Phezolo indoda endala yaseIraq kwivenkile yayo kwisitalato iKarrada yandixelela, “Imeko apha imbi kakhulu kunokuba ndikhumbula. Indlela abantu baseMelika abaphatha ngayo izinto e-Falluja nasezantsi eMzantsi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo baya kugqiba yonke into. Andikayiqondi ipolisi yabo apha. Iphi inkululeko ababeyithembisile?”
Ngale ntsasa ndiseluphahleni lwendlu ndithetha nesikhululo sikanomathotholo eConnecticut, kwaqhambuka ugqabhuko-dubulo olukhulu kwindawo yeCoalition Provisional Authority (CPA) ngaphaya kweTigris ukusuka kum. Kungekudala emva koko, enye yanduluka eSheraton Hotel, yaza enye yaya kwelinye icala eyabangelwa yirokethi ephaphazela phezulu nje. Konke oku kwalandelwa kukudubula kwemipu emantla. Ubomi eBaghdad ekhululweyo namhlanje.
Kuvakala kumnandi ukuva iindaba ngale ntsasa yokuba uGeneral Sanchez ubhengeze ukuba umkhosi ulungiselela ukubulala okanye ukubamba uMuqtada Al-Sadr kwisixeko esingcwele saseNajaf, njengoko imikhosi ibuthana esixekweni.
Kungekudala emva kokufumana ezi ndaba umhlobo wam olungileyo uAbu Talat wandibiza wathi ngeCawa ngo-7am waya kukhangela ngaphandle kwekhaya lakhe e-Adhamiya, indawo yaseSunni eBaghdad. Wavula isango wafumana ijoni laseMelika liguqe liphethe umpu ujonge endleleni. Kwakukho nelinye ijoni elalingqengqe eyadini yalo lijolise umpu walo kwicala elinye, yaye iitanki ezininzi zaziphuma emva kwawo. Umlo wawuqhubeka phakathi kwemikhosi yase-US kunye nabachasayo.
Oku akunakungqinwa, kodwa uthi abantu baseMelika baphulukene neitanki ezi-5, ii-Humvees ezi-7 kunye namajoni angama-30 kumlo. Uthi i-4 Iraqis yabulawa, kwaye i-7 yenzakele. Abachasayo bajijisana nabantu baseMelika kumlo wasesitratweni neeRPG kunye neeKalashnikovs.
Yintoni ebangele oku?
[Ifoto: Isango elingasemva le-mosque yase-Abu Hanifa e-Adhamiya, yabethwa yitanki yase-Abrahms yase-US ngexesha logqogqo ngeCawe.]
UMnu Alber, isithethi kwi-mosque yase-Abu Hanifa e-Adhamiya, wandichazela imeko ngale mva kwemini kwigumbi kwi-mosque yamaSunni kule ndawo. Etshayelela ingxoxo yakhe malunga nokwenzekileyo apha, wachaza ukuba i-mosque yase-Abu Hanifa ayiyoyona mosque ibalulekileyo yamaSunni e-Iraq kuphela, kodwa ikwayeyona ibalulekileyo kuwo wonke uMbindi Mpuma.
UMnu. Alber waphefumlela phezulu, waliqala ibali. "Ngomhla we-11 ngo-Apreli ngo-3: 30am, abantu baseMerika bahlasele i-mosque ngokusebenzisa iitanki ukuphahlazeka ngesango ukuya kwindawo apho ukutya kwakugcinwa khona abantu abangqingiweyo baseFalluja. Elinye isango elatyhoboza itanki lalingaphaya kufutshane nendlu yabafundi kunye nengcwaba lomfeli-nkolo.”
Uqhube wathi iHumvee emva koko yaqhutywa ngesango yaza yangena kwindawo yokutya eFalluja, yatshabalalisa iitoni ezintathu zokutya. Ndandikhe ndazibona iingxowa zokutya ezibolayo ezazikrazulwe ngamavili amakhulu kaHumvee. Amajoni angama-40 angena kwi-mosque ngelixa amanye amalunga nama-60 egade ngaphandle. Abo bangaphakathi bangena kuqala kwindawo ephambili ye-mosque apho abantu babethandaza khona. Uninzi lwe-Red Crescent Society (i-Iraqi Red Cross) amavolontiya avela eKirkuk ayephumla ngaphambi kokuhambisa uncedo olungakumbi kwi-Falluja. Amajoni angena enxibe iibhutsi zawo, abangela ukuba wonk’ ubani ahlale eguqe ngamadolo ejonge phantsi, ephethe imipu.
