11-11-2005

美國務卿賴斯突訪伊拉克 (US Secretary of State Rice Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq )

美國國務卿賴斯出人意料地訪問伊拉克，鼓勵伊拉克人在下個月選舉前擯棄派系之爭。

賴斯從星期五早些時候開始中東之行的首站巴林到達伊拉克北部城市摩蘇爾。她會晤了伊拉克官員、美國外交官和軍事指揮官。

賴斯對記者說，她要敦促伊拉克的遜尼派、什葉派和庫爾德人在12月15號議會選舉前克服彼此之間的分歧。她說，伊拉克要實現的最終目標是建立一個所有人都感到有充份保障的國家。

同時，美國軍方說，星期四，兩名美國軍人在巴格達以西120公里處靠近哈利迪亞的戰鬥中陣亡。軍方還說，一名美國海軍陸戰隊軍人在巴格達以西320公里的卡拉比拉被路邊炸彈炸死。

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made a surprise visit to Iraq to encourage citizens to put aside sectarian differences before elections next month.

Ms. Rice arrived in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Friday from Bahrain, where she started a tour of the Middle East earlier Friday. She met with local Iraqi officials and U.S. diplomats and military officers.

Ms. Rice told reporters she wanted to urge Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds to overcome any divisions ahead of the December 15th parliamentary elections. She said the goal in Iraq is a nation where all people feel fully protected.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military says two American soldiers were killed Thursday while conducting combat operations near al-Khalidiyah, 120 kilometers west of Baghdad. The military also says a U.S. Marine was killed by a roadside bomb in Karabilah, 320 kilometers west of the capital.

在伊拉克的基地組織聲稱四名伊拉克人發動了約旦爆炸襲擊(Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims Four Iraqis Carried Out Jordan Attacks )

伊拉克基地組織聲稱，包括一對夫妻在內的4名伊拉克人星期三在約旦首都安曼製造了3起炸彈爆炸，爆炸使57人喪生。

約旦副首相馬爾旺.馬沙爾星期五一個記者會上說，約旦政府沒有資訊證實這個扎卡維的組織在互聯網站發表的聲明。他還說，已經逮捕了12人，不過，他沒有透露其他詳情。

Al-Qaida in Iraq claims that four Iraqis, including a husband and wife team, carried out the triple suicide bombings Wednesday in the Jordanian capital, Amman, that killed 57 people.

Jordan's deputy prime minister, Marwan Muasher, told a press conference Friday that the government has no information to confirm the Internet claim from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group. He added that 12 people have been arrested, but gave no other details.