Deadlock Continues Over Choice for Interim Iraqi President
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：VOA2004（上）--国际时事
Stephanie Ho
Iraqi, American and U.N. officials are deadlocked 1 over who should be president in the interim 2 Iraqi government that will take over the country June 30. Meanwhile, continuing violence claims more lives in Iraq, as President Bush honors American war dead.
The latest political stand-off in Iraq involves the Iraqi Governing Council on one side. U.S. and U.N. officials are on the other side.
Paul Bremer, head of the U.S.-led coalition 3 administration, and Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N. envoy 4 to Iraq, are said to favor Adnan Pachachi, who supports keeping foreign troops in Iraq until the security situation improves.
The council's choice is Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar, who has been more critical of the U.S.-led occupation.
A Kurdish member of the Governing Council, Mahmoud Othman, accused the United States and the United Nations of interfering 5 in the process of choosing Iraqi leaders. "Nobody has the right to make a government for Iraq, neither America nor Brahimi. We know how to make our own government," he said.
A meeting set for Monday to determine Iraq's president was postponed 6 without explanation. Coalition spokesman Dan Senor rejected suggestions that the U.S.-led administration is trying to tell the Iraqi council what to do.
"We are certainly not in the position to control their schedule, and determined 7 when they meet and when they don't meet. So, Ambassador Bremer didn't call their meetings. Ambassador Bremer doesn't cancel their meetings," he said.
注释：
deadlocked [5dedlCkt] adj. 陷入僵局的
take over 接管
stand-off 立场分歧
envoy [5envCi] n. 外交使节，特使
ghazi [5^B:zi:] n. 立誓与异教徒战斗的伊斯兰教徒战士
Kurdish [kuEdiF] adj. 库尔德人的
interfering [7intE5fiEriN] vbl. 妨碍
- The plan deadlocked over the funds. 这个计划由于经费问题而搁浅了。
- The meeting deadlocked over the wage issue. 会议因工资问题而停顿下来。
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
- The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
- The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。