi, me nā alakaʻi Sunni Arab i huli kūʻē iā al-Qaeda ma Iraq.
"ʻO ka palekana ka mea hopohopo nui loa," wahi a Lt. Cmdr. Ua kākau ʻo Christopher Grover, he luna Navy e hana pū ana me ka papa mākaʻikaʻi o Iraq ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke aupuni US, ma kahi leka uila. "E lawe ana i kekahi mau mea hoʻoweliweli e hoʻokomo i Iraq, akā i ka wā e hiki mai ana e hahai nā mea ʻē aʻe."
ʻO kekahi mea hoʻoweliweli ʻo Robert Kelley, he kanaka kālepa ʻAmelika i kū ma ka ʻaoʻao o kahi māla ma Baghdad's Green Zone i ka Pōʻaono a ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hale hōkele ʻo $100 miliona e kūkulu ʻia ma laila. Aia ka wahi i nā keʻena aupuni o Iraqi a me nā keʻena diplomatic a me nā pūʻali koa ʻAmelika.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou makemake ka poʻe Iraqi e launa pū kekahi me kekahi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kelley, ke poʻo o Summit Global Group, kahi ʻoihana hoʻopukapuka ʻo US. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i nā mea hoʻopukapuka, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hiki ke hoʻomaka koke ke kūkulu ʻana ma hope o ka hana ʻana o nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi loiloi ma 30 a 45 mau lā.
ʻOiai ʻo kāna hōʻike ʻana i ka hilinaʻi, nui nā hōkele ma ke kapikala ʻaneʻane kaʻawale, a ʻo ka National Museum, piha i nā relics mai nā kaukani makahiki o ka mōʻaukala, ua pani ʻia i ka lehulehu.
"Ke hopohopo nei mākou e pili ana i ka wehe hou ʻana i ka hale hōʻikeʻike, inā he mea pepehi kanaka pepehi kanaka me kahi mea pahū i hoʻokomo ʻia," i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi loea aupuni no ka archeology, e koi ana i ka inoa ʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e ʻōlelo i ka pāpā. "Pono mākou e kali a hiki i ka laha ʻana o ka maluhia a me ka palekana ma ka ʻāina."
Hoʻopiha pinepine ʻia nā haneli o nā hōkele ma nā kūlanakauhale laʻa o Najaf a me Karbala, akā ʻōlelo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi e pono e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia nā hale.
Ua hōʻemi ke kaua i nā wahi e like me Babulona, kahi i loaʻa ai ka Hanging Gardens, e hoʻopau i nā pou o ka moʻomeheu kahiko.
Kokoke ke kulanakauhale akau o Mosul i ke koena o Nineva a me Nimrud, na kulanakauhale o ke aupuni o Asuria. Akā ʻo Mosul kekahi o nā wahi ʻino loa ma Iraq i kēia mau lā.
ʻO Ur, ke kapikala o ka lāhui Sumerian a me ka home Baibala o ke kāula ʻo ʻAberahama, aia ma ka hema, kahi i hoʻoikaika ai nā pūʻali Shiite.
"ʻO kona kūlana kūpilikiʻi a koʻikoʻi hoʻi e hoʻolilo ʻo Iraq i kahi o nā wahi i makemake ʻole ʻia ma ka honua," wahi a ka paʻi pūnaewele o ka alakaʻi huakaʻi Lonely Planet. Nui nā ʻāina e aʻo aku i ko lākou poʻe kamaʻāina no ka hele ʻana i Iraq.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ka palekana, e kū ana ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe, me ka nele o nā ʻoihana e like me nā hōkele rundown a me nā hale lapaʻau overstretched.
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