2006年VOA标准英语-Palestinians in Iraq Report Death Threats
时间：2019-01-09 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（三月）
By Lisa Schlein
Geneva
24 March 2006
The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the situation of Palestinians in Baghdad. It says over 100 Palestinian families reportedly had received written death threats and that many are in a state of shock and panic.
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Thick smoke is seen on the sky line of Baghdad at sunset, after drive-by shootings, roadside bombings and sectarian killings 1 left 30 dead in Iraq Friday
The U.N. refugee agency says the Palestinians are feeling increasingly trapped. It says many have stopped going to work and have taken their children out of school for security reasons.
UNHCR Spokeswoman Jennifer Pagonis says all Iraqis are affected 2 by the general insecurity in the country, but the estimated 34,000 Palestinians in Iraq feel especially vulnerable and targeted, as they were seen to have been treated favorably by Saddam Hussein's regime.
"What we are seeing now is a backlash against them,” she explained. “I cannot tell you exactly who is threatening them, but they are receiving death threats. They are being kidnapped like other people. But, they feel more targeted than what is happening in the Iraqi community in general because of their situation under the previous regime."
Pagonis says the UNHCR remains 3 concerned about the fate of a group of 88 Palestinians, including children and elderly, who were stuck in “No Man's Land” at the Iraqi-Jordanian border after leaving Baghdad last weekend because of the insecurity. She says the group since has been moved back to the Iraqi side of the border.
She says Jordan has closed the border to refugees, so there is little chance the Palestinians will be able to cross over.
She tells VOA that the international non-governmental organization that escorted the Palestinians to the border is the Christian 4 Peacemakers Trust. Four members of the group were taken hostage four months ago. Three surviving hostages were rescued Thursday.
Pagonis says the border area is desolate 5 and very inhospitable. "We have groups that have been stuck there previously 6 for up to about two years,” she said. “It is extremely difficult for aid organizations, not only UNHCR, to try and get assistance to these people. So they end up in a situation where they are at the border, they do not have food, they do not have water. They have got minimal 7 shelter - and how are we, the humanitarian 8 community, going to ensure that these people can survive there?” she continued. “It seems very strange that you take people to a border where you know they are not going to get across."
Pagonis says a team of aid workers managed to reach the border area Thursday night and deliver a 5-7 day supply of food and other basic items to the Palestinians. She says the group is adamant 9 they do not want to return to any part of Iraq.
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
- We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
- I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。