中东—美军报道伊拉克基地组织二号人物被击毙

US Military Says Al-Qaida's No. 2 Man in Iraq Killed

美军报道伊拉克基地组织二号人物被击毙

 

U.S. and Iraqi forces say they found the terrorist, Abu Azzam, in an apartment in the Khadra neighborhood, west of downtown Baghdad, early Sunday. The information of his whereabouts apparently¹ came from a captured detainee.

 

The soldiers broke down the door and opened fire, killing² Abu Azzam and wounding another unidentified man. Two women who were also in the house at the time were unhurt.

 

Speaking through an interpreter, Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kubba called Abu Azzam's death a painful blow to al-Qaida in Iraq.

 

Mr. Kubba: This is very important news because Abu Azzam is responsible for carrying out random³ attacks in Baghdad and especially random attacks against Shi'ite Muslims. He was responsible for the logistics, for communications and he was responsible for planning the car bombs, which have killed hundreds of Iraqi citizens.

 

Abu Azzam, whose real name is Abdullah Najim Abdullah Mohammed al-Jawari, was on Iraq's 29 most wanted insurgents⁴ list and had a $50,000 bounty⁵ on his head.

 

Believed to have been an Iraqi, the al-Qaida leader last year claimed responsibility for a number of high-profile assassinations⁷, including the murders of Izzadine Saleem, the president of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council, and the governor of Iraq's northern Nineveh province.

 

Abu Azzam was previously⁸ known as the "Emir of Anbar," the Sunni-dominated western province that has been at the heart of Iraq's insurgency⁹. About five-months ago, he moved his operations and established himself as the Emir of Baghdad, a top lieutenant¹⁰ to al-Qaida in Iraq's leader, Jordanian-born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. 

   

On Tuesday, the U.S. military and the Iraqi government hailed two other recent successes against al-Qaida's leadership in Iraq. 

 

Iraq says the group's leader in the restive¹¹ northern city of Mosul had surrendered peacefully to the Iraqi military. And al-Qaida's chief in the town of Karabila, near the Syrian border, was killed Monday, during an Iraqi-coalition raid on the group's headquarters.

 

In recent months, the U.S. military has reported the capture or killings¹² of several high-ranking Abu Musab al-Zarqawi associates. But those setbacks have been answered with renewed suicide bombings.

 

Government spokesman Laith Kubba said that Abu Azzam was more significant than any of the others, but warned that the terrorist organization probably has not lost its ability to carry out more attacks.

 

Security in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq is being strengthened before the October 15 national referendum on the country's draft constitution. Sunni extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has declared his aim to kill all Shi'ites in Iraq and Sunni Arabs who participate in Iraq's political process.

 

Alisha Ryu, VOA News, Baghdad.

 

注释：

Baghdad [5bA^dAd] n. 巴格达

whereabouts [5(h)wZErE5bauts] n. 下落，行踪

detainee [7di:tei5ni:] n. 被拘留者

blow [blEu] n. 突然的打击

al-Qaida 基地组织

random [5rAndEm] adj. 任意的，随便的

logistics [lE5dVistiks] n. 军事后勤

bounty [5baunti] n. 奖励金

assassination⁶ [E7sAsi5neiFEn] n. 暗杀

insurgency [in5sE:dVEnsi] n. 叛乱

lieutenant [lef5tenEnt] n. 副手，（陆军）中尉，（海军）上尉

restive [5restiv] adj. 难控制的

Mosul [mEu5sU:l] 摩苏尔，伊拉克城市

setback¹³ [5setbAk] n. 顿挫，挫折

referendum [7refE5rendEm] n. 公民投票

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

4 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

5 bounty   

n.慷慨的赠予物，奖金；慷慨，大方；施与

参考例句：

• He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
• We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。

6 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

7 assassinations   

n.暗杀( assassination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Most anarchist assassinations were bungled because of haste or spontaneity, in his view. 在他看来，无政府主义者搞的许多刺杀都没成功就是因为匆忙和自发行动。 来自辞典例句
• Assassinations by Israelis of alleged terrorists habitually kill nearby women and children. 在以色列，自称恐怖分子的炸弹自杀者杀害靠近自己的以色列妇女和儿童。 来自互联网

8 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

9 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

10 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

11 restive   

adj.不安宁的，不安静的

参考例句：

• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。

12 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

13 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。