中东—阿尔及利亚外交使节在巴格达遭持枪歹徒绑架

Gunmen Kidnap Algerian Envoy¹ in Baghdad

阿尔及利亚外交使节在巴格达遭持枪歹徒绑架

 

An Algerian diplomat², Abdel Wahab Fellah, tells VOA that his mission chief Ali Belaroussi and another embassy attaché were riding in a car in the Mansour district of Baghdad, when two carloads of gunmen abducted⁴ them in broad daylight.

 

Mansour is home to many foreign embassies.

 

Mr. Fellah says he was at the Oman embassy, waiting for the envoy and the attaché to arrive, when he saw gunmen pull them out of their Toyota Landcruiser and take them. He says everything happened so quickly, there was nothing he could do, except to call the police.

 

According to Iraqi interior minister sources, the kidnappers⁵' cars had license⁶ plates registered in Anbar province. Anbar province includes the Sunni cities of Ramadi and Fallujah and has long been the hotbed of Iraq's insurgency⁷.

 

Earlier this month, the head of the Egyptian mission in Iraq, Ihab al-Sherif, was abducted by gunmen in a western Baghdad neighborhood. Two days later, gunmen attacked vehicles carrying diplomats⁸ from Bahrain and Pakistan. The events prompted some embassies in Baghdad to close or to reduce their staff.

 

The group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zaqawi, later claimed that it had killed the Egyptian envoy. His body has not yet been found.

 

The Iraqi government says attacks on diplomats are aimed at dissuading⁹ Arab countries from raising their diplomatic representation and trying to isolate¹⁰ the Iraqi government.

 

Meanwhile, four Sunni Arab members, who walked out of a committee drafting Iraq's constitution, continued their boycott¹¹ for a second day. The men say they will not return to the panel until their demands are met, including the launch of an international investigation¹² into the murders of two of their colleagues in a drive-by shooting Tuesday.

 

On Wednesday, the head of the constitutional drafting team, Sheikh Houmam al-Hammoudi, said that a final draft would be finished by the first of August. But the Sunni boycott is casting doubt on whether the drafting committee can meet that self-imposed deadline.

 

One boycotting¹³ member warned on Thursday that the charter's legitimacy¹⁴ would be questioned if the committee, made up of mostly Shi'ite and Kurdish legislators, submitted the draft constitution without Sunni approval.

 

A Shi'ite member on the drafting committee, Honain Kadoo, says the loss of Sunni members on the committee is causing serious concern.

 

Honain Kadoo: I hope they come back again and withdraw this decision because participation¹⁵ in the constitution drafting committee is very important. The constitution is not for a specific sector¹⁶ or community in Iraq. It is for all the Iraqi people, so they must have an important role in writing the constitution.

 

Fifteen unelected Sunni Arabs were added to the drafting committee last month to expand Sunni participation in Iraq's efforts to create a broad-based constitutional government by the end of the year.

 

Alisha Ryu, VOA news, Baghdad.

 

注释：

diplomat [5diplEmAt] n. 外交官

carload [5kB:lEud] n. 车辆载重

abduct³ [Ab5dQkt] vt. 绑架

hotbed [5hRtbed] n. 温床

dissuade¹⁷ [di5sweid] vt. 劝阻

boycott [5bCikEt] n. 联合抵制

legitimacy [li5dVitimEsi] n. 合法（性）

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

3 abduct   

vt.诱拐，拐带，绑架

参考例句：

• The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。
• The news that we see those use network abduct children sometimes filled with apprehension.我们有时看到那些利用网络诱拐儿童的新闻都心惊肉跳。

4 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

5 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

7 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

8 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 dissuading   

劝（某人）勿做某事，劝阻( dissuade的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• If he has once fastened upon an idea,there is no dissuading him from it. 他一旦认准一个主意，就不可能让他放弃。

10 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

11 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

12 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

13 boycotting   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店，因为那里的店员在罢工。
• The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。

14 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

15 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

16 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

17 dissuade   

v.劝阻，阻止

参考例句：

• You'd better dissuade him from doing that.你最好劝阻他别那样干。
• I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.我曾设法劝她不要投资于股票交易。