10-11-2005

反叛力量襲擊打死19名阿富汗警察 (19 Afghan Policemen Killed in Insurgent Ambush)

阿富汗內政部說，疑為塔利班反叛分子的人在阿富汗南部的赫爾曼德省伏擊了一個警察車隊，打死19名警察。內政部發言人說，死者中包括該省一名高級警官。他說，在星期一晚間發生的攻擊事件中有4名警察受傷，至少5名警察下落不明。這個警察車隊在一條偏遠山路上行駛的時候，遭到幾十名激進分子的伏擊。伏擊引發的槍戰持續了幾個小時。

這位發言人說，襲擊事件是“和平的敵人”幹的。這是阿富汗官員在提到塔利班反政府分子時經常使用的術語。

星期一早些時候，反叛分子在附近的南部城市坎大哈進行了兩起自殺式炸彈爆炸，其中一起爆炸造成3人喪生，包括一名前派系指揮官。

Afghanistan's interior ministry says suspected Taleban insurgents have ambushed a police convoy in southern Helmand province, killing 19 policemen. A ministry spokesman said a senior provincial police official was among the dead. He said four officers were wounded in the attack late Monday and at least five others are missing. The convoy was traveling along a remote mountain road when dozens of militants ambushed it, triggering a gunbattle that lasted for several hours.

The spokesman blamed the attack on "enemies of peace," a term frequently used by Afghan officials to refer to Taleban rebels.

Earlier Monday, insurgents carried out two suicide bombings in the nearby southern city of Kandahar. Three people, including a former factional commander, were killed in one of the attacks.

伊汽車自殺爆炸炸死四十多人 (Suicide Car Bombings Kill at least 40 in Iraq)

伊拉克警方說，星期二兩起自殺式汽車炸彈爆炸造成至少40人喪生，幾十人受傷。還有4天伊拉克就要就新憲法草案舉行全民公投。在死傷人數最多的一起襲擊中，自殺汽車炸彈殺手衝進西北部塔爾阿法爾鎮一個熱鬧的市場，炸死至少30人，還有45人受傷。在巴格達，另外一名炸彈殺手在伊拉克一個軍方檢查站炸死至少7人。

美國和伊拉克官員一再警告說，主要是遜尼派阿拉伯人的反叛分子會加緊襲擊，破壞星期六的憲法全民公投。什葉派穆斯林和庫爾德族政治領導人一直在與遜尼派政治領袖進行最後時刻的談判。遜尼派擔心，他們在憲法議案提到的聯邦體制中將倫為次要角色。

Iraqi police say at least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded in two suicide car bombings Tuesday -- just four days before a national referendum on a new constitution. In the deadliest attack, at least 30 people were killed and 45 wounded by a suicide car bomber who struck a crowded market in the northwestern town of Tal Afar. In Baghdad, another bomber killed at least seven people at an Iraqi army checkpoint.

U.S. and Iraqi officials have repeatedly warned that insurgents -- many of whom are Sunni Arabs -- will step up attacks to undermine Saturday's constitutional referendum. Shi'ite and Kurdish political leaders have been pursuing last-minute negotiations with Sunni political leaders who are concerned that they will be sidelined under the constitution's proposed federal system.