10-3-2005

伊石油部長躲過刺殺兩保鏢亡 (Iraqi Oil Minister Survives Assassination Attempt But Two Bodyguards Dead)

一枚路邊炸彈在伊拉克石油部長易卜拉欣.巴哈爾.烏盧姆的車隊附近爆炸。他的警衛中有兩人喪生，兩人受傷。

伊拉克官員說，烏盧姆在這起顯然是想要刺殺他的爆炸中沒有受傷。炸彈襲擊事件發生在巴格達。當時他正要前往首都以北的石油提煉城市貝吉。

另一方面，美國軍方官員否認基地反叛分子在伊拉克西部劫持了兩名美國海軍陸戰隊軍人。美國領導的聯盟部隊正在那裏連續三天對反判力量發動清剿攻勢。

一個伊斯蘭網站星期日發表了據稱來自綁架者的聲明。聲明說，必須在24小時之內釋放所有被美國和伊拉克關押的遜尼派女穆斯林，否則這兩名海軍陸戰隊員會被殺死。

A roadside bomb blast near the motorcade of Iraq's oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum has killed at least two of his escorts and wounded two others. 

Iraqi officials say Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum was not hurt in the bombing, which occurred in a north Baghdad district as he set out for the oil refining city of Beiji.

Meanwhile, U.S. military officials deny that al-Qaida in Iraq has abducted two Marines in western Iraq, where U.S. troops are in the third day of an offensive to drive out insurgents. 

A website message from the purported kidnappers Sunday said the Marines would be killed unless all female Sunni Muslim prisoners in U.S. and Iraqi custody were freed within 24 hours.

白宮法律顧問獲提名為大法官 (White House Legal Counsel Nominated to be Supreme Court Justice)

布希提名他的親密顧問之一哈麗特.邁爾斯填補由9人組成的美國最高法院今年出現的第2個空缺。這是近20年來美國總統第一次有機會接連任命兩名美國最高法院的成員。

布希星期一在白宮宣佈了他的人選。布希說邁爾斯女士一生致力於法治。他說，邁爾斯女士從來沒有擔任過法官，她將嚴格解釋憲法法律，不會制定法律。

今年60歲的邁爾斯目前在白宮擔任法律顧問。在布希擔任德克薩斯州州長的時候，邁爾斯是他的私人律師。如果得到參議院確認的話，她將取代退休的桑德拉.戴.奧康納大法官，與路絲.巴德.金斯伯格一起成為最高法院的兩名女性大法官之一。

最高法院星期一開始新的會期。布希總統將參加羅伯茨就任首席大法官的就職儀式。邁爾斯女士的司法觀點基本不為人所知。這一提名預計將引發民主黨議員、共和黨議員以及利益集團之間圍繞最高法院政治走向的激烈爭鬥。

President Bush has nominated Harriet Miers, one of his trusted advisers, to fill a second vacancy this year on the nine-member U.S. Supreme Court. It is the first time in nearly 20 years that an American president has had the opportunity to appoint two members of the country's highest court in quick succession.

The president announced his choice at the White House Monday, saying Ms. Miers has devoted her life to the rule of law and the cause of justice. He said Ms. Miers, who has never been a judge, would strictly interpret the laws of the Constitution and not legislate from the bench.

The 60-year-old nominee currently serves as White House legal counsel and was Mr. Bush's personal lawyer when he was governor of Texas. If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and join Ruth Bader Ginsburg as one of the two women on the court.

The Supreme Court begins a new session today. President Bush will attend a formal ceremony installing new Chief Justice John Roberts to his post. Ms. Miers's judicial views are largely unknown, and the nomination is expected to trigger an intense political battle over the court's direction among Democratic and Republican lawmakers and interest groups.