UMahdi Nawaf ukhombisa izithombe zamalungu omndeni wakhe - ubaba, unkosikazi kanye nezingane eziyisithupha - ababulewe ngesikhathi kuhlasela i-US kulokho okuthiwa bekuyisigodi esilele Isithombe: Anna Niedringhaus/AP
Idili lomshado laliqediwe futhi abesifazane babesanda kuholela umakoti nomkhwenyana abasebasha etendeni labo lomshado ebusuku lapho u-Haleema Shihab ezwa imisindo yokuqala yezindiza zempi ezazikhala esibhakabhakeni phezulu.
Kwakungo-10.30 ebusuku esigodini esikude saseMukaradeeb ngasemngceleni waseSyria futhi izihambeli zaphuthuma zibuyela ezindlini zazo njengoba umcimbi uphela. Njengodadewabo kamkhwenyana, uNkk Shihab, 30, ubezolala nomyeni wakhe nezingane endlini yomcimbi womshado, umuzi womndeni wakwaRakat. Wayengomunye wabambalwa endlini abasinda ebusuku.
"Ukuqhuma kwebhomu kuqale ngo-3 ekuseni," esho izolo esembhedeni wakhe ewodini lezimo eziphuthumayo esibhedlela iRamadi, esingamamayela angu-60 entshonalanga neBaghdad. โSiphume endlini amasosha aseMelika aqala ukusidubula. Bebedubula phansi bebhekise kithi ngamunye ngamunye,โ kusho yena. Wagijima nengane yakhe encane ezandleni zakhe futhi abafana bakhe ababili abancane, u-Ali noHamza, beseduze ngemuva. Wathi ewela amasimu igobolondo laqhuma eduze kwakhe, laphuka imilenze lamwisa phansi.
Walala lapho kwathi umzuliswano wesibili wamshaya engalweni yangakwesokudla. Ngaleso sikhathi abafana bakhe ababili base beshonile. โNgibashiyile ngoba base beshonile,โ kusho yena. Enye, yabona, inqanyulwe igobolondo.
โNgawela odakeni kwaqhamuka isosha laseMelika langikhahlela. Ngenza sengathi ngifile ukuze angangibulali. Ingane yami encane yayiphila eduze kwami.โ
Incazelo kaNkk Shibab, esekelwa abanye ofakazi, yokuhlaselwa kwedolobhana elilele iyangqubuzana nesimangalo saseMelika sokuthi bathukuthela ngesikhathi bebhekise endlini ephephile okusolakala ukuthi iyimpi yangaphandle.
Uchaze ukuthi emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuntwela kokusa wabuka kanjani amasosha aseMelika ebhubhisa indlu yaseRakat kanye nendlu engumakhelwane, enciphisa izakhiwo zaba yimvithi.
Esinye isihlobo sathwala uNkk Shihab nengane yakhe esaphila sabayisa esibhedlela. Lapho watshelwa ukuthi umyeni wakhe uMohammed, izibulo lamadodana akwaRakat, naye ushonile.
Ngesikhathi uNkk Shihab ekhuluma wakhombisa ngezandla ezisagcobe ngokubomvu ngehena abesifazane abebezihlobise ngayo emshadweni. Eceleni kwakhe ewadini izolo bekunamantombazane amathathu avela emndenini wakwaRakat alimele kabi: uKhalood Mohammed, oneminyaka nje enonyaka futhi edonsa kanzima ephefumula, uMoaza Rakat, 12, kanye no-Iqbal Rakat, 15, odokotela bakhe basezinyaweni zesokudla base bevele bamnqumile.
Ngesikhathi kuphuma ilanga ngoLwesithathu emzini womndeni wakwaRakat, lokhu kugasela kwase kudlule nemiphefumulo engu-42, ngokusho kukaHamdi Noor al-Alusi, umphathi wesibhedlela esiseduze ne-al-Qaim, esiseduze nedolobhana.
Kwabashonile bekukhona amalungu angama-27 omndeni wakwaRakat, izihambeli zabo zomshado ngisho neqembu labaculi abaqashwe ukuthi badlale emcimbini, okukhona kubo uHussein al-Ali waseRamadi, ongomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu entshonalanga ye-Iraq.
UDkt Alusi uthe abangu-11 kwabashonile ngabesifazane kanti abangu-14 yizingane. โNgifuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani abantu baseMelika beqondise leli dolobhana,โ esho ngocingo. โLaba bantu bayiziguli zami. Ngazi ngamunye wabo. Yini edale le nhlekelele?โ
Ngaphandle kobufakazi obuqand' ikhanda bukaNkk Shihab, uDkt Alusi kanye nezinye izihambeli zomshado, amasosha aseMelika, abhekane nobufakazi obusobala bomunye futhi ihlazo e-Iraq, anikeze imibiko ehluke ngendlela engachazeki ngalo msebenzi.
Amasosha avumile ukuthi kube nokuhlasela kulo muzi ngo-3 ekuseni ngoLwesithathu kodwa athi ubeqonde โindlu ephephile yezempi yangaphandleโ.
"Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lo mkhankaso, amabutho omfelandawonye abhekane nomlilo omkhulu futhi kwahlinzekwa nokusekelwa emoyeni," kusho isitatimende. Amasosha abesendaweni yesigameko abe esethola izikhali, i-Iraqi dinar kanye namapondo aseSyria (abiza cishe u-ยฃ800), amaphasipoti angaphandle kanye โnomsakazo we-Satcomโ, okungenzeka ukuthi kwakuwucingo lwesathelayithi.
