Hoʻokipa ʻo Iran-Iraq Border i ka poʻe hele wāwae, nā huakaʻi

Ma ka ʻāina Kurdish o Iraq kahi i hāʻule ai ʻekolu mau mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika i loko o ka paʻa ʻana o Iran, he nui nā mea hoihoi no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi wiwo ʻole a me nā huakaʻi. Kūʻai ka poʻe kipa i nā aniani aniani a hauʻoli i ka hele lōʻihi ma nā hale hoʻokipa mauna i kaulana no kā lākou ulu pistachio.
He wahi kūʻai nui ka palekana - haʻaheo nā mea hoʻolaha mākaʻikaʻi ʻaʻole i pepehi ʻia a ʻaihue ʻia kekahi haole mai ka makahiki 2003.

Eia nō naʻe, ma kahi ʻāina me ka palena ʻole i hōʻailona maikaʻi ʻia, ʻo ka hele ʻana i ke ala i kuʻi ʻia ma Kurdistan he pilikia loa - e like me ka ʻike ʻana o nā ʻAmelika ʻekolu ma hope o ko lākou hele ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao hewa o kahi mauna i ka pule i hala a ua paʻa ʻia e nā kiaʻi palena o Iran. . Ma waho aʻe o ke kāhea ʻana i kekahi o kā lākou mau hoaaloha, ʻaʻole lākou i lohe ʻia mai ia manawa mai.
ʻO nā mea ʻekolu - ʻo Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd lāua ʻo Joshua Fattal - i hopu ʻia ma Iran i ka Pōʻalua no ke komo hewa ʻana i ka ʻāina, a ua ʻōlelo kekahi loio Iranian e hoʻoholo ana nā luna e hoʻopiʻi iā lākou no ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ua hōʻole ka US State Department i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana, a ʻōlelo nā ʻohana a me nā luna Kurdish he mau mākaʻikaʻi wale nō lākou i nalowale. ʻO ka hihia ke kumu hou loa o ka hakakā me Wakinekona i ka manawa o ka pilikia politika ma Iran.

Ke hoʻāʻo nei nā luna mākaʻikaʻi Kurdish e mālama i ka hanana mai ka maloʻo ʻana i kahi ʻoihana ulu me ke Komohana.

