SANʻA, Yemen - Ua ʻōlelo nā luna Yemeni ma ka Pōʻakahi aia ʻo al-Qaida ma hope o kahi pōʻino pepehi kanaka i pepehi i ʻehā mau mākaʻikaʻi South Korea a me kā lākou mea hoʻokele Yemeni ma kahi kahua mōʻaukala.
ʻO kekahi luna hoʻomalu, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻia he 12 mau mea hoʻopiʻi Islamist i hopu ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma kahi kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale paʻa kahiko o Shibam.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna, ʻo ka poʻe i hopu ʻia he mau lālā o nā pūʻulu jihadi i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia he ʻike e pili ana i nā kumu maoli o ka pana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano inoa ʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e kamaʻilio me ka pāpā.
I ka wā mua, aia nā ʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka pahū. ʻO kekahi mau luna Yemeni i ʻōlelo ʻia he pōʻino ma ke alanui, akā ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Kalaiaina i ka Pōʻakahi ma kahi ʻōlelo he hana pepehi kanaka i hana ʻia e kahi lālā al-Qaida.
"He hana hoʻoweliweli ia e ka mea hoʻomake pepehi kanaka no al-Qaida," wahi a kahi ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina. ʻAʻole i wehewehe ʻia ka ʻōlelo, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia he mau ʻōlelo a ka ʻoihana e hiki ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea hoʻouka.
Ua ʻōlelo mua ka luna palekana ua loaʻa nā koena kanaka ma ke kahua, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea pana.
ʻO kekahi luna hoʻomalu palekana mai ka mokuʻo Hadramut, kahi i hanaʻia ai ka pōʻino, ua'ōleloʻia ua loaʻa kahi kāleka ID ma kahi o ka mea pana. Ua ʻōlelo pū kēia luna me ke ʻano inoa ʻole no ke kumu like.
He ʻāina ʻilihune ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka peninsula Arabian, ʻo Yemen nō hoʻi ka ʻāina kupuna o Osama bin Laden a ua lōʻihi ke kikowaena o ka hana kaua me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke aupuni e kaua iā al-Qaida a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻike ʻo Yemen i kekahi mau hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā diplomats haole, ka US Embassy, nā mea ʻē aʻe o ke Komohana a me nā hoʻonohonoho pūʻali koa ma ka ʻāina.
I Jan. 2008, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā pūʻali koa al-Qaida i manaʻo ʻia i ke ahi ma luna o kahi hui o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma Hadramut, a pepehi i ʻelua Belgians 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.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Some Yemeni officials said it was a roadside bombing, but the Interior Ministry on Monday said in a statement that it was a suicide blast carried out by an al-Qaida member.
- He ʻāina ʻilihune ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka peninsula Arabian, ʻo Yemen nō hoʻi ka ʻāina kupuna o Osama bin Laden a ua lōʻihi ke kikowaena o ka hana kaua me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke aupuni e kaua iā al-Qaida a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe.
- Another security official from Hadramut province, where the bombing took place, said an ID card was found on location likely belonging to the bomber.
