9-9-2005

付款糾紛使巴格達機場暫時關閉 (Payment Dispute Temporarily Shuts Baghdad Airport)

伊拉克政府把本國部隊派到巴格達國際機場，以重新啟用機場設施。此前，負責保衛機場的一家英國公司因付款方面的糾紛而關閉了機場。伊拉克代理交通部長埃斯馬特.阿米爾星期五說，機場的開放關係到伊拉克的主權。他說，所有飛行業務星期五都將恢復。

英國保安公司全球戰略集團表示，伊拉克政府拖欠了7個月的款項。這家公司說，他們會繼續保護機場的安全，不過，飛行業務要在賬單付清之後才能恢復。

另外，反叛分子在巴格達的襲擊造成兩名伊拉克人死亡，另有至少6人受傷。在另一方面，星期三被美國軍隊救出的美國人羅伊.哈盧姆斯正在重返故里的途中。同時，伊拉克臨時總統塔拉巴尼星期五在華盛頓訪問，並參觀了美國之音。

Iraq's government has ordered its troops to Baghdad's international airport to re-open the facility after the British company that protects it shut it down in a payment dispute. Acting Transportation Minister Esmat Amer said (today/Friday) keeping the airport open is a matter of Iraqi sovereignty. He said flights will resume today.

The British security firm Global Strategies Group says the Iraqi government is seven months behind in payments. The company says it will continue to secure the complex, but flights will be grounded until the bills are paid.

Meanwhile, in Baghdad, insurgent attacks have left two Iraqis dead and at least six others injured. In other developments, former American hostage Roy Hallums, who was rescued by American troops Wednesday, is on his way home to the United States. And President Jalal Talabani is in Washington today, where he visited the Voice of America.

當局加緊對不肯撤離的颶風災民施壓 (Authorities Step Up Pressure on Hurricane Holdouts)

當局正在對那些拒絕撤離遭受颶風重創的新奧爾良市的居民加大壓力。數以千計的警察和國民警衛隊員即將完成撤離所有願意撤離居民的行動，而那些拒絕服從強制撤離令的人現在成了他們新的工作重點。

有關官員估計，有5千到1萬人不顧污染的大水和幾處熊熊的大火，仍然滯留在新奧爾良。當局警告說，死亡人數有可能數以千計，不過，目前只找到了200具屍體。當局為了清理行動提供了2萬5千個收屍袋。

Authorities are stepping up the pressure on New Orleans residents who have refused to leave the devastated city. Thousands of police and National Guard troops are completing their efforts to evacuate all those who want to leave and are now turning their attention to those who have not obeyed a mandatory evacuation effort.

Officials estimate that between five-and-ten-thousand residents remain in New Orleans, despite contaminated floodwaters and several raging fires. Authorities warn the death toll could reach into the thousands, although fewer than 200 bodies have been found so far. Twenty-five thousand body bags have been provided for the clean-up operation.