2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Urges Greater Effort to Stem Violence in S
时间：2019-02-04 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Jim Randle
Irbil, Iraq
05 October 2006
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi and U.S. officials on ways to quell 1 violence in Iraq.
Condoleezza Rice (left) with Iraqi PM al-Maliki, right, in Baghdad
Rice is urging top Iraqi officials and political factions 2 to press forward with efforts to stem the mounting death toll 3 from sectarian violence and to resolve other political issues.
She said the time is past for "endless debate" on these matters.
Earlier this week, a U.S. military spokesman said the number of bombings in Baghdad has hit an all-time high.
Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has been under intense pressure to bring an end to Shi'ite-Sunni killings 4 that have torn Iraq apart for months. The violence continues despite the government's calls for militias 5, many of which have ties to parties in the government, to put down their arms.
Before meeting with Rice, Mr. al-Maliki told the Associated Press a political solution must be found to end Iraq's sectarian violence and lead militias to "dissolve themselves." He underlined force would not work because the militias are aligned 6 with parties that are part of the government and participate in the political process.
Meanwhile, news reports said the man blamed for much of the recent violence, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, had been killed in a raid by U.S. troops.
US soldier stands next to photo of Abu Ayyub al-Masri
But U.S. and Iraqi officials later said it was unlikely that Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was among several people killed in the attack. U.S. and Iraqi officials are conducting DNA 7 tests on one of the bodies to be certain.
Al-Muhajer took over the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq after his Jordanian-born predecessor 8, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, died in a U.S. air strike in June.
Earlier this month, Iraq's national security adviser 9, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, said U.S. and Iraqi forces were closing in on the militant 10 leader.
Al-Rubaie warned that al-Qaida's new leadership would meet the same fate as the old.
The U.S. military accuses the Islamist terrorist group of fanning the sectarian conflict in Iraq between Sunnis and Shi'ites that has raised concerns about a possible civil war.
- Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
- The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
- The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- 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。
- The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
- The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
- It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
- The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。