UMnu. Alber ngomsindo waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe waza wathi kum, “Ndisithetha kakuhle isiNgesi. Ndacenga abantu baseMelika ukuba basivumele sibavulele zonke iingcango ukuze bangonakalisi ngakumbi i-mosque yethu. Bendisoyika ukuba lento izakubangela ntoni ebantwini xa benoyiva. Kodwa umguquleli wesi-Iraqi babendikhwaza besithi, 'Thula! Vala umlomo wakho!'"
UMnu Alber wayekhe wathetha noNjengele uRabin, ophethe isiseko saseMelika kuloo ndawo. Wabuza lenjengele ukuba inokumcacisela na ngemeko eethe-ethe yezakhiwo zonqulo zamaSilamsi, ukuze bayeke ukuphembelela abantu baloo mmandla ngokuwatyeshela ngokuphandle amasiko onqulo lwabo. Injengele yamxelela ukuba awuvale umlomo wakhe. UMnu. Alber waphakamisa izandla zakhe wathi, “Ndivakalelwa kukuba injengele yindoda elungileyo, kodwa inolwazi olubi. Asize sigcine izixhobo kwi-mosque yethu - kuphela iiKalashnikovs ezintathu zokuyigada njengabantu abagada izibhedlele. "
Ngelixa bebambe bonke abantu kwi-mosque ngemipu iiyure ezi-2, amajoni aqhekeza phantse yonke iminyango ye-mosque ebivaliwe, nabaninzi ebebengavaliwe. Ndakhe ndajikeleza esikolweni (I-Imam Adham Islamic College ingaphakathi kwekhomponi ye-mosque, kanye njengoko izikolo ezininzi zabucala zincanyathiselwe kwiicawe zase-US) kwaye ndabona umnyango emva kocango lutyhoboziweyo, kunye nemingxuma yembumbulu engacwangciswanga kwiindonga kunye neesilingi. Amaphepha abafundi ayethe saa malunga nedesika yomqeqeshi, umbhodamo obangelwe ngamajoni ase-US agqobhoza kuwo — ekhangela ntoni?
UMnu. Alber wathi, “Emva kweeyure ezimbini sibanjwe sijonge phantsi kwaye amaMerika abeka iinyawo zawo ebantwini (isithuko esikhulu apha), amajoni akazange ayifumane imbumbulu enye. Emva koko basuka bahamba. Kunyaka ophelileyo babeza kucela uxolo ngezi zinto. Ngoku balurhoxisile uxolo lwabo. Ngoku bacela uxolo ngokusinyathela ezintanyeni!”
Kokwesithathu u-Abu Hanifa egqogqwa ngabantu baseMelika. Isihlandlo sokuqala kanye kwakunyaka omnye odlulileyo ukuya kumhla wolu hlaselo lwakutsha nje. Kuphinde kwagqogqwa ngoDisemba. Ndandiyigqume loo nto xa ndandilapha ekugqibeleni, kwaye ndathatha iifoto zokudubula ezidutyulwe kwiindonga ezingaphandle kunye newotshi ye-mosque. UMnu. Adel uthe ngako oku, “Lo ngunyaka wethu omnye sikhona kugqogqo lokuqala.”
Kukho iitoni ezingaphezu kwe-200 zokutya eziqokelelwe kule mosque ukuba zihanjiswe e-Falluja. Iingxowa zokutya kunye nempahla zilele entendelezweni zilindele ukuziswa, ziziswe kulo lonke elase-Iraq. Ndifumene iinyembezi emehlweni am ngelixa ndijonge oku kuthululwa koncedo lwe-Iraqis engqingiweyo yaseFalluja.
[Ifoto: UKassem, utatomkhulu oneminyaka engama-54 ubudala osebenza njengonogada kwimosque yase-Abu Hanifa, wabethwa ngempundu yejoni laseMelika i-M-16 ebunzi ngexesha logqogqo.]