"Sithathe inhlamvu saphinde sadubula," kusho uBrigadier General Mark Kimmitt, isekela lomqondisi wezokusebenza kwamasosha aseMelika e-Iraq. โSilinganisela ukuthi babalelwa ku-40 ababulewe. Kodwa sisebenze ngokwemithetho yethu yokuzibandakanya.โ
UMajor General James Mattis, umkhuzi we-1st Marine Division, wayecasula labo ababephakamisa ukuthi kube nephathi yomshado. โBangaki abantu abaya phakathi nogwadule . . . ukubamba umshado 80 miles (130km) kusukela impucuko eseduze? Laba bekungamadoda angaphezu kwamashumi amabili nambili asengamasosha. Masingabi ngabangenangqondo. "
Lapho izintatheli zimbuza ngezithombe ezikumabonakude zama-Arabhu zesidumbu somntwana sehliselwa ethuneni, waphendula: โAngikaziboni izithombe kodwa kwenzeka izinto ezimbi ezimpini. Akumele ngixolise ngokuziphatha kwamadoda ami."
Umgubho owawuseMukaradeeb wawuzoba ngomunye wemicimbi emikhulu yonyaka endaweni encane enezindlu ezingama-25 kuphela. UHaji Rakat, ubaba, ekugcineni wayesehlele inyunyana yesizwe okwase kuxoxiswene ngayo eyayizohlanganisa izingxenye ezimbili zomndeni owodwa omkhulu, amaRakat namaSabah.
Indodana yesibili kaHaji Rakat, u-Ashad, izoshada noRutba, umzala wakwaSabah. Emcimbini wesibili omunye wabazala besifazane baka-Ashad, u-Sharifa, uzoshada nomfana omncane wakwaSabah, uMnawar.
Isisitho selanga esikhulu sikaseyili sasibekwe engadini yendlu yaseRakat ukuze isingathe umcimbi. Kubizwe iqembu labaculi, eliholwa u-Hamid Abdullah, ophethe isitudiyo sokuqopha i-Music of Arts e-Ramadi, idolobha elikhulu eliseduze.
Uphathele umngani wakhe uHussein al-Ali, umculi odumile wase-Iraq ocula esiteshini sikamabonakude sikaRamadi. Idlanzana labanye abaculi okubalwa kubo umfowabo walo mculi uMohaned, bebedlala izigubhu namakeyboard.
Imicimbi iqale ngoLwesibili ekuseni yaze yadlula kwaze kwahlwa. โBesijabule ngenxa yomshado. Abantu bebedansa benza nezinkulumo,โ kusho uMaโathi Nawaf, 55, ongomunye womakhelwane.
Sekuhlwile izihambeli zezwa umsindo wamajethi phezulu. Kwathi buqamama babona amalambu okubonakala sengathi uhide lwamasosha olunqamula ogwadule.
Umcimbi uphele ngezithuba zabo-10.30 ebusuku omakhelwane sebeya emakhaya. Ngo-3 ekuseni kwaqala ukuqhuma. โInto yokuqala abayiqhumisa ngamabhomu itende lomcimbi,โ kusho uMnu Nawaf. โSibone umndeni uphuma ubaleka endlini. Amabhomu ayewa, ecekela phansi yonke indawo.โ
Izimoto zamasosha ezihlomile zabe sezingena edolobhaneni, zidubula izibhamu futhi zisekelwa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane. โBaqale badubula bebhekise endlini nakubantu abebengaphandle komuzi,โ usho kanje.
Ngaphambi kokuntwela kokusa kwehle izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezimbili ezinkulu zeChinook zakhulula inqwaba yamasosha. Babonakale bebeka iziqhumane endlini yaseRakat nasebhilidini elingumakhelwane kwathi ngemuva kwemizuzu embalwa, sebephinde bahamba abakwaChinook, baqhuma baba imvithi.
โNgabona into engakaze ibonwe muntu kulo mhlaba,โ kusho uMnu Nawaf. "Kwakunezidumbu zezingane ezinqunywe zaba izingcezu, abesifazane benqunywe izicucu, amadoda anqunywe izicucu."
Kwabashonile bekukhona indodakazi yakhe uFatima Maโathi, 25, nabafana bakhe ababili, uRaad, abane, noRaed, abayisithupha. โNgafica uRaad eshonile ezandleni zakhe. Omunye umfana wayelele eduze kwakhe. Ngithole ikhanda lakhe kuphela,โ kusho yena. Udadewabo uSimoya, unkosikazi kaHaji Rakat, naye wabulawa namadodakazi akhe amabili. โAbantu baseMelika babiza laba bantu ngezilwi zangaphandle. Kungamanga. Ngifuna ubufakazi obubodwa balokhu abakushoyo.โ
Ngokuphawulekayo phakathi kwabasinda kwakunemibhangqwana emibili eshadile, eyayihlala ematendeni kude nendlu enkulu, noHaji Rakat ngokwakhe, ikhehla elasheshe lalala endlini eseduze.
Kuma-mosque aseRamadi amavolontiya ayebizelwe ukuzomba emathuneni esizwe, emaphethelweni aseningizimu yedolobha.
Kwakukhona amathuna angu-27: izindunduma zokungcola ngasinye siphawulwe ngesikwele esisodwa semabula esikwe kabi, igama elibhalwe ngopende omnyama. Abanye banikeza amagama angaphezu kwelilodwa, nelilodwa, ngelowesifazane uHamda Suleman, izincazelo ezimfishane: โUkuqhuma kwamabhomu kwaseMelika.โ
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