9-8-2005

駐伊美軍飛機空襲被懷疑是恐怖分子的藏身地 (US Planes Strike Suspected Terrorist Hideout in Iraq)

在伊拉克的美國軍方說，美軍戰機轟炸了靠近敘利亞邊界的伊拉克西部地區一處被懷疑是基地組織藏身處的地點。

星期四早晨的這次空襲就是針對被美國軍方稱為“一個已知的炸彈製造小組的頭目”，據信他還參與了該地區的部落戰鬥。現在還不清楚這個人是否被證實已經在侯賽巴赫鎮附近的空襲中喪生。

另外，據報導，被營救的美國人質羅伊.哈盧姆斯健康狀況良好，預計幾天之內可以返回美國。美國軍方說，軍方在從一名伊拉克囚犯那裏獲悉哈盧姆斯的關押地點3個小時之內就于星期三展開行動成功將他解救。

The U.S. military in Iraq says its warplanes have bombed a suspected al-Qaida safe house in the western part of the country, near the Syrian border.

The air strike, early today (Thursday), specifically targeted what the military said was a "known bomb-making cell leader" (Abu Mohammad) who was also believed to have participated in tribal fighting in the area. It was not clear if he was confirmed killed in the strike near the town of Husaybah.

In other news, rescued American hostage Roy Hallums is reported in good health and is expected to return to the United States within days. The U.S. military says within three hours of obtaining information on where he was being held from an Iraqi detainee they launched a successful mission Wednesday to free him.

新奧爾良警察繼續撤離居民 (Police Continue New Orleans Evacuations)

警察和國民警衛隊正在受颶風襲擊的新奧爾良災區挨家挨戶搜尋沒有執行該市市長強制撤離命令的人。

卡特裏娜颶風摧毀了為保護這個地勢低窪城市而建的堤防10天之後，新奧爾良市一多半地區仍然浸泡在水裏。

儘管有關當局一再警告積水被污染、已經發生多起火災、以及基本物資短缺，但是，幾千名居民仍然拒不理睬撤離命令。

官方公佈的路易斯安那州和密西西比州卡特裏娜颶風的死亡總人數仍然低於300人，不過有關當局認為，隨著新奧爾良市積水被清幹，更多屍體被發現，死亡人數會大幅度上升。

Police and National Guard troops are going door-to-door in hurricane-stricken New Orleans in a search for people who have not complied with the mayor's mandatory evacuation order.

More than half the city remains underwater 10 days after Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees designed to keep the low-lying city dry.

Several thousand residents have defied the order to leave despite repeated warnings about contaminated floodwaters, numerous fires, and a shortage of basic supplies.

The overall official death toll from Katrina remains under 300 in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, but authorities are prepared for the number to soar as the New Orleans floodwaters recede and more bodies are found.