"ʻAʻole e hoʻopilikia ka paʻa ʻana o nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika ʻekolu i kā mākou hana mākaʻikaʻi no ka mea ua hele wale mai lākou a ʻaʻole i loko o kahi hui mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Kenaan Bahaudden, ka luna o ka ʻoihana media ma ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Kurdistan. "Inā lākou me mākou, inā ua palekana lākou."
Ua ʻōlelo nā mākaʻi Kurdish ua hele lākou ʻekolu i ka huakaʻi me ka ʻole o ka unuhi ʻōlelo a me nā kiaʻi kino a ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole e hoʻokokoke loa i ka palena.
ʻO nā mauna mālie o ke kūkulu ʻākau o Iraq kekahi o nā mea huna maikaʻi loa o ka ʻāina, kahi oasis o ka palekana pili. ʻO Kurdistan, e pili ana i ka nui o Maryland a me ka home i kahi kokoke i 3.8 miliona mau kānaka, ʻokoʻa ka nui a ua pakele i ka nui o ka hana ʻino o Iraq.
ʻOiai ʻo nā panalāʻau ʻekolu o ka ʻāina e kūʻē nei me ke aupuni koʻikoʻi no nā pilikia e pili ana i ka ʻāina a me ka aila, ua paipai ʻo Baghdad i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻaneʻi e kūkulu i ka hilinaʻi ma waena o ka hapa nui o nā Arab a me nā Kurds liʻiliʻi.
Ke hoʻomaha nei ʻo Iraqis ma ka ʻāina Kurdish i nā helu helu. ʻOi aku ma mua o 23,000 Iraqis i ke kūkulu ʻākau i kēia kauwela, mai ka 3,700 wale nō i ka makahiki i hala, wahi a nā luna mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO kahi huakaʻi maʻalahi loa ia: He pule ma kahi hōkele haʻahaʻa, me ka uku kaʻa kaʻa, ʻoi aku ma kahi o $160 i kēlā me kēia kanaka, a i ʻole hoʻokahi hapakolu o ka awelika uku mahina.
I nā lā o Saddam Hussein, ua pāpā ʻia ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Iraqi mai ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻē - a ʻo Kurdistan ka hapa nui loa. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā Kurds mai ke koena o Iraq ma hope o ke kūʻē ʻana iā Saddam i 1991, i kōkua ʻia e kahi US-British no-fly zone i kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka dictator.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Saddam ma 2003, ua hōʻoluʻolu ʻo Kurds i nā mana palena. ʻO ia ka mea i alakaʻi i ka piʻi mua o ka huakaʻi Arab i kēlā makahiki. Akā ua pani hou ʻo Kurds i nā ʻīpuka i Pepeluali 2004 ma hope o ka pepehi ʻana i nā poʻe pepehi kanaka 109 ma nā keʻena pāʻina Kurdish.
Ua hōʻoluʻolu ka poʻe Kurds i nā mea paʻa ʻoiai ke nānā pono ʻia nā malihini. E kau ana nā pūʻali Kurdish i nā kaʻa e lawe ana i nā ʻArabia Iraqi ma nā wahi hōʻoia, a hoʻohālikelike i nā inoa me nā papa inoa i hoʻouna mua ʻia e nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, wahi a nā huakaʻi.
I kēia mau lā, palekana ka wahi e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o ke Komohana. Kaʻana like nā huakaʻi hoʻolale i ka ʻike ma kahi blog i kapa ʻia ʻo "Backpacking Iraqi Kurdistan," kahi e ʻimi ai i nā hōkele haʻahaʻa a hoʻopaʻa i kahi pā ʻano Kelemania ma ke kapikala kūloko, ʻo Irbil.
"Pono ka hele ʻana a puni nā alanui mehameha," wahi a ka blog, "a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e poina i kāna Kurdish Textile Museum, kahi hōʻike maikaʻi loa i ka moʻomeheu Kurdish a me ka moʻomeheu."
Hiki ke lele i Kurdistan ma ka lewa mai kekahi mau kūlanakauhale ma ka Middle East a me ʻEulopa. No ka laʻana, loaʻa nā mokulele pololei mai Munich a i Sulaimaniyah, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui o ka ʻāina Kurdish, mai Dokan Air, ka mea i kapa iā ia iho he mokulele ʻōpio akā "hoʻolaʻa" a lawelawe i ka wahi hoʻokipa ʻo Dokan me kāna mau hiʻohiʻona o nā loko a me nā mauna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bahaudden, o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 100 ʻAmelika i hui pū me nā huakaʻi kūhelu i kēia makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he poʻe ʻōpio. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o ke koena o Iraq, i mālama ʻia i kāna huakaʻi huakaʻi mua i ʻae ʻia no nā poʻe Komohana mai 2003. ʻEhā kāne a me ʻehā wahine mai Beretania, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada i komo.
He ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi ka US State Department no Iraq āpau a ʻōlelo aku i nā huakaʻi hele ʻole.
"ʻOiai ua hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻana o ke kaiapuni palekana i ka makahiki i hala aku nei, e mau ana ʻo Iraq i ka pōʻino a me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia," wahi a ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka palekana ma nā ʻāina Kurdish akā "hoʻomau ka hana ʻino a hiki ke hōʻino koke nā kūlana."
ʻAe nā luna hoʻokele Kurdish i nā ʻAmelika e komo me kahi visa i hāʻawi ʻia ma nā mokulele ma nā kūlanakauhale nui e like me Irbil a me Sulaimaniyah. Ma Kurdistan wale nō ka maikaʻi o nā visa, a ke koi nei nā luna i nā malihini āpau e hoʻopaʻa inoa me ka US Embassy a i ʻole consulate kokoke loa.
ʻO nā poʻe ʻAmelika ʻekolu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hele mai i ka ʻāina Kurdish mai Tureke ma Iulai 28, a i kekahi lā aʻe ua hele i Irbil, ke kapikala o ka ʻāina Kurdish, e hoʻomaha ai i hoʻokahi pō ma laila ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i Sulaimaniya ma ke kaʻa. Ma Iulai 30, hoʻolimalima lākou i kahi hale noho ma Iraq-Iran palena palena ʻo Ahmed Awaa, e like me ka ʻōlelo a kahi luna palekana kūloko.
Mai laila mai, ʻike ʻole nā ​​​​helu kālā.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā lako hoʻomoana a me ʻelua mau ʻeke ʻeke no nā ʻAmelika ma ia wahi a me he mea lā e piʻi ana lākou ma luna o kahi wailele i ka wā i hele hewa ai lākou i ka palena, wahi a kahi luna palekana Kurdish, e ʻōlelo ana me ke ʻano inoa ʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu. ka ʻike.
Ma mua koke o ko lākou hopu ʻia ʻana, ua hoʻopili nā mea ʻekolu i kahi lālā ʻehā o kā lākou hui - Shon Meckfessel, he Ph.D. haumāna ma ka linguistic - e ʻōlelo ua komo hewa lākou i Iran a ua hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pūʻali koa, wahi a ka luna. Ua noho ʻo Meckfessel ma Sulaimaniyah i kēlā lā no ke anu.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Eric Talmadge mai Baghdad.