2006年VOA标准英语-Iraqi Leader Confident Multinational Troops Can
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（八月）
By Stephanie Ho
Washington
27 August 2006
Iraq's prime minister says he believes his country's forces will soon be able to maintain security in Iraq without the help of coalition 1 forces. In a television interview Sunday, he indicated Iraqi forces could be ready to take over security duties in less than a year.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told CNN's Late Edition Iraqi troops are ready to start taking on more responsibility.
"We are on a level of strength that we could, if the multinational 2 forces want to lessen 3 its presence, it could do that because we could [continue] with the rest of the operation, and have stability and security to protect the democratic process," said Nouri al-Maliki.
He said his government aims to shorten the length of time multinational troops stay in Iraq. Iraqi forces have already begun taking over security in some Iraqi provinces, and are slated 4 to take control of more provinces by the end of this year.
"We will take over and we will assess our need, whether they need these forces or not, and whether the Iraqi security forces were able to take over the security responsibility," he said.
He refrained from giving a definite timeline, but added that he expects the Iraqi forces to have full responsibility for all of Iraq in less than one year.
When asked about Iraqi health ministry 5 statistics that show a steady rise in the number of Iraqi civilian 6 deaths from January to July of this year, the prime minister said he does not believe that means that violence in Iraq is increasing or that the country is facing civil war.
"We're not in civil war," insisted Iraq's prime minister. "Iraq will never be in a civil war."
Wreckage 7 of a minibus outside the Palestine Hotel in the Sadoun neighborhood of Baghdad, August 27, 2006
Iraqi officials say more than 3,400 civilians 8 died in violence in July, making it the deadliest month for Iraqis. On Sunday, bombings in Baghdad, Baquba, Basra and Kirkuk claimed nearly 30 lives.
The prime minister's appearance on CNN came one day after he secured an agreement with hundreds of Shi'ite and Sunni tribal 9 leaders to unite against sectarian violence.
The U.S. military says a U.S. soldier was killed Saturday night when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb southeast of Baghdad. At least 2,600 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion began in March 2003.
- 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。
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
- Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
- They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。
- Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
- Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。