Ngoxa sasihamba kwelinye icala le-mosque, ibhinqa laseFalluja lalisandul 'ukufika, elila, kunye nonyana walo. Ucacisele amadoda akwi-mosque ukuba akanalo ikhadi lesazisi njengoko abantu baseMelika belithathile, kwaye ulapha ecela uncedo. Abahlali base-Adhamiya baye baqala ukuhlalisa ababaleki baseFalluja ngamakhulu, ukuba akukho mawaka. Olunye usapho kuthiwa luthathe kwiintsapho ezisi-8 zizonke ukusuka eFalluja, kwaye aziyi kuvumela nabani na ukuba asuse nayiphi na kuzo. Bazingisa ekunyamekeleni abaninzi kangangoko babenako. Lo nguAdhamiya.
Ngaphaya kwelinye icala le mosque ndaziswa kuKassem, utatomkhulu oneminyaka engama-54 ubudala oyimfama kwelinye iliso kwaye unokukhubazeka komnye wemilenze yakhe. Usebenza njengonogada kwi-mosque, kwaye uhlala ngaphakathi kwikomponi kunye nosapho kunye nabazukulwana bakhe. Ume ethetha nathi kwaye ndibona i bandage ecacileyo enegazi ebunzi.
Xa abemi baseMerika bantlitheka kumnyango wekhaya lakhe eliphantsi apho wayekunye nentsapho yakhe, wema ngeenyawo laza elinye ijoni lamphula intloko ngomthi we-M-16 yalo, lamwisa phantsi. Ukhomba umlenze wakhe aze athi, “Xa ndiwa phantsi bandikhaba! Beza kuhlazisa abantu beSilamsi. Kutheni enye into? Asinamipu apha, akukho mujahedeen. Bafuna ukutshabalalisa inkolo yamaSilamsi.”
[Ifoto: Amangcwaba amabini abantwana ababulewe eFalluja kutshanje - inkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-9 ubudala kunye nodade wabo oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala. Bangcwatyelwa kuMangcwaba eMartyr kwimosque yase-Abu Hanifa.]
Emva kokuthetha noKassem sindwendwela amangcwaba e-Shahid (umfeli-nkolo) ngaphakathi kwendawo. Imizimba engaphezu kwama-60 ingcwatyelwe apho, ukanti igcinelwe abo bacingelwa ukuba ngabafeli-nkolo, ubukhulu becala bendawo. Uninzi lwamangcwaba ngabemi bendawo abafa bekhusela i-Adhamiya ngexesha lokuhlasela ngo-Aprili 19, 2003, kodwa kukho abanye. Amangcwaba amane amatsha asuka kumajoni asweleke esilwa nabantu baseMelika kusuku emva kokuba kuhlaselwe i-mosque. Amakhwenkwe amabini aselula ahleli kufutshane nengcwaba komnye wabo, indoda eneminyaka eli-19 ubudala, umhlobo wabo wokwenene. Bayityelela yonke imihla, yaye baceba ukuqhubeka besenjenjalo ngokungenammiselo.
Elinye ingcwaba livela kumbonisi odutyulwe ngabantu baseMelika, ukanti omnye yindoda eyadutyulwa yinqwelo-ntaka iApache kwindawo yokuhlola eMosul.
Kukho amanye amabini amangcwaba amatsha. Omnye yinkwenkwe eneminyaka eli-9 ubudala, omnye ngudade wabo oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala. Bobabini babevela eFalluja.
Ngaphambili uMnumzana Alber wayesixelele, “Ndandichasene noSaddam. Ndavalelwa ngurhulumente wakhe ngo-1996 ngokwenza amaqebengwana kuba iswekile yayinikwa umyinge ngenxa yezohlwayo. Kodwa umgaqo-nkqubo wase-US ngoku e-Iraq uya kuphumelela i-100%! Akukho bantu balapha ababaxhasayo ngoku.”
Waphefumlela phezulu emva koku kwaye ngokuzolileyo, sekunjalo wathi, “Abaphathi bomgaqo-nkqubo wase-US apha ayingobantu abakrelekrele. Xa usiza ngobunqolobi, udala ubunqolobi.”
Emva kwexesha singena emotweni seva izithonga zompu kufutshane. Emva kokuqhuba umgama omfutshane uAbu Talat undicela ukuba ndincede ndigqume intloko. Nditsala i-kefir yam malunga nobuso bam beentshebe.
Ukuqhuba sigoduka sidlula kuthotho lomsi omnyama ophumayo, endibe ndilapha ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndibone ukuba iimoto zomkhosi zase-US zivutha amadangatye.
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