BAGHDAD - Mumwe munhu ainakidzwa nekutamba nebhodhi rendege panzvimbo yekare, isingashandiswe paBaghdad International Airport. Inoshambadzira "ndege yakakosha" paJapan Airlines kubva kuBasra kuenda kuSydney, Australia, nepo ndege kubva kuBaghdad kuenda kuMexico City "inononoka."
Muchokwadi, Iraq yanga iri nzvimbo yekusaenda kune vazhinji vevanhu ndege kweanoda kusvika makumi maviri emakore. Kutanga, pakava nezvirango zveUN mushure mekupinda muKuwait kwaSaddam Hussein muna 1990. Ipapo US yakapinda nechisimba muna 2003, uye mhirizhonga yakapinda munyika.
Asi, iko zvino kurwiswa kwevapanduki uye kudeurwa kweropa kwakawedzera mugore rapfuura, hurumende yeIraq yave kutanga kusimudzira kushanya. Ichave kutengesa kwakaoma - uye kunyangwe vakuru vakuru vakakwanisa kubata kutarisisa kweanonakidza, nzvimbo dzekushanya dzeIraq dzakasakara.
Kuvhurwa kwenhandare yendege nyowani svondo rapfuura muguta rekumaodzanyemba kweNajaf kunotarisirwa kubatsira kuwedzera huwandu hwevafambi vechitendero, kunyanya maIran, vanoshanyira nzvimbo dzemaShiite kusvika miriyoni imwe gore rino, zvakapetwa kaviri nhamba yakauya muna 1.
Iraq iri kufunga pamusoro pevanopfuura vafambi, zvakadaro. Vakuru vane chinangwa chekukwezva vashanyi kunzvimbo dzeIraq dzakagadzirwa zvekuchera matongo, mazhinji acho akapambwa uye akakuvadzwa mukurwa. Asi vakapa zvishoma chaizvo kuti vaizozviita sei.
Uye nzvimbo yeforum? Ihotera yeMansour Melia yakachengetedzwa zvikuru, apo mumwe munhu akazviuraya akazviputira muimba yekutandarira gore rapfuura, akauraya vanhu gumi nevaviri, kusanganisira vatungamiriri veSunni Arab vaive vapandukira al-Qaeda muIraq.
"Kuchengeteka kuchiri kunetseka kukuru," Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Grover, mupurisa weNavy anoshanda nebhodhi rekushanya reIraq akamirira hurumende yeUS, akanyora mue-mail. "Zvinotora vashoma vanotora njodzi kuisa mari muIraq, asi kana izvozvo zvaitika vamwe vanofanira kutevera."
Mumwe anotora njodzi ndiRobert Kelley, muzvinabhizinesi wekuAmerica akamira kumucheto kwemunda muGreen Zone muBaghdad neMugovera ndokuti hotera yeumbozha, $100-miriyoni ichavakwa ipapo. Nzvimbo iyi ine mahofisi ehurumende yeIraqi uye nzvimbo dzeAmerican diplomatic nemauto.
"Tinofunga kuti vanhu veIraqi vanoda kugarisana," akadaro Kelley, mukuru weSummit Global Group, kambani yeUS-based investment. Haana kuzivisa vanoisa mari, asi akati kuvaka kunogona kutanga mushure mekunge vakuru veguta vaita ongororo mumazuva makumi matatu kusvika makumi mana nemashanu.
Kunyangwe achiratidza kuzvivimba, mahotera mazhinji muguta guru haana chinhu, uye National Museum, izere nezvisaririra kubva kuzviuru zvemakore enhoroondo, inoramba yakavharwa kune veruzhinji.
"Tiri kutyira kuvhurazve museum, kana munhu akazviuraya ane vheti inoputika akapinda," nyanzvi yehurumende yezvekuchera matongo akadaro, achiomerera pakusazivikanwa nekuti haana mvumo yekutaura nevatori venhau. "Tinofanira kumirira kusvika kupararira kwerunyararo nekuchengetedzeka munyika."
Mazana emahotera mumaguta matsvene eNajaf neKarbala anowanzo kuzara, asi vakuru vezvekushanya vanoti zvivakwa zvacho zvinoda kuvandudzwa.
Hondo yakaderedza nzvimbo dzakaita seBabironi, uko kwaive neHanging Gardens, kuderera, nzvimbo dzisingasvikiki dzetsika dzekare.
Guta rokuchamhembe reMosul riri pedyo nezvisaririra zveNinevhe neNimrud, maguta oumambo hweAsiria. Asi Mosul ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzine chisimba muIraq mazuva ano.
Uri, dzimbahwe rebudiriro yeSumer uye musha weBhaibheri womuporofita Abrahama, iri kumaodzanyemba, uko mauto eShiite ave achishingaira.
"Mamiriro ezvinhu emumba ayo anonetsa uye akanyanyisa anoita kuti Iraq ive imwe yenzvimbo dzisinganyanyi kudiwa pasi rose," inoverenga online edition yeLonely Planet yekufamba gwara. Nyika zhinji dzinoyambira vagari vadzo kuti vasaende kuIraq.
Kunze kwekutyisidzira kuchengetedzeka, vashanyi vaizosangana nemamwe matambudziko, kusanganisira kushaikwa kwezvivakwa zvakaita semahotera akazara uye nzvimbo dzekurapa dzakawandirwa.
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